Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:41:58 +0000 Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:41:58 +0000 Libsyn RSSgen 1.0 http://startupmilestonespodcast.libsyn.com/podcast http://startupmilestonespodcast.libsyn.com/podcast https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/b/4/b/1b4b99c7ee069e98/SM-cover.jpg no episodic no Learn from the top European start-up founders, entrepreneurs and start up experts. Every week I invite another guest who is literally on fire, sharing fresh knowledge, insights and actionable advice from their own personal successes and failures. Simply l SM 008: €400k raised, Prodibi imaging technology, discuss: awards as marketing and local ecosystem w/ CEO Olivier Hamel Fri, 14 Oct 2016 13:00:00 +0000 Olivier Hamel, cofounder and CEO Prodibi based in Geneva, Switzerland; They develop technology to optimize and share images over the web. After founding in 2014 they have raised 400.000 Euros. Olivier has won a series of awards for his startup – and he

]]> Olivier Hamel, cofounder and CEO Prodibi based in Geneva, Switzerland; They develop technology to optimize and share images over the web. After founding in 2014 they have raised 400.000 Euros. Olivier has won a series of awards for his startup – and he

]]> 21:54 false full Olivier Hamel, cofounder and CEO Prodibi based in Geneva, Switzerland; They develop technology to optimize and share images over the web. After founding in 2014 they have raised 400.000 Euros. Olivier has won a series of awards for his startup – and heOlivier Hamel, cofounder and CEO Prodibi based in Geneva, Switzerland; They develop technology to optimize and share images over the web. After founding in 2014 they have raised 400.000 Euros. Olivier has won a series of awards for his startup – and he SM 007: €2.6m raised, Cronycle content curation platf., discuss: culture and skills for success w/ director Nicolas Granatino Thu, 13 Oct 2016 13:00:00 +0000 Nicolas Granatino is cofounder and director of Cronycle, based in London. They develop a content curation and collaboration platform. Founded in 2013 by Nicolas and his cofounder Mark Wilson, they have raised a total of 2.6 million € in funding and thei

]]> Nicolas Granatino is cofounder and director of Cronycle, based in London. They develop a content curation and collaboration platform. Founded in 2013 by Nicolas and his cofounder Mark Wilson, they have raised a total of 2.6 million € in funding and thei

]]> 23:19 false full Nicolas Granatino is cofounder and director of Cronycle, based in London. They develop a content curation and collaboration platform. Founded in 2013 by Nicolas and his cofounder Mark Wilson, they have raised a total of 2.6 million € in funding and theiNicolas Granatino is cofounder and director of Cronycle, based in London. They develop a content curation and collaboration platform. Founded in 2013 by Nicolas and his cofounder Mark Wilson, they have raised a total of 2.6 million € in funding and thei SM 006: €500k raised, Swell social decision making app, discuss: rebranding and pivoting w/ CEO Peter Buchroithner Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:00:00 +0000 Peter Buchroithner is cofounder, CEO and CPO of Swell, based in Vienna. Swell develops an app that lets you vote on all kind of stuff in a fun way.
Peter has quite an interesting story of the businesses and ideas he went through, before discovering the product behind Swell, which really took off. He will tell us how he struggled when juggling several projects and side-jobs in parallel, and at what point and why he fully committed to Swell.

]]> Peter Buchroithner is cofounder, CEO and CPO of Swell, based in Vienna. Swell develops an app that lets you vote on all kind of stuff in a fun way. Peter has quite an interesting story of the businesses and ideas he went through, before discovering the product behind Swell, which really took off. He will tell us how he struggled when juggling several projects and side-jobs in parallel, and at what point and why he fully committed to Swell.

