The Pursuit of Scrappiness

Davis Siksnans is the co-founder of the first Latvian unicorn - Printful. Davis has recently stepped down from operating management of the business and is now acting as a senior advisor to Draugiem Group focusing on building the Draugiem Capital initiative. In the Part 1 of this episode we talk about: The story of Printful Building a business in the US Draugiem group unique serial entrepreneurship...

Uldis Teraudkalns and Janis Zeps are the co-hosts of the Pursuit of Scrappiness Podcast. After recording more than 100 episodes, we step into the guest role and talk about different aspects of making this podcast. Our interviewer is AI using chatGPT generated questions and Elevenlabs.io text-to-voice AI generator, which makes this the first time a podcast host is AI. You can find Part 1 of this co...

Uldis Teraudkalns and Janis Zeps are the co-hosts of the Pursuit of Scrappiness Podcast. After recording more than 100 episodes, we step into the guest role and talk about different aspects of making this podcast. Our interviewer is AI using chatGPT generated questions and Elevenlabs.io text-to-voice AI generator, which makes this the first time a podcast host is AI. There is also Part 2 of this c...

Taavi Tamkivi is the CEO and co-founder of Salv - a pioneering startup in collaborative-crime fighting approach that businesses and consumers can benefit from. Taavi has been leading Fraud, Revenue Assurance, and Consumer Analytics teams for decades in companies such as Skype and Wise. Expect to learn: Fraud fighting stories from global unicorns Skype and Wise How money laundering affects our soci...

Peep Laja is the CEO and Co-Founder of Wynter - B2B message testing platform. He is one of the world’s leading experts in Conversion Rate Optimisation and founder of multiple other companies such as Speero and CXL. Peep hosts “How to Win” podcast and is a popular content creator on both Linkedin and Twitter. In this episode we talk about: Building expertise personal brand for business purposes onl...

Kristjan Vilosius is the Co-Founder and CEO of Katana - manufacturing ERP software for total visibility. Kristjan is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor as well as a seasoned executive in the corporate world. Kristjan has invested in many companies, including quite a few of previous guests of this podcast. Investments include Skeleton, Bolt, Planet42, Parcelsea, Klaus, Giraffe360 and many mor...

Markus Lember is the CEO and Co-Founder of Montonio Finance - checkout solution for ecommerce. Markus started building Montonio while still studying at the University of Tartu. He then went on to raise investments from such names as Tera Ventures, Startupwiseguys, Superangel, Practica, some prominent angels as well as Index Ventures. In this episode we talk about: Dropping out of college to start...

Mikus Opelts is the  Founder and CEO of Giraffe360 - the company that makes real estate listings look amazing with their camera and visual tools. Mikus has been working with virtual tours technologies for 10+ years and has solved painful problems in the real estate market with some pretty cool products. We record this as Mikus and his team have just raised $16M round lead by Founders Fund. In this...

Kristian Sägi is ex-Founder and CTO of Playtech mobile division that he built up from 0 to 120 M USD annual revenue in his 10 years with the company. He later went on to co-found Nevercode and is now part of Dynatrace Tallinn. In this episode we talk about: The story of Kristian and the unicorn Playtech Culture of disciplined freedom Will Elon Musk succeed in turning Twitter around Keeping a compa...

Morten Hansen is the Head of the Economics department at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. Morten has been working as a lecturer for over 20 years as well as serves as vice-chairman of Fiscal Discipline Council of Latvia. In this episode we talk about: Inflation origins and how to fight it What is the magnitude of the looming recession? Is wage growth going to stop anytime soon? Can gover...

Gytenis Galkis is an investor at Superhero Capital and 70V and serial entrepreneur from Lithuania. He has founded several companies and has invested in more than 50 early stage companies and has actively helped them grow into valuable businesses. He is also one of the founders of the Lithuanian Business Angels Network. In this episode we talk about: Gytenis’ first business start and bust Scrappy e...

Kristel Kruustük is the co-founder of Testlio - holistic software testing solutions provider. Inc magazine has selected her among the top 100 women entrepreneurs globally just recently next to such celebrities as Cameron Diaz and Michelle Pfeiffer. The same Inc also named her company as one of the best workplaces globally. She’s been part of Techstars, speaker in Nordic Business Forum and is publi...

