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Kitchen Talks can be both educational and entertaining. Published once per month, we cover various issues challenging startup founders, operators, C-levels, investors, or corporates. Offering points from apprentices and master chefs, community influencers and not-so-famous experts. In our Talks, we jump from work-related news to the weirdest meals one has ever tasted – together it brings spicy educational value that listeners remember.

#6: Michael Schuster about managing multi-million dollar Speedinvest and Eating Bulls balls

Michael Schuster is a Former Managing Partner of multi-million dollar VC fund Speedinvest with offices in Berlin, London, Paris, Vienna, and Munich, more than 390 investments, and recently closed €500M new fund to help even more early-stage European tech startups scale to global success. In our newest Episode, hosted by lovely Kate Syslova, Michael discusses and also being a Chef or eating Bulls balls (no kidding 😀 ). What does Michael think of convertible loans? Are they as useful and powerful as Founders think?

#5: HANKA KUCEROVA AND BUILDING OPERO AS A GIRL SCOUT AND EATING SPIDERS

Opening a cowork sounds lovely right? How about opening a cowork with deadly deadlines and no floors? The Opero team made it on time!

Kudos to Pavel Přikryl, Hanka Kučerová, Bára Seidlová & co. Hanka described the tasty struggles in our brand new podcast episode hosted by Kate Syslova. It is called Startup Kitchen Talk and here is a sneak peek!

#4: frank salzgeber and why we need more space

This episode was recorded at the beginning of the pandemic, during WeAre Summit 2020. As Head of the Innovation and Ventures Office, Frank is overseeing the largest Space Entrepreneurship network in the world. His team has initiated over 360 industry transfers and supported nearly 1000 start-ups. He supports the exploitation of the ESA patent portfolio and promotes the ESA BA (Business Applications) offer of ESA which has supported an additional over 600 business cases. In the next 3 years, ESA Space Solutions will invest 220 Mio Euro in the seed.

#3: Katherine maher on the modern age of information

This episode was recorded at the beginning of the pandemic, during WeAre Summit 2020. Katherine Maher is a former chief executive officer and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, positions she held from 2019 to April 2021 and from 2016 to April 2021 respectively. Previously, she was a chief communications officer. She has a background in information and communications technology.

#2: esther wojcicki on the future of education

This episode was recorded at the beginning of the pandemic, during WeAre Summit 2020. Esther Wojcicki is an American journalist, educator, and vice chair of the Creative Commons advisory council. She has studied education and technology and is the founder of the Palo Alto High School Media Arts Program in Palo Alto, CA., and the Co-Founder of TractLearning, Inc publishes the website Tract.app, a peer-to-peer, project-based, gamified learning platform for kids 8 years and over.

#1: guy kawasaki on the art of innovation

This episode was recorded at the beginning of the pandemic, during WeAre Summit 2020. Guy Kawasaki did not invent secular evangelism, but he popularized it. This goes back to 1983 and his work with the Macintosh Division of Apple. He is currently the chief evangelist of Canva, an online, graphics-design company from Australia.

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[CZ] provdat dvanáctiletou dceru rodiče bolí, ale zařídí jí tím budoucnost. Amerika je hrozně drsná.

S Kateřinou Syslovou o zkušenostech se životem v Indonésii a Severní Americe: studium v Indonésii a nahlédnutí na místní společenské a ekologické problémy vzniklé příchodem západních společností, práce na Aljašce, pobyt v USA a setkání se s překvapující přátelskostí i zpátečnickým smýšlením.

[CZ] pracovala jsem na baťově farmě v brazíli. článek mi odmítli vydat, chtěli fotky pláží, ne mrtvol.

S Kateřinou Syslovou o zkušenostech se životem v Brazílii a Indonésii: práce na Baťově farmě v Brazílii, muslimsko-česká svatba, indonéská filmová kultura, tradice mrtvých na ulici.

[CZ] 1. stereotyp – programování není pro staré (Hugo mrázek)

V našem prvním díle jsme si pozvali našeho staršího kamárada Huga. Stereotyp ohledně stáří programátora jsme si nevybrali jen tak náhodou, jelikož Hugo patří mezi dinosaury programování a podával si ruku se samotným Janem Žižkou při navrhování jeho vozové hradby. Z nějakého důvodu jsme se dozvěděli, že by Hugo rád chodil venku úplně nahý, ale to už si musíte poslechnout sami.

[CZ] Czechinvest startup backstage #11 – Existuje recept na úspech? Tomáš cironis ho zná

Hostem jedenáctého dílu seriálu CzechInvest Startup Backstage je masterchef Tomáš Cironis! Místo kuchyně ale tvoří divy v Startup Kitchen. A to není vše, také působí jako Director, Head of Community a boří zajeté hranice s Disraptors. Probereme s ním řadu témat, dozvíte se více o Startup Kitchen a Investiční akademii, kterou jsme si pro vás s našimi partnery připravili v CzechInvestu, řeč padne také na Disraptors a změny, kterými si prošel a zjistíte také to, jestli Tomáš má ambice založit si vlastní startup.