The Startup Blender

Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast! This is a special episode directly from the Podcast Stage of Latitude59. We sat down one founder and one VC and asked them their points of view on different stages of building a startup – fundraising, hiring, growth, etc. Guests: Kaspar Tiri, the Founder of ReadyPlayerMe. Maria Piotrowska, the Senior Associate at VentureFriends. Enjoy & let us know what...

Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast! Our today's guests is Gero Mekk, the co-founder of Trinode Systems. Trinode Systems is part of Time2Scale accelerator, which is a nine-month international scale-up program designed for ambitious technology ventures from Finland, Estonia, and Latvia. Enjoy & let us know what you think!

Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast! Our today's guests are Rafi Mohammad and Johannes Gontrum, the founders of Qallio. Qallio is part of Time2Scale accelerator, which is a nine-month international scale-up program designed for ambitious technology ventures from Finland, Estonia, and Latvia. Enjoy & let us know what you think!

Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast! Our today's guests are Hira Wajahat Malik and Jelena Žovnikova, the program managers of the Time2Scale program. It is a nine-month international scale-up program designed for ambitious technology ventures from Finland, Estonia, and Latvia. The program supports companies with existing market traction in expanding internationally and achieving sustainable...

Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast! Our today's guest, Oki Alexander, is the lead organizer of the Startup Weekend Valencia – place where participants can think, work, and build like a startup within a weekend. In this episode, we spoke about the entrepreneurial vibes in Valencia, main objectives of this event, and the overall impact that different types of startup activities have on the w...

Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast! Our today's guest, Geoffrey, is the main organizer and a creative force behind HackEurope – the Europe’s largest student hackathon that took place in Dublin, Paris, and Stockholm at the same time. In this episode, we spoke about his motivation behind orchestrating this event, the craziest ideas developed there, and the biggest challenges behind putting t...

Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast! Our today's guest, Ignas Genevičius, is the co-founder of Basedspace which is a community of early-stage founders, offering not only a workspace but an environment designed for learning, collaboration, and growth. In this episode, we spoke about their founding story, future objectives, and discussed some of the coolest ideas that are being built from the...

Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast! Our today's guest, Franck Nouyrigat, is the co-founder of Startup Weekend event series, which gives wanna be entrepreneurs the first taste of startup life. In this episode, we spoke about his startup journey, early days of Startup Weekend, and drew parallels between old ways to build companies vs new with AI developments. Enjoy & let us know what you...

Welcome to the Startup Blender podcast! 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=hqjaFTWG...

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...

Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast! 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...

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 standa...

Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast! 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 mas...

Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast! 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 f...

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...

Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast! 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...

Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast! 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...

Welcome to the Startup Blender Podcast! 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 scrat...

Welcome to the Startup Blender podcast! This is a special episode from the Next Web conference 2024. Event with tons of inspiring sessions and panel discussions going together. 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 & let us know what you...

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. ...

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...

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 h...

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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 comp...