]]> 49:47 false full Peter Buchroithner is cofounder, CEO and CPO of Swell, based in Vienna. Swell develops an app that lets you vote on all kind of stuff in a fun way. Peter has quite an interesting story of the businesses and ideas he went through, before discovering the product behind Swell, which really took off. He will tell us how he struggled when juggling several projects and side-jobs in parallel, and at what point and why he fully committed to Swell.Peter Buchroithner is cofounder, CEO and CPO of Swell, based in Vienna. Swell develops an app that lets you vote on all kind of stuff in a fun way. Peter has quite an interesting story of the businesses and ideas he went through, before discovering the product behind Swell, which really took off. He will tell us how he struggled when juggling several projects and side-jobs in parallel, and at what point and why he fully committed to Swell. SM005: €300k raised, Symvaro smart city solutions, discuss: accelerator picking and handling investors w/ CEO Rudolf Ball Tue, 11 Oct 2016 13:00:00 +0000 Rudolf Ball, cofounder and CEO Symvaro based in Klagenfurt, Austria. They offer smart city solutions for water and waste. After bootstrapping for a couple of years, he raised 300.000 Euros from a group of angels in 2015, and he is currently raising his VC round.
We talk about bootstrapping, how to find the right accelerator, and how to handle investors and their opinions. And Rudolf emphasizes that every entrepreneur must take one painful step, in order to set himself up for success – and he will tell us what that is.

]]> Rudolf Ball, cofounder and CEO Symvaro based in Klagenfurt, Austria. They offer smart city solutions for water and waste. After bootstrapping for a couple of years, he raised 300.000 Euros from a group of angels in 2015, and he is currently raising his VC round. We talk about bootstrapping, how to find the right accelerator, and how to handle investors and their opinions. And Rudolf emphasizes that every entrepreneur must take one painful step, in order to set himself up for success – and he will tell us what that is.

]]> 19:19 false full Rudolf Ball, cofounder and CEO Symvaro based in Klagenfurt, Austria. They offer smart city solutions for water and waste. After bootstrapping for a couple of years, he raised 300.000 Euros from a group of angels in 2015, and he is currently raising his VC round. We talk about bootstrapping, how to find the right accelerator, and how to handle investors and their opinions. And Rudolf emphasizes that every entrepreneur must take one painful step, in order to set himself up for success – and he will tell us what that is.Rudolf Ball, cofounder and CEO Symvaro based in Klagenfurt, Austria. They offer smart city solutions for water and waste. After bootstrapping for a couple of years, he raised 300.000 Euros from a group of angels in 2015, and he is currently raising his VC round. We talk about bootstrapping, how to find the right accelerator, and how to handle investors and their opinions. And Rudolf emphasizes that every entrepreneur must take one painful step, in order to set himself up for success – and he will tell us what that is. SM 004: €2.9m raised, DAD home repair via video chat, discuss: company culture and networking w/ CEO Ben Wynn Mon, 10 Oct 2016 13:00:00 +0000 Ben Wynn is founder and CEO of DAD, based in London. DAD is an on-demand service for Home Repair experts via video call. When Ben founded DAD in June 2015, he already had 2 Million Pounds of funding secured from a strategic investor.
We talk about how he managed to get 2 million Pounds with just an idea, the advantages and disadvantages of a strategic investors, how to build your professional network so you can quickly recruit the best people, and we talk about how important it is to actively shape the company culture early on.

]]> Ben Wynn is founder and CEO of DAD, based in London. DAD is an on-demand service for Home Repair experts via video call. When Ben founded DAD in June 2015, he already had 2 Million Pounds of funding secured from a strategic investor. We talk about how he managed to get 2 million Pounds with just an idea, the advantages and disadvantages of a strategic investors, how to build your professional network so you can quickly recruit the best people, and we talk about how important it is to actively shape the company culture early on.

