The Startup Blender

Welcome to the 35th episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest this time is Chris Raastad from the United States 🇺🇸

Originally from Seattle, Chris moved to Estonia 11 years ago to study Cyber Security. He had a very active startup life from the beginning of his journey here. Working with various startup companies and initiatives gave him good insights on how to build a successful product that works.

Currently, he is a Software Engineer at SaferyWing. They aim to remove the role of geographical borders as a barrier to equal opportunities and freedom for everyone. 

We had a very interesting chat, and I’d like to share all about it. In this episode, we talked about his story behind moving to Estonia, experience with startups, digital nomad life, and future plans in his career. Make sure you tune in! 🎙

Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁

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Welcome to the 34th episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest this time is Julia Guerra Slater from the United States 🇺🇸 

Julia is an SEO and Social Media Marketing freelancer who has been living as a digital nomad for the last 8 years. She has lived in Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia and spent extended periods of time in the Philippines. Currently, she is based in Barcelona, where she is part of one of the fastest-growing Digital Nomad communities in Europe. 

You can connect with her on her blog on Medium at @JuliaGuerraSlater.

Our conversation was very interesting. In this episode, we talked about her international and adventurous life, the challenges of living location-independent life, and maintaining a work-life balance as a freelancer. Make sure you tune in! 🎙

Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁

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Welcome to the 33rd episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest this time is Federico from Italy 🇮🇹

He is a Founder and a product designer at Design Accelerator, a UX/UI studio that combines insights based on data with beautifully simple interfaces. Federico moved to the Netherlands 8 years ago for studies. After graduating, he decided to stay there and explore more about the Dutch startup ecosystem. 

He has started many interesting initiatives since then, including a global FinTech startup, Bittiq, and Design Accelerator. Both of these projects have given a lot of insights into the importance of team dynamics and values. 💡

Our conversation was very interesting. In this episode, we talked about his international student life, the challenges of scaling a FinTech startup in the Netherlands, and the most important learnings throughout his startup journey. Make sure you tune in! 🎙

 Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁

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Welcome to the 32nd episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest this time is Mara from Italy 🇮🇹

She is the Head of Marketing at Junction Hack, which brings together the most ambitious creators and top-tier partners to build and learn with the latest technologies by creating hackathon events all over the world. Mara is originally from Italy, but she came to Finland for her studies and then she decided to stay there 💡

Her story is very interesting. In this episode, we talked about her international student life in Finland, Junction Hack, challenges to organise global events and more. Make sure you tune in! 🎙

Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁

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Welcome to the 31st episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest this time is Vlad from Romania 🇷🇴

He is the founder and CEO of Dive.fm - a private podcasting platform for companies to better manage internal communications. Vlad is originally from Romania, but he has been living in Denmark for the past 12 years and during this time he managed to work and collaborate with a lot of startup companies and organisations 💡

After years of working with multiple startup founders and initiatives, he decided to start his own initiative and create Dive.fm platform to help companies engage with their employees through internal podcasts 🔥

We had a very interesting conversation about his journey and adventures in this episode - make sure you tune in! 🎙

Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁

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Welcome to the 30th episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest this time is Marguerite from France 🇫🇷

She is an artist and NFT creator with an extensive background in working with international startups worldwide🔥Marguerite has been a venture capitalist, helping startups to grow and scale in VC firms such as E.Ventures and Cheery Ventures. Her startup journey started in London when she was an international student there 💡

After years of working with multiple startup founders and initiatives worldwide, she decided to start a new journey as an artist and create her own NFT collection. As a result, she spent 5 months exploring Africa and creating her art 🎨

Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁

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Welcome to the 29th episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest this time is Steve from the United States 🇺🇸

Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁

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Welcome to the 28th episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest this time is Neil from the United States 🇺🇸

He is a serial entrepreneur and technology expert running an entrepreneurial software development agency to help startups grow 🔥Neil works as acting CTO for many startups through his company ThinkNimble, where he helps founders build products and plan their fundraising strategy. Other than that, he has started countless initiatives from an early age, including a student-led entrepreneurship incubator in Georgetown university💡We had a very interesting conversation about his entrepreneurial journey - make sure you tune in! 🎙

Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁

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Welcome to the 27th episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest this time is Anna Maria from Poland 🇵🇱

She is a Business Developer with 15 years of experience in this field 🔥She is very passionate about travelling and meeting new people, and that's the main reason why she is a full-time Digital Nomad. Her lifestyle is full of international experiences and adventures. Currently, Anna Maria is a Digital Nomad Ambassador in Zagreb, Croatia. Sharing her experience, knowledge, and insights with the local communities here. 💡Our conversation was very interesting. In this episode, we talked about her story, Location Independent lifestyle, and challenges to be a Digital Nomad - make sure you tune in 🎙

Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁

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Welcome to the 26th episode of the Startup Blender 🎧 Our guest this time is Naveen from India 🇮🇳

He is a Founder & Managing Partner of Groups Agilis, where he is managing a mandated portfolio of $4Billion, and the firm is operating in 10+ markets🔥 Naveen moved to France for studies in 2011 - living there for a couple of years gave him great insights into international student life and experience as a professional. After that, he moved to Germany, where he learned about startup culture more in-depth 🙌🏼 Naveen has built his ventures from scratch, scaling them to seven-digit sales in the first year. Besides being a successful entrepreneur, he is also an active early-stage investor, mentoring startups in venture programs such as EIT, Cocoon & Startupbootcamp💡 His inspirational story has been featured in high profile publications worldwide, and today he is with us to tell us all about it. This episode is very interesting - make sure you tune in 🎙

Our goal is to interview different people who have working experience in startups to show you the different aspects of startup life.🥁

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