Welcome to the 11th episode of The Naked Truth of Startup (TNTOS). This episode is in English this time. In this podcast, we talk to founders, investors and everyone involved in and around the startup ecosystem. We, in this case, are startup enthusiasts around SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator.

In this episode, you can expect an exciting conversation with Hemanth Mandapati from the startup NovoAI. We talk about what life as a startup founder is especially as an Indian founder in Germany, how to approach an old fashioned industry and what he learned from his first try to start a company.

What are Hemanths 3 favourite tools?

Noice Cancelling Headphones

https://mattermost.com

https://www.windmill.dev/

Hemanths life-changing purchases under 100€

Smartwatch

Hemanths book recommendations

The hard thing about hard things - Ben Horowitz

The Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy - Douglas Adams

Your hosts for this episode is David Blazek (Spinlab) and Alexander Türpe (Managing Director Excite Lab).

We look forward to your feedback and hope you enjoy listening.