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B&P #53: "You have to stick to what you believe in the core" from 2021-02-03T04:50:45
This week’s guest is Oliver Holle, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Speedinvest, one of Europe's leading investment companies, which is working with some of the household names in the startup eco...
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B&P #52: The race for quantum computing from 2021-01-27T06:30:24
This week’s podcast guest and his team are moving quantum computing forward in Europe like no one else and they want to make it the new hotspot for the technology. His name is Jan Goetz and the co...
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B&P #51: Did Zoom grow too fast? from 2021-01-13T05:55:33
If you had to name one company that during the current pandemic quickly became an essential part of all of our lives – it would very likely have to be Zoom! And this week on the podcast we welco...
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B&P #50: Kick your year off with Ironman world champion Jan Frodeno! from 2021-01-06T06:10:21
While the whole world is still grappling with the effects of the current pandemic, this week’s podcast guest shows how to not let yourself be defeated by uncertain circumstances: Jan Frodeno, the...
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B&P #49: This AI finds your startup – if you’re sustainable from 2020-12-16T05:00:31
Emission-free mobility, search engines that plant trees or clothes made from recycled materials: companies with a neutral or even a positive impact on the global or local environment, also called “...
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B&P #48: Inside Slack’s growth story from 2020-12-09T03:00
This week on the Bits&Pretzels Podcast we welcome an entrepreneur who is at the forefront of the global remote work experiment that shows no sign of ending anytime soon, as Europe struggles to cont...
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B&P #47: Building a brand is a marathon, not a sprint from 2020-12-02T03:00
This week’s podcast guest is one of the most influential women in the international automotive industry: Hildegard Wortmann, Member of the Board of Management for Sales and Marketing at AUDI AG and...
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B&P #46: Arianna Huffington about self care, productivity&how to become a better leader from 2020-11-25T03:00
This week on the show is Arianna Huffington, the co-founder of the Huffington Post, that won her her the Pulitzer Prize, entrepreneurial role model as well as founder&CEO of Thrive Global. The no...
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B&P #45: Lean Startup Guru Eric Ries about the power of impact entrepreneurship from 2020-11-18T03:00
This week on the podcast Bits&Pretzels Editor-in-Chief Britta Weddeling welcomes entrepreneurial superstar Eric Ries, author of New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup, a must have bible for all...
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B&P #44: The time to build your startup is right now! from 2020-11-11T07:40:05
Our podcast guest this week is one of the leading voices of the French startup ecosystem: Roxanne Varza, the Director of Station F, one of the largest startup campuses in the world that opened its ...
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B&P #43: Meet Index Ventures' Masters of Scale from 2020-11-04T03:00
This week’s podcast has a very international setup with two guests joining us from different sides of the world: Sarah Cannon is dialing in from New York City and Martin Mignot from his home in Lon...
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B&P #42: Anne Boden: “Keep knocking on those doors!” from 2020-10-21T02:00
At a point when most people make plans for their retirement, our podcast guest this week wrote a business plan to start her own bank: Anne Boden, the CEO and founder of Starling Bank, who has buil...
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B&P #41: Dirk Nowitzki: “Never be satisfied&always try to improve!” from 2020-10-14T02:00
Our podcast guest this week is an overall legend and a true loyal Bavarian at heart who became a well-known name even outside the basketball court: The NBA superstar Dirk Nowitzki joined the Bits&P...
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B&P #40: Eric Schmidt: “Hire for intelligence, not for experience!” from 2020-10-07T02:30
This week’s podcast guest has shaped the legend of Google, served in the epicenter of Silicon Valley for almost 20 years and led Google’s expansion into all aspects of our lives: Eric Schmidt, the ...
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B&P #39: mymuesli co-founder: What is product-market fit, really? from 2020-09-23T02:00
In this episode Britta Weddeling, editor-in-chief at Bits&Pretzels, welcomes Max Wittrock! He is the co-founder of German breakfast cereals brand mymuesli, which was one of the first companies to a...
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B&P #38: From co-founding $2.7 billion VC firm Atomico to raising a new seed fund from 2020-09-16T02:00
Would you like to send your pitch deck to the personal email address of Mattias Ljungman, the co-founder of $2.7 billion VC firm Atomico and who just started a new fund with Moonfire Ventures? In t...
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B&P #37 Verena Pausder: A wake-up call for entrepreneurs! from 2020-09-09T02:00
It’s in the genes of entrepreneurs to want to change the status quo – most founders do that by starting companies, creating innovative products and then give back to society or becoming politically...
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B&P #36 Wirecard, Sexism&Old-Boys-Networks: “Female investors would have handled things differently" from 2020-09-02T02:04:44
You are a female founder looking for new cash? And you want to learn the exclusive insights and tricks of an experienced investor to make it in the (unfortunately) still male-dominated startup worl...
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B&P #35: DAX newcomer&Delivery Hero CEO Niklas Östberg on internationalization, scaling&fighting Amazon from 2020-08-26T02:00
Famously joining the index of Germany's 30 largest companies by market capitalization&valuation — was REALLY just the first step for Niklas Östberg, the co-founder and CEO of Berlin headquartered D...
