Calls From The Road

Mila Kaethe
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You're not as far away from the life you want as you think. Hi, I'm Mila - I started Calls From The Road because I kept wondering why we only hear people's stories once they've made it. What about the people who are still on their way? So I talk to both: the names you already know and the ones you probably should. While one can show you what's possible, the other can make it feel possible for you, too. Sometimes the most valuable perspective doesn't come from someone looking back ten years later. It comes from someone just a few steps ahead of you! We decode what they've learned along the road, so you can apply it to your own. That's what @callsfromtheroad is here for: making big dreams feel a little less far away and giving you the tools to go after them. Ready to pursue yours? Hit subscribe.❤️‍🔥 DE/EN | New Pitstop every other Wednesday. Business & partnerships: partnerships@callsfromtheroad.com Guest booking inquiries: guests@callsfromtheroad.com

  1. vor 21 Std.

    Would You Work for Yourself? The Founder Paradox | OFF ROUTE #6 | Calls From The Road

    You started your business for freedom. So why does it feel like you've become your own worst boss? There's something deeply ironic about entrepreneurship. We leave behind the rules, expectations and working hours of someone else's company, only to create a workplace for ourselves that we might have quit a long time ago. And the strangest part? We often don't even question it. While building Calls From The Road, I've caught myself doing exactly that. And after talking to so many founders about their journeys, I've started noticing a pattern that I think deserves a much bigger conversation. In this OFF Route, we're getting into the uncomfortable relationship between ambition, success and the way we treat ourselves along the road. I'm also making a little confession about my previous Off Routes. Something is changing around here, and I'm curious to see where it takes us.  Next week, we'll take this conversation even further with Cimberley Groß, CEO of Accelerate Health, for a Pitstop on founder health, stress and the nervous system.  But for now, I want to leave you with one question:  Would you work for yourself?    Chapters:  0:00 Intro  2:13 I have a Confession to make  8:35 Would You Work For Yourself?  11:41 Problem #1: Hustle Addiction 13:12 Problem #2: Your Body Didn't Sign the Business Plan  16:10 Problem #3: The Successful Founder Paradox  21:09 Treat Yourself Like an Investment 25:51 Burnout, Stress & Next Week's Pitstop with Cimberley Groß from Accelerate Health 30:38 Would You Call Yourself Successful?    Socials:  Instagram Mila: @milakaethe Instagram CFTR: @callsfromtheroad TikTok CFTR: @callsfromtheroad #callsfromtheroad #founderburnout #hustleculture #founderhealth #chronicstress #entrepreneurlife #mentalhealth #worklifebalance #solofounder #burnoutprevention #selfleadership #foundermindset

  2. 14. Okt.

    Vom Werkstudenten zum VP: Wie man ein Milliardenunternehmen mit aufbaut | Jens Kegelmann, FINN | #P19 | Calls From The Road

