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Hosted by Bastian & Markus · business · EN-US
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.
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Signup to Generate a PitchBastian 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.
Founder's Journey Unplugged is hosted by Bastian & Markus. The show has published 23 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "From Seed to Series A: Scaling Teams, Products & Fundraising Under Pressure" (25 March 2026, 45 minutes), "Finding Product-Market Fit: A Startup’s Toughest Challenge" (9 April 2025, 35 minutes), and "From Remote-First to Hybrid: Adapting Work Culture in a Growing Startup" (30 January 2025, 22 minutes).
Founder's Journey Unplugged publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 23 episodes.
Booking probability for Founder's Journey Unplugged is 27%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Founder's Journey Unplugged requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Founder's Journey Unplugged's contact route on record: verified email.
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Bastian & Markus hosts Founder's Journey Unplugged, a business podcast with 23 episodes published.
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Episode #3
<p>Going from seed to Series A is one of the most intense phases in a startup’s journey. In this episode, we share what really happens behind the scenes when you scale a company while preparing for the next funding...
Founder's Journey Unplugged
<p>Every startup works towards product-market fit, but how do you really know when you’ve reached it? Without it, scaling too early can be a costly mistake <b>- </b>yet waiting too long can mean missing the market. In...
Episode #1
<p>When we started Flinn.ai, we embraced a fully remote approach to attract Europe’s 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...
Episode #20
<p>In this episode, we share our experiences and lessons learned while raising our €6M seed funding round for Flinn.ai. From preparing our pitch deck to navigating over 50 investor meetings, we reflect on the key steps...
Episode #19
<p> 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...
Episode #18
<p>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. <br/><br/>We will talk about:</p>How to get sales and...
Episode #17
<p>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...
Episode #16
<p>In this episode, we explore the depths of usability research and testing, aiming to enhance your customers' experience with your product.<br/><br/>We'll discuss pivotal questions such as:</p>What are the various...
Episode #15
<p> 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. </p><p><b>What we share:</b> </p><p>1️⃣ <b>The main challenges of 2023</b>...
Episode #14
<p>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...
Episode #13
<p> 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...
Episode #12
Advisors have been extremely helpful since the beginning of our journey.<br/><br/>They’ve helped us with strategic aspects, valuable customer introductions, feedback on the product itself and understanding of the...
Episode #11
<p>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...
Episode #10
<p>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...
Episode #9
<p>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. <br/><br/>In this episode...
Episode #8
<p>"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...
Episode #7
<p>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...
Episode #6
<p>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...
Episode #5
<p>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...
Episode #4
<p>In this episode, we share our experience with using 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐋𝐎𝐈𝐬) 💌 in our own startup, Flinn Comply. Tune in to hear how we used this experimentation method to test the waters and gain...
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