Entrepreneur Talks by STATION F

In this new episode of Entrepreneur Talks, we sit down with Blaise Matuidi and Ilan Abehassera, Co-founders and General Partners of Origins, to learn more about building a VC fund that combines funding with influence. Origins is a Venture Capital fund investing across Paris, NYC and Miami in legendary consumer founders. In this episode of Entrepreneur Talks, we hear more about how Origins is funding early stage companies with the help of their limited partners (LPs) who have a combined social media following of 160,000,000.Tune in to this new episode to learn about the founding story behind the fund, how Blaise, Ilan and their fund co-founders spotted an opportunity to combine early-stage funding with access to influence, and the many lessons to be shared between the sports and investing world. This episode was recorded in French 🇫🇷Topics01:00 to 05:45 — Introduction to Blaise and Ilan 05:45 to 11:00 — Presentation of Origins11:00 to 19:30 — From Zoom call to VC fund co-founders19:30 to 27:00 — US vs Europe, on the pitch and in the boardroom 27:00 to 29:00 — Raising the fund 29:00 to 35:00 — Investment thesis and founder-market-fit 35:00 to 41:00 — Making the move from Angel Investor to General Partner41:00 to 43:30 — Dealflow realtalk 43:30 to 54:00 — Learning resilience and dealing with failure54:00 to 56:00 — The importance of emotional intelligence 57:00 to the end — Outro questions: 1 word to describe entrepreneurship, a dream LP, unpopular opinion about tech or investment If you enjoyed this episode, please let us know by leaving a rating and a review!This episode is hosted by Yacine Sqalli, and produced with STATION F. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this new episode of Entrepreneur Talks, we catch up with Nicolas Morin-Forest, co-founder & CEO of Gourmey, a company that creates culinary delights like foie gras, directly from cell cultivation.Thanks to Gourmey, it’s now possible to eat foie gras that doesn’t come from an animal! In this new episode of Entrepreneur Talks, we have the pleasure of welcoming Nicolas Morin-Forest, CEO & cofounder of Gourmey.Tune in to this new episode to learn about Nicolas’ entrepreneurial journey so far, how he built a deep tech startup with a non-technical background, and how he plans to revolutionize meat production.Topics01:00 to 04:00 — Introduction and presentation of Nicolas04:00 to 10:00 — Presentation of Gourmey10:00 to 20:00 — Why and how Nicolas became a deep tech founder20:00 to 26:00 — The moment he decided he wanted to build a sustainable business26:00 to 31:00 — Nicolas’ biggest failure during his entrepreneurial journey31:00 to 36:00 — How to manage a deeptech company as a non-tech CEO36:00 to 43:00 — Why foie gras as a first product and Gourmey’s next products?43:00 to 47:00 — Outro questions: Best quality trait of an entrepreneur? A board member he wishes to have? The most underrated advice for an entrepreneur to succeed?If you have enjoyed this episode, please let us know by leaving a rating and a review!This episode is hosted by Yacine Sqalli, and produced with STATION F. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the latest episode of Entrepreneur Talks, STATION F's podcast. We had the chance to sit down with Frédéric Montagnon, Founder & Chairman of Arianee. He created 7 companies, exited 5 of them, killed one, and invested in more than 150 startups.Arianee is on a mission to empower brands and owners to give digital life to products, experiences, or communities through NFTs. Last year, they issued more than 1M NFTs.Tune in to this new episode to learn about his journey so far as an entrepreneur and investor, why he believes Web3 is the solution to data sovereignty, and why founders should now seek for the Environment-Market fit rather than Product-Market fit.Topics01:00 to 04:00 — Introduction and presentation of Fred by ChatGPt and himself04:00 to 09:00 — His background and why Web3 with Arianee09:00 to 12:00 — Why did he become an entrepreneur, only 2 years after graduation?12:00 to 15:00 — His strength: at the intersection of Tech and Business15:00 to 19:00 — His failures and learnings as an entrepreneur19:00 to 24:30 — The "environment-market fit"24:30 