The Pursuit of Scrappiness
Whether you are building a business, running a team or just starting out in your career we are here to bring you scrappy and actionable insights to help you become more productive.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 226
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Sales tactics that you can steal + how to validate demand before building a product & understand how to create value for your target customer w/ Kalev Kaarna. Ep 146
Kalev Kaarna is a Mentor at Creative Destruction Lab and recently became ex-VC at Superangel where for the past 5 years Kalev operated as an investor and startups coach two in one.
Kalev has speciali…
“What I learned from Slack’s founder”, will we lose ourselves in VR worlds, and impact of living abroad on entrepreneurial success w/ Märt Lume (Futuclass, Estonian AR-VR Association). Ep 145
Märt Lume is a co-founder of Futuclass, a VR startup aimed at enhancing the educational experience for high school students, particularly in STEM subjects like chemistry and physics.
Additionally, Mä…
Fighting cancer with AI, the founding story of Garage48 and Lattitude59 & why Baltics should learn from dwarves in LOTR w/ Priit Salumaa (Better Medicine). Ep 144
Priit Salumaa is a serial entrepreneur based in the vibrant tech city of Tartu. He is the CEO and founder of Better Medicine, a company focused on building AI solutions to battle cancer. His entrepre…
2023 Wrapped: Biggest funding announcements, humorous stories & other noteworthy happenings in tech from Baltics 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇪🇪 & worldwide. Ep 143
Dear Listeners! As 2023 comes to a close, we're taking a moment to reflect on the year that was, obviously with an emphasis on the tech world.
In this special year-end episode, we're going to take yo…
Why European founders need to be present in Silicon Valley and learnings from OpenAI on how to construct your board w/ Kaan Eren (500 Startups). Ep 142
Kaan Eren is a Principal at 500 Startups Emerging Europe as part of the global 500 Startups organization. The team in Europe has recently raised its second fund and is boasting several unicorns among…
How brands can navigate the minefield of social activism, importance of brand for Tech companies & VCs and what can we learn from WeWork, Elon’s X & adidas w/ Natalie Byrne. Ep 141
Natalie Byrne is a brand strategist focusing on helping CEOs, celebrities, and brands build a more sustainable world. She also leads Blank Space, an impact strategy firm working with Fortune 500 comp…
Meet the man who broke out of 9-to-5 to become LinkedIn's top visual influencer & amassed a 200k following on social media + tips to improve your visual storytelling game w/ Janis Ozolins. Ep 140
Janis Ozolins is an illustrator known for his compelling visual content on LinkedIn and Twitter. He has built a 200K following on these platforms, showcasing his unique ability to visualize and simpl…
Man who helps high-profile founders prevent burnout & overcome impostor syndrome. Slack's first Product Manager turned Executive Coach, Kenneth Berger, shares his insights. Ep 139
Kenneth Berger is an executive coach with a rich background in the tech industry. With experience as a founder himself as well as an early hire at Slack, Kenneth has firsthand knowledge of the challe…
Starting another company after exit, pre-requisites for growth, why LinkedIn makes sense for founders & practical tips for balancing startup vs family w/ Martins Lasmanis (Supliful). Ep 138
Martins Lasmanis is the co-founder of Supliful - a platform that allows you to start your vitamin and supplement dropshipping business in minutes. He is a serial entrepreneur having co-founded and ex…
Learn how to build your personal brand on Linkedin + practical side of digital nomad life with a family, solopreneurship & doing sales at a unicorn w/ Taavi Lindmaa. Ep 137
Taavi Lindmaa is the Founder of Linkedin Daily Growth. Not only is he a Linkedin expert, but also a solo-preneur, a digital nomad and was employee #10 at Veriff, the digital ID unicorn out of Estonia…
Skype story after Microsoft acquisition, how it is doing now, practical applications of AI & challenges of managing distributed teams w/ Tanel Erm (Microsoft). Ep 136
Tanel Erm is the Head of Microsoft Development Centre Estonia and has been with Microsoft/Skype for nearly 20 years. He has held various roles in Engineering as well as Management. Tanel has worked …
Sales tactics you can use in your next call, a day in life of a product manager in UK’s top Fintechs & finding your ‘Why’ to get fit w/ Daniel Yubi (Payable). Ep 135
Daniel Yubi is the Founder and CEO of Fintech startup Payable, a UK based treasury management startup that raised $6M at the end of the last year. He is a seasoned Fintech veteran having tenured in c…
Getting acquired by Canva, journalism-based tips in effective storytelling & productivity lessons that come with age w/ Duncan Clark. Ep 134
Duncan Clark is the Canva Europe Lead and the CEO of Flourish, a leading data storytelling tool that Canva acquired in 2021. Before founding Flourish, Duncan was a data journalist at the Guardian and…
Leadership lessons from CEO in wartime, real-life benefits and challenges of sustainability & productivity tips that suit your personality w/ Andreas Flodström (Beetroot). Ep 133
Andreas Flodström is the CEO and Co-founder of Beetroot, a Swedish-Ukrainian IT company that strives for sustainable software development and is also running a network of IT Academy schools in 17 Ukr…
Massive new €200m fund, current VC state, strengths & challenges of Baltic founders, and what edge VCs with real operator and engineering background have w/ Rainer Sternfeld & Shinichi Nikkuni (NordicNinja VC). Ep 132
Rainer Sternfeld and Shinichi Nikkuni are two of the Partners at NordicNinja VC. NordicNinja have recently announced a new 200mEUR fund which aims to support founders who are focusing on important gl…
WSJ & Amazon #1 Best-selling author & co-founder of Mindvalley Kristina Mand-Lakhiani on building your most important relationship - with yourself + work-life balance, addictive personalities & facing your flaws. Ep 131
Kristina Mand-Lakhiani is the co-founder of Mindvalley, a life transformation platform with a following of 20 million, as well as a writer, speaker, mother and philanthropist. She is one of the most …
Kilo Health CPO Ilona Bernotaite on hiring 12 CEOs in 1 year, retaining talent, importance of physical & mental health and why you should expect employees will start their own businesses. Ep 130
Ilona Bernotaite is the Chief People Officer and Co-Found program ambassador at Kilo Health and is now tasked to hire 12 CEOs per year to run one of the Kilo Health growing number of portfolio busine…
“Our numbers seem too good to be true”. Gamification expert reveals how to increase user engagement and marketing ROI in B2C and B2B + principles & myths of game design w/ Kalev Kärpuk (Adact). Ep 129
Kalev Kärpuk is the CEO and Cofounder of Adact.me - a marketing gamification platform. Kalev has been in gamification for more than 10 years and is the perfect person to talk about engaging users, ap…
A Scientist-turned-CEO: from research to revenue, raising money, human 2.0, precision medicine & tackling the ethics of AI progress w/ Juozas Nainys (Atrandi Biosciences). Ep 128
Juozas Nainys is the Co-Founder and CEO of Atrandi - Droplet Genomics. Juozas has a decorated scientific career with more than 13 years at Vilnius University Life Sciences Center as well as at Columb…
One of Silicon Valley's most prolific inventors & mindfulness expert Dr. Reiner Kraft reveals practical & measurable methods to stay present, manage stress and make better decisions. Ep 127
Reiner Kraft is the Founder of the Mindful Leader consultancy. He has spent 20 years in Silicon Valley and also has a decorated tech career in Germany. He has held such roles as CTO in Deutsche Bank,…