31 episodes
On my Way Jürgen Dieber
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During my journey from the Austrian countryside to California's Silicon Valley, I am meeting people from all paths of life. On my Way is a podcast that features artists and entrepreneurs, scientists, and everyone in-between who are on their way to a fulfilled life. We have honest, engaging discussions about interesting topics that will help you to find your own way. I am Jürgen Dieber, and thank you for listening!
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#30 Diyala D'Aveni
Diyala is the founder and head of Vento, the Venture Building Program/Startup-Accelerator of Exor Ventures in Italy.
Listen to a conversation about founders, entrepreneurship and startups. We discuss Diyala’s learnings from recruiting and mentoring dozens of founders, her take on characteristics of successful venture entrepreneurs, her learnings on early stage entrepreneurship, what to look out for in your co-founders, reaching product-market fit and more.
Are you ready to get your own hands dirty? Vento is currently recruiting their next batch of venture entrepreneurs to boost their success. Apply here until October 8th.
If you want to get in touch with Diyala, to talk about Vento or to pitch your startup, you can reach out to her on LinkedIn. -
#29 Katrine Tjølsen
Katrine is a recent Stanford MBA and MIT Computer Science alumna, and a former strategy consultant and product manager.
We discuss Kat's blog Learn with Kat, the relevance of communication and group dynamics at work and Kat's experience with hiring processes as a product manager. Kat also gives her opinion on the difference in the culture of MIT vs. Stanford and lots of advice on product management. Enjoy!
If you want to get in touch, you can reach out the Katrine here.
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LINKS MENTIONED:
Stanford MBA
Touchy Feely MBA Course
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#28 Othman Benzoud
Othman is a current Ed-Tech Founder and an alumni of Stanford’s MSc. in Education Data Science.
We are talking about his time at Stanford, his data science work with the Moroccan Ministry of Education, as well as educational challenges in Morocco and around the world.
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LINKS MENTIONED
Stanford MSc. in Education Data Science: https://ed.stanford.edu/eds
Othman's work on student dropout prediction: https://ed.stanford.edu/eds/project/rescuing-moroccan-students-it-too-late-drop-out-early-warning-system-dews
Khan Academie's AI Assistant: https://www.khanacademy.org/khan-labs
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#27 Ohad Tzur
Ohad is a successful founder and business angel based in San Diego, California. Since leaving Israel for the US in 2011 he has held roles at Google, Ezoic, Smith.ai and his own company Kahoona.
This episode includes two core elements: Founding and Israel. Ohad starts off with giving insights into his own track record and his approach to entrepreneurship. We then talk about why Israel has more unicorn startups per capita than any other country and Ohad shares his insights into Israels shifting political landscape. We top it off with a discussion about successful company cultures, advice for founders on fundraising, Bootstrapping vs. VC funding, and early founding advice. Enjoy!
Do you have questions about founding and investing? Get in touch with Ohad on LinkedIn.
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Israels Universities are taking the lead on unicorns: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7080185869218840577/
Four Tribes of Israel Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci5zZi5Zpb0
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#26 Lorenz Wildner
Lorenz is a journalist at the ORF, Austria’s largest journalistic organization, and a sports commentator. Additionally, he co-hosts the comedy podcast Erlesene Dummheiten which is currently in its third season.
In this episode, we dive into Lorenz's daily routine in radio, his early 3 AM starts, the evolution of his podcast to a YouTube channel, sports commentating and how he gathers the will and energy to juggle all these roles.
If you have questions for Lorenz or want to dive deeper into his insights, connect with him on LinkedIn.
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ORF
Richard Socher
Alles Gesagt
Mr Beast
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JÜRGEN’S CURRENT BOOK LIST:
Originals by Adam Grant: https://www.amazon.com/Originals-How-Non-Conformists-Move-World/dp/014312885X
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl: https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl-ebook/dp/B009U9S6FI
A Simpler Life by The School of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Simpler-Life-greater-serenity-clarity/dp/1912891689 -
#25 Michael Hofmannrichter
Michael is the current CEO of Silana, a robotic startup with the goal to automate the fashion industry.
Listen to the journey of Silana, the state of the art of clothing manufacturing, fast-fashion, the new EU legislation and pollution.
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JÜRGEN’S CURRENT BOOK LIST:
Originals by Adam Grant: https://www.amazon.com/Originals-How-Non-Conformists-Move-World/dp/014312885X
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl: https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl-ebook/dp/B009U9S6FI
A Simpler Life by The School of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Simpler-Life-greater-serenity-clarity/dp/1912891689