Best My Kind of Weird Productions Podcasts (2025)

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296: Gummy Bear recall, pimp my cat, weird festivals, 80s movie tag lines quiz & more. 59:51

4h ago59:51

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Gummy Bear recall, pimp my cat, weird festivals, 80s movie tag lines quiz & more. Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Salar al Khafaji - Autonomous on-site construction robots, Construction ~10-15% of GDP but low productivity, How affordability affects fertility rates, Learnings from selling his startup to Palantir 29:53

5d ago29:53

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Salar al Khafaji - founder and CEO of Monumental. At Monumental they are developing a suite of autonomous, electric robots which can work around the clock so everyone can afford a high-quality house or apartment in a beautiful city or village. Last year they’ve raise a 23M Eur round from Hummingbird, Northzone, Plural and other investors with the m…

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Construction Market - Deep-dive 13:57

14h ago13:57

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We provide an extensive overview of the global construction market, highlighting its significant economic impact and projected growth to over $16 trillion by 2030. We detail the substantial contribution of the construction sector to global GDP and employment, emphasizing its role as a key economic driver. We also focus on the European construction …

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295: Job Talk, Ghostworking and Gen Z Life Skills. Best Sandwich. One's Gotta Go! 1:07:04

1d ago1:07:04

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Job Talk, Ghostworking and Gen Z Life Skills. Best Sandwich. One's Gotta Go! Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Mary Meeker - AI Trends 17:32

2d ago17:32

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Trends – Artificial Intelligence - compiled by Mary Meeker "queen of the internet", Jay Simons, Daegwon Chae, and Alexander Krey of BOND. This episode reveals a data-driven picture of acceleration across multiple dimensions – technical, financial, social, physical, and geopolitical. You can find the full report here.…

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Jan-Hendrick Boelens - Air-to-air counter-drone system, Defending Europe, Why Europe needs a single defense market, The constrains in the supply chain and dependencies on China 39:26

12d ago39:26

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Jan-Hendrick Boelens co-founder and CEO of Alpine Eagle. Munich-based and backed by leading investors including General Catalyst and IQ Capital, Alpine Eagle is building the world's first air-to-air counter-drone system. Prior to Alpine Jan-Hendrick was chief engineer at Airbus, and CTO at Volocopter and Quantum Systems. During this episode we disc…

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Europe's Defense Transformation: Spending, Policy, and Investment Opportunities 19:03

7d ago19:03

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An overview of the European defense market, excluding Russia, highlighting a significant and accelerated increase in investment driven by the changed geopolitical landscape, primarily following the conflict in Ukraine. We detail the current size and projected growth of defense spending by EU and key European NATO nations, emphasizing the commitment…

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AI - History, Trends and Opportunities 19:36

9d ago19:36

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Explore the transformative force of Artificial Intelligence (AI), outlining its historical evolution from foundational concepts to modern advancements like generative AI and large language models. We detail the primary drivers fueling AI's growth, including technological enablers like increased computing power and big data, as well as economic and …

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Sebastian Hjärne - From prompt to hire, Recycling tennis balls, The search engine for talent, Raising funds from the Swedish Tech Mafia 29:08

19d ago29:08

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Sebastian Hjarne - founder and CEO of Talentium. At Talentium they are building the search engine for talent and creating an end-to-end platform for hiring. €3.5m pre-seed round led by EQT ventures, with participation from some exceptional angels like Sebastian - the CEO of the giant Klarna, Joel - CEO of Sana Labs and Fredrik - CEO of Voi Technolo…

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A Deep Dive into the Global Recruitment Market, The $2 Trillion Projected Global Staffing & Recruitment Market Value by 2031, The Future of Talent Acquisition 10:25

20d ago10:25

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A comprehensive overview of the global recruitment market, describing its significant current size and projected growth, driven by factors like increased job vacancies and technological advancements. We segment the market by staffing type (temporary dominating), recruitment channel (online leading), end-user industries (IT & Telecom prominent), and…

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293: Fast Food Fight Club! Doing Stupid Things That Cost You Money! Would You Rather? 57:05

15d ago57:05

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Fast Food Fight Club! Doing Stupid Things That Cost You Money! Would You Rather? Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Jakob Sons - Starting a Medical Cannabis startup, Quitting the lawyer career, Making Eur 35M in 2024, The hyper-personalisation trend and diversifying from flower 49:23

26d ago49:23

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Jakob Sons is one of the co-founders and Managing Partners of Cansativa. Cansativa is building the largest medical cannabis platform in Europe and are offering the most desirable products and brands yummy. In 2022, they've raised the 15 million round from Snoop's dog, Casa Verde, and they generated 35M Eur in Revenue in 2024 and projected 90M Eur i…

