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June 28, 2023

ICL - EP 103 - 🎙️ 5 Crucial Mistakes I Made When Launching the Fun Startup Podcast

Get ready for a candid and enlightening solo episode as I share the 5 crucial mistakes I made while growing my beloved Innovators Can Laugh podcast! 🎧✨ 💥 Mistake 1: Neglecting the Power of Keywords! I failed to insert relevant keywords into the RSS feed's name, description, and keywords fields,…

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June 21, 2023

ICL - EP 101 - Covering news about Europe’s technology and startup ecosystem with Remco Janssen

Remco Jansen is the founder and publisher of SiliconCanals - a leading technology media source for the startup ecosystem here in Europe. They provide VCs, innovation managers, and people in the tech community with invaluable information and news pertaining to startups in Europe. In this episode, you’ll learn - how…

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June 9, 2023

The Dutch are very direct

#Dutchstartups #Ecofriendlystartup #Startupstories #InnovatorsCanLaugh

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June 7, 2023

As a startup I didn’t want to fundraise every year

#Dutchstartups #Reusablepackaging #Bioplastics #Ecofriendlystartup

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June 7, 2023

ICL - EP 100 - Producing high quality reusable packaging with Startup SwapBox

In this week’s episode of Innovators Can Laugh, I sat down with Maurits Last, the founder of Swap-box, a startup that is making a real impact by producing high quality reusable packaging for B2B companies. They offer a modular service of reusable packaging, logistics, tracking technology, and cleaning that fits…

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May 24, 2023

I was targeting Grandma’s waiting at the bus stop

Ep. 99 with Valentin Radu #Startuppodcast #Startupfounders #Startupstories #Innovatorscanlaugh

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May 24, 2023

ICL - EP 99 - From StarCraft Player to Maximizing Customer Lifetime Value

Over the last couple of decades, Valentin has held a variety of jobs (and launched a few companies). Everything from selling cookbooks on the street to launching an internet service company just because he wanted to play Startcrat on broadband! Then he launched one of Romania’s largest online car insurance…

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May 17, 2023

ICL - EP 98 - Have a clear goal beyond creating a company you like with Maxim Rotaru

In this interview, I chat with Maxim Rotaru, founder of a digital product studio Webamboos. Maxim shares insights on how he landed his first client, how he hired his first employee (funny interview process), and a mistake he made early on - not having a clear goal beyond creating a…

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May 10, 2023

ICL - EP 97 - The Best Way to Pay Your Bills in Romania, and soon Europe

Adrian Cighi started his career in the financial field having worked in Great Britain, and for companies such as Banca Transylvania and Goldman Sachs. He then co-founded Pago which is an application that automates payments to suppliers. They have close to 400k active users and are projected to do 3…

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May 3, 2023

ICL - EP 96 - How Startup Medicai is enabling better sharing between patients, doctors and clinics

A story on TechCrunch that caught my attention - an innovative medical startup from Romania, helped doctors from three countries collaborate to treat Ukraine refugee cancer patients – this of course happening after Russian’s invasion of Ukraine. That startup was Medicai. Mircea Popa is the founder of Medicai which is…

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April 26, 2023

Biggest mistake you won’t make again?

Ep. 95 live with NFT Community Giants Village #NFTCommunity #communityownedtech #Multiversexblockchain #InnovatorsCanLaugh

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April 26, 2023

ICL - EP 95 - Building community-owned tech products on the Multiverse X Blockchain: Giants Village

Giants Village is a community-owned tech product with a real-world utility that started with a collection of 10,000 unique digital collectibles, known as NFTs, on the Multiverse X blockchain. The project currently has 1,400 holders and aims to raise an additional €500k in 2023 by selling tokens and NFTs to…

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April 19, 2023

ICL - EP 94 - How Startup Aiva is Leveraging AI to Analyze CCTV Video Streams

Pushkar Chatterji, is the co-founder of Aiva, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to help businesses become more efficient and productive through the use of machine learning algorithms. In this chat, he shares how he arrived in Romania, steps one can take to incorporate AI into their business, and of…

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April 17, 2023

Startup Founder in Love

Ep. 93 with retail media advertising startup Footprints #RetailMedia #RetailAdvertising #StartupStories #Startups #InnovatorsCanLaugh #Podcast

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April 13, 2023

ICL - EP 93 - How to Harness Predictive Traffic with AI Retail Media Platform

Footprints AI is helping retailers be able to attribute money spent on digital advertising to in-store results. Footprints uses advanced algorithms and machine learning techniques to analyze customer data and identify patterns that can be used for attribution. Result? Lower customer acquisition costs, higher sales, and predictive traffic. In this…

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April 7, 2023

I feel like a drug dealer

Ep. 92 of Innovators Can Laugh with EdTech Startup Kinderpedia #Edtechstartup #Edtech #Startupstories #InnovatorsCanLaugh #Podcast

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April 6, 2023

$25,000 cash or dinner with Ariana Huggington?

Ep. 92 of Innovators Can Laugh with EdTech Startup Kinderpedia #Edtechstartup #Edtech #Startupstories #InnovatorsCanLaugh #Podcast

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April 6, 2023

ICL - EP 92 - Revolutionizing Parent-Teacher Communication with EdTech Startup Kinderpedia

Discover the story behind Kinderpedia, the EdTech startup that is changing the way parents are involved in their child's education. In this episode, I chat with Evelina Nicola, the co-founder of Kinderpedia, about how to overcome challenges in building a successful startup, and from funding to convincing people of the…

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March 29, 2023

ICL - EP 91 - Revolutionizing Startup Recruitment

Florin Lazar is the Chief Operating Officer of Freya Sense - a startup that is revolutionizing recruiting for startups. We discuss the importance of personality in job performance and how to quantify it. We also talk about creating a behavioral profile specific for each position. Learn more about Florin and…

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March 22, 2023

ICL - EP 90 - Growing a fashion e-commerce brand to $1M

Romanian startup founder Raluca Haulica has grown her fashion ecommerce brand Alura to $500k in just three years. In our chat, we discuss: How she started the business utilizing her father’s network The various marketing strategies she’s using such as influencer marketing and PPC How testing a pre-order strategy paid…

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March 22, 2023

When 2020 hit

Ep. 89 live with startup founder Gabriela Constantinescu #gamifiedtraining #onboarding #startupstories #startuplife #startupfounders

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March 21, 2023

What tool do you like?

Ep. 89 live with startup founder Gabriela Constantinescu #gamifiedtraining #onboarding #startupstories #startuplife #startupfounders

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March 20, 2023

This is my wife 😂

Ep. 89 live with startup founder Gabriela Constantinescu #gamifiedtraining #onboarding #startupstories #startuplife #startupfounders

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March 18, 2023

A common thing that annoys you

Ep. 89 live with startup founder Gabriela Constantinescu #gamifiedtraining #onboarding #startupstories #startuplife #startupfounders

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