Sneaking into Cambridge University! Podcast with NiklasSteenfatt Niklas and I both attended the AfricaBurn festival in South Africa. By some coincidence, we didn't manage to find each other in the desert. However, we met up in Cape Town and recorded this podcast and an episode for Niklas's channel in German. I also have a vlog from the AfricaBurn festival, which will be released one day after this video. Join my Discord community: https://discord.gg/qqzrSCFmmh ▬ In this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Podcast with Christian Mauriand: How many failed startups does it take to become successful? How often do entrepreneurs fail? Is luck really an essential factor in entrepreneurship? How to scale a startup? ▬ In this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ In this episode, we talk about Christian's many startup attempts. From a small beverage import/export business, over iRewind (a video tech company), to becoming the global head of corporate development at Roivant Sciences. ▬ Follow me ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬...
Dec 14, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Podcast with Alen Arslanagic: How many failed startups does it take to become successful? Alen's crazy story of starting companies in many areas, until finally succeeding with Visium This is the second, out of two, podcast episode with Alen Arslanagic. You can watch the first one here . If you would like to personally reach out to Alen, you can do so on Instagram! ▬ In this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ In this episode, we talk about Alen's many startup attempts. First, at the age of just 19, Ale...
Jul 24, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Podcast with Alen Arslanagic: Is Elon Musk happy? Are entrepreneurs happy? How can self-improvement become the key to happiness? This is the first, out of two, podcast episodes with Alen Arslanagic. If you would like to personally reach out to Alen, you can do so on Instagram! ▬ In this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ In this episode, we talk about how Elon Musk became Alen's greatest inspiration. Next, we talk about self-improvement, and how becoming a better version of yourself every single day c...
Jul 18, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Podcast with David Döbele , co-founder of PumpkinCareers . David Döbele graduated as one of the best students from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. During his studies, he interned at the Swiss bank UBS, and later started a YouTube channel providing career advice. Due to the success of his career coaching events, together with his co-founder Jonas Stegh , they founded their startup PumpkinCareers in early 2020. They company started growing incredibly fast, due to extremely high demand for...
Jun 15, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Learn programming the smart way, from an informatics olympiad winner! Dominik started competitive coding at the age of 10, and won two silver medals at the International Informatics Olympiad (IIO). He was my high school classmate from Croatia, and during his studies in Computer Science at the University of Zagreb, he interned for Google and the hedge fund Jane Street. He just started working on a crypto startup in Zagreb, Croatia. ▬ In this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ We talk about how to get s...
Jun 06, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Podcast with Rodrigo Garcia de la Cruz, the Founder & CEO of Finnovating Rodrigo graduated from Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles (IEB) with an executive master in management in financial institutions. He is also the president of the Spanish FinTech & InsurTech Association, as well as the co-founder of the European Digital Finance Association ▬ In this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ We talk about blockchain, cryptocurrencies, as well as startup opportunities in the FinTech sector. ▬ About F...
Jun 06, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Podcast with Saachi Jain, my friend and colleague at MIT. Saachi graduated from Stanford University with a degree in computer science. She completed internships at Google, Facebook, and Dropbox. Before starting her PhD at MIT, she worked as a computer vision scientist in Tesla's auto-pilot group. ▬ In this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ We talk about how Stanford and MIT compare for studies, research, and starting startups. We also compare internships at top tech firms (Google, Facebook, and Dropb...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Interview with Sandra Ro, the CEO of the Global Blockchain Business Council ▬ In this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ We talk about Sandra's early days on the trading floors of "Wall Street", the Global Blockchain Business Council, and the environmental impact of crypto currencies. We also talk about how the GBBC was founded on Sir Richard Branson's private island. Next, we discuss which countries have the best crypto regulations, as well as which areas and countries are best for starting blockchai...
Jun 06, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Podcast with Emily Mu, my friend and colleague at MIT Emily graduated from MIT with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Math. During high school, she won several math competitions, which later helped her get an internship at D. E. Shaw & Co. as a quantitative analyst. Before starting her PhD at MIT, Emily worked in the Google Ads group. Her PhD research focuses on applied machine learning. ▬ In this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ We talk about how to develop good mathematical intuition...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Interview with John Peurifoy , the co-founder and CEO of the Floating Point Group ▬ In this podcast ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ We talk about how gaming motivated John to go into science and tech. We also discuss his early days at MIT, his fascinating research utilizing AI models for predicting phenomena in Physics. Next, we talk about John's many failed startup ideas, which eventually led up to his breakthrough with his current company. We also discuss cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and finance. Is i...
Jun 06, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 1