    „Ich hatte überhaupt gar keine Ahnung, was ich mache." 2019 kommt Jens Kegelmann als Student zu FINN. Das Unternehmen steht noch ganz am Anfang, das Team ist klein und an seinem ersten Arbeitstag bekommt er einen Laptop mit der Aufgabe, die erste Website zu bauen. Sieben Jahre später ist FINN Unicorn, macht über 300 Mio. Euro ARR und Jens ist VP. Was passiert zwischen diesen beiden Punkten? Für den ersten Pitstop der dritten Staffel treffen wir Jens live im Podcast Hub der Bits & Pretzels in München und schauen genau auf die Entscheidungen, Learnings und Probleme hinter diesem Wachstum. Was passiert, wenn Scale plötzlich bedeutet, selbst loszulassen? Wann wird Expansion zur Ablenkung vom Kerngeschäft? Was lernt man, wenn tausende E-Autos plötzlich nicht mehr die Restwerte haben, mit denen man gerechnet hat? Und wenn AI das Bauen von Produkten immer einfacher macht wird die Entscheidung, was überhaupt gebaut werden sollte, zur eigentlichen Herausforderung? Jens erzählt, warum FINN die USA wieder verlassen hat, wie sich seine eigene Rolle vom Machen zum Führen verändert hat und warum er nach sieben Jahren Unternehmensaufbau vor allem eines gelernt hat: Große Probleme werden lösbar, wenn man sie klein genug macht. Eine Folge über die Entscheidungen hinter dem Scale, die Learnings, die nicht im ARR stehen und darüber, wie aus einem weißen Blatt Papier Schritt für Schritt ein Milliardenunternehmen entsteht. 🏁 🎙️ Pitstop #P19 — Season 3 📍 Recorded live at Bits & Pretzels, Munich Join the road @callsfromtheroad für die Geschichten, Entscheidungen und Umwege, die passieren, bevor ein Traum Realität wird. See you on the road. ❤️‍🔥 Timestamps:  00:00 Intro: Live von der Bits & Pretzels 02:39 Von Day Zero zum FINN Unicorn 07:00 Vom Selbermachen zum Führen 10:30 Warum Jens seit 7 Jahren bei FINN ist 14:00 Wie das FINN Geschäftsmodell funktioniert 19:00 Das schmerzhafte E-Auto-Learning 23:30 Warum FINN die USA verlassen hat 28:30 Vom Rückzug zum Unicorn: Was kommt als Nächstes? 32:30 Wie AI Product Management verändert 36:30 Was Jens in 7 Jahren Aufbau gelernt hat Socials: Instagram FINN: @finn.auto  Instagram Mila: @milakaethe Instagram CFTR: @callsfromtheroad TikTok CFTR: @callsfromtheroad #callsfromtheroad #bitsandpretzels #finn #startupgrowth #companybuilding #scaling #productmanagement #productstrategy #productleadership #leadership #problemsolving #businessfocus #startupmistakes #businessgrowth #aiProduct #mobility #autosubscription #unicornstartup

  3. 8. Okt.

    What Steven Bartlett & Trevor Noah Made Me Rethink About Success | Bits & Pretzels Recap | Calls From The Road

    What if imposter syndrome isn't actually a bad thing? And what if "never give up" is some of the worst advice you've ever received? I came back from Bits & Pretzels with about 47 notes on my phone. Most of them I'll probably never look at again. But a few completely changed the way I think about building something of my own. In this Off Route, I'm sharing seven lessons from Bits & Pretzels, including some unexpected perspectives from Trevor Noah and Steven Bartlett. But there's also a side of Bits & Pretzels you probably didn't see. I've attended countless conferences and networking events throughout my career. But this time was different. For the first time, I wasn't representing someone else's company. I was there for something I'd built myself. And suddenly, walking into a familiar room felt completely different. This episode is about the lessons worth taking home, the uncomfortable parts of building your own thing and three questions I think you should ask yourself.   🎙️ Off Route Solo | Calls From The Road 📍 Bits & Pretzels, Munich   See you on the road❤️‍🔥   Chapters:  00:00 – What I Really Took Away From Bits & Pretzels 01:30 – Trevor Noah: Maybe Imposter Syndrome Is a Good Thing 04:00 – Your Greatest Gift Is Also Your Curse 06:30 – Why Failure Doesn't Mean You're Failing 09:00 – Steven Bartlett: Question Everything 11:30 – Too Many Good Ideas Can Kill Your Focus 13:30 – Why "Never Give Up" Is Terrible Advice 16:30 – Networking Isn't About Collecting Contacts 19:00 – The Part of Bits & Pretzels You Didn't See   Socials:  Instagram Mila: @milakaethe Instagram CFTR: @callsfromtheroad TikTok CFTR: @callsfromtheroad   #callsfromtheroad #bitsandpretzels #stevenbartlett #trevornoah #impostersyndrome #foundermindset #startupadvice #failure #selfawareness #decisionmaking #businessfocus #networking

  4. 23. Sept.

