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
#65 - Paul Polterauer, Philipp Peinsold, Markus Raunig - This was 2021 - A year in Review 6/7
Part 6 of the Year in Review Recording.
1 hour minutes of inspiring conversations with speakers from previous podcast episodes and business partners of the hosts.
What was hot in 2021, and what do our…
#64: Walter Stockinger, Yoni Falkson - This was 2021 - A Year in Review Part 5/7
Part 5 of the Year in Review Recording.
1 hour minutes of inspiring conversations with speakers from previous podcast episodes and business partners of the hosts.
What was hot in 2021, and what do our…
#63: Albert Missbichler, Peter Llewellyn-Davies - This was 2021 - A Year in Review Part 4/7
Part 4 of the Year in Review Recording.
1 hour minutes of inspiring conversations with speakers from previous podcast episodes and business partners of the hosts.
What was hot in 2021, and what do our…
#62: Christian Soschner, Johannes Sarx, Philipp Hainzl, Stefanie Rösel, Julia Resch - This was 2021 - A Year in Review Part 3/7
Part 3 of the Year in Review Recording.
1 hour 15 minutes of exciting conversations with speakers from previous podcast episodes and business partners of the hosts.
What was hot in 2021, and what do o…
#61: Bettina Resl, Sascha Berger,Tilmann Buerckstuemmer, Thomas Moser, Kimberly Cornfield - This was 2021 - A Year in Review Part 2/7
Part 2 of the Year in Review Recording.
1 hour 15 minutes of exciting conversations with speakers from previous podcast episodes and business partners of the hosts.
What was hot in 2021, and what do …
#60: Astrid Woollard, Dusica Lukac, Matthias Tarasiewicz, Irénée Robin - This was 2021 - A Year in Review Part 1/7
This is Part 1 of the 7,5 hours conversations marathon before Christmas with speakers from previous podcast episodes and business partners of the host and co-host of the Podcast.
In this episode, we t…
#59: Sascha Berger - TVM Capital - A Perspective on The Life-Science-Eco-System in the US and Europe
In this episode, I am having a conversation with Sascha Berger, Partner at TVM Capital.
Dr. Sascha Berger is a Partner at TVM Capital, based in Munich, Germany. TVM Capital is one of the pioneer trans…
#58: Bettina Resl - Trends in the Pharma Industry in the 21st Century
In this episode, I am having a conversation with Bettina Resl, Public Affairs Head Europe Consumer Healthcare at Sanofi.
Bettina Resl joined Sanofi Austria in May 2017 as Country Head Public Affairs &…
#57: Jaromír Zahrádka - Bridging Science and Business in the European Life Science Eco-System
In this episode, I have a conversation with Jaromir Zahradka and we will talk about early-stage investments in DeepTech Life Science companies.
He has 5+ years of C-level experience and has been enga…
#56: Ole Dammann - How to Do Clinical Research in Europe
In today’s episode, we explore Clinical Development with Ole Dammann, the owner of KFGN, a group of 6 clinical trial sites in Germany, and after joining Pratia, several sites in Eastern Europe.
Ole Da…
#55: Peter Llewellyn-Davies - The Future of Life Science Entrepreneurship and Investment in Europe
In this conversation, I will talk with Peter Llewellyn-Davies, CEO of Apeiron and President of Biotech Austria about the Future of Life Science Entrepreneurship and Investment in Europe.
Topics we dis…
#54: Oliver Mavher and Michael Deichsel - Crypto Trading and Taxes - The Past, The Present, and The Future
In this conversation, I will talk with Oliver Mavher and Michael Deichsel about Crypto Trading and taxes.
Topics we discuss in the show:
The questions that I consider relevant for everybody owning digi…
#53: Alexander Schwartz and Ingrid Kelly Spillman - The Future of Early-Stage Deep Tech Investments in Europe
In this conversation, we will talk about the future of the Early-Stage Ecosystem in Europe.
Speaker in the Episode:
Alexander Schwartz joined IST cube in 2018 as a Partner. He has more than 15 years of…
#52: Caroline Heil - Driving the Future of Meat
The industry gains complexity, and I am happy that a speaker from the LSG2G community has dedicated time to speak about the Future of the Food Industry.
Speaker in the Episode: Dr. Caroline E. Heil
Sin…
#51: Saara Inkinen - The Future of Tech Transfer in a Post-Pandemic World
Tech Transfer describes the process to bring scientific inventions from the discovery stage into companies for translational and clinical R&D.
To gain more insights into this area, I invited a tech tr…
#50: Dimitrios Tzalis - Insights Into Building CROs in Asia and in Europe
In this conversation, we discuss the development of the European Pharma Eco-System, different business models, and what it takes to lead a company to success.
Today’s speaker is Dimitrios Tzalis.
In th…
#49: Andrea Sommer - Marrying Deeptech with IP Strategy
Here is my conversation with Andrea Sommer about the advantages of patents for private deep-tech companies.
Timestamps:
For those who want to listen to specific parts of the episode, here are the times…
#48: Kurt Höller & Joy Cürten EIT - Health & The International Healthtech Revolution
Here is my conversation with Kurt Höller and Joy Cürten from EIT Health about the health tech revolution in Europe and the Rest of the World.
Episode Links:
Article to the Episode: https://lsg2g.substa…
#47: Sebastien Groyer - 7 Tales from 20 years of Deep Tech Life Science Venture Capital Investment
Here is my conversation with Sebastien Groyer, Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist
Episode Links:
Article to the Episode: https://lsg2g.substack.com/p/7-tales-from-20-years-of-deep-tech-42f
Youtube: htt…
#46: Wolfgang Kienreich - An Introduction to Know-Center: How Artificial Intelligence Will Change all Industries
Here is my conversation with Wolfgang Kienreich, CBO of Know-Center.
Episode Links:
Article to the Episode: https://lsg2g.substack.com/p/46-an-introduction-to-know-center
Youtube: https://youtu.be/eTU5z…