Scaleup Valley Podcast

On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast War Edition, Mike Dias speaks with Ruth Poon, Country Manager Director of Australia at Wurth Electronics.

Key Takeaways:

- How Australia and New Zealand reacted to the COVID-19 outbreak

- Tools and strategies for getting through tough times

- Using diversity to create culture and a world-class team

On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Aviran Yaacov, CEO & Co-founder at EcoPlant.

Key Takeaways:

- Focus on the product and then the market

- Don't hesitate when it comes to growth

- How to choose a good accelerator program

On this episode of the Breakthrough Engineering season, Mike Dias speaks with Jordi Altimira, a Partner with UpBizor & Lanzame Capital.

Key Takeaways:

- How to evolve your culture without losing your DNA

- Overcoming the challenge of saying no

- Learning that there's no perfect company

On this episode of the Breakthrough Engineering season of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Zoltán Andrássy, CTO at HeatVentors.

Key Takeaways:

- The founder is the best salesperson in the early stage of the product.

- Discovering your company's rhythms during War Time.

- Advice for other founders on creating a business with a significant other.

On this episode of the Breakthrough Engineering season of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Sebastian-Justus Schmidt, Chairman at Enapter.

Key Takeaways

- How to be efficient in the green sector

- Creating simplicity when it feels complicated, Ex. labor contracts

- Building a software based company today

On the first episode of the Breakthrough Engineering episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Philip Clifton, Divisional Managing Director at IMI Hydronic Engineering.

Key Takeaways:

- Radical focus on solving customers problems

- Creating a culture of both innovation and failing

- The importance of diversity in decision-making

On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Natalie Zeranska, Head of Marketing Communications & Horizon Z at IMI.

Key Takeaways:

- Keeping a balance between the present and the future during the pandemic.

- Having a lot of conversations to avoid isolation.

- How to scale up? A mix between acquisition and organic.

On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Richard Franzi, Partner of Renaissance Executive Forums.

Key Takeaways:

- The power of peer groups.

- Adding value during COVID-19.

- Aligning remote workers and keeping the focus.

On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with Gonzalo Tradacete the Managing Partner at Faraday Venture Partners.

Key Takeaways:

- How to be a War Time CEO.

- Minimizing expenditure during War Time.

- Adding value equals survival.

On this episode of the Scaleup Valley podcast, Mike Dias speaks with the Co-CEOs of Talentful.

Key Takeaways

- Working as Double CEOs

- How to redefine priorities during COVID

- How to start building a business in the US