- 232
- Episodes
- 70
- Transcribed
- 10
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Beginner's Mind
Blueprints for Builders and Investors Hosted by Christian Soschner From pre-seed to post-IPO, every company—especially in deep tech, biotech, AI, and climate tech—lives or dies by the frameworks it follows. On Beginner’s Mind, Christian Soschner uncovers the leadership principles behind the world’s most impactful companies—through deep-dive interviews, strategic book reviews, and patterns drawn from history’s greatest business, military, and political minds. With over 250 interviews, panels, and livestreams, the show ranks in the Top 10% globally—and is recognized as the #1 deep tech podcast. With 35+ years across M&A, company building, board roles, business schools, ultrarunning, and martial arts, Christian brings a rare lens: What it really takes to turn breakthrough science into business—how to grow it, lead it, and shape the world around it. 🎙 Expect each episode to deliver: Founder & Investor Blueprints: How breakthrough technologies scale from lab to IPO Historical & Biographical Frameworks: Timeless playbooks from the world's great builders Leadership & Communication Mastery: Tools to inspire, persuade, and lead at scale Whether you're building the next biotech success, investing in AI, or leading a climate tech company through hypergrowth—this podcast gives you the edge. Listen in. Apply what matters. Build companies that last. 📬 Join the newsletter & community: https://lsg2g.substack.com/ (https://lsg2g.substack.com/)
- Publisher
- Christian Soschner
- Category
- business · business · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Jan 2020
- Latest episode
- 18 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
70 of 232 episodes have a transcript.
18 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
EP 185: Ivy Nguyen | IQ, EQ and the Execution Quotient Investors Fund
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
EP 184: Ivy Nguyen | 10,000 AI Pitches and the One Test That Matters
27 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
EP 183: Marie Schroeder | Send the Rough Deck, Not the Perfect One
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EP 185: Ivy Nguyen | IQ, EQ and the Execution Quotient Investors Fund
Published 18 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Prior to what we're seeing now, when I got my start in AI, there was a bit of a boom then too, although not at all to the scale of what we see today. And how these AI boom and bust cycles tend to evolve is Initially, generally, usually there's some major advancements in the efficiency and the performance of models. This time it was around large language models, last time it was around a combination of computer vision with advances in ImageNet as well as natural language processing. And generally, investors typically first, general investors will pile money into investing in the models. We're going to back the next company that will drive the winning models. […]
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- Ivy Nguyen
- Marie Schroeder
- Alasdair Milton
- Stefanie Schubert
- Wanwipa Siriwatwechakul
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- 5.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 4 ratings
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- YouTube
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- Engagement
- 68
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