Aug. 5, 2020

(Community building): Young Woman Founder, Melanie Aronson, From Docu…

I had an interesting conversation with Melanie Aronson who moved to Sweden as a documentary filmmaker and ended up starting a company (Panion) to build a community engagement platform. I was curious to understand how she translated her background for …

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July 29, 2020

(Carbon removal marketplace) Founder and CEO, Antti Vihavainen of Pur…

In this episode, I caught up with Antti Vihavainen, co-founder and CEO of Puro.earth. Puro is a Finnish startup that provides a marketplace for reversing climate change by trading CO2 removal certificates. With Stripe, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and other

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July 21, 2020

Stephan Ekhberg, Founder and CEO of Travelstart, on: Entrepreneurship…

I sat down with a Stephan Ekhberg, Swedish entrepreneur best known for his pioneering work in the online travel industry to learn more about his journey from being a DJ in Sweden to founding one of the successful online travel …

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July 14, 2020

Jonathan Cherki, founder and CEO of ContentSquare on: How to Determin…

Another fantastic and wisdom-filled interview with Jonathan Cherki, founder and CEO of Contentsquare. Contentsquare is a global leader providing experience analytics for over 700 clients, including American Express, Best Buy, Dell, Ikea, LVMH, T-Mobile

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July 8, 2020

(Early stage) Jon Edvald, founder and CEO of Garden.io on: Evolution …

My guest this week is Jon Edvald who is the CEO and co-founder of garden.io, makers of an open-source Kubernetes development and testing platform. During his 12+ years in software development, Jon has held engineering leadership roles with Clue and …

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July 1, 2020

(Hiring) Executive search firm co-founder, Michelle Milbourn of Kommo…

My guest today is Michelle Milbourn. With over 20 years of executive search and recruitment experience, Michelle has successfully placed candidates in over 140 VC and private-equity-backed European headquartered companies. She shares her experience of w

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June 24, 2020

(Online education) Samer Salty, co-founder of Zouk Capital on: Online…

My guest today is Samer Salty who is the Founder and Managing Partner of Zouk Capital. Samer has over 30 years of experience in private equity, investment banking, and technology. In this episode, I talk to Samer about his passion …

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June 17, 2020

(VC) Ciaran O’Leary, co-founder and general partner of BlueYard Capit…

My guest today is Ciaran O’Leary, co-founder and general partner of BlueYard Capital, an early-stage VC focused on transformational technology with a big focus on fostering innovation across Europe. In this episode, Ciaran talks to me about the importance

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June 10, 2020

(Fintech) Chris Andrew, Chief Product Officer for Hearsay Systems on:…

This episode is a little different. It focuses on a vertically-focused Silicon Valley Fintech company, Hearsay Systems, that expanded to Europe. In this episode, Chris Andrew, Hearsay’s Chief Product Officer, talks to me about how and when they decided t

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June 3, 2020

(e-commerce) Adrien Nussenbaum, co-founder and US CEO of Mirakl on: B…

Adrien Nussenbaum, co-founder and US CEO of Mirakl on: Big Trends in Retail and Ecommerce; Evolution of Buyer Behaviour and Growing a business to $100M ARR

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May 27, 2020

(Location Analytics) Carto CSO Javier de la Torre on Building a Globa…

My guest today is Javier de la Torre who is the founder and Chief Strategy Officer of CARTO - a company considered today as one of the pioneers in the Location Intelligence field. In this episode we covered a lot …

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May 27, 2020

(Analytics) Hjalmar Gislason CEO of Grid, ex-VP of Product of Qlik on…

Hjalmar Gislason is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 20 years of startup experience. His latest startup, Grid, is re-imagining how companies communicate complicated spreadsheet data and models. In our conversation we talked about everything from how he

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May 27, 2020

Olivier Maire, VP Sales France and Europe for One2Team on How to Prio…

In this episode, I sat down with Olivier Maire - VP of Sales for France and Europe for One2Team. Olivier is a seasoned veteran when it comes to establishing businesses in Europe. He has spent the last 15 years in …

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May 20, 2020

Introducing The European Startup Show

This is a show about startups in Europe. It is for startups in Europe or those looking to expand into Europe.

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