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
Bits & Pretzels #12 Johannes Reck: Why Trump's Tweets matter for European Startups
The co-founder of GetYourGuide about why customer centricity is the key to built a globally successful platform for the travel industry
Today, Johannes Reck, the co-founder of German travel unicorn G…
Bits & Pretzels #11 Valentin Stalf: Challenges for Challenger Bank N26
Brexit, international expansion and competition - N26 is facing new tasks
Today Bits & Pretzels Editor-in-chief, Britta Weddeling, is talking to Valentin Stalf, the co-founder of N26. N26 is a story …
Bits & Pretzels #10 Is FlixMobility doomed to grow?
Daniel Krauss, co-founder of the German transportation unicorn, about the struggles of hyper-growth
In this episode of the Bits & Pretzels podcast, Daniel Krauss, the co-founder of German unicorn Fli…
Bits & Pretzels #9: The upsetting Lack of an Ecosystem for Founders
Lars Klingbeil (SPD) about how to build a truly effective political framework for entrepreneurship
In this episode Bits & Pretzels Editor-in-Chief, Britta Weddeling, challenges Lars Klingbeil, the Ge…
Bits & Pretzels #8 A Silicon Valley's Spin Master's Guide to Crisis Communication
Marketing guru Margit Wennmachers, operating partner with VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, about the DOs & Don'ts for Founders
Wired calls her "one of the most talented spin masters in the technology ind…
Bits & Pretzels #7 Investigative Journalist got 90 Hate Messages an Hour
Maria Ressa, the co-founder of news website Rappler, has been to jail several times and threatened with rape – but she won’t stop
Investigative reporter Maria Ressa, the co-founder and CEO of popular…
Bits & Pretzels #6 Bastian Nominacher: "If I want to get something done, I can be a Pain in the Ass"
How 3 friends turned a college project into a $2.5 billion dollar company
Bastian Nominacher, the co-founder and Co-CEO of Celonis, started his firm with two university friends in Munich, which becam…
Bits & Pretzels #5 Drew Houston: How the Dropbox CEO stopped his burnout
Drew Houston about working less, "No-Meeting-Wednesdays" and his 90s cover band
Drew Houston, co-founder of Dropbox, talks about why while building one of the most popular productivity apps on the in…
Bits & Pretzels #4 Florian Gschwandtner: Selling your Company could kill your Brand
The Runtastic co-founder's top 5 learnings from having his company been acquired by Adidas
Florian Gschwandtner, co-founder and long-time CEO of Runtastic, who sold the fitness-company to Adidas for …
Bits & Pretzels #3 Chris Barton: Why Shazam's co-founder would not take venture capital again
While VCs are mostly looking for big "Grand Slam wins" while for an entrepreneur a firm doesn't have to be the biggest business to be a success
Chris Barton, co-founder of popular music app Shazam, t…
Bits & Pretzels #2 How Hollywood star Jessica Alba built a billion dollar beauty company
Now the founder of the Honest Company wants other female founders to follow her lead
Jessica Alba, the American actress and co-founder of The Honest Company, talks with Bits & Pretzels Editor-in-Chie…
Bits & Pretzels #1 Albert Wenger: A top VC's advice for how companies successfully expand to the US
The early investor in Twitter, Etsy and Tumblr explains why the future of startups is in Europe
Albert Wenger, a managing partner at Union Square Ventures (USV), one of the top returning venture capi…