Kristel Kruustük is the co-founder of Testlio - holistic software testing solutions provider. Inc magazine has selected her among the top 100 women entrepreneurs globally just recently next to such celebrities as Cameron Diaz and Michelle Pfeiffer. The same Inc also named her company as one of the best workplaces globally. She’s been part of Techstars, speaker in Nordic Business Forum and is publi...

Taavi Kotka is the CEO & co-founder of Koos - a company building a new form of ownership that recently raised 4mUSD seed round led by Plural foundation. Taavi is also a serial entrepreneur and one of the angel investors in Wise as well as one of the top experts on digital governance and known for leading the Estonian e-residency project which earned global recognition. In this episode we talk...

Taavi Kotka is the CEO & co-founder of Koos - a company building a new form of ownership that recently raised 4mUSD seed round led by Plural foundation. Taavi is also a serial entrepreneur and one of the angel investors in Wise as well as one of the top experts on digital governance and known for leading the Estonian e-residency project which earned global recognition. In this episode we talk...

Lisett Luik is the co-founder of Arbonics - the new forest economy. With her team, Lisett is building a solution for forest owners to earn from their forests without cutting them. Having worked for such companies as Wise, Swoon, American Express and more recently Taavet+Sten and having degrees from London School of Economics and Yale. Lisett brings a uniquely global perspective on work and life. I...

Jone Vaituleviciute and Marijus Andrijauskas are partners at Firstpick - early stage venture capital fund backing the best tech founders across the Baltics. Jone and Marijus have spent the last couple of years together working with Startupwiseguys where they invested in such companies as kevin, Ondato, GoRamp, InRento, Jeff, HeavyFinance, Vsight, Watalook & Kernolab and many others. As we ente...

Jone Vaituleviciute and Marijus Andrijauskas are partners at Firstpick - early stage venture capital fund backing the best tech founders across the Baltics. Jone and Marijus have spent the last couple of years together working with Startupwiseguys where they invested in such companies as kevin, Ondato, GoRamp, InRento, Jeff, HeavyFinance, Vsight, Watalook & Kernolab and many others. As we ente...

We bring you a new format today - an uncensored banter about current events: Central bank money printing and Inflation Global currency dynamics European energy crisis Freedom and Bitcoin Possibility of government without fiat currencies Political extremism in Europe and the US The role of US and NATO in global security The information war Joining Janis & Uldis today is Matthew Mezinskis the ho...

Sten Tamkivi is one of the co-founders of Plural platform - an investment platform to support building European early stage companies into legendary, GDP-level impact businesses. Sten is also a Stanford graduate, a co-founder of NFTPort, Partner at Taavet+Sten, Founder of Teleport, ex-EIR at A16Z, multiple key role holder at Skype and a multitude of other tech related engagements. This episode is...

Sten Tamkivi is one of the co-founders of Plural platform - an investment platform to support building European early stage companies into legendary, GDP-level impact businesses. Sten is also a Stanford graduate, a co-founder of NFTPort, Partner at Taavet+Sten, Founder of Teleport, ex-EIR at A16Z, multiple key role holder at Skype and a multitude of other tech related engagements. This episode is...

Jevgeni Kabanov is the Chief Product Officer and President at Bolt - Estonian mobility giant. Jevgeni also holds a PhD in computer science, was a founder of ZeroTurnaround and is an active angel investor. This episode is brought to you in cooperation with sTARTUp day where Jevgeni was also one of the keynote speakers. Make sure you check them out and get your pass to the next event March 15-17 202...

Jevgeni Kabanov is the Chief Product Officer and President at Bolt - the Estonian mobility giant. Jevgeni also holds a PhD in computer science, was a founder of ZeroTurnaround and is an active angel investor. We record this just after Jevgeni has returned from 4 months completely off of work. This episode is brought to you in cooperation with sTARTUp day where Jevgeni was also one of the keynote s...

Martin Sokk is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lightyear - an app that makes investing lightyears better. Bringing his experience and practical learnings from Wise (Transferwise), Martin and his team have set out to significantly increase stock market participation in Europe. In this episode we talk about: Increasing stock market participation in Europe Building of standout Fintech products Applying lea...

Arnas Stuopelis is the CEO of Hostinger - a tool that provides everything you need to create a website. Bootstrapped from day one, Arnas and his team have built a great product and massive organisation, operating in such competitive markets as web hosting and website building. In this episode we talk about: Bootstrapping, creativity and of course scrappiness OKRs, Radical Transparency and culture...