34 episodes
Startups, Sparks and Serendipity Mike Mahlkow and Max Elster
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Startups, Sparks and Serendipity is a product of two good friends talking about issues they are passionate about, namely the Startup world, Self-Improvement and life-altering epiphanies. Due to the interesting combination of Max being very deeply integrated in the European Startup scene and Mike having shifted his focus towards the US in recent years, the two combine the best practices and learnings from Silicon Valley with those of Berlin and Zurich. The conversations are unfiltered and interesting for people interested in entrepreneurship and personal growth.
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034 - We changed the channel - 2 Minute Update
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033 - Finding Your Personal Mission Statement
Hey listeners,
Mike and I talk about the value of finding your personal mission statement and how it can help you with staying focused on the things that actually drive value and happiness for you personally - especially when building companies and products.
We'd be glad to get your feedback and hear about strategies and methodologies of you finding your personal mission statement. Let us know via DMs or on Linkedin/Twitter how you found your vision/purpose!
Looking forward to hearing from you.
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032 - Should we specialize or be a generalist?
Mike and Max wanted to talk about a topic that has been on our minds for quite some time now: Shall we be Generalists, Specialists or generalized specialist or specialized generalists? ;)
We've conducted an episode where we combine our thoughts with science and a few books that have been written about that topic.
If you like it, please subscribe and give us a review on iTunes or any other channel. We'd love to get your feedback!
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031 - A wine app raises 155m, Spotify's patent to analyze user's voice, Apple and Cars and Global Tax for Tech Companies
Hello to all listeners!
Mike and I have once again sat down together to talk about various topics:
Wine-app Vivino raises 155m round - what's special about the app and the industry?
Spotify was granted a patent for a technology that analyzes listeners’ voice and background noise to suggest content based on their mood, gender, age, accent, or even social setting
Global tax for tech companies upcoming?
The role of social media is more present than ever at this point in time (not just in global politics..)
Apple and cars?
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030 - Nikolaus Volk, CEO of Kyte: Uber for Rental Cars, Mobility, Machine Learning at Kyte, Studying at Stanford
Nikolaus Volk is the Founder and CEO of Kyte, a San-Francisco based Startup that delivers rental cars to your home. They help everyone to access rental cars with the simplicity of Uber.
A few facts about Nik:
He studied at Stanford and TU Munich
He worked at Uber for a few years
Kyte raised 9m for their expansion
Offices in Munich and San Francisco
We talked about:
The current mobility market and delivering an Uber for rental cars to the US market
Importance of Machine Learning at Kyte
Studying at Stanford vs. Studying in Germany
Hiring the right people
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029 - What we can learn from AirBnB
Mike and Max talked about the early story of AirBnB and what startups and aspiring entrepreneurs can learn from the story itself. Please subscribe and reach out to us on different channels. We also host Clubhouse irregularly now. Feel free to follow us there ;)
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