    (EN) Your Dream Isn't a 10-Year Plan: It's a Normal Tuesday | Lisbon Series Pt. 4 | #P18 | CFTR

    I want to be successful" doesn't actually mean anything until you know what you want your life to look like. For the final episode of the Lisbon Series, I'm looking forward. Over the last three episodes, we've talked about starting before you're ready, building something on your own and everything life keeps throwing at you while you're trying to make it work. But all of that raises a bigger question: What are you actually building towards? Because your dream life isn't made up of the big milestones people see. It's mostly made up of normal Tuesdays. In this final Pitstop, I'm questioning how much of what we're chasing is actually ours, what success looks like beyond achievements, and why designing the life you want might be just as much about what you leave out as what you add. Because maybe the goal isn't to perfectly design your life once. It's to keep paying enough attention to notice when the life you're building no longer matches the person you've become. Lisbon Series — Part 4 of 4 See you on the road. ❤️‍🔥   Chapters:  00:00 – What Does Success Actually Mean? 02:00 – What Does Your Normal Tuesday Look Like? 04:20 – Is the Dream You're Chasing Actually Yours? 06:15 – Stop Adding More to Your Life 08:15 – The 6 Questions That Define Your Dream Life 11:15 – What I Actually Want My Life to Look Like 13:15 – Your Dream Life Is Allowed to Change 15:30 – What Are You Building All of This For?   Socials:  Instagram Mila: @milakaethe Instagram CFTR: @callsfromtheroad TikTok CFTR: @callsfromtheroad #callsfromtheroad #lisbonseries #dreamlife #lifedesign #definesuccess #lifechoices #careergoals #successmindset #intentionality #priorities #worklifebalance #lifeplanning #personalvalues #normalTuesday #dreamcareer #futurelife #careerdesign #successgoals

  5. 16. Sept.

    (EN) Are You Building Your Dream or Postponing Your Life? | Lisbon Series Pt. 3 | #P17 | CFTR

    Nobody tells you that while you're trying to create the life of your dreams, life keeps happening. For Part 3 of the Lisbon Series, I'm sitting in a hidden library in the neighborhood where I used to live — talking about the chapters of our lives that usually stay unseen. Six months into building Calls From The Road, I've realized that some of the hardest parts of entrepreneurship have nothing to do with business at all. What happens when your ambition and your private life collide? When you're building your future while your present still needs you? And how do you measure progress when everyone around you seems to be moving on a completely different timeline? This episode is about the hidden side of chasing a dream: life, relationships, responsibility, comparison, different timelines and the cost of constantly telling yourself "after this." Because the road isn't just your career. It's everything that happens while you're on the way there. 📍 Filmed in a hidden library in Lisbon, Portugal. Lisbon Series — Part 3 of 4 See you on the road. ❤️‍🔥 Chapters:  00:00 – Lisbon Series Part 3: When Life Keeps Happening 02:05 – The Side of Entrepreneurship Nobody Talks About 04:20 – What You Don't See Behind Someone's Success 06:50 – The Danger of Saying "After This" 09:10 – Feeling Behind on Your Own Timeline 11:35 – Are You Measuring Progress the Wrong Way? 14:10 – Your Life Is More Than Your Career Socials:  Instagram Mila: @milakaethe Instagram CFTR: @callsfromtheroad TikTok CFTR: @callsfromtheroad #callsfromtheroad #lisbonseries #chasingdreams #reallife #lifechoices #differenttimelines #feelingbehind #comparison #lifepressure #growingup #adulting #ambition #worklifebalance #personalgrowth #lifechanges #yourtimeline #founderlife #entrepreneurlife

  6. 9. Sept.

    (EN) 10 Rules That Keep Me Sane While Building as a Solopreneur | Lisbon Series Pt. 2 | #P16

