
Happy New Year - Now Tackle 2023
01/25/23 • 37 min
Happy 2023 and a happy new year of the rabbit.
Today we bring you another episode on the Starting Y Podcast, where we talk about the WHY of Entrepreneurship.
This new year, Michelle and Jörn are getting together to discuss their plans for the future. Both entrepreneurs are passionate about chasing their dreams and helping others do the same. The topic of their discussion: what to change, since the new year is already here.
At the forefront of this conversation is how Michelle and Jörn can get more productive, healthier, and stay focused throughout the year.
Jörn started intermediate fasting from one day to another, he does not need a year to go by to promise to get better the next one.
Michelle is currently experimenting with having two work days in one, meaning she plans mornings and afternoons as separate workdays with dedicated schedules and goals. Also, she treats quarters as years and squeezes as much in 3 months, as she used to into a whole year.
Jörn is having one hour each week on Mondays the “hour of the skunk” together with a friend where they hold each other accountable for doing their least favorite thing e.g. accounting, cold calls, and so on.
The Host:
- Michelle, a radio, and podcast host based in Silicon Valley. She is a lawyer by training and has worked in and with many startups, especially fintech and blockchain. Currently, she is working for several non-profit organizations and startups. Michelle is the host of the Stanford Radio Show “Laptop Radio (Wednesdays 2–4 PM)”, which is also available as a podcast (https://linktr.ee/laptopradio). You can learn more about Michelle here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laptopradio/
- Jörn is a podcaster, startup scout, and entrepreneur based in Frankfurt, Germany. He has more than 12 years of management consulting background, with a focus on financial services and capital markets, as well as working as a startup scout. He hosts an English startup podcast, covering the German startup scene (https://linktr.ee/startupradio) You can learn more about Jörn “Joe” here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joernmenninger/
You can suggest questions here, use #startingy. Follow our hosts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StartingY1
Happy 2023 and a happy new year of the rabbit.
Today we bring you another episode on the Starting Y Podcast, where we talk about the WHY of Entrepreneurship.
This new year, Michelle and Jörn are getting together to discuss their plans for the future. Both entrepreneurs are passionate about chasing their dreams and helping others do the same. The topic of their discussion: what to change, since the new year is already here.
At the forefront of this conversation is how Michelle and Jörn can get more productive, healthier, and stay focused throughout the year.
Jörn started intermediate fasting from one day to another, he does not need a year to go by to promise to get better the next one.
Michelle is currently experimenting with having two work days in one, meaning she plans mornings and afternoons as separate workdays with dedicated schedules and goals. Also, she treats quarters as years and squeezes as much in 3 months, as she used to into a whole year.
Jörn is having one hour each week on Mondays the “hour of the skunk” together with a friend where they hold each other accountable for doing their least favorite thing e.g. accounting, cold calls, and so on.
The Host:
- Michelle, a radio, and podcast host based in Silicon Valley. She is a lawyer by training and has worked in and with many startups, especially fintech and blockchain. Currently, she is working for several non-profit organizations and startups. Michelle is the host of the Stanford Radio Show “Laptop Radio (Wednesdays 2–4 PM)”, which is also available as a podcast (https://linktr.ee/laptopradio). You can learn more about Michelle here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laptopradio/
- Jörn is a podcaster, startup scout, and entrepreneur based in Frankfurt, Germany. He has more than 12 years of management consulting background, with a focus on financial services and capital markets, as well as working as a startup scout. He hosts an English startup podcast, covering the German startup scene (https://linktr.ee/startupradio) You can learn more about Jörn “Joe” here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joernmenninger/
You can suggest questions here, use #startingy. Follow our hosts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StartingY1
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Starting Y Christmas Episode 2022 - On To A Fresh Start #startingy
Happy Holidays!
Today we bring you another episode on the Starting Y Podcast, where we talk about the WHY of Entrepreneurship.
This time Michelle and Joern get together for the Christmas Episode of 2022.
