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Learn from the top European start-up founders, entrepreneurs and start up experts. Every week I invite another guest who is literally on fire, sharing fresh knowledge, insights and actionable advice from their own personal successes and failures. Simply listen and learn the lean, mean tips & tricks that will help you turn your idea into a business, get funding and grow it in Europe.
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SM 008: €400k raised, Prodibi imaging technology, discuss: awards as marketing and local ecosystem w/ CEO Olivier Hamel
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Olivier Hamel, cofounder and CEO Prodibi based in Geneva, Switzerland; They develop technology to optimize and share images over the web. After founding in 2014 they have raised 400.000 Euros. Olivier has won a series of awards for his startup – and he
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SM 007: €2.6m raised, Cronycle content curation platf., discuss: culture and skills for success w/ director Nicolas Granatino
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Nicolas Granatino is cofounder and director of Cronycle, based in London. They develop a content curation and collaboration platform. Founded in 2013 by Nicolas and his cofounder Mark Wilson, they have raised a total of 2.6 million € in funding and thei
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SM 006: €500k raised, Swell social decision making app, discuss: rebranding and pivoting w/ CEO Peter Buchroithner
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Peter Buchroithner is cofounder, CEO and CPO of Swell, based in Vienna. Swell develops an app that lets you vote on all kind of stuff in a fun way. Peter has quite an interesting story of the businesses and ideas he went through, before discovering the product behind Swell, which really took off. He will tell us how he struggled when juggling sever…
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SM005: €300k raised, Symvaro smart city solutions, discuss: accelerator picking and handling investors w/ CEO Rudolf Ball
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Rudolf Ball, cofounder and CEO Symvaro based in Klagenfurt, Austria. They offer smart city solutions for water and waste. After bootstrapping for a couple of years, he raised 300.000 Euros from a group of angels in 2015, and he is currently raising his VC round. We talk about bootstrapping, how to find the right accelerator, and how to handle inves…
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SM 004: €2.9m raised, DAD home repair via video chat, discuss: company culture and networking w/ CEO Ben Wynn
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Ben Wynn is founder and CEO of DAD, based in London. DAD is an on-demand service for Home Repair experts via video call. When Ben founded DAD in June 2015, he already had 2 Million Pounds of funding secured from a strategic investor. We talk about how he managed to get 2 million Pounds with just an idea, the advantages and disadvantages of a strate…
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SM 003: €250k raised, BimBimBikes the booking.com for rental bikes, discuss: grow to 60 countries w/ CEO Michel Willems
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Michel Willems, cofounder and CEO of BimBimBikes, based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands; They are the booking.com for rental bikes. Founded in May of 2015, they have raised 250.000 Euros so far. Michel tells us how he managed to expand into 60 countries with a small team and only 250.000 Euros of funding. And the cultural differences he encountered a…
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SM 002: €1.1m raised, Eversports book sports activities online, discuss: Techstars accelerator and angels w/ CEO Hanno Lippitsch
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Hanno Lippitsch is cofounder and CEO of Eversports, based in Vienna. They are an online marketplace for sport activities. Founded in 2013 by Hanno Lippitsch and his cofoundersAndreas Woditschka, Emanuel Steiningner and Stefan Feirer, they have raised a total of 1 million € in funding and their team is 50 people strong. Hanno holds degrees in busine…
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SM 001: €1.8m raised, Connecterra the fitbit for cows, discuss: launching, finding a big problem to solve w/ CEO Yasir Khokhar
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Yasir Khokhar is cofounder and CEO of Connecterra, based in Amsterdam, an IoT company that builds sensors and a machine learning platform to analyze real-world objects. Their first product, the dairy monitor, is a ‘fitbit for cows’ that helps farmers improve milk productivity. Founded in 2014 by Yasir Khokhar and his cofounder Saad Ansari, they hav…
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