]]> 27:05 false full Ben Wynn is founder and CEO of DAD, based in London. DAD is an on-demand service for Home Repair experts via video call. When Ben founded DAD in June 2015, he already had 2 Million Pounds of funding secured from a strategic investor. We talk about how he managed to get 2 million Pounds with just an idea, the advantages and disadvantages of a strategic investors, how to build your professional network so you can quickly recruit the best people, and we talk about how important it is to actively shape the company culture early on.Ben Wynn is founder and CEO of DAD, based in London. DAD is an on-demand service for Home Repair experts via video call. When Ben founded DAD in June 2015, he already had 2 Million Pounds of funding secured from a strategic investor. We talk about how he managed to get 2 million Pounds with just an idea, the advantages and disadvantages of a strategic investors, how to build your professional network so you can quickly recruit the best people, and we talk about how important it is to actively shape the company culture early on. SM 003: €250k raised, BimBimBikes the booking.com for rental bikes, discuss: grow to 60 countries w/ CEO Michel Willems Sun, 09 Oct 2016 13:00:00 +0000 Michel Willems, cofounder and CEO of BimBimBikes, based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands; They are the booking.com for rental bikes. Founded in May of 2015, they have raised 250.000 Euros so far.
Michel tells us how he managed to expand into 60 countries with a small team and only 250.000 Euros of funding. And the cultural differences he encountered along the way. And we talk about the challenges of starting BimBimBikes out of a web agency, which he and his cofounder had started some years before – how to split roles, responsibilities, budget and time.

]]> Michel Willems, cofounder and CEO of BimBimBikes, based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands; They are the booking.com for rental bikes. Founded in May of 2015, they have raised 250.000 Euros so far. Michel tells us how he managed to expand into 60 countries with a small team and only 250.000 Euros of funding. And the cultural differences he encountered along the way. And we talk about the challenges of starting BimBimBikes out of a web agency, which he and his cofounder had started some years before – how to split roles, responsibilities, budget and time.

]]> 28:04 false full Michel Willems, cofounder and CEO of BimBimBikes, based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands; They are the booking.com for rental bikes. Founded in May of 2015, they have raised 250.000 Euros so far. Michel tells us how he managed to expand into 60 countries with a small team and only 250.000 Euros of funding. And the cultural differences he encountered along the way. And we talk about the challenges of starting BimBimBikes out of a web agency, which he and his cofounder had started some years before – how to split roles, responsibilities, budget and time.Michel Willems, cofounder and CEO of BimBimBikes, based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands; They are the booking.com for rental bikes. Founded in May of 2015, they have raised 250.000 Euros so far. Michel tells us how he managed to expand into 60 countries with a small team and only 250.000 Euros of funding. And the cultural differences he encountered along the way. And we talk about the challenges of starting BimBimBikes out of a web agency, which he and his cofounder had started some years before – how to split roles, responsibilities, budget and time. SM 002: €1.1m raised, Eversports book sports activities online, discuss: Techstars accelerator and angels w/ CEO Hanno Lippitsch Sat, 08 Oct 2016 13:00:00 +0000 Hanno Lippitsch is cofounder and CEO of Eversports, based in Vienna. They are an online marketplace for sport activities. Founded in 2013 by Hanno Lippitsch and his cofoundersAndreas Woditschka, Emanuel Steiningner and Stefan Feirer, they have raised a total of 1 million € in funding and their team is 50 people strong. Hanno holds degrees in business administration, as well as Innovation and Technology Management. Hanno Lippitsch will talk to us about howTechstars Berlin changed everything for his company; and how Angels help his business.

]]> Hanno Lippitsch is cofounder and CEO of Eversports, based in Vienna. They are an online marketplace for sport activities. Founded in 2013 by Hanno Lippitsch and his cofoundersAndreas Woditschka, Emanuel Steiningner and Stefan Feirer, they have raised a total of 1 million € in funding and their team is 50 people strong. Hanno holds degrees in business administration, as well as Innovation and Technology Management. Hanno Lippitsch will talk to us about howTechstars Berlin changed everything for his company; and how Angels help his business.

