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Today we are discussing all about the process and outcomes of organizing the very first Techstars Startup Weekend Hackathon in Tallinn.
👉 Check out the full article: https://medium.com/startup-adventures-international/techstars-startup-weekend-tallinn-went-boom-fc11c3d2b055
👉 Check out the video overview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqjaFTWGmE8
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Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast!
Our today's guest, Adil, is the founder and creator of Anomalie Space. Think of it as a home for tech – where the dreamers, makers, creators, and builders of our age come together to build some cool stuff.
In this episode, we spoke about his startup journey, passion for building, and the vision he is trying to execute with Anomalie Space.
Enjoy & let us know what you think!
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Our today's guest is the founder of Altso communications agency and Herferd marketing news outlet, Anna Margrét Gunnarsdóttir.
In this episode, we discuss all about the current trends of LinkedIn, the role of AI in accelerating content production on this platform, and the actual benefits that LinkedIn brings to its daily users.
PS. This episode is a special Startup Investigation series from the Iceland Innovation Week. Check out the full article here.
Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast!
Our today's guest is an Investor Partnerships manager at Georgian VC.
In this episode, we investigate the trend of startups nowadays feeling "forced" to talk about their groundbreaking AI-features, even if they don't have one.
I was particularly interested in the VC point of view to understand where this pressure and the new industry standard is coming from. Enjoy!
PS. This episode is a special Startup Investigation series from the Iceland Innovation Week. Check out the full article here.
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Our today's guest is a science writer at Gizmodo, Isaac Schultz.
In this episode, we investigate the trend of online creators massively producing AI-generated content and sharing them with their audiences.
We talk about how AI tools have changed the way folks produce content on the internet, the biggest problems and challenges we’re facing because of the mass adoption of LLMs, and key differences between human-written authentic content vs AI-generated articles. Enjoy!
PS. This episode is a special Startup Investigation series from the Iceland Innovation Week. Check out the full article here.
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Our today's guest if the co-founder and Creative Director of Iceland Innovation Week, Melkorka Sigríour.
This week, we’ll be going to the Reykjavik-based startup festival that stands out with its unique program, interesting concepts, and cherry-picked group of people that come together to celebrate innovation in the country.
To tell you more about the festival and its unique vibes, we sat down with Melkorka, who shared all about the expectations from this year’s event. Enjoy!
Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast!
Our today's guest is Niluka Kavanagh, the Founder of ImagineThat - The Business School for Nomadic Entrepreneurs.
After graduating from Oxford University, Niluka started her career in consulting at KPMG UK in London, working with global brands including Tesco, Mastercard and The London Stock Exchange.
Nearly 5 years later, she wanted more and decided to embark on an experiment - is it possible to work for yourself and work from anywhere?
During this time, Niluka worked on 2 of her own businesses fully remote while living across the world, including Valencia, Lisbon, Chiang Mai, Istanbul and Da Nang.
She saw that it is possible to work for herself and have location freedom - and saw other professionals like her wanting to do the same, but not knowing how to begin a location-independent business.
This led her to create ImagineThat, which helps people start their own high-profit online coaching, consulting or services business.
Spaces are open now to join the Academy: https://www.imaginethatclub.com/academy
Subscribe for updates: https://beacons.ai/imaginethatclub
Join the free community: https://imaginethatclub.circle.so/
Follow Niluka on Linkedin, Instagram and YouTube @breakingboundarieswithniluka.
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Our today's guest is Simon Vincent, a creative and curious marketer with more than 15 years of experience working with big brands on ideating and executing their marketing strategies. Founder of X-CMO & KAIAKO.AI
In today's episode, we spoke about all things marketing, key differences between working with big brands and startups, and of course I had to ask him all about his startup life and adventures.
Enjoy & let us know what you think!
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Our today's guest Ivelina Dineva, the founder of everythingstartups.com, which aims to help founders and VCs build brand authority and attract the right opportunities.
In today's episode we spoke about Ivelina's startup story, challenges of building a media agency from scratch, tips for founders to get started with content marketing.
Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast!
Our today's guest is Markus Pesonen, the founder and CEO of Olo App, which is a science-backed audio journey application designed for instant relief from stress, anxiety, and mental fatigue.
In today's episode, we spoke about the founder story of Olo, challenges along the way of sustainable growth, and how he implements his music background into the art of building a startup.
Enjoy & let us know what you think!
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Our today's guest is Julija (JJ) Jegorova, founder of London-based Black Unicorn PR, brings 14 years of international PR experience to late seed-Series B European tech startups and VCs to elevate their visibility in the media.
In today's episode, we spoke about the early days of her career, challenges that came with building the Black Unicorn PR from scratch, and lessons about PR she learned along the way.
Enjoy & let us know what you think!