    Building your dream alone sounds freeing. Until you realize that every decision, every problem, every task and every bad day lands on you.  Six months into building CFTR - Calls From The Road as a solopreneur, I've learned that independence and isolation are two very different things. For Part 2 of the Lisbon Series, I'm back at Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, where I studied in 2018 and constantly switched between working alone and working in groups. Eight years later, that same tension has become one of the biggest questions in my business: How much should you actually build alone? In this episode, I break down the real pros and cons of being a solopreneur versus building with a co-founder or team — from speed and creative control to loneliness, burnout, blind spots, accountability and finding people with complementary skills. But more importantly, I'm sharing the 10 rules that are currently keeping me sane while building alone. How to trust yourself without ignoring feedback. Why the thing you're avoiding is probably the thing you need to do. How to protect your focus, redefine hustle, deal with sacrifice, change course when something isn't working and manage the voice in your own head. Because I'm learning that building solo doesn't mean figuring everything out alone. You can own your vision and still surround yourself with people who challenge you, support you and are better than you at things. Maybe that's what independence actually is: not doing everything yourself, but being intentional about what stays yours and who you let build beside you. 📍 Filmed at Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics in Lisbon, Portugal, where I studied in 2018. Lisbon Series — Part 2 of 4 See you on the road. ❤️‍🔥   Chapters:  0:00 Intro / Back at University in Lisbon 3:14 Episode Setup: Solo vs. Co-Founder 4:24 Pros of Being a Solopreneur 5:59 Cons of Being a Solopreneur 13:22 Pros of Having Co-Founders 14:55 Cons of Having Co-Founders 17:15 Truth 1: Trust Yourself, Not the Committee 18:36 Truth 2: Do the Thing You're Avoiding 19:57 Truth 3: Don't Take Advice From the Wrong People 20:38 Truth 4: Redefine Hustle 21:45 Truth 5: Protect Your Focus 22:39 Truth 6: Reframe the Sacrifice 23:47 Truth 7: Give Yourself Permission to Change Course 24:28 Truth 8: Own Your Identity 25:06 Truth 9: Be Prepared for Delayed Gratification 25:41 Truth 10: Manage the Voice in Your Head 28:46 Closing Thoughts & What's Next   Socials:  Instagram Mila: @milakaethe Instagram CFTR: @callsfromtheroad TikTok CFTR: @callsfromtheroad   #solopreneurship #founderlife #callsfromtheroad#lisbonseries #solopreneurship #cofounders #founderlife #founderloneliness #founderburnout #creativecontrol #businesspartners #teamdynamics #decisionmaking #selfleadership #mentalresilience #businessfocus #workload #delegation #procrastination #selftrust #delayedgratification #foundermentalhealth #clsbe #catolicalisbon #catolica #catolicalisbonschoolofbusinessandeconomics #businessschool #lisbon

  7. 2. Sept.

    (EN) 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting My Business: The Lisbon Series | #P15 | Calls From The Road

    "I'm not sitting here because I've made it. I'm sitting here because I've started." Welcome to the first English Solo Pitstop and the beginning of the Lisbon Series. Six months ago, I had no idea how to build Calls From The Road. I didn't know how to produce a podcast, how people would react, which decisions would turn out to be right or whether any of this would actually work. I still don't have all the answers. But I started. In this episode, I'm taking you back to Lisbon a city that has been part of many different versions of my life to talk about what the first six months of building something from scratch have actually taught me. From starting before you feel ready and allowing your first version to be embarrassing, to dealing with rejection, choosing the right people, protecting your vision and realizing that attention and revenue are two very different things. These are the 10 lessons I wish someone had told me when I started. Not from someone who has already made it but from someone who is still figuring it out, building, failing, learning and documenting the road while she's on it. Because you don't become ready and then start. You start, and eventually become ready. 📍 Filmed in Lisbon, Portugal. See you on the road. ❤️‍🔥 Chapters:  00:00 Welcome to the Lisbon Series 04:00 Why CFTR Is Going International 09:00 Why Lisbon Is Part of My Road 15:00 Leaving a Career That Looked Good on Paper 21:00 Starting Over & Finding My Way Back 27:00 The Reality of My First Six Months 31:00 #1 Start Before You're Ready 36:00 #2 Your First Version Is Allowed to Be Embarrassing 40:00 #3 Use Being Small to Your Advantage 44:00 #4 Don't Reject Yourself Before They Can 48:00 #5 Rejection Is Data, Not a Verdict 52:00 #6 Vision vs. Perfectionism 56:00 #7 Be Careful Who You Build With 01:00:00 #8 Attention Is Not a Business 01:04:00 #9 Dreams Are Built in the Boring Moments 01:08:00 #10 You Don't Need Proof: Keep Going 01:13:00 Make Today Day One Socials:  Instagram Mila: @milakaethe Instagram CFTR: @callsfromtheroad TikTok CFTR: @callsfromtheroad #callsfromtheroad #startbeforeyouready #doitscared #progressoverperfection #buildingfromscratch #earlystagefounder #bootstrappedbusiness #founderreality #attentionvsrevenue #businessreality #learningbydoing #documentingthejourney #lisbonseries #callsfromtheroad #startbeforeyouready #entrepreneurship #founderjourney #buildinginpublic #solopreneur #businesslessons #startups #founderstory #entrepreneurmindset #buildyourdream #progressoverperfection #personalgrowth #businesspodcast #lisbon #creatoreconomy #dreambig #selfemployment

