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Beginner's Mind - Podcast

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 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:

  • 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.


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Update frequency
every 9 days
Average duration
65 minutes
Episodes
205
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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#25: Karel Kubias - What Is the Secret to Successful Tech Transfer?

#25: Karel Kubias - What Is the Secret to Successful Tech Transfer?

Did you know that the successful pipeline of one of the most important pharmaceutical companies in the United States started in Europe, and scientists from Prague played a key role? Did you know that…

00:55:52  |   Wed 21 Oct 2020
#24: How Young Scientist Are Trained Towards Entrepreneurship in Oxford

#24: How Young Scientist Are Trained Towards Entrepreneurship in Oxford

Listen to my inspiring conversation with Vassilis Ragoussis about initiatives that support young scientists to become Entrepreneurs.

We dived deep into the entrepreneurial Life Science Eco-System in …

00:55:58  |   Tue 13 Oct 2020
#23: How Is Life These Days for Early-Stage Investors in Europe?

#23: How Is Life These Days for Early-Stage Investors in Europe?

Listen to my conversation with Nicolaj Højer Nielsen about the life of an early-stage investors in Europe.

Nicolaj Højer Nielsen is a serial entrepreneur and business angel who has been building start…

00:59:28  |   Tue 06 Oct 2020
#22: How Is China Managing the Coronavirus Situation in 2020?

#22: How Is China Managing the Coronavirus Situation in 2020?

We are in the 7th month of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Europe.

Governments are doing what’s necessary to deal with the situation.

More and more governments are initiating strong measures to control the…

01:57:41  |   Sun 27 Sep 2020
#21: How to Partner with Big Pharma?

#21: How to Partner with Big Pharma?

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.

Li…

00:53:34  |   Wed 23 Sep 2020
#20: How to close a 40 million Euro financing round in less than 8 weeks

#20: How to close a 40 million Euro financing round in less than 8 weeks

In light of the pandemic, the Life Science Industry is changing. One of the positive developments: The industry is moving faster. The necessity of developing diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines a…

00:43:17  |   Sun 20 Sep 2020
#19: Bruno Montanari - The Life Science Investors Perspective

#19: Bruno Montanari - The Life Science Investors Perspective

Since the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic, more and more people got interested in the Life Science Industry.

Scientists worldwide have worked together for decades and centuries to solve the world…

01:09:39  |   Tue 15 Sep 2020
#18: Thomas Schirrmann - The Secrets of Life Science Business Models

#18: Thomas Schirrmann - The Secrets of Life Science Business Models

Rumour has it: It takes 10-15 years to bring a new therapy to the patients. Only 1% of all scientific ideas make it to the market - is another statistical fact.

How do those people who made developing…

01:21:48  |   Tue 08 Sep 2020
#17 How to found a Life Science Company in the US

#17 How to found a Life Science Company in the US

How is it to start a company from scratch, found it and fund it in the US, and get customers like the US Air Force and the Department of Defence.

In this episode, you will hear how Jessica Walsh, Foun…

01:03:37  |   Wed 02 Sep 2020
#16 How to Network Strategically

#16 How to Network Strategically

We are the average of the five people we spent the most time with. Or are we the opposite?

Listen in this podcast episode how Daria Tataj sees it. Daria is THE number one networking expert in Europe.

00:51:44  |   Sat 29 Aug 2020
#15: LSG2G #12 - How to Invest in Life Science

#15: LSG2G #12 - How to Invest in Life Science

Everybody comes in touch with the life science industry. Hardly anybody knew about the challenges, and hardships scientists have to overcome to bring a product from the university-level to the market…

01:40:28  |   Mon 20 Jul 2020
#14: IECT Summer School

#14: IECT Summer School

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…

00:44:31  |   Mon 08 Jun 2020
#13: European Grant Funding - with Crowdhelix and UCL

#13: European Grant Funding - with Crowdhelix and UCL

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…

00:44:13  |   Thu 23 Apr 2020
#12: Vaccine Development

#12: Vaccine Development

The current pandemic SARS Cov 2 is shining a light on vaccine development. Since December 2019, the novel coronavirus is known amongst scientists. The virus is highly contagious. As a first measure, …

00:28:22  |   Sun 19 Apr 2020
#11: Digital Health

#11: Digital Health

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…

00:50:06  |   Sat 11 Apr 2020
#10: Shining a light on TechTransfer - A chat with Saara Inkinen from Nordic Catalyst

#10: Shining a light on TechTransfer - A chat with Saara Inkinen from Nordic Catalyst

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…

00:17:54  |   Mon 06 Apr 2020
#9 Alternatives to Antibiotics - A talk with Alexander Belcredi, CEO and Founder of Phagomed

#9 Alternatives to Antibiotics - A talk with Alexander Belcredi, CEO and Founder of Phagomed

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…

00:48:08  |   Wed 01 Apr 2020
#8: European Tech Hubs - a Panel Discussion at the Resi Conference

#8: European Tech Hubs - a Panel Discussion at the Resi Conference

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…

00:51:03  |   Tue 24 Mar 2020
CEO of Valanx Biotech on How to Start a Life Science Company

CEO of Valanx Biotech on How to Start a Life Science Company

Michael Lukesch has recently closed his first financing round for Valanx Biotech. He started right after graduating into his entrepreneurial journey and cleared many obstacles on the way with excelle…

00:21:12  |   Mon 09 Mar 2020
#6: No sales? This might be the reason

#6: No sales? This might be the reason

Did you ever wonder: Whatever effort you spent with potential clients. The sales figure doesn’t go up. Instead, it is moving down. The more time you spent with potential clients, the less you sell. W…

00:06:09  |   Sat 29 Feb 2020
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