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 200 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:
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.
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Governments are doing what’s necessary to deal with the situation.
More and more governments are initiating strong measures to control the…
Do you want to know how to approach Pharma?
Do you want to learn what information is needed to partner a life science project with Pharma?
And how long the process takes?
Then this podcast is for you.
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The current pandemic shines a light on deep tech companies. Especially in life science. Did you ask yourself the question: What is necessary to bring a scientific idea from universities into companie…
How to bring scientific life science ideas to patients?
Three key components are needed:
1. World-class science
2. World-class development team
3. Massive public and private funding
In this episode, I am…
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Digital health is a technology that appeared only a few years ago. Up to now, it was very often overlooked. The current situation is helping digital health to show its full potential. For example, Di…
Viral threats to humankind like the Coronavirus need scientists from all over the world collaborating to solve the problem. People like Saara Inkinen support scientists and universities to transfer t…
These days there is a lot of discussion about the development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines against the Coronavirus and its disease COVID 19. Viruses are one threat to the health of huma…
This week I had the honor to moderate a panel discussion at the RESI conference (https://www.resiconference.com/). It is one of the most important meetings for early-stage investment in the United St…
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