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Deep-dive: European Medical Cannabis, Market Size, Trends, Regulation 13:47

21d ago13:47

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An overview of the global medical cannabis market, highlighting its rapid growth driven by legislative reforms, increasing research, and patient acceptance. While North America currently leads, Europe, particularly Germany, is identified as a major growth engine due to recent law changes significantly boosting patient access and imports, despite ch…

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292: Men vs Gorilla! Song Talk. End of School Year. Stupid Criminals. 1:04:06

23d ago1:04:06

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Men vs Gorilla! Song Talk. End of School Year. Stupid Criminals. Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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291: Blue Origin. Restaurant Discount. Travel Stories. Tales from Gen Z and What Kind of Race? 44:39

30d ago44:39

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Blue Origin. Restaurant Discount. Travel Stories. Tales from Gen Z and What Kind of Race? Synopsis: Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Stress-free productivity, The Bible of personal organisation, Productivity is directly proportional with the ability to relax 13:25

1M ago13:25

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This overview analyzes David Allen's "Getting Things Done" (GTD) methodology, a widely recognized system aimed at achieving stress-free productivity by externalizing mental clutter. The episode explains how GTD addresses cognitive overload and unmanaged commitments through a trusted external system, contrasting it briefly with other approaches like…

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Ioan Iacob - The meeting with Revolut that influenced the founding of FlowX, Raising Eur 30M led by Dawn Capital, Why the Ego is the enemy of the founder 47:04

1M ago47:04

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Ioan Jacob is the CEO and Founder of FlowX.AI. The FlowX platform fundamentally changes how large banks build mission-critical products and modernize applications systems and infrastructure. They are the first-ever multi-agent AI platform bringing enterprise-grade AI that is robust and safe to use for large financial services organizations. Ioan ha…

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289: Robots, Dreams and other Miscellaneous News! 53:22

1M ago53:22

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Robots, Dreams and other Miscellaneous News! Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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2025 FinTech Trends: AI Agents, The $100T wealth transfer, Stablecoins and the resurgence of B2C FinTech 24:43

2M ago24:43

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FT Partners Research published a March 2025 report outlining key FinTech trends to anticipate in the coming year, alongside a recap of 2024 FinTech deal activity. The report offers insights on AI, crypto, and the IPO market. Key trends highlighted include the rise of AI agents, expanding crypto infrastructure, the resurgence of B2C FinTech, and inc…

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Mastering the Inner Game for Peak Performance, Creating Harmony between Self 1 (Teller) and Self 2 (Doer) 16:15

2M ago16:15

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W. Timothy Gallwey's Inner Game framework distinguishes between the conscious "Self 1" that instructs and judges, and the unconscious "Self 2" that performs. The core argument is that internal interference, primarily from Self 1, hinders optimal performance by causing tension and self-doubt. The Inner Game methodology focuses on techniques to quiet…

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Dirk Sahlmer - Bootstrapped founders VS VC backed founders, Maximising your wealth when starting or selling your business, 3 mistakes founders make when selling 46:01

2M ago46:01

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Dirk Sahlmer - Head of origination at Saas.group. During this episode we discuss about how to prepare the exit of your company to get the best deal, how to focus on sustainable growth if you are a VC backed founder and you are considering an exit, and we cover top 3 mistakes founders make when selling their business Ciao!…

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288: Customer Service. Most Depressing. Uber Lost and Found! 37:30

2M ago37:30

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Customer Service. Most Depressing. Uber Lost and Found!

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State of European Tech - Stats about the last decade and Hans Rosling, Mario Draghi Report, ASML and EU inc proposal and the Vision about the future of the region 58:09

2M ago58:09

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Tom Wehmeier - Partner and Head of Insights at Atomico the 1B Eur fund, founded by Niklas Zennstrom the famous founder of Skype, one of the first tech breakthroughs from Europe, and Yoram Wijngaarde - Founder and CEO of Dealroom - the source of record and insights on startups. During this episode we discuss how well did tech Europe do in the last 1…

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287: Leaving Kids At McDonalds. Being Manly. New and Different Products. Movie Quiz. 1:06:39

2M ago1:06:39

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Leaving Kids At McDonalds. Being Manly. New and Different Products. Movie Quiz. Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Daria Saharova - Pairing the climate performance potential with the venture capital model, Raising Eur 300M the biggest first time fund in Germany, The importance of understanding the VC mechanics 28:47

2M ago28:47

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Daria Saharova Founding partner at WorldFund. Worldfund is a 300M Eur leading European Climate tech fund investing in startups that decarbonise the global economy. They support startups from early to growth stage, focusing on Energy, Food and Agriculture, Manufacturing, Buildings, and Mobility. During this episode we discuss how Climate change isn'…

