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The world's leading startup event, organized by a not-for-profit community of students. Slush 2022 will take place on Nov 17–18 in Helsinki, Finland.

  1. 09/11/2022

    Welcome to Slush 2022

    Ahead of Slush 2022, we sit down for a conversation that provides everyone who’s joining us in Helsinki with a bit of the backstory and context behind the event you’re about to attend. We'll cover: Why and how Slush was foundedHow it became a student-run event (and continues to be that to this day)The impact Slush has had on the Finnish ecosystemWhat lies ahead now that Finland has a prospering ecosystemWhy Slush 2022 is the best Slush to dateWhat you should do on Nov 16–18 to make the most of your time here In the episode, you'll hear from: Slush's CEO Eerika SavolainenSlush President Mikko MäntyläSlush's first CEO and Wolt founder Miki Kuusione • fıve founder Claire Gusko – one of 4,600 founders & operators joiningAmin Hassan – one of the 1,500 volunteers building the event Hope you enjoy the conversation! See you November 17–18.

    Welcome to Slush 2022

  2. 11/08/2022

    #10 Christian Reber, Pitch Co-founder & CEO + Stephen Nundy, Lakestar Partner and CTO | Product-driven organizations from two perspectives

    We bring you two sides of the German collaborative presentation company Pitch as its Co-founder and CEO Christian Reber is joined by board member and Lakestar partner Stephen Nundy to discuss product-driven companies. Christian and Stephen (as a CTO himself) discuss the various balancing acts companies can struggle with from both founder and board member perspectives: marketing and product team inputs, product-led CEOs and their CTOs, and even the emotional toll of such leadership positions.

    #10 Christian Reber, Pitch Co-founder & CEO + Stephen Nundy, Lakestar Partner and CTO | Product-driven organizations from two perspectives

  3. 14/07/2022

    #9 Jeppe Rindom, Pleo CEO & Co-founder | Pre to post P/M fit with a Danish unicorn

    Jeppe Rindom is the Co-founder and guiding hand of Pleo- The corporate card and expense claim company and the fastest to reach the €1bn valuation in Denmark. Jeppe dives deep with Mikko Mäntylä into the granular details of how to define your problem space, some key ways to create investor FOMO, and what he believes is a counterintuitive company-building truth.

    #9 Jeppe Rindom, Pleo CEO & Co-founder | Pre to post P/M fit with a Danish unicorn

  4. 07/07/2022

    #8 Sonali de Rycker, Partner at Accel | Foundational lessons in building legendary companies

    Sonali de Rycker is a true icon of European venture. In her fourteen years with Accel, she has made early investments in success stories ranging from Spotify to Avito, Hopin to Kry and Monzo to Sennder. Together with Sonali, we explore everything that more than a decade of backing the greats of European tech has taught her about the formative choices that build legendary tech companies.

    #8 Sonali de Rycker, Partner at Accel | Foundational lessons in building legendary companies

  5. 07/06/2022

    #7 Cristina Cordova, Partner at First Round | Operator lessons from a decade at Stripe & Notion

    Cristina Cordova spent a decade leading partnerships at two of the most iconic tech success stories of the past decade – Stripe & Notion – before joining First Round Capital in March of 2022. Today, we discuss tactical company-building lessons that that her decade as an operator taught here.

    #7 Cristina Cordova, Partner at First Round | Operator lessons from a decade at Stripe & Notion

  6. 26/05/2022

    #6 Des Traynor, Co-founder & CSO of Intercom | The surprising principles that built a €1B+ customer comms business

    Today, we speak to Des Traynor of Intercom about problem selection, pricing, using principles to scale yourself as a leader, and maintaining alignment as an organisation grows. Des is one of the most succinct communicators in European tech. He didn't disappoint on the episode. Throughout it, you'll come across surprising, unique principles and heuristics that have helped Des propel Intercom into €1B+ business it is today.

    #6 Des Traynor, Co-founder & CSO of Intercom | The surprising principles that built a €1B+ customer comms business

  7. 26/04/2022

    #5 Brian O’Malley, MP at Forerunner Ventures | Building for consumers

    Today, we’re speaking to Brian O’Malley, Managing Partner at Forerunner Ventures – the famously consumer-savvy Silicon Valley firm – on everything it takes to build generational outcomes in the consumer space.

    #5 Brian O’Malley, MP at Forerunner Ventures | Building for consumers

  8. 21/04/2022

    #4 Guy Podjarny, Co-founder & President of Snyk | Lessons in scaling from a €8B business

    Guy Podjarny is Co-founder and President of Snyk – the €8B developer-first security platform. Together, we unpack tactical considerations that go into scaling a business – especially one with a product-led, freemium-based go-to-market. Guy started Snyk with his co-founders Assaf and Danny in 2015, spent four years as CEO, and migrated into his current role of President in 2019. Built dually in Tel-Aviv and London, and later in a distributed fashion around the world, Snyk is a platform that enables developers to automatically detect and fix vulnerabilities in their code and stack. Today, Snyk employs 1200 people is valued at closer to 8 billion euros. They’ve got there by raising a whopping 1.3 billion euros from iconic investors like Accel, GV, Coatue, Tiger Global, Addition, Blackrock and so many more. --- 1:11 What are the most important traits to have within a founding team? 2:17 What should non-technical founders spend time on in the early days? 3:23 What are the humane characteristics of great founding teams? 4:51 How do you know to stop pursuing a given idea? 6:16 Snyk's most critical milestone in the first month, quarter and year? 9:28 Why should you launch a crappy product early? 11:36 With a product-led go-to-market, which systems ensure deep learning? 15:09 Why did you choose a product-led go-to-market? 18:11 What are the signs that you should hire a professional CEO to replace you? 20:12 What can an exceptional external CEO bring to the table? 21:42 Having been acquired in the past, what do you optimize for acquiring companies? 24:22 How do you judge when to say yes and when to say no? 25:02 What do founders underinvest in early on? How about the inverse of that? 26.18 What is one important truth about company-building that very few people would agree with?

    #4 Guy Podjarny, Co-founder & President of Snyk | Lessons in scaling from a €8B business
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The world's leading startup event, organized by a not-for-profit community of students. Slush 2022 will take place on Nov 17–18 in Helsinki, Finland.

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  • Criado por
    Slush
  • Anos de atividade
    2020 - 2022
  • Episódios
    42
  • Classificação
    Explícito
  • Copyright
    © Slush
  • Site do podcast
    Slush