Business trends and economic cycles come and go, but most founders are utterly surprised when their StartUp or their bottom-line are impacted. In this episode, Yana and Tom discuss how to keep the focus in spite of a down-turn. And Read more…
To compromise is seen as a weakness in some, but as a strength in other societies. And often it is more due to ego than to results that people are not seeking compromises. Check out if you agree with Yana‘s Read more…
Today Yana & Tom discuss their experience and best practices around building excellent teams. Are business soulmates just a hyped concept and is strong leadership not simply about finding the right incentives and KPIs. Find out why being human and Read more…
Alvin, Tom and Yana talk about self-driving cars, artificial intelligence, the past, present and future of money, and if the changes technology imprints on society can be predicted and guided. Or whether we are merely subjects in the maelstrom Read more…
Since we just recently talked about Block.one settlement, we obviously cannot ignore Telegram vs SEC battle, right? Here are some of the facts and my interpretation thereof: Telegram started raising funds in early 2018, to build their TON blockchain. They Read more…
Yes, you heard it right – EOS may have raised ~$4 billion via unlawful securities offering, but they only had to pay $24 million in fines You might be wondering: if they did something wrong, why they paid so little, Read more…
Lean and mean also requires thinking ahead of what happens once you scale. Yana and Tom talk to Alvin Jiang, VP of Engineering at TenX, about why best practice compliance consists of smart data collection, automated evaluation & robust Read more…
Photo by Emma Matthews on Unsplash Let’s face it, due diligence processes are overwhelming: They never end, you feel like you are going over the same items for a thousand times, nobody is listening to what you say and if Read more…
Do I have what it takes? It‘s the universal question every (to be) entrepreneur asks before taking the big leap. As usual, it‘s easy in hindsight. Yana and Tom discuss their own fears and thoughts, on which elements they judge, Read more…
Tom and Yana talk about FinTech pricing and price anchoring, popular pricing models, freemiums and the importance of niching-down – so that your company is able to charge premium prices. Show Notes: [01:24] Tom recently launched a SaaS product and Read more…