Bits & Pretzels Podcast
Every week Bits & Pretzels Editor-in-Chief Britta Weddeling (@bweddeling) invites the most important voices from the global founders and VC network to her podcast to discuss their routes from founding or financing a startup to the peak of international success.
Guest include world renowned Silicon Valley representatives such as former Head of Retail at Apple, Angela Ahrendts, Shazam founder Chris Barton, Drew Houston, the founder of Dropbox, Hollywood actor Jessica Alba and the leading voices of the European founder ecosystem including the CEOs and co-founders of Klarna, N26, Celonis, Flixbus and more.
Did you ever struggle with how to take your idea to the international markets? How to raise capital? And you never want to miss a groundbreaking idea again? Well, that's exactly what we're going to help you with on our new show!
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 52
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2021
B&P #32: Transferwise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus: “It’s healthy that some companies go out of business”
The Fintech pioneer on Corona, how he became founder & what rules have guided him since
In this episode Bits & Pretzels Editor-in-Chief Britta Weddeling talks to Taavet Hinrikus, the co-founder of Lo…
B&P #31: Watch Out SpaceX! Munich’s coming for you!
Earlybird co-founder Hendrik Brandis on why the next wave of innovation happens in deep tech & Bavaria is the place to be for space startups right now
In this week’s episode Britta Weddeling, Bits & …
B&P #30 Box CEO Aaron Levie: Startup is a State of Mind
Cloud computer pioneer Aaron Levie about Trump, the future of work & how to beat your larger competitors with speed and agility
In this week’s episode, Britta Weddeling, Editor-in-Chief of Bits & Pre…
B&P #29: Arianna Huffington: How to Sleep yourself to the Top, literally.
The co-founder of the Huffington Post & founder of behaviour change company Thrive Global about how microsteps lead to big changes
Remember what it feels like to be focused and productive? It has bee…
B&P #28: Trend Forecaster Amy Webb: "The weakest startups will probably fail"
The NY futurist, founder & adviser to Fortune 100 companies gives exclusive advice & insights for entrepreneurs
Open your ears and listen to the future with us! This episode of the Bits & Pretzels po…
B&P #27: Klarna CEO: This Fintech unicorn co-founder is out to beat Amazon
The co-founder of Klarna about how he has turned a local under-dog into an international scale-up threatening traditional banks
Today Bits & Pretzels Editor-in-Chief Britta Weddeling talks to Klarna …
B&P #26: Who will the Covid-19 unicorns be?
Christoph Hornung, co-founder of Rocket Internet & now at VC firm Draper Esprit, with advice for later stage startups of what to do next
Today Britta Weddeling, Editor-in-chief of Bits & Pretzels, ta…
B&P #25: SpaceX, Blue Origin & Planet: Why Startups lead the Race for Space
Planet CEO Will Marshall about Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos & how he has built the world’s largest fleet of satellites
Welcome to the first interstellar episode of the Bits & Pretzels podcast! After with Sp…
B&P #24 Brent Hoberman: How to grow your Startup now & where to get the Money from
One of Europe’s top Entrepreneurs, early stage Investors & Startup Mentors on how founders can thrive in uncertainty
In conversation with Bits & Pretzels' Britta Weddeling London-based top VC Brent H…
B&P #23: Knotel workspace CEO: "We'll never be back to the way it was"
Amol Sarva shares personal insights & learnings of his 20+ years as entrepreneur
"We’re going to have to redesign everything” – says Amol Sarva, the Knotel workspace CEO and serial entrepreneur from …
B&P #22 Dan Ram: Five Hacks for Navigating Change
The MC of Bits & Pretzels, coach & entrepreneur shares crucial insights into how to push through the Corona crisis
Dan Ram is an entrepreneur as well as a master of adaptation and reinvention which a…
B&P #21: Michele Romanow: How to get yourself a better VC Deal
The Clearbanc co-founder about how she became the rising star in Silicon Valley & what needs to be done to get more female founders
Before the age of 28, Michele Romanow already started 3 companies. …
B&P #20: Angela Ahrendts: Leading with Intuition to create Impact
The female executive about what led her from Burberry to the top at Apple
In this podcast episode, you’ll hear from one of the leading female executives in the business world: Angela Ahrendts, the lo…
B&P #19: The End of the European Corona Tracing App?
Chris Boos, the frontman of PEPP-PT and the founder of Arago, about the current conflict regarding privacy and data protection around the European tracking platform
It started as a truly European eff…
Bits & Pretzels #18: A Facebook for Scientists to combat Corona
Ijad Madisch, the founder and CEO of ResearchGate backed by ResearchGate is backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, investment bank Goldman Sachs and Peter Thiel's Founders Fund among others
The …
Bits & Pretzels #17 on Corona: Increase your mental strength with Nico Rosberg
An interview with the Formula One World Champion, Hannes Ametsreiter, the CEO of Vodafone Germany & other highlights from our first Virtual Founders Breakfast
You´re listening to part two of our Bits…
Bits & Pretzels #16 on Corona feat. Kevin Spacey, Albert Wenger & Lea-Sophie Cramer
Overcoming the crisis with advice from an actor, a leading VC from New York and the Amorelie founder
Todays special episode of the Bits & Pretzels Podcast presents highlights from our first Bits & Pr…
Bits & Pretzels #15 Corona: Why the best time to negotiate for founders is now!
Matthias Schranner, a former hostage negotiator about how to handle the current worldwide crisis and to emerge stronger afterwards
Here's how to emerge even stronger from the actual crisis around Cov…
Bits & Pretzels #14 A Silicon Valley's top investor's view on the Corona crisis
Valley VC Saeed Amidi, CEO & founder of Plug & Play, about how founders should tackle the Corona crisis
Saeed Amidi, CEO and founder of Plug & Play, a leading international accelerator, shares a surp…
Bits & Pretzels #13 A conversation with Bavaria's Nerd-in-Chief Judith Gerlach
The young politician about what needs to be done to support founders & the upsetting digital dead zones in rural Bavaria
Judith Gerlach, Bavaria's first State Minister for Digital Affairs, talks abou…