Feed Your Brain Podcast

Today, we are introducing Jonas Rinde. He is the co-founder and CEO of Nomono, a cloud-based audio collaboration, and processing company built specifically for podcasters, broadcast journalists, audio storytellers, and many more. Audio workflow of the future.

He has a long history of working in different industries and started working in the automobile industry due to his interest. Later, he led the R&D department at Tandberg, which was sold for 3.3 billion to Cisco where he became a board member of Cisco Systems in Norway. Continuously built and sold companies, and lastly with Huddly as the CEO.

We talked about his way of choosing opportunities to work on, designing products, his new company Nomono, his thoughts about books, and his career advice.

Everyone's talking about it.

The economy has not been looking good.

Max and Mike discuss the current macro situation and what it means for startups, employees, and society as a whole.

Recommendations

READ

Andreesen Horowitz:

https://future.a16z.com/framework-valuation-navigating-down-markets/

Y Combinator:

https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/19/yc-advises-founders-to-plan-for-the-worst/

Sequoia:

https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/24/sequoia-capital-plays-nostradamus-again/

LISTEN

Craft ventures:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBkzm4a7iY4

All-IN Podcast or YouTube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezOIBfZcwbQ

All-IN Podcast or YouTube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcyec3pvAEY

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"There was so much pain that just went into this and so much blood, sweat, and tears, personal commitment, you know, working really for three, four years, not sleeping, not having a personal life in that sense. And suddenly this whole thing, that's to fall apart."

It didn't take long for founder and entrepreneur Stephan Heller to move on and start something new after selling his previous company. In this episode, Stephan reflects on his experiences working with startups over the years and shares the lessons he's learned. We also learn about his current project, AlphaQ, which was founded with the goal of creating an innovative, unique fund of funds structure that has the vision of being listed on the stock exchange and thus democratizing access to venture capital.

Learn more about AlphaQ Venture Capital:
https://www.aqvc.com/

Stephan’s Recommendations

To read:
Ray Dalio Books

The Score Takes Care of Itself

To watch:

The Last Dance

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As the population grows exponentially and the demand for meat grows, producing meat has become increasingly unsustainable.

Hungry to change that, Planted Foods has been revolutionizing the food chain. Pascal Bieri, one of its founders, joins us today and inspires us to rethink what we eat as he shares with us the whys and hows of producing meat from alternative proteins.

Be part of the food revolution:

https://en.eatplanted.com/karriere

Where to find Pascal’s recommendations: NPR

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Is getting a novel published comparable to getting a startup funded?

Saket Kumar answers this question in this week’s episode. He freely takes us on an unexpected journey, from creating a novel to founding his current company. We also find out why he went from being a venture capitalist to becoming a founder and why he intends to stay for the long haul.

Saket is the co-founder and CEO of Vitt, a company that provides fast and non-diluted funding for growing SaaS businesses. For three years, he worked as an early-stage venture capitalist.

Learn more about Vitt:

https://vitt.sh/

Read Saket’s short stories:

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Book Recommendations:

The Secret History by Donna Tartt 

Indigo by Ellen Bass

How Music Works by David Byrne

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“I can now focus on things that I'm more uniquely suited to and that I'm just way better at that bring me more joy.”

That is one thing that effective energy management can do for you. This week, Max and Mike talk about energy management. They talk about what they do, including how they structure their day to be the most productive. In this episode, they also let us take a peek at some of their favorite gadgets!

Read about Narratives, Commitments, and Tasks (NCTs): https://www.reforge.com/blog/set-better-goals-with-ncts-not-okrs

Get the Gadgets:

Leonardo To-Go Bottle

Razer Blackshark V2 Pro Gaming Headset

Rode PSA1 Boom Arm

Elgato Key Light

Felix Gray Blue Light Glasses

Philips Hue

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Unfortunately one of our guests needed to cancel last minute, we decided to record a duo episode with Mike and Max about things we're passionate about!

We share thoughts on our morning routines, yearly goal setting, differences between NYC and San Francisco and many more things! 

Follow us on Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and wherever you would like to :) 

Jay Rosenkrantz is using the Web3 world to build a playground for writers, artists,s and collectors. With his company Heroic Story, Jay and his brother are creating a new game, where players build stories and fantasy worlds together.

Before, Jay was one of the leading online poker players in the world, coached poker player all over the world, created the most popular comedy series about poker which was featured on ESPN, and built the largest online poker training platform. 

HeroicStory Discord

Jay on Linkedin

Jay on Twitter

Our guest today tries to prevent the climate crisis using the power of Green Hydrogen. Vaitea is a co-founder of Enapter, an award-winning company that is productizing the usage of hydrogen. 

Enapter is hiring. If you want to help save the world and work with amazing people like Vaitea, apply here: https://www.enapter.com/careers

Other things that were mentioned during the call:

- The Earth Shot Prize: https://earthshotprize.org/

- The Wise Heart: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1920089.The_Wise_Heart

Enapters Website

Vaitea Cowan Linkedin

We have Albert Gajsak as a guest on the podcast today. Albert is a young founder who combines hardware and software with a team of 20 to develop electronic devices. Essentially with the purpose of teaching kids more about technology.

Since its launch in 2017, Circuitmess has sold over 50,000 products to over 30000 customers - all over the world. Currently, they are working with Warner Bros on a special launch of a Batmobile toy, called CircuitMess Batmobile™. The product raised over $100,000 on Kickstarter in just a few hours. 

Their products give kids the opportunity to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in a fun way.

Together, Mike, Max, and Albert talked about the following topics: 

• about CircuitMess' early beginnings and its passion for combining software and hardware.
• the joint project to develop a hardware product with Warner Bros and what it was like for him to work with a big corporate as a small startup
• Current challenges in the supply chain by Corona
• His first steps in VC fundraising

We look forward to hearing from you. Feel free to get in touch with us on any channel. 

Circuitmess Website

CircuitMess Batmobile

Albert Gajsak on Linkedin

VentureDeals Book