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B&P #34: Inside 3 German tech stars masterplan for a new €170 million European deep tech fund from 2020-08-19T02:00
€170 million for European deep tech startups: Serial entrepreneur Florian Leibert shares the masterplan for the new fund called 468 Capital that he set up with former Rocket Internet executives Ale...
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B&P #33: Twilio CEO: Launch a million dollar company in just 6 weeks – here's how! from 2020-08-12T02:00
In this episode, Bits&Pretzels’ Editor-in-Chief Britta Weddeling talks to one of the most successful cloud communication entrepreneurs in the tech world, Jeff Lawson, the co-founder&CEO of $8.5 bil...
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B&P #32: Transferwise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus: “It’s healthy that some companies go out of business” from 2020-08-05T02:00
In this episode Bits&Pretzels Editor-in-Chief Britta Weddeling talks to Taavet Hinrikus, the co-founder of London headquartered borderless cash company Transferwise, who’s a tech pioneer, an invest...
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B&P #31: Watch Out SpaceX! Munich’s coming for you! from 2020-07-29T02:30
In this week’s episode Britta Weddeling, Bits&Pretzels’ editor in chief, talks to Hendrik Brandis, co-founder and partner at Earlybird, a venture capital firm focused on European technology compani...
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B&P #30 Box CEO Aaron Levie: Startup is a State of Mind from 2020-07-22T02:00
In this week’s episode, Britta Weddeling, Editor-in-Chief of Bits&Pretzels, talks with Aaron Levie, the CEO and co-founder of cloud computer pioneer Box and one of the most successful and outspoken...
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B&P #29: Arianna Huffington: How to Sleep yourself to the Top, literally. from 2020-07-15T02:00
Remember what it feels like to be focused and productive? It has been a while? Well, you're not alone! Many of us feel exhausted and overwhelmed due to the economic situation caused by Covid-19 and...
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B&P #28: Trend Forecaster Amy Webb: "The weakest startups will probably fail" from 2020-07-08T02:30
Open your ears and listen to the future with us! This episode of the Bits&Pretzels podcast is about what entrepreneurs can expect as we look towards a post-pandemic world and how founders can prepa...
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B&P #27: Klarna CEO: This Fintech unicorn co-founder is out to beat Amazon from 2020-06-17T02:30
Today Bits&Pretzels Editor-in-Chief Britta Weddeling talks to Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski who has created a revolution in online shopping as well as Europe's most valuable fintechwith 85 mil...
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B&P #26: Who will the Covid-19 unicorns be? from 2020-06-10T02:30
Today Britta Weddeling, Editor-in-chief of Bits&Pretzels, talks with Christoph Hornung, co-founder of legendary German startup accelerator Rocket Internet, who recently joint London-based VC firm D...
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B&P #25: SpaceX, Blue Origin&Planet: Why Startups lead the Race for Space from 2020-06-03T02:30
Welcome to the first interstellar episode of the Bits&Pretzels podcast! After with SpaceX for the first time in history a private company successfully sent two US astronauts to the International Sp...
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B&P #24 Brent Hoberman: How to grow your Startup now&where to get the Money from from 2020-05-27T02:30
In conversation with Bits&Pretzels' Britta Weddeling London-based top VC Brent Hoberman, one of the most influential entrepreneurs in European tech, shares his secrets of how founders can grow thei...
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B&P #23: Knotel workspace CEO: "We'll never be back to the way it was" from 2020-05-20T02:30
"We’re going to have to redesign everything” – says Amol Sarva, the Knotel workspace CEO and serial entrepreneur from New York in conversation with Bit&Pretzels' Britta Weddeling. Last year Amol ra...
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B&P #22 Dan Ram: Five Hacks for Navigating Change from 2020-05-13T02:30
Dan Ram is an entrepreneur as well as a master of adaptation and reinvention which are skills every entrepreneur needs today to manage the many uncertainties and headwinds towards the future. As th...
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B&P #21: Michele Romanow: How to get yourself a better VC Deal from 2020-05-06T02:30
Before the age of 28, Michele Romanow already started 3 companies. She's on TV regularly as one of the Dragon's on CBC's Dragon's Den, the Canadian equivalent to ABC's Shark Tank. And she was named...
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B&P #20: Angela Ahrendts: Leading with Intuition to create Impact from 2020-04-29T02:30
In this podcast episode, you’ll hear from one of the leading female executives in the business world: Angela Ahrendts, the longtime Head of Retail at Apple where she became the highest-paid executi...
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B&P #19: The End of the European Corona Tracing App? from 2020-04-22T11:39:52
It started as a truly European effort to create tracking apps to help break Covid-19 infection chains and to ease lockdown restrictions: the Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (PEPP-...
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Bits&Pretzels #18: A Facebook for Scientists to combat Corona from 2020-04-15T02:30
Ijad Madisch, founder and CEO of ResearchGates, is the latest guest in the Bits&Pretzels podcast. The 39 years-old entrepreneur built ResearchGate, a network that allows its 16 million members to ...
