Hosted by Bastian & Markus Β· πΊπΈ US Β· EN-US Β· 23 episodes
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Bastian and Markus are experienced startup builders and founders of Flinn.ai. They candidly talk about their challenges, learnings, and experience while building the company from the ground up.
Bastian & Markus hosts Founder's Journey Unplugged, a business show with 23 episodes published.
Going from seed to Series A is one of the most intense phases in a startupβs journey. In this episode, we share what really happens behind the scenes when you scale a company while preparing for the next funding round. F
Every startup works towards product-market fit, but how do you really know when youβve reached it? Without it, scaling too early can be a costly mistake - yet waiting too long can mean missing the market. In this episode
When we started Flinn.ai, we embraced a fully remote approach to attract Europeβs best talent and provide flexibility for our team. Over time, as we grew from 3 to almost 30 people, we refined our approach to remote work
In this episode, we share our experiences and lessons learned while raising our β¬6M seed funding round for Flinn.ai. From preparing our pitch deck to navigating over 50 investor meetings, we reflect on the key steps we t
In this episode, we share how we transformed Flinn.ai from an idea to a revenue-generating machine. We reflect on our experiences, from initial cold calls to sealing deals, and the crucial lessons we learned along the wa
In this episode, we are looking into how to connect your product roadmap to your vision and goals, and how to approach roadmapping as an early-stage startup. We will talk about: How to get sales and product aligned behin
My co-founder Bastian has raised over 20 million in public funding in his career and with our early-stage statup we have raised 2 million a few months after starting our venture. In this episode, we share our learning ab
In this episode, we explore the depths of usability research and testing, aiming to enhance your customers' experience with your product. We'll discuss pivotal questions such as: What are the various types of user resear
In this episode, we are looking back on 2023, a year of growth, challenges, and evolution at Flinn.ai, all through a deeply personal lens. What we share: 1οΈβ£ The main challenges of 2023 around fundraising, sales, product
We strongly believe in having a well-structured software development approach early on. In this episode, our tech-co-founder Hasib has joined us, and we are sharing our software development best practices at Flinn.ai and
As a founder, you're often inundated with a myriad of urgent tasks, making it challenging to prioritize the truly critical ones. One highly effective approach to ease the load during the early stages is bringing on board
Advisors have been extremely helpful since the beginning of our journey. Theyβve helped us with strategic aspects, valuable customer introductions, feedback on the product itself and understanding of the industry, β¦ and
Setting clear, meaningful goals is among the most important priorities for founders. In this episode, we explore how we use Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) Flinn Comply and what we have learned about OKRs over the past
This episode is about balancing the long-term vision of a company vs. the go-to-market focus (the first version of your product). Often overlooked, this balance is crucial for founders. Some emphasize their visionary goa
At Flinn, we strongly believe in empowering smart people, to act like entrepreneurs rather than employees. To scale such an approach, you need a strong foundation of values and principles. In this episode, we are how we
"A players hire A players, B players higher C players". We strongly believe in this saying and that our employees are the key to our success. Next to our team of 3 co-founders, we have brought 5 founding team members on
For (early-stage) startups, it can be challenging to offer very attractive compensation when only looking at the salary. However, Employee Stock Option Programs (ESOP) can be a great opportunity to make your offers way m
In the previous episode, we reflected on how we got from a pitch to a term sheet to raise our 1.8m pre-seed round for our Startup Flinn Comply. In this episode, we describe our learnings around signing a pre-seed venture
In this episode, we share our learnings about raising our pre-seed funding round of 1.8m for our Startup Flinn Comply. This episode focuses on the steps until you get one or many term sheets, while the next episode will
In this episode, we share our experience with using ππππππ«π¬ π¨π ππ§πππ§π (ππππ¬) π in our own startup, Flinn Comply. Tune in to hear how we used this experimentation method to test the waters and gain con
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