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286: Would You Rather. Employee Videos. Bad Public Behavior. Doordash Collaboration. 54:52

2M ago54:52

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Would You Rather. Employee Videos. Bad Public Behavior. Doordash Collaboration. Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Christian Rebernik - First accredited edtech scale-up in Europe, Challenging the status quo in education, Creating 1M change-makers and the Importance of purpose 45:36

3M ago45:36

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Christian Rebernik - co-founder and CEO of Tomorrow University. Tomorrow university is the first ed-tech scaleup to receive accreditation in Europe that offers bachelors, masters and MBA programs reimagining education starting from first principles. Previously, Christian was the CTO of several multibillion Euro companies like N26, Scout24 and Awin …

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285: Weather, Oddities, Special Cheetos and Stupid Criminals! 1:07:40

2M ago1:07:40

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Oddities, Special Cheetos and Stupid Criminals! Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Anna Brandt - Learnings from acquiring talent at Uber, Zalando, Mollie and N26, Linking business strategy with Headcount Plan and the Trade-off between speed, quality and cost when recruiting 43:35

3M ago43:35

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Anna Brandt has close to 20 years experience in talent acquisition at some of the most iconic tech companies of our generation like Uber, Zalando, Mollie and N26 to name a few. She is the co-founder of Invested a consulting and investment firm and she is a Venture Partner with EQT Ventures, Insight Partners and Fidelity. During this episode we disc…

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284: Plane Full of Poo! News Story Typos and Facebook Fun. 42:59

3M ago42:59

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Plane Full of Poo! News Story Typos and Facebook Fun. Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Winston Churchill - Fifty Years Hence 12:38

3M ago12:38

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Winston Churchill's 1931 essay, "Fifty Years Hence," contemplates the rapid acceleration of human progress driven by science and technology. He notes the vast improvements in living standards and the potential for future scientific breakthroughs, particularly in energy. However, Churchill cautions that humanity's moral and spiritual development has…

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Tatiana Shalalvand - The capabilities as a multi-stage fund, Impressing founders with knowledge, Investing in Aira and Travelperk 23:19

3M ago23:19

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Tatiana Shalalvand - Venture Investor at Kinnevik and leads the Nordic early-stage strategy. Kinnevik is a multi-billion-dollar investment firm writing checks from 5M to a 100M Euro, from early-stage to post-IPO, and even into the public markets. They invested in the likes of TravelPerk, Spring Health, Pleo, and Zalando to name a few. During this e…

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283: Beaten To Death With a Baseball?? Lochness Job Opportunity! Florida Man Games. St. Pats Trivia and more! 51:31

3M ago51:31

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283: Beaten To Death With a Baseball?? Lochness Job Opportunity! Florida Man Games. St. Pats Trivia and more! Please give us a 5 star review if you enjoy the show!

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Pär-Jörgen Pärson - Recognising Outliers, Good VCs VS Great VCs, Building Northzone, Changing the narrative for European tech, Giving back, Learning from heavy-metal to build customer and team love 44:20

3M ago44:20

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Pär-Jörgen Pärson - general partner at NorthZone, a 1B Eur multi-stage venture capital fund partnering with founders from Seed to Growth. Across Europe and the US. With more than 20 years of VC experience, PJ is a legend in the VC industry and has led the investments in some of the greatest startups coming out of Europe like Spotify, now listed on …

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282: Hiring For The Season? China Student Gets Rid Of Girlfriend! Cliffhanger From Last Weeks Podcast! 38:54

3M ago38:54

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Hiring For The Season? China Student Gets Rid Of Girlfriend! Cliffhanger From Last Weeks Podcast! Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Vadim Fedotov - Hyper-personalised Supplements, Why Cristiano Ronaldo started using it in 2022 and then invested, Building a high-performing team, The future of personalised wellness 36:51

3M ago36:51

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Vadim Fedotov, co-founder and CEO of Bioniq. Having raised a total amount of over $30M with backers like HV Capital and Cristiano Ronaldo - Bioniq is changing the world of personalized health with a data-driven wellness platform that’s redefining how we approach our health. From playing professional basketball to leading one of the fastest-growing …

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281: Restaurant Talk. Odd Self Defense, Selfie With a Shark and Fitting Crime Punishment! 39:28

3M ago39:28

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281: Restaurant Talk. Self Defense, Selfie With a Shark and Fitting Crime Punishment! Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Machines of Loving Grace - Essay review of Dario's Amodei, CEO of Anthropic 17:37

