Node:Holm Live 25

Get in the mood for Node:Holm with this House & Tech mix by Joakim Klasman, CTO & Co-Founder of Centi!See Joakim & Per Thoresson B2B - spinning tunes into the night at Node:Holm at Skyddsrummet on the 19th September! 🪩

Loved this podcast with Joel! It really emphasises what Node:Holm is all about. He is easily one of the furthest travellers coming down from Örnsköldsvik, Northern Sweden!It was great to get an insight into Joels background talk about gaming, start up journeys, getting active and some nostalgia talking about Goldeneye on the N64!There was a huge emphasis on getting kids active which is what Fuzed do. Joel’s experience in startups is second to none and has a start up mastery course you can follow.We also had four community questions which we were delighted to hear!3:22 Joel’s thoughts on Node:Holm6:05 Journey in start ups9:00 FUZED - getting kids active through tech15:10 Arena gaming concept21:10 Fuzed - A nationwide concept 25:57 Motivating adults vs kids28:08 Building this tech in startups29:43 Defining engineering identity31:46 Lessons from shutting down projectsCommunity Questions from Monica35:30 Monica Oberg on Mental & general health39:53 Admire Khulmo on Merging the tech41:48 Sebastian Nilsson on Tech Leadership47:21 Victor Axelsson on NotificationLooking forward to seeing you all at Node:Holm.

Immerse yourself into the splendour of Node:Holm, get an insight into the event & listen to a really nice opener with Ilija Vankov, Domain Architect at Volvo.Building Products in the age of Generative AI1:30 - Intros 2:30 - Michael speaks about Node:Holm the event 5:39 - Creating value09:40 - What's really exciting you? 16:10 - AI hallucinations20:08 - How is AI different from traditional engineering30:30 - Forward thinking with AI34:43 - Ilija's table at Node:Holm transition to party35:40 - Using AI inside a large organisation43:20 - Community Q from Mihael Lenic44:20 - How are Volvo using AI46:30 - Vibe coding48:38 - Make sure you use your coding assistants

If you are looking to make the next step up in your career this could really help you in your journey🎙️ It was fascinating to speak to Victor Axelsson CTO of Kliently last week to discuss "Making the Leap to CTO" 🏃‍♂️ There are plenty of great tips for aspiring CTO's as we unpack what's happened in Victor's career. The community questions were a great addition to this podcast so hope you can have a listen to this one! Time ⌚ 5:03 The role of a CTO vs Engineering Roles 9:12 Essential skills to make the leap 15:30 Finding opportunities as a Junior 21:26 Challenges in growing companies 23:08 Future landscape 25:25 Community questions Renato Kalman 27:19 Christopher Klint 33:45 Valeria Viana Gusmao Ad: for a free 15min lawyer consultation Use promo code: CTO-Friendly Really looking forward to hearing your feedback on this one!

It was great to be joined by Bjorn Helgeson, VP of Engineering of Mindler last week. Mindler have an amazing business with a noble cause close to my heart with family that work in mental healthcare. Very interesting to hear about Bjorn's journey in Healthtech and the cool things they are building at Mindler. In a startup and scale-up, how do you balance the need for moving fast, whilst not compromising on security or patient safety? With community questions from Ander Ivarsson CTO of Voi and Denis Golubovic, CTO at Zendr. This made for a highly interesting podcast in this space.

Was a pleasure to speak with Marvin Benno from Kognity on the topic "The Junior Engineer Problem" We discussed the lack of Junior opportunities which is a highly important issue for Engineering teams across the continent 🌍 This podcast has some great tips for Junior Engineers looking for a new role including some first class interview and job-seeking advice 🥇 At the same time we talk about the potential impacts of team formation in the future and the impact this could have on the industry. With community questions from some of the most respected leaders in the space this podcast makes for a great listen! 🎙 Time ⌚ 02:00 - The Scarcity of Junior Engineering Positions 06:49 - Macroeconomic factors and the impact of the market 09:20 - The importance of Junior Engineers in teams 11:50 - Level of competence required for Elite teams 14:05 - Advice for Junior Engineers 20:00 - Community question on resources from Janette Hagerlund 24:00 - Prepare graduates Admire Khulumo 31:14 - Expectations for Junior Engineers Jonas Martinsson

