In their new episode and English-language debut, hosts Franz and Tobi engage in a wide-ranging discussion on modern career paths and entrepreneurship. They begin by sharing their personal business ventures, from a co-founded gaming company to Tobi's journey in diagnostics and Franz's current role as Head of Product at CareerOS.
A key topic is the rise of AI in the workplace, where Franz details a groundbreaking experiment at his company using an AI agent for recruiting top talent from a pool of thousands of students. The main segment features a deep-dive debate on the value of pursuing an MBA. They weigh the high costs against potential benefits like networking, salary increases, and career pivots, while contrasting the different MBA landscapes in Europe and the United States.
The guy that worked for 14 Y-Combinator startups
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_6dHIPVoTM
Cluely
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cluely/
Financial Times MBA Ranking
https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2997/mba-2025
Wharton Tution Feed Example
https://mba.wharton.upenn.edu/tuition-financial-aid/
Chapters
00:00 Highlights & Intro
00:41 Welcome to our first English Episode!
05:38 Rapid Fire Questions: Interns, Phone vs Caffeine, Franz's weakness & many more
12:05 Cluely - the AI to cheat on anything
15:19 The AI-Headhunter that Franz built with his Intern
20:55 The guy that worked for 14 Y-Combinator startups
22:11 Podcasts as a tool for your business
35:16 Are MBAs still worth it?
56:57 Outro
Keywords
Entrepreneurship, Career Development, MBA, Technology, AI in Recruitment, Talent Management, Networking, Personal Growth, Startups, Higher Education, HR Tech, Bilingual Podcast, Venture Capital