Our next guest on the Most Awesome Founder podcast: Roman Kirsch! 🎙️

Roman will be sharing his high-paced entrepreneurial journey, characterized by his story of perseverance, hard work, and why sometimes naivety can be beneficial.

Discover Roman’s passion for building new ventures that led to various well-known and flourishing startups but also some non-successes and how he dealt with them. Roman also discusses his insights from switching from an entrepreneur to an investor role, the importance of a startup’s idea vs. its team, and why serial founding can almost be addictive. 💉

We hope this unique founder story will stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit of our listeners!

 

Chapters:

(0:55 ) Intro of Dries

(2:05 ) Roman's entrepreneurial start

(7:35 ) The process of Roman's first founding  

(12:20 ) Acquiring funding in a recession

(14:30 ) Getting first funding

(20:00 ) Doing a financially lucrative exit as a 23-year-old 

(25:40 ) Experiences from moving as an entrepreneur to a more corporate environment

(29:30 ) The difference between American and German startup culture

(32:32 ) The story behind Amorelie

(36:45 ) What does it mean to have a focus?

(38:35 ) Lessons of Casacanda for future endeavors?

(42:03 ) The emotional side of being an e-commerce wunderkind

(47:15 ) Raising as a successful entrepreneur 

(48:25 ) The end of Lesara and fighting against subsidized competitors

(55:20 ) Failing for the first time as a wunderkind

(58:45 ) Would you invest in a failed entrepreneur?

(1:01:05 ) Roman's latest entrepreneurial activities

(1:08:40 ) Team, idea and pivoting

(1:10:55 ) Roman's role as entrepreneur and investor

(1:15:00 ) Roman's recommendations for books

(1:17:30 )

 

Roman’s book recommendations:

Skin in the game: Hidden Symmetries in Daily Life

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams

Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story