to 29:00 — How did you become an expert in Web3?29:00 to 31:00 — The beauty of open source31:00 to 35:00 — The pain: digital sovereignty35:00 to 37:00 — His views on Twitter acquired by Elon Musk37:00 to 42:00 — Arianee's solutions and the future of data ownership43:00 to 45:00 — Arianee’s KPIs and its clients45:00 to 47:00 — Business Angel: why and how to invest in 150 startups?47:00 to 49:00 — Is he a philanthropist?49:00 to 52:00 — Outro questions: his unpopular opinion about Web3? Best quality trait of an entrepreneur? The company he would build tomorrow?If you have enjoyed this episode, please let us know by leaving a rating and a review!This episode is hosted by Yacine Sqalli, and produced with STATION F. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having a deep impact on pollution with a breakthrough technology! That's one bet Neoplants is about to win in the next few months. After 4 years of R&D, the Neo P1, an indoor plant to purify the air, is coming to home.This is what we discuss with Lionel Mora, CEO & co-founder of Neoplants, amongst other topics, in this new episode of Entrepreneur Talks, STATION F podcast. Tune in to learn about Lionel's entrepreneurial journey, why he decided to build a deeptech company, the learnings so far, and what's coming next at Neoplants.Topics01:00 — Introduction and presentation of Neoplants04:00 — The genesis of the company08:00 — Breakthrough technology vulgarization12:00 — 4 years of R&D before launching the market17:00 — Product iteration: trying to kill the idea fast24:00 — When tech meets bioengineering27:00 — The risks they face33:30 — Raising funds as a deeptech startup in the US vs Europe 35:00 — The vision: from indoor to outdoor plants37:30 — The market launch40:00 — Where to order?42:00 — Outro: Best quality of an entrepreneur? Unpopular opinion about tech or entrepreneurship? A dream board member?If you have enjoyed this episode, please let us know by leaving a rating and a review!This episode is hosted by Yacine Sqalli, and produced with STATION F. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Creating a platform and a community to help launch 250,000+ products. That's what Ryan Hoover has accomplished with Product Hunt. Now he is investing in early-stage startups from all around the world with Weekend Fund, a VC fund he cofounded with Vedika Jain.Tune in to this new episode to learn more about Ryan's entrepreneurial journey, his learnings and tips to succeed, his willingness to help and support other founders, and his expectations about investments.Product Hunt is the place to curate new products every day. Product enthusiasts can share and geek out about the latest mobile apps, websites, hardware projects, and tech creations. Among 250,000+ products launched on the platform since 2013, we find great successes like Notion, Houseparty, Robinhood, or Front. Product Hunt was acquired by AngelList in 2016 (Ryan talks about it here).Weekend Fund is the VC fund he created in 2017, to back early-stage founders from all around the world. Together with Vedika and a team of 2 analysts, they write checks from $100k to $300k, and offer an LP collective of 350+ exceptional founders and operators. They already invested in Intercom, Deel, and just raised their 3rd fund of $21M.Topics01:00 — Introduction and Proust survey06:00 — The work-life balance08:00 — The beginning of his entrepreneurial journey10:00 — His vision of entrepreneurship: a creator or a manager?17:00 —  Scaling pace of PH before selling to Angelist20:00 — Products that launched on his platform (Meerkat, Notion)23:00 — Did u think of monetizing your database?25:00 — The selling to AngelList28:30 — The impostor syndrome31:30 — Creation of Weekend Fund38:00 — Convincing Limited Partners: a sales job40:00 — Sourcing opportunities from Product Hunt?42:00 — His thoughts on Angel investing in the next few years46:00 — Outro (Definition of entrepreneurship? His biggest failure? One sector to be more digitized? Unpopular opinion about tech or entrepreneurship? Most underrated advice?)If you enjoyed this episode, please let us know by leaving a rating and a review!This episode is hosted by Yacine Sqalli. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.