  8. 22. Juli

    SOLO: Warum ich alles aufgegeben habe, um meinen Traum zu verfolgen | #P14 | Calls From The Road

    „Ich bin immer mit der Sicherheit gegangen – bis ich gemerkt habe, dass genau das mich von meinem Traum abhält." In dieser ersten Solo Session erzähle ich zum ersten Mal meine eigene Geschichte. Wir sprechen darüber, warum ich meinen sicheren Job gekündigt, eine Weltreise gemacht und schließlich Calls From The Road gegründet habe. Ich nehme euch mit hinter die Entscheidungen, Zweifel und Learnings, die mich bis hierher gebracht haben und warum ich heute überzeugt bin, dass Perfektionismus einer der größten Gründe ist, weshalb Menschen ihre Träume nie verfolgen. Außerdem geht es um die drei Beweggründe hinter Calls From The Road, den Unterschied zwischen Sicherheit und Freiheit, kalkulierte Risiken, Unternehmertum, Reisen und warum ich glaube, dass jeder seine eigene Road gehen kann. Diese Folge ist für alle, die spüren, dass da noch mehr möglich ist, aber noch auf den richtigen Moment warten. Wenn du nach dieser Folge den ersten Schritt gehst, dann hat Calls From The Road genau das erreicht, wofür es gegründet wurde. Join the road @callsfromtheroad für die Geschichten, Entscheidungen und Umwege, die passieren, bevor ein Traum Realität wird. Kapiteltrenner:  00:00 Intro 02:15 Mein Weg bis heute 07:40 Studium, Jobs & erste Zweifel 15:55 Warum ich Sicherheit hinter mir gelassen habe 22:35 Kündigung, Weltreise & Neuanfang 31:50 Die Geschichte hinter Calls From The Road 42:20 Was ich mit diesem Podcast verändern möchte 54:10 Starte unperfekt 01:03:30 Die Zukunft von CFTR 01:12:00 Warum dein Traum erreichbar ist 01:22:30 Meine Botschaft an dich Socials: Instagram Mila: @milakaethe Instagram CFTR: @callsfromtheroad TikTok CFTR: @callsfromtheroad  #callsfromtheroad #podcastdeutsch #unternehmertum #selbstständigkeit #persönlichkeitsentwicklung #gründen #startup #karriere #businesspodcast #motivation #mindset #träumeverfolgen #creator #founderstory #solosession

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You're not as far away from the life you want as you think. Hi, I'm Mila - I started Calls From The Road because I kept wondering why we only hear people's stories once they've made it. What about the people who are still on their way? So I talk to both: the names you already know and the ones you probably should. While one can show you what's possible, the other can make it feel possible for you, too. Sometimes the most valuable perspective doesn't come from someone looking back ten years later. It comes from someone just a few steps ahead of you! We decode what they've learned along the road, so you can apply it to your own. That's what @callsfromtheroad is here for: making big dreams feel a little less far away and giving you the tools to go after them. Ready to pursue yours? Hit subscribe.❤️‍🔥 DE/EN | New Pitstop every other Wednesday. Business & partnerships: partnerships@callsfromtheroad.com Guest booking inquiries: guests@callsfromtheroad.com

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