
In this episode, Siddhant talks with Martin Kalamees, Co-Founder and CEO of Werk about the labor shortage, how to identify the competency of workers using AI, how to build a construction start-up, and future use case scenarios for AI. Some of the topics discussed are as below. a) What is Werk b) Martin's Journey with starting Werk c) Labor Shortage d) Werk's solution for the competency of skilled workers e) What to expect while building a start-up f) How to raise funding for start-ups g) Future use case scenarios for AI h) Construction in Europe, and the UK Time Stamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:44 Martin's Introduction and Werk 1:14 Werk in one Sentence 1:35 Switch from Law to Construction Start-up 5:50 Labor Shortage 8:04 Stats on Labor Shortage 10:15 Werk's Solution on Competency 12:54 Push-backs on Solution 15:43 How to measure competency 17:14 How to build a Start-up 19:15 Raising funds for Start-up 20:22 Building team and Initial Hires 22:49 Landing first client 24:21 Future use case of AI 27:02 Construction in Europe and UK 28:40 If starting over again 29:55 Advice for Young Professionals Let me know your thoughts and what you resonate with in the comments below. Follow me on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidhant-mehta/ Martin's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-kalamees/ Werk's Website - https://werk.eu/