"I don’t believe in limitations, but in different approaches." Rado Daradan, Hooray Studios cofounder

10/12/21 • 47 min

Rado Daradan is one of the 2 founders of Hooray Studios, a company that creates personalized children’s books. He played a crucial role in growing the company from a team of four people to 120 team members and establishing it as a market leader in 6 countries around the world. In 2018 alone, the company sold almost half a million unique books and achieved a turnover of 12 million euros. And Khloe Kardiashian knows them...
In this episode Nicola Szekely, RMEP managing director will be talking to Rado about how he founded the company together with Mic Melanšek, what were the challenges how they made most of the opportunities and how they managed to grow a fantastic team and a successful business.

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Bootstrapping succes stories with Marius Donhauser from hotelkit

Marius Donhauser is the founder and CEO of hotelkit GmbH, an All-in-One Hotel Operations Platform as the ultimate solution for hotels.
In this episode Eugen B. Russ is talking to Marius about what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur during a pandemic and what it takes to build a tech company from scratch.
hotelkit ́s solution for collaboration & service optimization makes handovers smoother, communication simpler, and guests happier. With hotelkit housekeeping, hotels benefit from digitized processes, seamless interfaces to PMS, and real-time updates of the room status. Delivering outstanding service has never been easier and now hoteliers can spend more time doing what they do best: making their guests happy.

Father of two daughters and enthusiastic hobby athlete – the everyday life of Marius Donhauser is many things but certainly not monotonous, and the story behind it is just as exciting.

Listen to our newest episode of the #EuropeanBootstrappingChampions podcast, where Marius shares with us his entrepreneurial journey.

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About Network Effects, VC vs Equity and the Marketplace Conference with Mathias Ockenfels

In this epidode of the European Bootstrapping Champions Eugen B Russ invited Mathias Mathias Ockenfels from Speedinvest to talk about the differences in the investment approach in a VC and a private equity firm, what advice he has in entrepreneurs looking for funding, but also about the Marketplace Conference 2021.
Mathias Ockenfels is a partner at Speedinvest, one of Europe’s leading Venture Capital funds, with its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Investment professional working in Startups, Venture Capital & Corporate M&A since 2008; strong focus on tech-companies in particular online marketplaces, classifieds, platforms, SaaS, SaaS enabled marketplaces and any other digital business benefiting from solid network effects. Serving on several boards of portfolio companies, significant deal making experience buy- & sell-side.

“I ❤ Network Effects. Our team will elevate your startup to the next level! Seeing businesses flourish when Network Effects unfold is what drives me (...and, let’s be honest, dark chocolate and espresso, too).”

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