Tento díl našeho podcastu bude speciální, jedná o záznam z našeho eventu #Startup Cinema s podtitulem Theranos: Blood, Money and Ego , kde jsme nejen hledali recept na úspěch, ale také se pídili po tom, proč se tolik lidí Theranos polívkou otrávilo. Do panelu přijali pozvání Honza Husták z Hustakomunkejšn (který nám podal úhel pohledu PRisty), Ondřej Zemek ze Sparring Legal (úhel pohledu právníka), Petr Štěpánek z Macromo (úhel pohledu Foundera) a v neposlední řadě také Jana Dusheke ze Seed Star...
Aug 31, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Managing the largest Series A-focused fund in Austria of €150m – investing in the CEE and DACH region – why didn’t they (like Pet Shop Boys) GO WEST? With several investments in Czech companies ( GAMEE or TATUM ) and leading a diverse team of 8 nationalities, Peter Lasinger sees the regional (startup) cooking differences. He knows who has the best food & beer. Are we experiencing a Bear or just a Teddy-Bear market? Listen to our podcast hosted by our @Kateřina Syslová to learn how “8-tish” d...
Jul 26, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Who is hungrier: New York City subway’ rats or a hyped investor? Listen to our newest Startup Kitchen Talk with Adam Kocik from J&T Ventures to find out! What is J&T Venture’s relationship with their bank mothership? Do they cook independently? Why do they have a “Rest in Peace” page? Where was Adam on 9/11? Why could “a perfect-looking investment” mean a red flag? We also chat about M&A, MBA, and MMA. What a podcast goal!...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Banka konající pro společnost, nikoli pro zisk - je to oxymoron, nebo vůbec ne? Pusťte si náš nejnovější podcast s Kristýnou Minářovou a dovíte se třeba: Proč je někdy v korporátu dobře a občas prší? Co se musí stát, aby se země/instituce pohnula? Jak se bude jmenovat startupové oddělení Raiffaisenbank? Jako rybník, takový fintech. Jak to mají jinde? Je nějaká výšková hranice pro bankomat? Poslechněte si a pak nám dejte vědět, jestli jste v tématu work-life balance spíše Kristýna, nebo Ondra Bar...
Jun 29, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Do investors make “Woo” or “Baa”? ? In Part 2 of our podcast with Ondrej Bartos , we furtherly discuss the ZOO of CEE startup ecosystems. How is the Bear doing? Is he staying long? How to let down your investor - examples included. Downsizing of your fund – clever move or a lack of LP money? How superficial is the unicorn hunt, and what rising stars is Ondrej sorry he missed? Was it possible to “burn out” in the 90s, and what would Curt Cobain think ? Listen to Ondrej Bartos’s podcast, part 2, w...
Jun 07, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Ondrej Bartos, the devil, and angel, the father of the CEE startup ecosystem. He doesn’t want to be called Gordon Ramsay of the Startup Kitchen and doesn’t like flat white, yoga, and European Investment Fund money. Founder of Credo Ventures, who prefers questions instead of answering them, joined our podcast to answer some nevertheless. This episode is the 1st part of our unusually high 2-episode-long talk about CEE startup history and Ondrej’s views on life, the kitchen, and everything. Listen ...
May 17, 2023•56 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Scaling, Scaling and Scaling! Meet our new podcast guest Lucie Brešová who has a remarkable CV ( Ernst & Young or JIC Brno ) and is an expert on scaling tech startups. She managed the exponential growth of the travel tech disruptor Kiwi.com , taking the company from 10 to 2000 people globally and setting the financial systems to sustain growth from 0 to 1bn€ in turnover in 4 years. She's also the newest addition to Groupon (from Pale Fire Capital portfolio) and her passion lies in education,...
Apr 16, 2023•44 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Michael Schuster is a Former Managing Partner of multi-million dollar VC fund Speedinvest with offices in Berlin, London, Paris, Vienna, and Munich, more than 390 investments, and recently closed €500M new fund to help even more early-stage European tech startups scale to global success. In our newest Episode, hosted by lovely Kate Syslova , Michael discusses and also being a Chef or eating Bulls balls (no kidding )What does Michael think of convertible loans? Are they as useful and powerful as ...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Opening a cowork sounds lovely right? How about opening a cowork with deadly deadlines and no floors? The Opero team made it on time! Kudos to Pavel Přikryl, Hanka Kučerová, Bára Seidlová & co. Hanka described the tasty struggles in our brand new podcast episode hosted by Kate Syslova. It is called Startup Kitchen Talk and here is a sneak peek!
Jan 10, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 1
This episode was recorded at the beginning of the pandemic, during WeAre Summit 2020 . As Head of the Innovation and Ventures Office, Frank is overseeing the largest Space Entrepreneurship network in the world. His team has initiated over 360 industry transfers and supported nearly 1000 start-ups. He supports the exploitation of the ESA patent portfolio and promotes the ESA BA (Business Applications) offer of ESA which has supported an additional over 600 business cases. In the next 3 years, ESA...
Jun 01, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 4
This episode was recorded at the beginning of the pandemic, during WeAre Summit 2020 . Katherine Maher is a former chief executive officer and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, positions she held from 2019 to April 2021 and from 2016 to April 2021 respectively. Previously, she was a chief communications officer. She has a background in information and communications technology.
May 30, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 3
This episode was recorded at the beginning of the pandemic, during WeAre Summit 2020 . Esther Wojcicki is an American journalist, educator, and vice chair of the Creative Commons advisory council. She has studied education and technology and is the founder of the Palo Alto High School Media Arts Program in Palo Alto, CA., and the Co-Founder of TractLearning, Inc publishes the website Tract.app, a peer-to-peer, project-based, gamified learning platform for kids 8 years and over....
May 29, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 2
This episode was recorded at the beginning of the pandemic, during WeAre Summit 2020 . Guy Kawasaki did not invent secular evangelism, but he popularized it. This goes back to 1983 and his work with the Macintosh Division of Apple. He is currently the chief evangelist of Canva, an online, graphics-design company from Australia.
May 28, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Hi, YES, this is our podcast. You know how podcasts work, but what differentiates us, is the CONTENT . We invite famous and not famous however always interesting guests with a huge repertoire of knowledge, skills, and experience. We focus on venture capital investors and bold founders who are believing that they can change the world. And they will. Enjoy our episodes and don't hesitate to leave us your feedback.
Apr 01, 2020•42 sec