Welcome to the Starting Y Podcast Christmas Episode of 2022! In this edition, Michelle and Joern open up about how the past year — full of startup journeys, entrepreneurship ambitions, and new plans — changed them. They tell tales of woe, joy, risks, and rewards associated with being an entrepreneur while they both had to grapple with familial deaths and additions to their families during this tumultuous time. Surprisingly enough, they also found ways to explore Lisbon’s technology startup scene as well as travel despite the constraints posed by the COVID-19 epidemic. As a result of all these events, 2022 saw new insights into life for both hosts as well as the realization that bigger changes are guaranteed for 2023 with all these experiences behind them.
The Host:
- Michelle, a radio, and podcast host based in Silicon Valley. She is a lawyer by training and has been working in and with many startups, especially fintech and blockchain. Currently, she is working for several non-profit organizations and startups. Michelle is the host of the Stanford Radio Show “Laptop Radio (Wednesdays 2–4 PM)”, which is also available as a podcast (https://linktr.ee/laptopradio). You can learn more about Michelle here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laptopradio/
- Jörn is a podcaster, startup scout, and entrepreneur, who is based in Frankfurt, Germany. He has a background of more than 12 years of management consulting, with a focus on financial services and capital markets, as well as working as a startup scout. He hosts an English startup podcast, covering the German startup scene (https://linktr.ee/startupradio) You can learn more about Jörn “Joe” here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joernmenninger/
You can suggest questions here, use #startingy. Follow our hosts on Twitter:
Twitter Michelle: https://twitter.com/salutemichelle
Twitter Jörn: https://twitter.com/JoeMenninger
Visit our blog: https://medium.com/@StartingY/how-to-scale-globally-3ab7079db5c5
Our Intro is based on Quantum Jazz’s piece “Orbiting a distant planet”, published under Creative Commons
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New York Times Best Selling Author of "The Lean Entrepreneur"
Our guest is best-selling author Brant Cooper, he made it to the New York Times Best Seller List. He co-wrote the Lean Entrepreneur (AL https://amzn.to/3ILKgxj) and more recently Disruption Proof (AL https://amzn.to/41batfM). He does not call himself an entrepreneur, but he is one. He is also a speaker and active in the startup community of San Diego. You can learn more about him here: https://brantcooper.com/ or follow him on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brantcooper/
If somebody invests in your company, invite them to an assumption workshop. Brant Cooper, NY Times Bestselling AuthorTogether with him, we tackle questions like:
- How can I write down all subconscious assumptions?
- How can I set up an assumption workshop to really catch all my assumptions?
- How to be lean in a small or large company?
- Why do large companies measure the wrong KPIs?
Instead of entrepreneurs in residence, we should have philosophers in residence.Brant Cooper, NY Times Bestselling Author
The Hosts:
- Michelle, a radio, and podcast host based in Silicon Valley. She is a lawyer by training and has worked in and with many startups, especially fintech, and blockchain. Currently, she is working for several non-profit organizations and startups. Michelle is the host of the Stanford Radio Show “Laptop Radio (Wednesdays 2–4 PM)”, which is also available as a podcast (https://linktr.ee/laptopradio). You can learn more about Michelle here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laptopradio/
- Jörn is a podcaster, startup scout, and entrepreneur based in Frankfurt, Germany. He has more than 12 years of management consulting background, with a focus on financial services and capital markets, as well as working as a startup scout. He hosts an English startup podcast, covering the German startup scene (https://linktr.ee/startupradio) You can learn more about Jörn “Joe” here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joernmenninger/
You can suggest questions here, use #startingy. Follow our hosts on Twitter:
Starting Y - Happy New Year - Now Tackle 2023
Transcript
[0:00] Music.
[0:12] Here we ask entrepreneurs actors investors Innovative and artists on The why.
Why they are doing what they are doing what motivates and drives them and why can't they stop.
We will start in 5 4 3 2 1 Welcome to starting why I'm here with Joe and it is 2023.
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