I attended The Next Web conference in the Netherlands as a media representative a couple of weeks ago! 🇳🇱
Imagine tons of inspiring sessions and panel discussions going together throughout those 2 days – more than 10,000 attendees, 3,500 startups, and 600 investors wandering all around the venue to find their next business partners. 🚀
All in all, the vibe was magical, and I wanted to tell you all about it in this podcast episode. 🙌
So, I went around the venue and interviewed different people, asking about their experience at TNW 2024. Enjoy! 🎙️
Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁
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Welcome to the 53rd episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest, this time, Ülane Vilumets from Estonia 🇪🇪
Ülane leads the team that is responsible for ecosystem development and partnerships at the e-Residency of Estonia. 🚀
What’s e-Residency you ask? It’s a government-issued digital identity that allows entrepreneurs from anywhere to start and manage a paperless EU-based company fully online. 🛜
Before joining the e-Residency team, Ülane was an entrepreneur and a startup founder herself. 💪
More specifically, she spent 10 years building a travel platform called “Like A Local,” which as the name suggests, helps travelers to experience countries like locals. 🎒
Her entrepreneurship experience is exactly what helps her be good at developing partnerships with international founders at Estonia’s pioneering e-Residency program, where her job involves expansion on their target markets. 🔥
We had a very interesting chat in this episode. We spoke about the first steps in her career, getting into startups and entrepreneurship, and everyday life working at a Governmental Startup, e-Residency. 🙌
Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁
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Welcome to the 52nd episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest, this time, Kevin Chavanne from France 🇫🇷
Kevin Chavanne is an investment manager at Tenity, which is an early-stage VC firm that makes innovation work and advances the future of finance 🚀
Originally from France, Kevin has studied at the University of Tartu Institute of Political Sciences and got his Master’s degree from there 🎓
We had a very interesting conversation in this episode – we talked about his international life in Tartu, getting into the startup world, and everyday life at Tenity 🙌
Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁
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Welcome to the 51st episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest, this time, Eleanor Warnock from the United States 🇺🇸
Eleanor is a journalist and writer with more than 10 years experience in news and communications. Most recently, she was deputy editor at the Financial Times-backed publication Sifted, where she led a team of 15 journalists covering startup and tech news across Europe. 🚀
Besides her experience as a journalist, Eleanor has also worked at a large VC Firm, Atomico, where she had an opportunity to experience startup life by assisting their portfolio companies with various tasks. 💡
We had a very interesting conversation in this episode – we talked about her career path as a journalist, everyday life at Sifted, and what founders should keep in mind when pitching their stories to different publications. 🙌
Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁
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Our goal is to show you how startups work by interviewing different people from this industry.
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Welcome to the 49th episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest, this time, Brett Martin from the United States 🇺🇸
Brett is a co-founder of Kumospace, which is the top provider of digital offices connecting distributed teams across the globe. Having raised $24 million in funding from Lightspeed, their vision is to make connecting online more human and more fun. 🚀
In addition to building this company, Brett is also a General Partner at Charge Ventures. With 60+ portfolio companies in hand, he invests in cross-sector startups in pre-seed and seed rounds. 🙌🏼
As you can see, Brett is one of the few people who is currently wearing both hats – Founder & VC, which made our conversation in this episode very interesting. 💡
We talked about his story of getting into the startup world, his vision of Kumospace, the future of remote work, and his experience as a Venture Capitalist.
Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁
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Welcome to the 48th episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest, this time, is Eerika Savolainen from Finland 🇫🇮
Eerika is a CEO at Slush, a non-profit organization that is building the world's leading startup event and the largest gathering of VC – it is truly the most founder focused event on earth. 🌐
The Slush team strongly believes that entrepreneurship is the most efficient way to create human progress – that’s why their mission is to create and help founders change the world, which they have been successfully embracing since 2008. 🚀
Eerika, started her journey with Slush in 2014 as a volunteer. She liked the experience and decided to join the organization as a full time team member. Throughout the years she tried out different roles, and eventually she became a CEO of an organization. 🙌
We had a very interesting chat in this episode. We talked about her journey at Slush, challenges that come with being a CEO, and what are the expectations from this year’s event happening in the last week of November. 🎙️
Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life. 🥁
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Welcome to the 47th episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest, this time, is Mizhgon Bakhti from Tajikistan 🇹🇯
Mizhgon is a Content Strategist and Creator, helping B2B brands bring in more customers and revenue through the content she creates. Throughout the years, she has mastered the art of crafting content that helps her power different companies to reach their business goals. 🚀
Originally from Tajikistan, Mizhgon moved to Indonesia a couple of years ago for studies. She enjoyed the lifestyle and environment so much that she decided to stay in Indonesia and pursue her career goals from there. 🌍
Bali was the place where she found her first clients and a passion for creating content online. Plus, the well-known, vibrant digital nomad community is always the advantage when it comes to making new connections and scaling the business. 🙌🏼
We had a very interesting chat in this episode. We talked about her international life in Bali, becoming a creator, and working with different brands to help them achieve their marketing goals. Definitely make sure to tune in. 🎙
Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁
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Welcome to the 46th episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest, this time, is Marie Skachko from Ukraine 🇺🇦
Marie is a Founder of Growth Moves, a content studio for B2B companies that specializes in the social media field. Their focus is to create engaging and memorable content that humanizes B2B brands to connect with their audience on a deeper level. Helping brands master their growth strategy and creating content that sparks interest in their audience’s eyes is what motivates her to keep going in this field. 🚀
Originally from Ukraine, Marie is an active traveler and Digital Nomad. One of her biggest passions is to explore life from different parts of the world. Currently based in Lisbon, she is enjoying fantastic Portuguese weather, food, and a vibrant community. 🌍
We had a very interesting chat in this episode. We talked about her adventurous international life, the story behind starting Growth Moves, and her future plans as a creator. So, make sure you tune in. 🎙
Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁
