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HoldCo Builders Podcast - Building Holding Company with Eugen B. Russ of RMEP

2024-07-3139:10

Join us for an inspiring conversation with Eugen B. Russ, Managing Director of RMEP, as he shares his remarkable journey in building a highly successful holding company since 2018. Under his leadership, RMEP has achieved an impressive IRR of 39% over the past six years. With a portfolio of over 10 majority-owned companies, RMEP specializes in acquiring, managing, and operating profitable niche businesses in online marketplaces, consumer apps, and SaaS.Discover how their smallest portfolio com...

"A healthy dose of pessimism will keep a good founder always in guard" believes Vlad Gozman, CEO and Co-founder of involve.me

2024-06-1058:06

Vlad Gozman is the CEO and Co-founder of involve.me, a next-generation user engagement & customer experience platform with a focus on digital marketers & e-commerce. Vlad builds B2B SaaS products at the intersection of AI & no-code.Involve.me is an AI-powered interactive form builder used by 3K+ businesses worldwide, including Salesforce, Boston Consulting Group, and Universal Studios. The tool lets you easily design embeddable forms, surveys, quizzes, and custom calculators. You ...

Learn how to unleash the power of social walls for your brand from Michael Kamleitner, CEO & Founder of walls.io

2023-12-2045:19

Michael Kamleitner is the CEO & Founder of walls.io, an all-in-one social wall solution that allows you to collect, curate, and display content in an easy-to-customize feed. Passionate about SaaS, tech and social media, Michael developed an easy-to-use social media tool which allows you to collect content from multiple social media platforms or let your audience post content directly on your wall. You can embed it as a social wall on your website or display it on a screen at events, ...

Learn from Zoltan Vardy about the sales and marketing blueprint called The Launch Code in this latest podcast episode

2023-11-2442:32

Zoltan Vardy is a startup mentor and speaker who helps B2B tech founders sell and market to enterprise clients by applying his sales and marketing blueprint called The Launch Code.The Launch Code is built on the principles, tools, and techniques Zoltan used to close $2 billion in sales over his 30-year global career as an executive, entrepreneur, and investor.Zoltan has helped 200+ startups in 25 countries by teaching how to apply The Launch Code via a personal mentoring program, group worksh...

"Bootstrapping is about the work-life balance and about balancing and motivating the team enough" believes Peter Ďuriš — Co-founder and CEO of Kickresume

2023-09-1946:41

PETER ĎURIŠ is the CEO and co-founder of Kickresume. Although his main focus nowadays is business development and product design, he used to do everything from customer support and revising resume samples, to working with HR experts and hiring. Peter is the original mind behind Kickresume and has been working with resumes for more than 7 years. Together with Tomáš Ondrejka, transformed Kickresume from a small student start-up to a successfully running tech company with over 1M subscriber...

"If you don't have to raise - think about what's the advantage of having more money" believes the co-founder of BrokerChooser

2023-06-1201:00:18

BrokerChooser was founded in 2016 by Gergely Korpos and Tibor Bedő, quickly becoming the leading European broker comparison site.BrokerChooser is the go-to site for uncomplicated and trustworthy online comparison of brokers. It helps independent investors and traders to find an online broker fitting to their needs.They compare online brokers, be it a local one or a large international platform. Browse their tests and compare brokers along more than 50 dimensions. Their tutorial videos show yo...

Learn about how to build and omnichannel business with Bjoern Wolff from mymoria

2023-05-1542:36

Bjoern Wolff (Björn Wolff) is the Founder & Managing Director of mymoria GmbH, the pioneer of tech-enabled digital funeral services with a nationwide network of quality driven funeral homes. Björn is a digitalist, entrepreneur, mentor, Chief Undertaking Officer, founder and winemaker. His professional career includes Westerwelle Foundation (as mentor), HRS - The Hotel Portal (Director Customer Acquisition and Director Mobile & New Media), YOC Mobile Advertising GmbH (Head of Co...

"The biggest advice is: Never forget to have fun" believes Mattia Franco, founder and CEO of Xceed

2023-04-1801:00:59

Mattia Franco is the founder and CEO of Xceed, a venture-backed startup that is taking over the information business by linking the B2B and B2C side of the nightlife industry, providing real-time analytics, and addressing the untapped Big Data space in the market.Mattia was one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2019, while its company has been classified by Apple amongst the Best 100 Apps in the World in 2016 and the fastest-growing Start-up of Spain by Tech5 in 2018.Xceed is on a mission to creat...

Digital Spine - or how to take the family business to the next level

2023-03-0743:12

Simon Vestner grew up with elevators. He is the grandson of Wilhelm Vestner, who founded the elevator manufacturer of the same name in 1930. For several years, Simon ran the successful family business together with his father. Then he decided to build something of his own and reinterpret the role of the elevator in the building. He founded VESTNER.DIGITAL - now Digital Spine - with the brand Aufzughelden in Berlin in 2015. The team consists of over 30 people: IoT and AI professionals, enginee...

"The team is critical for being successful" believes Johannes Stuhler Co-Founder of ListNRide

2023-02-1338:49

Johannes Stuhler is a Co-Founder of ListNRide, a digital company that provides booking platforms for bike rentals, test rides, and activities.Johannes is also the Managing Director of ListNRide. His previous experience includes HAWE Hydraulik SE (Head of Management Accounting and Head of IT) and Edmund Lutz Textil KG (assistant to the CEO). Johannes Stuhler is a Co-Founder at LR Mobility. He attended Erasmus University Rotterdam (M.Sc. Economics & Business, Entrepreneurship and New V...

"Try as early as you can and have huge endurance" is Balazs Sandorfi's advice for young entrepreneurs

2023-01-3058:57

Balazs Sandorfi is the CEO and founder of Bankmonitor Ltd., the market leader in banking products comparison in Hungary. Balazs is an enthusiastic start-up guy in the field of online financial services. His ultimate goal is to achieve everlasting #1 market position by applying very new business models. He is a passionate fan of finance. The word of the new times, the Internet, quickly took hold of the banking sector, so he mostly carried out innovative activities in his own companie...

"Play, Explore, Change Jobs and Industries" is Bogdan Badea's advice for young professionals

2023-01-1601:05:46

Bogdan Badea is the CEO of eJobs Romania, the first recruitment platform launched in Romania. He is an experienced business leader with +16 years of working in the HR business services environment. Bogdan is proficient in Business Development, Strategy, Marketing, HR Software, Job Classifieds, HR Outsourcing and Recruitment. Throughout the years he held positions of Business Development Director, Managing Director, Associate Director, Business Development & Strategic Alliances Direct...

"We should test a lot more, a lot earlier rather than focusing on doing something perfect" believes Ioana Dragomir, co-founder of TULIPR

2022-12-1526:31

Ioana Dragomir co-founded together with Larisa Burca a B2B marketplace for event management named TULIPR. Ioana leads global digital transformation projects in the corporate environment, while Larisa is familiar with the events industry where she works as an Event Planner.Ioana talks about automation, event services, customer experience, tools and technologies, and digital transformation. She previously founded The Inside (www.theinside.ro), being also its Corporate Well-being Advocate. ...

"Entrepreneurship, if you are a company owner, is not that glamorous." believes Eva Vucheva

2022-08-3148:09

Eva (Micheva) Vucheva has worked during her professional career in 12 companies, founding and co-founding some of them. In present time she is the Co-Founder and GM of CONTENTO.tech (7 yrs 5 mos) and Founder of Impakt_ID (2 yrs 5 mos).Her educational background includes Harvard Business School Online (other; CORe and Sustainable Business Strategies), SPD (Visual Communication), Universitet za nacionalno i svetovno stopanstvo with a Bachelor Degree in Marketing and Pforzheim University with an...

"Look for smart money when you are looking for investment" Chalid El Ashker, Founder and CEO of Spacewise

2022-06-2337:06

Chalid El Ashker is the Founder and CEO of Spacewise, a pioneering all-in-one solution for leasing of flexible spaces. He is also the founder of Ashker Ventures. He founded two other companies and has worked amongst others as lawyer and Head of Digital Unit for several companies. Spacewise is a digital platform that offers digital end-to-end solutions, which cover all aspects of the (flexible) leasing process - tools to optimize revenue & occupancy, and attract exciting new ten...

"I think investing in education about digital technology and the history of technology is something every company should do" - Bogdan Bocse, Managing Co-Founder - Knosis

2022-06-2148:12

Bogdan Bocse has been working as an IT professional for 12 years, in organizations of varied size and industry, in roles such as solution architect, project manager and technology consultant. He is the managing partner of Knosis.ai, a marketplace for quality-controlled machine learning data sets, and Envisage.ai, a end-to-end solution for computer vision and face recognition. He is also leading the open source, non-profit DeepVISS initiative, aimed at bridging the gap between industry and aca...

"Don't think too long - just do it" is Bernhard Niesner's top advice for bootstrappers

2022-06-1433:22

Co-Founder & CEO of Busuu, one of the world's leading mobile apps for language learning with more than 100m+ users. Their vision is to inspire the world to learn together!Bernhard is frequently invited to speak at international conferences about Edtech and entrepreneurship, such as DLD, Webit Congress, Noah Conference, SIME, SXSW Edtech, BETT, GET Beijing etc.Originally from Vienna, he traveled around the world during his studies, spending 5 years in Madrid and now living in London where ...

How to disrupt an industry with new models and technology that nobody has - podcast with Reinier Huisman

2022-04-2157:03

CEO & Founder Expertwired.com. Reinier Huisman is a disruptive tech enthusiast & experienced (+15 yrs) strategy consultant and entrepreneur. In-depth marketplaces experience (ex-eBay corpdev). Reinier Huisman studied Econometrics and Business Economics at the University of Amsterdam. Reinier Huisman said: “Strategy is making choices today which will significantly impact the company’s future performance. No entrepreneur or investor wants to make blind sighted choices and this is e...

"The team is most important with everything you do" - believes Andreas

2022-04-0742:24

Andreas Millonig is the Chief Operating Officer of IMMOunited GmbH. Born in Carinthia, he successfully completed his studies in applied business administration at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt in 2009 and started his professional career as a key account manager in the Immounited sales team. In June 2012 he took over the business development agenda and at the beginning of 2018 he was promoted to Chief Innovation Officer and was responsible for innovation management and the innovation ...

"Try to stay in the game and you will find something that really works out" Sander Van de Rijdt about entrepreneurship

2022-03-2349:38

Sander Van de Rijdt is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of construction documentation and task management platform PlanRadar, being responsible for the corporate and growth strategy at PlanRadar, but the Finance, HR, Legal and Administration departments also report to him. Sander studied at the Vienna University of Technology and Vienna University of Economics. Prior to PlanRadar, he founded five other IT companies with operations in Europe, the U.S., the Middle East and Central Asia and ...

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