In this episode, we talked about asynchronous working with our teams and which tools we use, learnings from hiring people and books that we've recently read.  Feel free to connect via Linkedin (leave a message)  Max Mike

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134 - Asynchronous Working, Hiring, Books

Welcome back to the Feed Your Brain Podcast.  Max and his co-host Mike interviewed another guest this time. Eli Bressert, Co-Founder and CEO of Origin. Origin provides you with the most personalized luxury trips based on who you are and what you want to experience next. Eli was a mentor at Singularity University, Head of Siri Platform Science & Insights at Apple, Head of Data Science at Convoy and worked in Data Engineering and Analytics.  He studied Mathematics and Astronomy and did his PhD in Astronomy.  Together with Eli, we talked about Eli studying Mathematics and Astronomy and his move into tech  Building a travel company during COVID times  Integrating Machine Learning into a new product and evaluating the opportunities of ML  San Francisco vs. Amsterdam (Europe) as a startup hubspot ... any many more topics!  Connect with Eli on all channels, find his Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elibressert/ - and check out his new company Origin here: https://www.origin.me/

133 - Eli Bressert, CEO & Co-Founder Origin: Building a travel company during COVID, San Francisco vs. Europe, Evaluating Machine Learning Opportunities in Products, Importance of Data Science

Hi friends!  For this episode we have chosen a little different format. For one reason. Mike just raised a 6.3 million seed round with his startup Blair.  Since we have a lot of founders as listeners, we thought it would be exciting to take a look behind the curtain and understand how Mike and his team made it happen.  So Max took the chance to ask him all the important questions about the round!  Feel free to let us know on the social media channels if you enjoyed it. You can find us everywhere as @MaxElster and @MikeMahlkow.  Talk soon!

132 - How to raise a Seed Round

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.  Max and Mike

131 - Finding Your Personal Mission Statement

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 In case you like it, feel free to subscribe. :)

130 - Nikolaus Volk, CEO of Kyte: Uber for Rental Cars, Mobility, Machine Learning at Kyte, Studying at Stanford

I haven't been here for while, however, I thought of publishing this episode to keep you up to date on what's happening. Startups, Sparks and Serendipity Podcast with Mike Mahlkow and myself Find me on Linkedin

129 - Hey friends, I'm back & What we can learn from AirBnB

128 - ULTRALEARNING (focusing on entrepreneurs) with Scott Young His new book Ultralearning

128 - ULTRALEARNING (focusing on entrepreneurs) with Scott Young

Carl Kronika is the 19-year-old founder of Copus. Copus is a leading PR agency, specialized on startups, in the Nordics and in Europe. Copus has around 10 employees and helps startups from all over to build up their PR strategy.  Carl and I talk about  the upsides of PR  when to start PR as a general topic in a company how and when you can approach journalists for PR  how to build relationships with journalists and PR people  Did you enjoy the show? Leave us a comment on the socials, give a review or share it on your platforms! Would mean a lot :)  SHOWNOTES Copus Agency Carl on Linkedin

127 - PR For Startups with Carl Kronika

Nir Eyal is a known face in the tech- and entrepreneurship scene. He is a Wallstreet-Bestselling Author of the book 'Hooked - How To Build Habit Performing Products', a long-time entrepreneur and an angel investor in different tech startups like Anchor, Eventbrite or ProductHunt. In addition to that, he has been teaching at Stanford Graduate School of Business and has helped different tech companies take their way around building products.  Besides all that, he has just published a new book a couple of days ago called 'Indistractable - How To Control Your Attention And Choose Your Life'. It's all about understanding the psychology of us not doing the right things and clear ideas on how we can become more productive and more focused in what we do every single day. I have had the chance to read it and I was blown away by the way he breaks down distraction to major concepts and helps with definite methods to bring more traction in life when it comes to doing the right tasks.  Enjoy the ride!  Shownotes:  Nir's Website Buy his new book here You can find Nir @nireyal and me @maxelster. 

