Tomas Cironis is the Master Chef of the Startup Kitchen. He and his team are helping first-time founders to raise their first funding rounds and guide them on their journey to build successful startups.

In this podcast episode, Tomas shares his journey and the reason behind starting the community of the Startup Kitchen, what type of services and help they are providing to founders, lessons learned from his conversations with successful people like Steve Wozniak, and his expectations towards the startup ecosystem in the Czech Republic.

- Would you like to know more about The Startup Kitchen? Visit their website: https://startupkitchen.community/

- Also you can listen to The Startup Kitchen Talks: https://startupkitchen.community/podcasts/

- Feel free to follow Tomas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomascironis/

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Philippe Valentine is the Director of Business Development for Europe at Montréal International. He is on a mission to assist companies in investing and expanding operations to the Canadian market.

In this podcast episode, Philippe tells us about his personal story and interest in bringing European companies to the North American market, how Montréal International operates and what are their services, what are the cultural differences between Europe and Canada, and what are his thoughts on the benefits of Montreal as a business location.

- Would you like to know more about Montréal International? Visit their website: https://www.montrealinternational.com/en/

- Feel free to follow Philippe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippe-valentine-m-a-50312342/

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Peter Maslik is the Co-Founder & COO of Investown. He and his team are showing the way to bring real estate investing to everyone in the Czech Republic and planning expansion to other markets.

In this podcast episode, Peter shares his story and interest in bringing to life user-friendly solutions for real estate investing in the CEE region, how Investown gets started with five co-founders, what is the way they are getting feedback from their users to improve their product, how is the collaboration between Investown & Seed Starter by Česká spořitelna, and what are his thoughts on the real estate market in the Czech Republic. 

Also, he has mentioned the process behind Investown in selecting the projects which are listed on the platform and the plans of his company in the upcoming months.

- Would you like to know more about Investown? Visit their website: https://www.investown.com/

- Feel free to follow Peter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petermaslik/

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Tomas Rehor is the CTO of Zenbase. He is on a mission to build a solution to improve the financial wellness of renters. Currently focused on the Canadian market.

In this podcast episode, Tomas tells us about his journey to start working on Zenbase. Also, he has mentioned his experience working on startups, scale-ups, and corporations, recommendations for product development in early-stage startups, and his hobbies or activities in Prague outside of the startup life.

- Curious to know more about Zenbase? Visit their website: https://myzenbase.com/

- Feel free to follow Tomas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rehor/

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Lisa Aasa is the COO and co-founder of Vitala. She is on a mission to build a digital service for the exercise and rehabilitation of patients with chronic health conditions.

In this podcast episode, Lisa tells us about her journey with Vitala, and how to work as a family business. Also, she has mentioned the lessons learned she has brought as a soccer player to her new chapter as a startup founder, recommendations for fundraising, and her hobbies or activities outside of the startup life.

- Curious to know more about Vitala? Visit their website: https://www.vitala.health/en/home

- Feel free to follow Lisa on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-aasa/

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Martin Bodocky is the founder & CEO of Threshold Capital. He is providing growth capital for digital SMEs.

In this podcast episode, Martin tells us about his mission of bringing growth capital to SMEs in a transparent, flexible, personalized way. Also, we have learned the process while building his digital product, lessons from his days as a developer and a VC partner, and his recommendations for businesses to achieve healthy finances.

- Curious to know more about Threshold Capital? Visit their website: https://threshold.capital/

- Feel free to follow Martin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinbodocky/

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Eleanor Manley is the co-founder & CTO of Metta Space. She is building tech for gender equality and better workplaces.

In this podcast episode, Eleanor tells us about her role as CTO and her transition to the role of CSO, what steps they have followed to build their digital product, informs us about the impact of harassment in the workspace, and how they are working to reduce this issue.

If you would like to know more about Metta Space, you can visit their website: https://www.metta-space.com/

- Feel free to follow Eleanor on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanormanley/

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Andrew Gray is an Investment Manager at Tilia Impact Ventures. He supports founders in the CEE region to develop scalable solutions to solve social and environmental problems.

In this podcast episode, Andrew tells us about his role as an investment manager in an impact-focused VC firm, what's Tilia Impact Ventures, its portfolio, and vision, get to know about the mindset of VC investors, his advice for early-stage startup founders to raise funds, and recommendations to improve the chances to get product-market fit.

If you would like to know more about Tilia, you can visit their website: https://tilia.vc/

Some of the resources shared by Andrew during the conversation are over here:

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-m-gray/

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Andrea Monti is the managing director of Founder Institute - Impact & Sustainability Chapter. Andrea has led several acceleration programs (like Hatch CoLab in Geneva, Switzerland) and helped different impact-driven startups to scale up.

In this podcast episode, Andrea tells us how he arrived to work with impact & sustainability-focused startups, what's the Founder Institute and its program for impact-driven companies, which are his advice for early-stage startup founders while building their ideas, and what are his recommendations for work-life balance.

- If you would like to join to the Founder Institute Impact and Sustainability program you can apply over here: https://fi.co/apply/impact

- Feel free to follow Andrea on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/montiandrea/

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Will Dzama is an entrepreneur and CPO of Encubate. Will loves to build digital products and has worked on different early-stage startups, software development studios, and scale-ups.

In this podcast episode, Will tells us his story of working as a product manager in different companies, what recommendations and processes to follow while building a tech startup, how to validate ideas with users, and what skills are necessary for the role of product management.

- Feel free to follow Will on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/viliamdzama/

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