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
🎧 Profitable solutions for stopping climate change and how geopolitics impact food availability worldwide w/ Robin Saluoks (eAgronom) Ep.66
Robin Saluoks is CEO and Co-founder of eAgronom - a farming based carbon credits platform. Robin and his team are fighting climate change by providing financial incentives for farmers to sequester mo…
🎧 Women in tech. Fundraising biases, discrimination and interest in STEM w/ Anna Andersone (Riga TechGirls) Ep.65
Anna Andersone is the Chief Empowerment Officer at Riga TechGirls - educating and inspiring girls & women about technology. Anna is a serial entrepreneur and currently running her own clothing compan…
🎧 64 What characteristics VCs like to see in founders and how Baltic startups compare to the rest of Europe w/ Andreas Helbig (Atomico)
Andreas Helbig is a Principal at Atomico - one of the most well-known European VC firms. Andreas is responsible for the Nordic&Baltic region and is currently overlooking investments in such Baltic co…
🎧 63 Sales, pricing & product development for B2B SaaS. Is email still alive and what role AI plays in MarTech w/ Rytis Lauris (Omnisend)
Rytis Lauris is Co-founder and CEO of Omnisend - an ecommerce-tailored email & SMS marketing automation platform . Having established several companies before, Rytis and his team have bootstrapped Om…
🎧 62 Is Putin ready to use nukes, cyber attacks on businesses and Baltic defense plans w/ Janis Sarts (NATO)
Janis Sarts is the Director at NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence. An outspoken military expert, previously also state secretary of Latvian Ministry of Defense, Janis brings a clear, …
🎧 61 Sustainability, unicorn building lessons from early days in Wise and what goes into launching a Fintech w/ Triin Hertmann (Grünfin)
Triin Hertmann is the Founder of Grünfin - Invest your money where your values are. Triin is also an alumnus of Skype and Wise and is very active in angel investments being one of the few female ange…
🎧 60 Raising $90M in equity & debt to build SaaS based future of workplace, rent-vs-own culture, HR Tech and Berlin startup ecosystem w/ Stavros Papadopoulos (Lendis)
Stavros Papadopoulos is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Lendis, a German startup that offers a SaaS solution for companies such as BCG, Volkswagen, N26 to set up and manage their employees’…
🎧 59 What happens to a startup during a war? Overcoming the operational and leadership challenges w/ Vadim Rogovskiy 🇺🇦 (3DLOOK)
Vadim Rogovskiy is the CEO & Co-founder of Ukrainian startup 3DLOOK. Upon the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vadim’s team has partially relocated to Western Ukraine, Poland and the US and …
#58 How data can fight food wastage and how nutrition impacts your personal productivity w/ Michael Haase 🇩🇰 (Plant Jammer)
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#57 European tech ecosystem overview, expected correction in private markets & what goes into building a data intelligence startup w/ Yoram Wijngaarde 🇳🇱 (Dealroom)
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#56 Rytis Vitkauskas (Lightspeed) on how the global VCs evaluate deals, how to find a category winner and is Harvard education worth it (for founders)
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#55 “The Baltics were always going to be next” What can we do and what not to worry about w/ David Holahan, former US Defense Attache and Iraq war veteran
David Holahan is a former US Defense Attache to Latvia. He is also a retired US Marine Lt. Col. a 21-year veteran of the US Marine Corps. Having served in conflicts in Iraq and Somalia.
David spent ov…
#54 Benefits of implanting microchips, biohacking tips, ethics of technology & risks worth taking w/ Hannes Sapiens Sjoblad 🇸🇪 (DSruptive)
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#53 Investing in Baltics, Fintech trends, from entrepreneur to VC and insights into building an investment team with Adam Niewinski 🇵🇱 (OTB Ventures)
Adam Niewinski is the Co-founder and General partner at OTB Ventures - a leading venture capital firm operating in CEE out of Warsaw. Adam is a seasoned executive, entrepreneur and with OTB has inves…
#52 Augmented Reality, career path from an engineer to CEO and beating billion dollar startups in global MedTech space with Madara Kalnina-Kalnmale (Lightspace Labs)
Madara Kalniņa-Kalnmale is the CEO of Lightspace - optical reality headset manufacturer for high-end medical operations. They've raised $14M USD in total funding to date. An electrical engineer by tr…
#51 How to learn coding with no background, classes or tuition. The story of Kood/Jõhvi, inside look at the life of the students and what it means to make a 180° career change
Kood/Jõhvi is a coding school in northeast Estonia which was established by several Estonian startup founders, including Martin Villig and Taavet Hinrikus. Today we are joined by it’s Co-director Kar…
#50 The hidden side of fundraising, how to succeed as a young founder in an old industry, routines for wellbeing and value of mentorships with Martin Vares (Fractory)
Martin Vares is the CEO and Co-Founder of Fractory - a smart marketplace for metal fabrication. Martin is a mechanical engineer by training and has turned his passion for engineering and saving time …
#49 How to make hard decisions, reality of being a startup CEO, opportunities & risks of Latin America, and the importance of transparency with Rain Sepp (askRobin)
Rain Sepp is the Founder and CEO of askRobin - a financial education and inclusion platform operating in Mexico and other LatAm countries. Rain is a serial entrepreneur and a seasoned consumer financ…
#48 Building products for Metaverse, partnering with global brands & entertainers, Zuckerberg’s big bet and opportunities of the decentralized world with Timmu Tõke (Ready Player Me)
Timmu Tõke is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ready Player Me - the cross-game avatar platform for the metaverse. Timmu has been working on 3D design, virtual reality and the metaverse for more than 8 year…
#47 How to improve your life quality with Health Tech, similarities of running a business & ultra marathon, and principles of user centric design with Ignas Survila (Tyler.Health)
Ignas Survila is the CEO and Co-Founder of Tyler.Health - a health tracking app that allows you to manage your nutrition the most accurate way. An endurance sports athlete and serial entrepreneur al…