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He Backed Europe's Most Valuable AI Startup From a Random WhatsApp Text | Christian Miele
Christian Miele grew up carrying one of Germany's most recognizable names, without ever being a shareholder in the family company. That tension shaped everything that came next: building his own startup, becoming a VC, and backing the highe
He Scaled to €800M Revenue, Then Said It Was "The Wrong Choice" - Julian Teicke
Julian Teicke is a serial founder, in the last 12 months alone, he's co-founded four companies. But before any of that, he spent 10 years as CEO of the company that made his name, scaling it to €800M in revenue and 1,500 people. He raised t
Liquid AI's CEO: "Humans Will Stop Talking Within 25 Years!" — Ramin Hasani
Ramin Hasani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/raminhasani/) spent a decade studying a 2-millimeter worm before anyone outside academia knew his name. Then he solved an equation that had gone unsolved for over 100 years, published it in Nature M
The Unicorn Founder Storing Human Embryos for the Apocalypse | Martin Varsavsky
Martin Varsavsky (https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinvarsavsky/) has never had a job in his life. Not one. He arrived in New York at 26 as an Argentine refugee, convinced a Nobel Prize-winning scientist to build a biotech company with him, a
Oskar Hartmann: The Unicorn Founder Formula, Building 20 Companies, and Why Being Normal Is the Biggest Red Flag
Oskar Hartmann (https://www.linkedin.com/in/oskarhartmann/) has co-founded 20+ companies, invested in 150 as an angel, found 15 unicorns from seed stage, broke two world indoor rowing records, wrote a million-copy best-seller, and co-founde
Inside SumUp’s €8 Billion Machine with Marc-Alexander Christ
Marc-Alexander Christ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/machrist/), co-founder at SumUp (https://sumup.co.uk), pulls back the curtain on how a five-founder startup launched simultaneously in Dublin, Berlin, and Bulgaria in 2012 and grew into one
Razor Group: 300 Acquisitions, $700M Revenue, Zero BS
In this episode of ICONS, host Roman Kirsch sits down with Tushar Ahluwalia (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tushar-ahluwalia/), Co-Founder of Razor Group (http://razor-group.com), to unpack one of the most complex entrepreneurial journeys in e
From the Tiny Faroe Islands to a Billion-Dollar Wine Empire: Vivino’s Heini Zachariassen
In this episode of ICONS, host Roman Kirsch interviews Heini Zachariassen, founder of Vivino and current chairman of the board, who is now building Vota (vota.org) (https://vota.org/), a quality rating system for restaurants. Growing up on
Google to IKEA: Digital Transformation in 180 Days
In this episode of ICONS, host Roman Kirsch interviews Barbara Martin Coppola, one of the most accomplished global marketing and digital transformation executives of our time. Barbara shares her playbook for scaling iconic brands globally,
From $10K to $500M Deals: Bending Spoons' Acquisition Playbook
In this episode of ICONS, host Roman Kirsch interviews Luca Ferrari and Matteo Danieli, founders of Bending Spoons. Operating from Milan, Bending Spoons has evolved from a failed startup into Europe's most sophisticated digital acquisition
The Inside Story How SoundCloud Hit 100M Users With Zero Marketing Spend
In this episode of ICONS, host Roman Kirsch interviews Eric Wahlforss, founder of SoundCloud and Dance. From building one of the world's most influential music platforms to revolutionizing urban mobility through e-bike subscriptions, Eric s
How Wild Built a £230M Deodorant Brand—and Got Acquired by Unilever
In this episode of ICONS, Roman Kirsch interviews Charlie Bowes-Lyon, Co-founder and CMO of Wild, the refillable deodorant brand recently acquired by Unilever. Starting with a mission to remove single-use plastic from the bathroom, Wild tra