Absolutely superb podcast with Four expert Co-Founder CTO's based in Stockholm. This podcast was a pleasure to record and there is plenty of advice if you are looking to start up a tech company. The Line up: 🎙 Georgios Drivas - CTO & Co-Founder at Subscriby 🎙 Love Marcus - Co-Founder at Evira 🎙 Turan Kutlay Künbi Co-Founder & CTO at Rently 🎙 Stas Shakirov - Co-Founder @ CTO at Humy.ai Time ⌚ 3:05 Intros 8:19: Balancing productivity & planning 22:40 Challenges in hiring high performing talent 25:23 Different approaches to recruitment 36:03 Lessons learnt as team expanded 55:34 Funding advice 1:00:01 How AI has impacted start ups

The Bitcoin Halving event is in less than two days away and it was amazing to have Adem Bilican, CTO on the ScandiScript Podcast! 🙌 This was an amazing opportunity to learn more about this exciting technology, why there will only be 21 million coins and how it can't be invented again! If you are curious about Bitcoin and would like to learn more our expert guest goes into detail on the fundamentals in this podcast 🎙 Relai 🇨🇭 is Europe's largest Bitcoin only exchange and we talk about growing Relai from the ground up with an idea from Julian Liniger and how it has come to life in their rollercoaster journey. We talk about their recent lightning network integration and how they are looking to enhance the user journey as a focus on the product this year. Time ⌚ 3:52 Understanding the fundamentals 7:00 What the is the significance of the Halving 10:21 Bitcoin as solution to a broken system 16:30 Challenges of building Relai 26:22 Core Development 29:42 What is the The Lightning Network 36:47 Regulatory environment 42:09 Enhancing the user journey 44:24 Dave Schwab's question 46:23 Expansion plans 47:13 Predictions

Amazing conversation with Janette Hagerlund, COO at Refined. Was interesting to hear Janettes progression from Developer to COO and how she has used many of her engineering principles in creating a hiring strategy at the company. Time ⌚ 1:30 Journey at Refined 6:30 Current challenges 8:18 Developing the hiring strategy 10:30 Employer Branding 12:50 Interview bias 18:10 Engineering approach to recruitment 23:58 Adapting to market demands 28:08 Scorecard method in practice 35:05 Success stories

I really enjoyed speaking with Fredrik Stockman who gives us in-depth insight into ProductOps and his AI solution with Version Lens 🎙 In this podcast we talk about AI and it's implications for businesses, what could happen in the future and I was really interested to hear how he pivoted one part of his product and how it's had a positive impact for his business. As an expert in ProductOps this is a superb listen for product specialist and the wider tech community. Time ⌚ 2:00 intros 4:23 ProductOps & version lens 6:30 Typical problems and how AI can solve this 9:00 The correct context for LLM 12:15 AI as a Junior PM 16:49 Limitation for AI in Product 19:27 Key Learnings 21:40 Pivot in strategy 24:46 Tips using AI in a product setting 27:32 What Excites you in AI Community Questions 31:29 Georgy Korev - Product discovery / Market fit 34:30 Johan Schager - Organisation structure 

What a guest on the latest podcast episode! 🎙 I wish I could post the bloopers reel as Teenie Fung is actually Hyper and likes to have a lot fun 🤣 In all seriousness, Teenie is a super knowledgeable expert on AI and listening to her talk about building her company Hypertype was hugely insightful. We go on to talk about "how to build a Lean Business using AI" Everything going on with AI and community questions at the end. Timestamps ⌚ 1:10 HyperType start up journey and intro 2:55 Early success stories 4:50 What really excites Teenie in AI 7:18 Fundamentals in building a lean business 9:50 Small team, high output 12:40 Advice for a new Founder in AI 15:13 Future innovation 17:30 What is scary in the industry 20:51 Ethics 23:46 Fredrik Stockman How to keep up to date? 25:21 Kristoffer Nolgren How do you ensure knowledge is represented correctly?

The Journey from Startup to Scale-up 🎙 Thank you Kristian Lindin to speak about your expertise in your role as CTO at Krea. Was insightful to hear about your objectives in the early days of the role and how you have achieved them to this point. This is a superb listen for a new CTO finding their feet in Stockholm especially you are as "hands-on" as Kristian. Time stamps ⌚ 4:18 Kristian's role at Krea 6:22 60% coding target 👨‍💻 7:47: Start up planning 🗒 10:41 Cooldowns ❄ 12:32 Oscar Söderlund on Delegation 16:10 Shahid Jabbar Preserving an open & honest culture 19:09 Turan Kutlay Künbi Your most challenging problem 21:39 Monica Öberg how to keep the start up culture 24:23 Fredrik Stockman 🎸