126 with Wall-Street Bestselling Author Nir Eyal

Ted Rubin has been been in the marketing space for decades now. In 1997, he started out working for Seth Godin at Yoyodyne where his career in the online industry began. Besides learning  a lot from Seth, he went through the whole process of Yoyodyne being acquired in 1998 by Yahoo as well.  He served as the Social Media advisor to Big Fuel Communications which was also acquired in 2011 to the Publicis Group, OpenSky (also acquired by Alibaba) and many others where he either took part as the CMO or led his marketing view on the Advisory Boards of several companies. In addition to that, he was named Forbes Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers and has written books about the "Return on Relationships" and "The Age Of Influence". He is currently writing another book with John Andrews, titled Retail Relevancy.  We chat about  his path and his personal learnings working together with Seth as well  the power of building long-term relationships  his concrete tips of building a startup through the power of marketing practically  Enjoy the chat! 

124 with Long-Time Marketing Icon Ted Rubin

New Podcast EP: My Thoughts on A Future World Of Digital Assistants Digital Assistants such as Amazon Alexa or the Google Assistant have become a big role in the daily life’s of millions of people. Every 5th person in the US has access to a smart speaker nowadays. But - how will a future of digital assistants look like? And what do they have to with a shift happening in regards to human-machine interaction and Transhumanism?  I conducted my thoughts in a short 20 minute podcast since I also researched and wrote my thesis about the topic of digital assistants. I would be honored if you check it out and let your thoughts on here now... what is your view on the future of digital assistants? Comment below… 

123 - A World Of Digital Assistants - My Thoughts

Was muss operativ beim Roll-Out einer E-Scooter Marke in den Städten beachtet werden?  E-Scooter und die Mobilitätslösung für die letzte Meile sind nun allen bekannt. Um operativ in die Prozesse der letzten Wochen und Monate tiefer einblicken zu können, habe ich Jan Halberstadt von TIER Mobility angefragt.Nach seiner Zeit als Head of Sales Germany bei Deliveroo fing er bei TIER an, um die Städte Köln und Bonn aufzubauen - in einer brutalen Geschwindigkeit natürlich..  Jan und ich bauen darauf auf und sprechen  über sein Interesse, nach der spannenden Rolle bei Deliveroo ins nächste Startup zu springen,  über die operativen Prozesse, die notwendig sind und waren, um die E-Scooter tagtäglich in die Städte zu bringen und  über die Aufgaben, die notwendig waren mit der Politik, der Stadt und vielen anderen Kontaktpunkten, um die E-Scooter wortwörtlich überhaupt "ins Rollen zu bringen"  Viel Spaß mit der Episode. Geb uns gerne eine Bewertung auf iTunes oder verlinke uns auf den Socials.  

122 mit Jan Halberstadt von TIER Mobility: Wie baut man eine E-Scooter Firma operativ in den Städten auf?

Startups and Corporates often do not find a similiar path. Thus, Valuer.ai brings both of them together through an intelligent platform.

121 with Taylor Ryan As The CMO Of Valuer.ai - How Do Startups And Corporates Work Together (in the Nordics..)?

Philipp leads all the endeavours related to future and innovation topics at Mercedes-Benz in North America and has a big outlook on everything related to change management and innovation processes.

120 with Philipp Skogstad: President and CEO at Mercedes Benz Research & Development North America

Sven-Oliver Pink gründete im Jahr 2010 die Firma Fond Of. Mit mittlerweile über 200 Mitarbeitern und führenden Produkten hat er es im Gründerteam geschafft, eine weiterhin großartige und potenzialentfaltende Kultur aufzubauen. Wie er das geschafft hat...

119 mit Sven Oliver Pink als Gründer von Fond Of: Wie baut man mit 200 Mitarbeitern eine gesunde und potenzialentfaltende Kultur auf?

We are living in a world of exponential growth, social instabilities and radical innovations. The generations coming up have the urgent responsibility to not just react, but act through digitalization in order to retain this planet earth. Technology changes and digital innovations will help to start the journey efficiently. In order to document which technologies will change the way how we enjoy living and which leadership tactics will be needed, I interview different thought leaders on the topics.

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