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Bits&Pretzels #17 on Corona: Increase your mental strength with Nico Rosberg from 2020-04-08T02:30
You're listening to part two of our Bits&Pretzels Podcast Special regarding how to tackle the Corona crisis. Today, former Formula One World Champion Nico Rosberg shares his insights into how medit...
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Bits&Pretzels #16 on Corona feat. Kevin Spacey, Albert Wenger&Lea-Sophie Cramer from 2020-04-01T15:29:43
Todays special episode of the Bits&Pretzels Podcast presents highlights from our first Bits&Pretzels Virtual Founders Breakfast. Actor Kevin Spacey shares his first-hand experience in dealing with ...
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Bits&Pretzels #15 Corona: Why the best time to negotiate for founders is now! from 2020-03-25T03:30
Here's how to emerge even stronger from the actual crisis around Covid-19: Call you investor. Call your clients. And get yourself a better deal. Sounds counterintuitive to you? Listen to the new ...
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Bits&Pretzels #14 A Silicon Valley's top investor's view on the Corona crisis from 2020-03-18T03:30
Saeed Amidi, CEO and founder of Plug&Play, a leading international accelerator, shares a surprising positive perspective on the ongoing economic downturn caused by the Corona crisis. Amidi, who hea...
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Bits&Pretzels #13 A conversation with Bavaria's Nerd-in-Chief Judith Gerlach from 2020-03-11T03:30
Judith Gerlach, Bavaria's first State Minister for Digital Affairs, talks about what needs to be done politically to push for more entrepreneurship and innovation in Germany, including whether we n...
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Bits&Pretzels #12 Johannes Reck: Why Trump's Tweets matter for European Startups from 2020-03-04T03:30
Today, Johannes Reck, the co-founder of German travel unicorn GetYourGuide, talks about politics, recruiting talent to Berlin and why customer centricity is the single most important principle with...
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Bits&Pretzels #11 Valentin Stalf: Challenges for Challenger Bank N26 from 2020-02-26T03:30
Today Bits&Pretzels Editor-in-chief, Britta Weddeling, is talking to Valentin Stalf, the co-founder of N26. N26 is a story of success. Its valuation of 3.5 billion dollars makes it the most valuabl...
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Bits&Pretzels #10 Is FlixMobility doomed to grow? from 2020-02-19T03:30
Daniel Krauss, co-founder of German unicorn FlixMobility, shares his experience with the rapid expansion of the transportation unicorn into the international markets&how the team is targeting the ...
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Bits&Pretzels #9: The upsetting Lack of an Ecosystem for Founders from 2020-02-12T03:15
Lars Klingbeil, the General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), argues that his country needs a change in perspective: "Germans admire Mark Zuckerberg as a great founder, but they don't...
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Bits&Pretzels #8 A Silicon Valley's Spin Master's Guide to Crisis Communication from 2020-02-05T03:00
Margit Wennmachers, has helped many founders to build their brand out of nowhere and helped in reputation management. She is an operating partner at the Silicon Valley based VC firm Andreessen Horo...
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Bits&Pretzels #7 Investigative Journalist got 90 Hate Messages an Hour from 2020-01-29T03:00
Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of news website Rappler, has been to jail several times, she and her team have been threatened with rape and death. For a month Ressa received 90 hate messages per h...
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Bits&Pretzels #6 Bastian Nominacher: "If I want to get something done, I can be a Pain in the Ass" from 2020-01-23T02:30
Bastian Nominacher, the co-founder and Co-CEO of Celonis, shares how three Bavarian friends turned a college project into a 2.5 billion dollar company and why his own career started at very humble ...
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Bits&Pretzels #5 Drew Houston: How the Dropbox CEO stopped his burnout from 2020-01-08T03:30
Drew Houston, co-founder of Dropbox, talks about why while building one of the most popular productivity apps on the internet he got really frustrated with his lack of performance as CEO and how be...
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Bits&Pretzels #4 Florian Gschwandtner: Selling your Company could kill your Brand from 2019-12-18T00:30
Florian Gschwandtner, co-founder and long-time CEO of Runtastic, who sold the fitness-company to Adidas for 220 million Euros in 2015, shares his personal learnings of what founders need to do afte...
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Bits&Pretzels #3 Chris Barton: Why Shazam's co-founder would not take venture capital again from 2019-12-10T11:50
Chris Barton, co-founder of popular music app Shazam, talks with Bits&Pretzels Editor-in-Chief Britta Weddeling about what he has learned from building Shazam –including what he would do differentl...
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Bits&Pretzels #2 How Hollywood star Jessica Alba built a billion dollar beauty company from 2019-12-10T11:40
Jessica Alba, the American actress and co-founder of The Honest Company, talks with Bits&Pretzels Editor-in-Chief Britta Weddeling about what she has learned during her evolution as an entrepreneur...
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Bits&Pretzels #1 Albert Wenger: A top VC's advice for how companies successfully expand to the US from 2019-12-10T11:30
Albert Wenger, a managing partner at Union Square Ventures (USV), one of the top returning venture capital funds in the world, talks with Bits&Pretzels’ Britta Weddeling about the state of the Euro...
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