We are happy to welcome Chris Albrecht, former Editor in Chief at The Spoon (a major foodtech news platform), in this episode of the Beyond the Blend podcast. Glenn met Chris in real life at the Smart Kitchen Summit in Japan when he was hosting this event and writing for The Spoon. 

Chris founded a new news platform called OttOmate, focusing specifically on emerging automation in food. Think of topics related to the meal journey like robotic vending machines, automated checkout kiosks,… 

We talk about some highly relevant points like what the effect will be of the current market situation, what the secret ingredients are for food robotics to be successful in the future and what direction Chris would go if he could start a foodtech business from scratch today. 

Connect with Chris Albrecht via LinkedIn. You can reach Chris to talk food robots via [email protected] and you can subscribe to the OttOmate Newsletter via ottomate.news 

To find out about Alberts' partnership and new plantbased products, follow us via @albertsliving on the main social media platforms (or read it soon on OttOmate!)

In this episode, we have a very special guest: Tim Dieryckx, CEO of Voxdale, is joining us for today's conversation. Voxdale is a day-one partner who helped us a ton from the very beginning to design and develop the very first prototypes of what is today the Alberts One. We can still rely on Tim and his team to offer guidance and support when we ask for it.

Discover why hardware is hard, why surrounding yourself with people you connect with is more important than the idea itself, why it's important to take risks and make mistakes sometimes, and why talking about your struggles and doubts in business is so incredibly important. 

We'll dig into finding funding for projects or products that only exist on paper, Tim's experience with management buy-ins and the synergy of startups partnering up with bigger players to make magic.

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We hope you'll enjoy this first guest episode! If you do, let us know by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Every week we pick 1 lucky guy or gal from the reviews who wins a Beyond the Blend t-shirt.

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You might want to WATCH our previous and next episodes on Youtube via youtube.com/albertsliving

CONNECT with Tim Dieryckx and follow Voxdale on LinkedIn!

LEARN more about Voxdale on www.voxdale.be

FOLLOW Alberts on social media via @albertsliving

CHECK out what we do on www.alberts.com

In this episode, Alberts' CEO Glenn Mathijssen talks with Sebastian, our podcast producer, about what you can expect of the Beyond the Blend podcast. You'll discover our plans, topics we're going to cover and much more.  

Start listening here and continue next week with a new episode AND our first special guest!  

We really hope you enjoyed this second episode.  

Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. 

We reward one reviewer each week with some unique podcast merchandising!  Curious what else is happening behind the scenes? 

Learn more about alberts & the alberts one on our website: www.alberts.be

Shop our podcast merch: https://albertsliving.myshopify.com/products/unisex-t-shirt-beyond-the-blend-1Or WIN a FREE t-shirt by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-blend/id1634220536 

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In this first episode, Alberts' CEO Glenn Mathijssen talks with Sebastian, our podcast producer, about how the Beyond the Blend podcast came to be. They talk about the WHY and share the thought process behind starting this podcast and the journey towards making it happen.

Start listening here and continue next week with an episode on WHAT you can expect and HOW we are going to approach this new channel.

We really hope you enjoy this first episode. Recording it was not at all easy, but we've all got to start somewhere, right? :)

Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. We reward one reviewer each week with some unique podcast merchandising!

Curious what else is happening behind the scenes? Follow @albertsliving on the socials to always stay up to date!