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The Launch Stories podcast gives you a taste of what it takes to launch a global startup. Listen to founders share their personal ups and downs, their professional wins and losses, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way to building an international company. You’ll also hear from accelerators and investors that support entrepreneurs along their journey around the world and what they think is the recipe for startup success. Zoltan Vardy is a business growth mentor and helps B2B tech startups scale globally by applying his 9-step business development framework called The Launch Code. Subscribe, leave a review, and share it with your friends! Check out zoltanvardy.com and send guest inquiries to launchstories@zoltanvardy.com **************************************** Soundtrack: Wake Up by MBB https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2CDshIl Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/6lqS34C4DCg
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Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
On this episode of L(a)unch Stories, I speak with Zsuzsa and Attila Kecsmár, a husband-and-wife team, who are the co-founders of Antavo. You’ll hear how Antavo grew to become a globally recognized loyalty management platform with clients like BMW, Lagardère, Benetton and BrewDog across three continents. Zsuzsa and Attila explain why a founder shouldn’t pay attention to her grandmother when she asks, “when will you get a real job?” as well as, what it takes to build a successful global tech startup.
Links:
https://www.bmwgroup.com/en.html
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Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
On this episode of Launch Stories, I’m talking to Mike Chaffe, CEO of Wolves Summit, one of the premier tech and innovation conferences held in Central and Eastern Europe, twice a year. You’ll hear he managed to not only steer the business to safety but has used COVID’s impact to accelerate his business’ international expansion. You’ll also learn about the future of the events business, the importance of maintaining self-care while building a company, and the unusual method he’s discovered to help him recharge.
Links:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-trade
https://www.enterprisesg.gov.sg/
https://www.eas.ee/eas/?lang=en
https://viennabusinessagency.at/
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Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
On this episode of Launch Stories, I speak to Emi Gal, Co-Founder and CEO of Ezra, a US-based healthcare tech startup that enables early cancer detection using MRI and AI. You’ll hear how he built his first startup, Brainient, into one of Europe’s leading ad-tech companies, what he’s learned from launching a business in three radically different startup ecosystems, and what it means to create a purpose-driven company.
Links:
https://www.teads.com/teads-studio/
https://www.credoventures.com/
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Saturday Sep 04, 2021
Saturday Sep 04, 2021
On this episode of Launch Stories, you’ll hear from Julien Coustaury, Founding Partner of Fil Rouge Capital -- about how he became an entrepreneur and investor after building international mobile companies, and how this experience changed his mindset. You’ll also learn what he looks for in a startup team when making an investment. Finally, you’ll hear how Julien met Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Brian Chesky, and what role culture plays in building a successful global business.
Links:
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/doublerecall
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Soundtrack credits:
Wake Up by MBB https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial
Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0
Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2CDshIl
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/6lqS34C4DCg