Thank you to our guest Mladen Pilipovic, Head of Engineering at Einride. This really was a Superb episode to record. In the first part we set out Mladen's fundamentals as an Engineering Leader and how he has always gone back to these when creating a culture & making tough decisions. I enjoyed hearing about your take on the Mojito method and becoming a Mojito master as your management style changes through your career 🍃 Amazing to hear your insight to Leadership and does everything really come back to "it depends"? 😂 Thanks again to everyone who contributed, below are the timestamps for your Qs ⌚ Community questions: 20:56 - Johanna Nyberg "How do you maintain your relevance" 24:10 - Boris Egorov "How would you architect transition of engineering.." 30:27 - James Trunk "How Einride works with estimates and roadmap”  33:44 - Johan Bergebo Two questions 🍒  38:00 - Amelie Ekdahl "How would you summarise your leadership style"  41:57 - Kristian Lindin "Have you seen any recurring patterns on what the most important elements.." Make a coffee ☕ or a Mojito 🍃 and have a listen

Join us from the for ‘The role of a Staff Engineer’ with three exceptional Staff Engineers from two of the most prominent companies in Sweden 🇸🇪 In this episode we explore the intricacies and challenges of the Staff Engineer role, discussing everything that comes with it. Our expert panel brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the conversation 🙌 🎙 Jaunius Eitmantis, Staff Engineer at Mentimeter 🎙 Renato Kalman, Staff Engineer at Volvo Cars 🎙 Vinicius Dallacqua, Staff Engineer at Volvo Cars

When is it time to launch a new brand?Really enjoyed speaking with Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt on this podcast who is restarting his mega successful company, Diet Doctor with a new approach to eating well 🥗His new company, Hava – will focus on a new satiety approach to diet based on "Fullness" how certain foods make you full therefore having to consume less! 🥦We talked about his expertise in this field, lessons learnt in the time building up Diet Doctor, advice for entrepreneurs in building a company, the Founders podcast as a recommendation! 🎙Michel Gokan Khan & Sean Halpin your questions went down well and hope you enjoy the answers! 😎How will both brands co-existing we explored this topic on this fascinating podcast and where Andreas envisages the companies in the future! 🙌

Long awaited podcast getting our three engineering leaders together to talk about this vitally important topic! How to create & execute a Tech Strategy. Amazing to speak with Amelie Ekdahl Director of Engineer at Spotify, Anders Ivarsson, VP of Engineering at Voi & Johanna Nyberg, VP of Engineering at Mentimeter. We talked about; Having a vision, an audacious goal. How does it feel for the team? - Analysis paralysis - 1-way door vs 2-way door problem - Making it easier for other teams to contribute - Book recommendations - Importance of a Staff Engineer

Move quick and break things but don’t break everything! Hear the thoughts of our line up to discuss our very important topic "Building Resilience and Creating a safe working Culture for Engineers" Mary Gordon, Head of Development at Hemnet Andy Kaminski, Head of Development at Majority Viktor Sahlström, CTO & Co-founder of Nvrmind Our Esteemed Engineering Leaders created an amazing conversation to discuss their engineering teams. How to build resilience and create a safe working culture for engineers. We touched on Cross Platform vs Native app development and the implications of this for engineering teams. Also a very interesting segment towards the end how Junior Engineers can help revolutionise a tech team using AI.   Really enjoyable conversation with some amazing insight from each of our guests, must listen!

This was a fascinating conversation with our first guest from Texas! 🇺🇸 🇸🇪 Monica has been living in Stockholm for over 17 years so was great to discuss Texan BBQ food, life in Stockholm, her background and of course the topic "Empower your Company" Interesting to hear how Monica is implementing change at Climateview & the positive impact the company is making in cities around the world! This works hand in hand with her ethos of radical transparency. We also spoke about the difference in labour laws and the impact it can have in difficult situations and how companies around the world have approached this.

How have recent advancements in AI, such as GPT-4, transformed the software industry in terms of development and productivity? We find out the answer to this and more with our next esteemed guest in the Directors Lounge Series! Michel Gokan Khan, CTO at Spotin speaks about the ever changing software landscape with a focus on AI.With a particular segment focussing on Low-code/No-code and community questions from Engineering Leaders at Sleip, iZettle and SEB Embedded it makes for a superb listen.

Building High Performance Teams with Selma Hosni, Senior Engineering Manager at SEB Embedded. This is an in-depth conversation discussing; team formation, her secret to success, trust, phycological safety, recruitment and more!