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In this episode, we'll journey through the high stakes world of tech entrepreneurship as a team of young innovators in Amsterdam navigates the pressures of a make or break investor pitch with determination, teamwork and a touch of ambition.
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The winter Zoon screened or the Hotama from the startup in Kubat or in Amsterdam.
The winter sun shone through the large windows of the start up in Kubator in Amsterdam. Hetaslaf in the Rplat's full jongo on the Naghmers. It was a lively place full of young entrepreneurs. The huer van vers cooffi hing in the smell of fresh coffee lingered in the air.
Anantafelment outsit. The Lars, Fimke and josper.
At a table with a view of the canal sat Larsh, Femka and yosper severe to anmpitch for the new te Rieb. They were working on their pitch for a new technology app. Lars anergic and ambitious blader the doors no ticis Larsh energetic and ambitious, flipped through his notes. The mute ingrid Mac say full selftrau. We need to make an impression, he said confidently. Infestire inn is the two const investing in clean technology is the future.
Fimkazurte and Cake nid lest Medetta no need hail mal klobte.
Femka sighed and looked at the list of details that weren't quite right yet. Lars Ike Bennett metcha Ames Larsh, I agree with you marve muttefourberreit zeno fra. But we need to be prepared for questions. The kunl ulshin faut for orlov. We can't afford any mistakes. Her stem klunk fosperade. Her voice sounded determined.
Seville the delta pre sentatzi perfect suzeine.
She wanted the presentation to be perfect.
Jusper sult metzen leptop and the tafel laus to distilicious.
Josper sat with his laptop at the table, listening quietly hew fool the de druc from the nad and the deadline. He felt the pressure of the approaching deadline.
Dedrchte dval de nei the co de dihy nor moustafonle.
His thoughts wandered to the code he still needed to finish. Femke h bachhinteke mire um aloste perfectionner enfour de Lars hast femkea. We don't have time to perfect everything, Lars replied hastily.
The presenta si mut drumac selves ostnit hai le mal office.
The presentation needs to make an impression, even if it's not completely finished. Femke fulste markknique aut einlik. Femke frowned, but eventually nodded.
Cevist dot Lars sends in hatreseit o pro teplomme.
She knew Larsh had set his sights on grand plans o k marvel muteville are sen for frad looster syn okay, but we need to be ready for tough questions. Opt d'ach on the pitch, basta ram to full met bo dechele investigators. On the day of the pitch, the room was full of potential investors. Lars bauhum met Sembresentazi. Larsh began his presentation zen wur.
De varre inspiraence martun kram and the t barfemkebum for vos.
His words were inspiring, but then came the technical questions. Femke had feared, even leaked mister Rahm. For a moment things seemed to go wrong to stop the Josper nowfore. Then Josper stepped forward.
Heleft the complexity dies infauldraud.
He explained the com plex details simply.
Zen lustrous stem and held the outlet. He'll put the investiators on the eptebbe.
His calm voice and clear explanation helped the investors understand the app the present tatsi kreniwe energy. The presentation gained new energy. Naw i'll flop kre suppose he tifa feet back. Afterwards, they received positive feedback aim from.
The infstiators say yuli hebitch bought in shale.
One of the investors said, you have something with potential. Lat on Sein who did feather vort on vehicults show us how this will be further developed.
Touch in it in kubat or Hemocho met koffi outstekwerk.
Back. In the incubator, they raised muggs coffee to another piece of good work, Lars schimlerchem Lars smiled at Femka, Yeah, leg you were right. Data is belong like detail is important felch Femke laughed back and Ambti helped m to come and ambition helps to move forward. The foreman haute team. We make a good team, yesper fool as if in a selfer's acret, Jesper suddenly felt confident and ign delvel and hold outlet in it for all, And I think I can give a good explanation in the future. De
vinter dach ain't beloved. The meeting the winter day ended with a promise for a second meeting hun samvir king hatzeorb. Their collaboration had paid off, sevarre clar for de four deestop. They were ready for the next step.
The kaut amsterdamselt fooled. The inags minder could.
The cold Amsterdam air suddenly felt less cold.
Sam mcgeek is out over thet clar umfder tobau an undoloum.
Together they looked out over the canal, ready to continue building their dream.
Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break. Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in English.
Incubator, incubator, incubat or incubator on the namers, on the namers on their namers, entrepreneurs, hing hingen, hing linger, ambicious, ambixious, ambixious, ambitious, in drug in drouk in drouk, impression, investia, investian, investia, investing, ti soi, clean technology, date ties, date ties, date ties details orberate, vorberate, verberate, prepared, fountain, fountain, fault, mistakes, fosspar fastparada, frostparade, determined, deadline,
deadline deadline, deadline perfictioneer perfectioneer pair fictioneer perfect Roads of Planner, Roads of Planner, roadspla grand plans. Both in sale investiators botential investiators. Both in sale investiators potential investors, inspirent inspirient, inspirient.
Inspiring complex, complex, complex complex, rousterre luster, luster, come feedback, feedback, feedback, feedback, both in shale. Both in shale, both ens ill potential on vehicults on vehicults on vehiclets developed, mocker, mocun, mocher, mugs, belofter, beluft, beloft, promise, salmon their king, salmon, the air king, salmon their king.
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