the co-matter podcast

Considered one of the shapers of the dot-com era, Jerry Michalski observes, analyzes and consults on technology trends since the early 1990s.

Severin and Jerry talk about the role of trust and relationships in today's economy, the dynamics behind platforms such as Kickstarter, Airbnb, Wikipedia and Uber, the evil genius of Donald Trump and many other things.

The guest on this show is Damian Bradfield, president and CMO of WeTransfer. With 40 million active users and 1 billion files transferred every month, WeTransfer is not only an incredibly successful file-sharing service but also a much-loved platform that supports and inspires creatives around the world.

Damian joined WeTransfer in 2010 along co-founders Nalden and Bas Beerens. I met him shortly after his talk at this year's Tech Open Air and caught him for a conversation on company values, trust and partnerships with the likes of FKA Twigs, Moby and Gilles Peterson.

In our first episode we talk to Niko Woischnik, the founder of Tech Open Air. Tech Open Air is Europe's biggest interdisciplinary tech conference that brings more than 20.000 people to Berlin this year. In this conversation, Niko and Severin talk about how it all started with a crowdfunding campaign, why community and collaboration lie at the core of Tech Open Air and where the team is taking it in the future.