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🤯 What a podcast I just had with Alexis Sikorsky, a company founder and CEO for 20 years and eventually making a 9-figures PE exit.

We discussed all sorts of exciting things,
- His +$100M Exit
- How did it affect his personal but also business life?
- Key moments where he questioned everything
- Tipps for entrepreneurs
- What would he do now if he would start a company again?
- and so much more.

I hope you'll enjoy the episode as much as I did.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:14 - How did such a huge exit affect his life?
06:10 - Did he feel like there was something missing after the exit?
08:18 - How did it all start?
10:02 How did he handle having kids whilst building his successful company?
12:10 - Key moments where he questioned everything
17:20 - How did those challenges affect this character/soul?
20:21 - Did he have multiple ideas in mind whilst starting this business or was it always "the one"?
23:12 - Tipps for Entrepreneurs in the early stages
29:25 - How the exit went down
35:41 - If he would start a company again, what industry/market would he be interested in?
39:41 - 3 things he’d like the audience to remember
41:44 - Bonus question: How can one differentiate between pivoting and doing new things constantly?

🧑 About Alexis Sikorsky (Guest, right):

- Special Advisor at Sikorsky Consulting Ltd
- Former Chairman of FNZ (formerly New Access)
- Former CEO, Founder of FNZ (formerly New Access)
- Former CEO Metissacana Dakar
- Former CEO Ogam Productions Paris
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-sikorsky-b159175/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=uk


🧑 About Kevin Riedl (Podcast host, left):
- Managing Partner & Founder of Wavect GmbH (Web3 Software Agency)
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wsdt/
- Threads: https://www.threads.net/@kevkevin_gre...
- Website: https://wavect.io


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#100million #businessexit #entrepreneurship

I was baffled by today's episode with Joshua Scigala about CBDCs.

We discussed all sorts of exciting things,

• What are CBDC's?,
• intensions of creating CBDC's,
• central bank systems,
• investing smart,
• and so much more.

I hope you'll enjoy the episode as much as I did.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:18 - What are CBDC's?
05:10 - What are the main intensions of someone creating CBDC's?
13:37 - Is there a way a central bank could do that in a legal perspective?
20:23 - Is crypto really an "exit door"? What is his take on that?
27:10 - What are his tendencies/ what is he going to do regarding investing?
39:00 Quick tipps for beginners in crypto


🧑 About Joshua Scigala (Guest, right):
- Co Founder of TheStandard
- Co Founder of Bar9 GmbH
- Co Founder & CEO of Vaultoro.com - The Global Gold Reserve For The Blockchain Era
- Advisor of SpotShot
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuascigala/?originalSubdomain=de
- Website: https://thestandard.io/


🧑 About Kevin Riedl (Podcast host, left):
- Managing Partner & Founder of Wavect GmbH (Web3 Software Agency)
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wsdt/
- Threads: https://www.threads.net/@kevkevin_gre...
- Website: https://wavect.io

If you like this topic you may want to check out our previous session:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFXyA6EVHTo&list=PLsZkl0r_l2kvaGllkk8PgzMUXK6zHkyU9&index=21

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#cbdc #crypto #finance

It's getting serious, just had a podcast with Glenn Rothwell, he's responsible for building Web3 @ Alchemy!

We discussed all sorts of exciting things like:

• working in sales in a web3 infrastructure
• sales strategies and processes at Alchemy
• sales approach now vs. then
• adapting to new companies as an SDR/Account Executive/ Manager
• and so much more.

I was baffled,
I hope you'll enjoy the episode as much as I did.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Biggest differences of working as an sales person in a non web3 environment and in an web3 infrastructure
2:52 - Web3's cold outbound approach
06:42 - What makes a good cold call?
09:07 - What made him go into sales?
12:58 - Is there a universe of him wanting to become an entrepreneur/founder again?
14:21 - The evolution of his sales approach
17:39 - How does the sales cycle at Alchemy look like?
24:08 - How did he get started in a new company like Alchemy?
27:40 - Handling new processes in new companies
31:00 - How did he get to his current position?
34:00 - Tipps on how to make sure the SDR's/Account Executive's are on the same track as the company and their goals
37:25 - Challenges that Alchemy has faced
40:53 - How to handle competitors
44:40 - How does he measure his success but also his team's success?
49:45 - Quality metrics
52:38 - 3 things he’d like the audience to remember


🧑 About Glenn Rothwell (Guest, right):
- BD + Partnerships, SDR Manager at Alchemy
- Former Director of Business Development at Code Climate
- Former Director of Sales Development at Credly
- Founder of Rothwell Technologies
- Co- Founder of Coast Designwear
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennrothwell/


🧑 About Kevin Riedl (Podcast host, left):
- Managing Partner & Founder of Wavect GmbH (Web3 Software Agency)
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wsdt/?locale=de_DE

- Threads: https://www.threads.net/@kevkevin_gre...
- Website: https://wavect.io


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#web3 #sales #blockchain

Everybody hates ads but Alex had a plan. On a mission to change the way on how we engage with ads he founded Azarus.

Their website headline says it all: "Watch streams, play along and win rewards."
Yes, there is a Web3 side to it. And we discussed it from a critical angle as well.

All in all, an amazing session!

🧑 A few exciting facts about Alex Casassovici (guest, right):
- Founder of Azarus, TEDx speaker and angel investor.
- His company Azarus recently got acquired by Animoca Brands, a global leader in blockchain, gamification and digital entertainment.
- In his +15 years as tech entrepreneur he achieved 4 successful exits and secured over $10 million in funding for his ventures.
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zatmonkey/
- Website: https://azarus.io/


🧑 About Kevin Riedl (Podcast host, left):
- Managing Partner & Founder of Wavect GmbH (Web3 Software Agency)
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/wsdt
- Threads: https://www.threads.net/@kevkevin_greenhat
- Website: https://wavect.io

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#corporate #startup #finance

In this session I talk with Gunther about one of the most challenging project he successfully managed in his career so far. How it started, grew and the ups and downs they faced along the way.

Some of the key-learnings might surprise you a bit as well, so definitely tune in.

Also please don't forget to hit the subscribe button - the more subscribers we have the bigger the guests get.

About Gunther Bergauer (Guest, right):
- Senior Consultant at Atlanto & Owner of X.O.T. Trading
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunther-bergauer
- Website: https://www.atlanto.at/

About Kevin Riedl (Podcast host, left):
- Managing Partner & Founder of Wavect GmbH (Web3 Software Agency)
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/wsdt
- Threads: https://www.threads.net/@kevkevin_greenhat
- Website: https://wavect.io

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#corporate #startup #finance

In this exciting episode Saul and I talk about the challenges of building and launching eVTOLs in North America. We dived deep into his personal motivation, pushbacks and why 2024 will be a big year for air taxis.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Why start an aviation company?
04:57 - Where are you at in your journey?
10:00 - What about security?
13:00 - Electric vehicles vs. what we have now
17:25 - How do you keep costs that low?
21:38 - Biggest pushbacks / downs
27:58 - Emergency use cases
30:00 - When are they in the air?
31:00 - Three key-take aways
33:42 - Outro

🧑 About Saul Tarazona (Guest, right):
- CEO of eJet Aerospace
- Website: https://ejet.tech/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blockchainadvisor/

🧑 About Kevin Riedl (Podcast host, left):
- Managing Partner & Founder of Wavect GmbH (Web3 Software Agency)
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/wsdt
- Threads: https://www.threads.net/@kevkevin_greenhat
- Website: https://wavect.io

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