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Hosted by Unknown University · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 40 episodes
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Unknown Stories is the show where student founders build in public. Every episode follows real ventures born at Unknown University. Real ventures, real lessons, real traction. Straight from the campus of Unknown University. Hear how young entrepreneurs turn ideas into action, mistakes into learning, and goals into growth. Subscribe if you want a front row seat to the making of companies that start in a classroom and grow in the world. Unknown Stories. Made by Unknown University.
Unknown University hosts Unknown Stories, a business show with 40 episodes published.
In this episode, Jurgen, Dean of Unknown University, sits down with Adriana Cocerhan — founder of Eledi Corsets and current student at Unknown University — to explore her remarkable journey from financial hardship to bui
In this live‑recorded episode of Unknown Stories, the director of Unknown University sits down with Lex Hoefsloot — co‑founder of Lightyear, the Dutch solar‑car company that once raised over €200 million in funding. Lex
In this episode, Jurgen, Director of Unknown University, talks with Arnesh Jaikaran, the 19-year-old founder of Inta — a compliance software company for land-based casinos that uses facial recognition technology to simpl
In this episode, Jurgen, Director of Unknown University, sits down with Oliver Christodoulou, one of the university’s early student founders who started building his business from day one on campus. Originally from South
In this episode, Jurgen sits down with Connor Burdett, a 20-year-old visionary from Zimbabwe and founder of Seed, a startup on a mission to give every African household access to clean energy.Connor is tackling one of th
Join us for a groundbreaking episode featuring Chief Researcher Gabriel Mora at Real Deal Milk, where innovation meets dairy-free transformation! 🌱 Discover how Real Deal Milk is revolutionizing the dairy industry, prod
From melon seeds to innovation in ingredients, we delve into Väcka’s journey of creating planet-conscious plant-based cheeses. Väcka is a Barcelona-based FoodTech startup that produces plant-based cheese alternatives. Fo
Despite its lengthy decomposition time and difficulty to be recycled, over 300 million tones of plastic is produced each year. Would we ever be able to deal with the ever-growing amount of discarded plastic? Well, first
Through virtual reality, you are immersed into a different world. Through the use of SenseGlove, you can also touch it. 🎙️ Today, our host Jurgen Nieuwenhuijsen is joined by Gijs den Butter, Co-Founder of SenseGlove. Se
Did you know that the average edible insects have far higher protein content than the average protein source? To Daniela Arias, our next guest on the Unknown Stories podcast, this is no secret. Coming from Costa Rica, Si
Discover a truly unconventional solution that stores energy in liquid air. Meet Phelas, our guest on the Unknown Stories podcast. In the fifth episode of this season, Leon, one of the co-founders of Phelas, joined us fro
Warp VR's vision for the future of work is where workforces leverage VR to ensure they are trained for high pressure situations. Story-based, immersive VR modules to onboard and upskill will be the way to go! In the late
Going carbon neutral in the horticulture industry is an ambitious dream. With BBBLS it is possible. In the third episode of Unknown Stories, our host, Jurgen, is joined by Anton Paardekooper, Founder & Managing Director
When crumbs of energy come together as Powercrumbs! Episode 2 of the second season of the Unknown Stories is here to dive deeper into overlooked energy sources. In the energy transition, all energy sources matter. For th
In the first episode of Season 2, Jurgen is joined by Linda Klunder to go into an in-depth tour of the first cocoa pulp-based soft drink on the market. Living at the poverty line, cocoa farmers earn only 6% of the final
Did you know that The Netherlands offers the biggest and widest range of plant-based products? Or that Spain is emerging as one of the leading FoodTech ecosystems in the world? The synergy between the two countries shoul
Jurgen is joined by Coenraad de Vries, co-founder of Oneplanetcrowd. Oneplanetcrowd is The Netherlands' largest sustainable crowdfunding platform; with a community of 30,000 impact investors, they have financed more than
🎙️ Meet Oscar Via, Economic and Trade Counsellor of Spain, who is guiding Spanish FoodTech startups to The Netherlands and beyond! In this parallel series of Unknown Stories, our host Willem Knaap aims to understand how
Ever wondered how large militaries innovate and stay ahead of the curve? Then this one's for you. Fons Van der Ham is the International Innovation Manager of Defensie Materieel Organisatie, The Netherlands Ministry of De
It’s tough for new, innovative ventures to collaborate with McDonald’s, but not impossible. In this Unknown Specials episode, our host Willem Knaap aims to understand how corporate leaders act upon opportunities and inno
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