Emma Bliss aka Swebliss is the no. 1 Swedish female Twitch streamer. She's started her streaming career over 8 years ago and has built out a huge audience not only on Twitch, but also other social media channels. You can find her on:

We sat down to talk about the beginnings, memorable stories, lessons learnt and Emma's ideas for where she would like to take her career in the future.

Follow Emma to enjoy playing games with her, drawing and simply just chatting with her community!

Will Butler is the VP at Be My Eyes, the unique app that connects users with low vision with sighted volunteers. It helps blind people to navigate through everyday life by making video phones calls to those who can see and lend a hand.

It's free and unlimited for low vision users - it's also free for volunteers. the app via the App Store or Google PLay Store, and sign up to support the growing community!

We've sat down to talk about the global problem of low vision, accessibility in app and product design, and Will's journey with Be My Eyes. Enjoy our conversation and check out the links to the resources below.

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Max Brenssell is the co-founder of - the Berlin-based startup speciliazing in office and workspace design with plants at its core.

Combining design, sustainability and nature - Plantclub is helping businesses reinvent their workspaces, making employees more energized and helping foster collaboration between teams and inviduals in the shared office spaces.

We sat down to talk about the beginnings of Plantclub, their 2020 growth and ambitious plans for the future.

Connect with Max over or book your consulting call via the website. Join the Plantclub!

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Monika Konokova is the co-founder of - a sustainable design agency based in Berlin focusing on helping businesses implement environmentally conscience solutions to further drive the change towards sustainability.

Monika has over a decade of experience as a freelancer. She’s written that can help you design and execute your work as a freelancer. Check out her 2019 Lend TEDx Talk .

In this episode Monika shares her fascinating career story - how she became a promoter of remote work long before 2020 shifts, how she became and BTS details of launching New Standard Studio. She talks about key challenges for making change happen and how she’s working with companies to remove those obstacles. She also gives us a list of most impactful actions we can take today on a personal and corporate level to further advance the sustainability agenda.

In you’re in Berlin and would like to join their co-working space or would like to work with NSS, get in touch with Monika via or the New Standard Studio .

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Ben Jeger is the Managing Director, Central Europe at AppsFlyer. The Mobile Measurement Partner and the go-to Insights Platform for Marketers on Mobile, Desktop and anywhere in between.

We sat down to speak about AppsFlyer's outstanding track record as an employer, Ben's philosophy of management and leadership and the company's approach to conscientiously building a culture of support, kindness and perpetual growth for its employees. If you're a manager, leader and an aspiring professional - this conversation is for you.

Connect with Ben via ! Check out AppsFlyer's to join the Rocketship!

Ben's book recommendation: James Clear -

Piotr Pisarz is the co-founder and CEO of , the hottest revenue based investing European startup based Everywhere (yes, they’re a remote first company!). They’re focused on helping other founders win by granting them access to flexible growth capital without the need to give up equity.

We had a wonderful conversation about Piotr’s founding journey, from WSE to LBS, through Google, Orange Ventures to Uncapped. We talked about Uncapped’s strong culture, company values and the best practices for making sure the team thrives in a distributed environment.

Connect with Piotr via if you’re interested in joining Uncapped or would like to become a partner!

Fabio Carlucci and Rupert Hoffschmidt are co-founders of the beloved Berlin based ROY Kombucha. In this episode we’re diving into the early days of their founders’ journey, the story behind the ROY name and brand, and how they were able to build and foster strong partnerships in the Food and Coffee community in Berlin and beyond. Rupert also breaks down the kombucha making process and debunks some of the myths around kombucha as well as gives you a detailed list of benefits of this glorious fermented tea.

To order your sample taste pack of handcrafted booch visit the website. In case you’re out and about grabbing a coffee, you can simply go to the Partner Store locator and find ROY Kombucha at any of the Partner cafes. You can also get it at if it's operating in your area!

For adepts of commercial kombucha production the “ROY Boys” are also hosting the - see the snaps from last year’s edition !

Follow ROY Kombucha on and get the latest updates on new flavours!

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Annabell Strodt is a Coach and a Lufthansa Crew Member. We’ve bonded over the joy of working out and the importance of an open and positive mindset. The first interview of the 2021 is meant to give you some food for thought on how you can design your life in the new year, how you can talk to yourself and others with kindness in mind and what are the things you need to do to get yourself out of the mentally unhelpful headspace of negativity.

AB’s favorite authors:

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Denia Kazakou is the owner of - a Contemporary Art Gallery in the Old Town of Chania, on a beautiful island of Crete in Greece, where she’s exhibiting works by emerging and established artists. She’s also a PR veteran in the art industry, running her own agency - RedD PR, helping to promote artists internationally. The name stems from Denia’s past haircut of fiery red hair!

We talked about the state of the contemporary art in 2020, the outlook for the art space in 2021 and beyond, how to get into collecting art, supporting artists, and Denia shared a bunch of great artists and resources with us to explore!

Books to read recommended by Denia:

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: race, activism, acceptance

: feminism, body acceptance

: feminism, body acceptance, sociopolitics, bonus:

: feminism, body acceptance

: feminism, gender roles

(site with explicit content): hard core feminism, #metoo movement, sociopolitics

: mental health

: race

: race, sociopolitics

Maria’s favourite street art duo -

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Piotr Smolen is a serial entrepreneur, CEO and Co-Founder of . Symmetrical is on the mission to bring financial power to employees through its partnerships with employers, financial education and user (employee) tailored solutions available in their app to help them manage their finances more sustainably.

Piotr shares his fascinating story of entrepreneurship, lessons learnt over the years and his outlook on the future: of Symmetrical, of work, of employee journey.

Connect with Piotr via or .

Piotr's most recommended book of the year by Ben Horowitz - .