]]> 46:10 false full Hanno Lippitsch is cofounder and CEO of Eversports, based in Vienna. They are an online marketplace for sport activities. Founded in 2013 by Hanno Lippitsch and his cofoundersAndreas Woditschka, Emanuel Steiningner and Stefan Feirer, they have raised a total of 1 million € in funding and their team is 50 people strong. Hanno holds degrees in business administration, as well as Innovation and Technology Management. Hanno Lippitsch will talk to us about howTechstars Berlin changed everything for his company; and how Angels help his business.Hanno Lippitsch is cofounder and CEO of Eversports, based in Vienna. They are an online marketplace for sport activities. Founded in 2013 by Hanno Lippitsch and his cofoundersAndreas Woditschka, Emanuel Steiningner and Stefan Feirer, they have raised a total of 1 million € in funding and their team is 50 people strong. Hanno holds degrees in business administration, as well as Innovation and Technology Management. Hanno Lippitsch will talk to us about howTechstars Berlin changed everything for his company; and how Angels help his business. SM 001: €1.8m raised, Connecterra the fitbit for cows, discuss: launching, finding a big problem to solve w/ CEO Yasir Khokhar Fri, 07 Oct 2016 13:00:00 +0000 Yasir Khokhar is cofounder and CEO of Connecterra, based in Amsterdam, an IoT company that builds sensors and a machine learning platform to analyze real-world objects. Their first product, the dairy monitor, is a 'fitbit for cows' that helps farmers improve milk productivity. Founded in 2014 by Yasir Khokhar and his cofounder Saad Ansari, they have raised a total of 1.8 million € in funding and their team is 9 people strong. Yasir is a very experienced technology manager, with over 10 years in various roles at microsoft. And he had founded and run a company even before that. With connecterra he won the Alpha Pitch competition at WebSummit 2015. In this episode, Yasir Khokhar will talk to us about how to find the right problem to solve; and the strategy behind and benefits of launching at WebSummit.

]]> Yasir Khokhar is cofounder and CEO of Connecterra, based in Amsterdam, an IoT company that builds sensors and a machine learning platform to analyze real-world objects. Their first product, the dairy monitor, is a 'fitbit for cows' that helps farmers improve milk productivity. Founded in 2014 by Yasir Khokhar and his cofounder Saad Ansari, they have raised a total of 1.8 million € in funding and their team is 9 people strong. Yasir is a very experienced technology manager, with over 10 years in various roles at microsoft. And he had founded and run a company even before that. With connecterra he won the Alpha Pitch competition at WebSummit 2015. In this episode, Yasir Khokhar will talk to us about how to find the right problem to solve; and the strategy behind and benefits of launching at WebSummit.

]]> 31:40 false full Yasir Khokhar is cofounder and CEO of Connecterra, based in Amsterdam, an IoT company that builds sensors and a machine learning platform to analyze real-world objects. Their first product, the dairy monitor, is a 'fitbit for cows' that helps farmers improve milk productivity. Founded in 2014 by Yasir Khokhar and his cofounder Saad Ansari, they have raised a total of 1.8 million € in funding and their team is 9 people strong. Yasir is a very experienced technology manager, with over 10 years in various roles at microsoft. And he had founded and run a company even before that. With connecterra he won the Alpha Pitch competition at WebSummit 2015. In this episode, Yasir Khokhar will talk to us about how to find the right problem to solve; and the strategy behind and benefits of launching at WebSummit.Yasir Khokhar is cofounder and CEO of Connecterra, based in Amsterdam, an IoT company that builds sensors and a machine learning platform to analyze real-world objects. Their first product, the dairy monitor, is a 'fitbit for cows' that helps farmers improve milk productivity. Founded in 2014 by Yasir Khokhar and his cofounder Saad Ansari, they have raised a total of 1.8 million € in funding and their team is 9 people strong. Yasir is a very experienced technology manager, with over 10 years in various roles at microsoft. And he had founded and run a company even before that. With connecterra he won the Alpha Pitch competition at WebSummit 2015. In this episode, Yasir Khokhar will talk to us about how to find the right problem to solve; and the strategy behind and benefits of launching at WebSummit.