Have you ever wondered which incipient and innovative ideas are out there?
Do you know who is trying to bring them to life? Turn them to a successful business?
Every Friday you will get the chance to hear about the struggles, the most difficult and most fulfilling moments of fellow entrepreneurs.
This podcast is dedicated to early stage entrepreneurs, those that are still fighting in the trenches. It is not about unicorns.
Being a founder is harder but more rewarding than you assume it to be.
Welcome to Innovation Friday — this is where your startup journey begins.
To accelerator or not to accelerator? that is the question.
Starting with two bootstrapped startups, Hana Mohan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/unamashana/) founded her 3rd company, MagicBell (https://magicbell.com/) by firstly applying for the Y Combinator. So what changed her mind? How did this decision turn out? Let’s listen to the episode to find out more about that.
P.S: Hana also has a blog (https://unamashana.blog/) which I really enjoyed reading.
Advice from Hana: Stay grounded, stay in contact with your customers and learn how to interpret it, how to process it, how to incorporate that into your product.
Books: Your Brain at Work (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6899290-your-brain-at-work) by David Rock
contact Hana via Linkedin: @hanamohan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/unamashana/)
more about the company: magicbell.com (https://magicbell.com/)
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11 Jun 2021
Empathy and impact with Mathias Boissonot | Ep.37
Today we have the pleasure to talk to Mathias Boissonot (https://www.linkedin.com/in/boissonot/?originalSubdomain=sg), from Singapore, co-founder and CEO of Handprint (https://handprint.tech/about-handprint/). Starting as a system engineer, Mathias is now building a technology that enables any company to become regenerative for the planet.
We got inspired by his passion for solving environmental issues through Handprint (https://handprint.tech/about-handprint/). Hope you will get inspired too!
Advice from Mathias: I would definitely advise early-stage entrepreneurs to have empathy at the core of their processes and especially product development.
Articles and Books:
For Any Product to be Successful, Empathy Is Key (https://hbr.org/2014/11/for-any-product-to-be-successful-empathy-is-key) by Jon Kolko
Les Yeux d’Elsa (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42187963-les-yeux-d-elsa) by Louis Aragon
contact Mathias via Linkedin: @mathiasboissonot (https://www.linkedin.com/in/boissonot/?originalSubdomain=sg)
more about the company: handprint.tech (https://handprint.tech/about-handprint/)
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4 Jun 2021
Improving Education with Boye Oshinaga | Ep.36
You know how they say…passion dictates action. For Boye Oshinaga (https://www.linkedin.com/in/boyeoshinaga/) passion is found in education. Since early on he has been interested in the human ability to learn. Boye (https://www.linkedin.com/in/boyeoshinaga/) founded his second start-up by combining education and technology. Gradely (https://gradely.ng/) is an app that supports schools and educators in Africa to personalize their learning for kids.
The app is using data from assessments to personalize resources and provide recommendations tailored to meet the requirements of the students.
We got really intrigued by the sense of passion he has, the humble attitude, and his appreciation for life.
Advice from Boye: You must understand sometimes when you’re not yet in the limelight and you’re just reading that book or writing that framework or thinking of that idea and drawing all those things on your paper. They matter as much as when you’re now implementing them. So you have to have reverence for every single moment.
Books:
The Practicing Mind (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/335864.The_Practicing_Mind) by Thomas Sterner
The Power of Now (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6708.The_Power_of_Now?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=JTem1X4Vex&rank=1) by Eckhart Tolle
contact Boye via Linkedin: @boyeoshinaga (https://www.linkedin.com/in/boyeoshinaga/)
more about the company: gradely.ng (https://gradely.ng/)
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