3M ago17:37

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Dario Amodei is the CEO of Anthropic. Valued at $60B, the company focuses on AI research and products that put safety at the frontier and it is the company behind Claude. Dario Amodei's essay, "Machines of Loving Grace," explores the potential positive impacts of advanced AI, despite the risks. He believes AI's upside is vastly underestimated and d…

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Max Junestrand - Raising $35M in 6 months, Mapping pain points and using Aha! moments, Choosing Benchmark as a lead investor, Empowering Lawyers 31:08

4M ago31:08

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Max Junestrand - CEO and co-founder of Legora. They recently raised $35M from investors including Benchmark and Redpoint to empower exceptional lawyers everywhere through collaborative AI. With a team of engineers and lawyers from Google, Microsoft, McKinsey, and top law firms, Legora curently serves several thousands users across 200 clients in 15…

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Daniel Keiper-Knorr - Speed and direction, Gap and the growth stages, Working with weird and exceptional people, The need for specialisation when scaling and the magic slide 24:45

4M ago24:45

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Daniel Keiper-Knorr - one of the co-founders and Managing partners at SpeedInvest, a leading European early stage VC. Daniel role is capital formation, capital markets and investor relations. Starting in 2011 as an angel fund, today Speedinvest is a 1B euro European powerhouse investing in startups at the earliest phases. With 5 specialized invest…

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280: Would You Rather. Stupid Criminals and More! 39:28

4M ago39:28

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Would You Rather. Stupid Criminals and More! Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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How I Learned to Let My Workers Lead - A review about how Ralph Stayer changed the way he lead to empower workers and improve efficiency 26:27

4M ago26:27

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Ralph Stayer, CEO of Johnsonville Sausage, recounts his journey of transforming the company by empowering employees and distributing decision-making. Initially, Stayer felt burdened by the need to control every aspect of the business, leading to disengaged employees and missed opportunities. He recognized the need to shift from an authoritarian sty…

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279: Valentines Episode with Two Special Guests! 52:11

4M ago52:11

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In this episode we celebrates valentines day and we welcome two very special guests to the podcast!! Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Casper Heningsen - Agentic AI for consumer research, Snuggle with the customer to reach $10M ARR, The need for domain mastery, Focus on the inputs and the outcome will follow 39:55

4M ago39:55

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Casper Henningsen - co-founder and CEO of GetWhy - The Agentic AI for Consumer Research. At GetWhy they obsess over finding the why and provide end-to-end consumer research for marketing and insights teams. They unlock empathy at scale to drive smarter, more precise decisions and transform insights from a bottleneck into an enterprise capability. T…

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278: Old Wives Tales. TV Catch Phrases. Starbucks Drive-through Customer! 51:01

4M ago51:01

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Old Wives Tales. TV Catch Phrases. Starbucks Drive-through Customer! Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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277: Weird Plastic Surgeries. Things GenX/GenZ Never Deal With. Starbucks Mean Drive-Thru Customer! 43:19

4M ago43:19

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Weird Plastic Surgeries. Things GenX/GenZ Never Deal With. Starbucks Mean Drive-Thru Customer! Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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James Regan - Raising $35M to build Networks of AI chips with Photonic Integrated Circuits, Training LLMs 100x faster while reducing AI energy consumption, AI electricity demands by 2030 33:25

5M ago33:25

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James Regan, founder and CEO of Oriole Networks. Oriole Networks solves AI’s biggest challenges – speed, latency and sustainability. They use light, via advanced photonics technology, to create networks of AI chips and combine their processing power. With this novel approach, LLMs can be trained up to a 100x faster, whilst consuming a fraction of p…

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275: Getting Older. DoorDasher Bathroom. Navy Wife Suprises Husband! 43:19

5M ago43:19

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Getting Older. DoorDasher Bathroom. Navy Wife Suprises Husband! Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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John Rush - $400k ARR with 6 projects while bootstrapping, Going out of cash with a VC-backed startup and pivoting, Moving to a tax friendly country, The sovereign individual 44:04

5M ago44:04

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John Rush - Bootstrapper of more than 20 projects with 6 of them with $400k ARR and previously a co-founder and CTO of the VC-backed company Filmgrail. After following the investor advice to raise a Series A and expand the market, they almost ran out of cash and went bankrupt. They had to give up the unicorn dream and pivot into a regular midsize p…

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275: (It's Funny Replay) Facebook Funnies. Online Ads and Slang Terms 1:03:55

5M ago1:03:55

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Due to technical issues please enjoy this replay from 1/24/2024 where we have Facebook Funnies. Online Ads and Slang Terms. Please remember to review, rate, and share the podcast and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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