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23.11.2021
33 Minuten
Interesting episode guest in the Making It Real Podcast for all
the product enthusiastists out there: Malte Scholz, product
manager specialized in the SaaS and mobile tech space. He is
Co-founder and CEO at airfocus, a prioritization and roadmapping
software for product teams and decision makers. Malte shares with
us his top techniques to prioritize features, to decide on the
first product version and to build the best-possible roadmap for
your product. We also cover the tricks of balancing customer
needs and the challenges of scaling development teams.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maltescholz
https://airfocus.com
linkedin.com/in/janbrinckmann
00:00 Intro
00:50 How Malte joined the entrepreneurship space
3:50 Building a first version of a product
5:10 Time until launching a first version
6:25 What does airfocus do?
8:10 Feature prioritization as a product manager
11:35 What framework should I use for prioritization
13:10 Staying on track with the product roadmap
14:55 Challenges that founders face in product development
16:40 What should go into a first version?
19:15 Balancing customer needs
21:15 Assessing the impact of the next release
24:20 Hiring and sustaining a great team
27:55 Quick fire round: Person Malte admires the most | What
is so broken that entrepreneurs should fix immediately
| Technology that will transform the future | Favourite
management concept
32:50 Closing
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02.11.2021
34 Minuten
In today's episode we welcome Stephan Schambach, serial
entrepreneur building market changing companies in the e-commerce
space. Prior to his current software NewStore, providing
Ominchannel-as-a-Service, Stephan launched Intershop and
Demandware that was acquired for $2.8 billion by Salesforce. They
say timining is everything, when launching a business. But what
is the secret to get it right? How to narrow down focus and go
big, when there are so many exciting opportunities? And once
launched, how to find your first customers? He answers all these
questions and shares his take on the NFT space as well as on the
European investment ecosystem.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanschambach
https://www.newstore.com
linkedin.com/in/janbrinckmann
0:00 Intro
1:00 The energy that powers Stephan
03:03 Stephan's passion for building companies internationally
06:20 The challenges of starting international companies in
Europe
09:30 Finding ideas for new ventures and executing them
14:00 How to determine the right time for launching a startup
18:10 The influence of the first customer
21:10 How to find the first customer
22:30 Trends to watch out for in the ecommerce space
25:30 Stephan's take on opportunities with NFTs
27:45 Raising venture capital in Europe and building a European
tech stock exchange
32:45 Quick fire round: Middlename | Something broken that
entrepreneurs should fix immediately | Technology that will
transform the future | Core concept
33:52 Closing
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29.09.2021
34 Minuten
This episode presents David Heinemeir Hansson, Founder and CTO of
Ruby on Rails, HEY, and Basecamp. David is not just a prominent
entrepreneur but also the author of four best-seller books as
well as class-winning race-car driver. We take a deep dive into
building up one of the leading web development tools as well as
the core activities to stay relevant in the tech community. He
shares with us his take on work-life balance while handling
several projects at the same time. Listen to the full episode to
hear more about his journey and insightful tips.
linkedin.com/in/janbrinckmann
https://dhh.dk
https://rubyonrails.org
https://basecamp.com
00:00 Introduction
01:05 David's journey as a business student to open-source web
development
04:30 Core ingredients for a successful web development framework
06:55 Most effective way to showcase a tech product
10:30 Staying relevant in a community
14:00 David's passion for Ruby on Rails
16:45 Focusing on one vs. balancing several projects
25:30 David's take on the 80 hours work week and his experience
as a book author and competitive race car driver
30:45 Quick fire round: middle name - what entrepreneurs should
fix immediately - technology that will transform the future -
software recommendation - core concept
33:25 Closing
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07.09.2021
36 Minuten
In this episode we welcome a female founder in the tech space,
Vivien Dollinger who co-founded ObjectBox, a database management
provider for developers. Vivien's entrepreneurial journey started
as a side project that became a high-growh potential company and
was along the very few of #Techstars cohorts. Some of the
questions we cover: When is the right moment to turn side project
to launch? How to get traction in the tech community at start?
Why is a tech co-founder important despite the fast growing world
of no/low code tools for early product development? If you are
about to turn your idea and make it real, this episode is
definitely worth to listen!
linkedin.com/in/janbrinckmann
linkedin.com/in/vivien-dollinger
https://objectbox.io
00:00 Intro
00:55 Does research qualify one for entrepreneurship?
02:53 Vivien's journey to the startup space
07:50 Financing and building a successful team
08:55 Vivien's pitch for ObjectBox
10:05 The need for having great technical people in-house
13:05 Obtaining traction and the long way to getting first
sustainable revenues while keeping the motivation high
17:45 Finding and selecting a first investor through Techstars
19:55 What it takes to grow adoption and foster growth with an
open source product
25:55 How to develop a great developer community
28:45 Vivien's advice to her younger self - the right balace
between focusing on the venture and other parts of life
31:19 Quick fire round: Favourite management concept - underdog
software tool - dream job if not heading a tech company
35:01 Outro
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16.08.2021
39 Minuten
Jeff Clavier began investing into early stage ventures more than
twenty years ago and have supported several teams that have
reached successful outcomes, among others Eventbrite, Fitbit or
Postmates. He has founded Uncork Capital in 2004, one of the most
prominent seed funds based in Palo Alto with over $500m under
management. In today's episode, he shares with us the current and
hottest investment areas he focuses on and why he is passionate
about B2B SaaS enterprises. Also, he gives us his take on the
current state of the European start-up ecosystem and his advice
on avoiding the three most common mistakes made by early stage
founders both in the ideation as well as in the product building
phase.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffclavier
https://uncorkcapital.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/janbrinckmann
00:00 Introduction
0:50 Why and how Jeff joined the entrepreneurship world
02:35 Jeff's reasons for moving to the US & becoming a VC
05:45 The first investment in the time of the Web 2.0 &
impressive returns
11:25 Investment hypothesis: Coming from seed investments to also
having a growth fund
13:55 On which sectors Jeff focuses his investments
15:35 The opportunity for B2B SaaS companies
17:05 Jeff's view on the European start-up ecosystem
22:50 Advices for founders in the early stage
25:30 How to find the right idea for starting a start-up
27:10 Common mistakes made by founders
29:35 After having the idea - how to build the product
32:45 Jeff's personal advice for getting into the
entrepreneurship space
34:28 Quick fire round: Thing Jeff is most proud of; most useful
software tool; what would Jeff be if not a VC
38:15 Closing
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