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Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series AThe end of platform internetThis conversation with Kyle DeSana, co-founder of Siftree explores the vision of a different internet, focusing on the decentralization of platform dynamics and the separation of the data layer from the application.It delves into the shift towards more intentional and deliberate online spaces, the role of LLMs in shaping the internet, and the evolution from AOL to HTTP.The conversation delves into the future of internet protocols, the dynamics between the EU and the US, decoupling and technological sovereignty, business models and revenue generation, and the evolution of the read vs. write...
2026-01-221h 01Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series ALooking back at 2025: special episodeIn this episode, Alexandre Karim Howard reflects on key trends observed in the B2B software ecosystem, particularly for startups in Europe, and offers insights on how founders can enhance their chances of success. He emphasizes the importance of being outcome-driven, creating innovative environments for teams, and effectively scaling intuition in decision-making processes. These strategies are aimed at improving capital efficiency and increasing the likelihood of successful fundraising in the coming years.TakeawaysGood product founders speak in outcomes first and foremost.Adapt the length of your iteration cycles...
2025-12-1017 minSeries A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series AHow to build a product culture that scalesIn this episode I interview Mike Pilawski, head of product at Miro.As a founder, learn product culture building from the best. How to foster an open culture. How to build an org that actually performs at scale. He also gives us a behind the scene of why Nokia fell. Listen on to find out what they got wrong...Connect with Karim on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex--howard/Need help building product traction? Check out: https://regenerativeproducts.io
2025-11-2447 minSeries A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series AHow Klim Built Early Traction: Lessons from Nina MannheimerHow do you build real traction in climate-tech before your Series A?In this episode, Nina Mannheimer, co-founder of Klim, breaks down the steps, pitfalls, and insights from scaling a regenerative agriculture startup in Europe.We talk about:The early decisions that mattered mostCustomer validation in a complex ecosystemWhat Nina wishes she had known soonerHow to build trust and adoption in sustainability marketsPatterns investors look for in b2b softwareIf you're building towards Seed or Series A, this episode...
2025-11-051h 28Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series AWelcome to the product founder era!We are officially in the founder product era! This means that the product skillset and the CEO skillset overlap more and more. Find out why I created the Series A Blueprint and why CEOs ought to be advised by product leaders.Connect with Karim on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex--howard/Need help building product traction? Check out: https://regenerativeproducts.io
2025-10-3012 minSeries A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series AThe Responsible AI Podcast is now Series A Blueprint - The playbook for founders building traction for Series APivot announcement! We will focus on educating founders and investors around how to operate the product to go from pitch to traction. Share with founders and investors who would be interested!Connect with Karim on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex--howard/Need help building product traction? Check out: https://regenerativeproducts.io
2025-10-3001 minSeries A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series AMore AI, more Product-led Growth!In this episode, we talk about the future of sales for software founders. Since the future is mostly around PLG (product-led growth), I speak to Leah Tharin, expert on the matter.Leah is one of the most world-renowned experts on b2b product.Listen on to understand how AI is changing the distribution game for b2b software. Shownotes:Leah's website: https://www.leahtharin.comLeah's Linkedin
2025-09-1551 minSeries A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series ALife After AI: Jobs, winning strategies, and is SaaS dead?Post-AI rollout, what will happen to the job market? What is likely to happen to the newly unemployed class? Will they creat businesses?How will this influence SaaS? And what is a winning strategy or incumbent corporates?Our guest Yuying Chen-Wynn covers all of these questions and gives some bold predictions about where the world and markets are going. If you want to know, listen on!Find us at regenerativeproducts.io
2025-08-1558 minSeries A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series AThe founder's guide to product thinking - why it matters more than everWhat is product thinking and why does it matter more than ever?Through my years of working with founders, enabling them to build products I have consistently bumped against a single bottleneck: product thinking.In this episode I interview Mustafa Kapadia, Google's ex global head of product. We discuss why founders and CEO better put their product hat on if they want to stay relevant in the age of AI.Footnotes:- Mustafa's Substack...
2025-08-1154 minSeries A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series ASpecial episode: The Future of AI and Startup BuildingIn this special episode, I get interviewed (for once) by Pedro Gança from Productized.We discuss all things Euro-tech scene, geopolitical trends influencing AI and the market as well as how startup and org building will evolve. Tune in!Key takeawaysResponsible AI is crucial for ethical product development.Product managers must consider the long-term impact of their decisions.Transparency in AI is essential but must be balanced with security.Data ownership is becoming increasingly important for the middle class.The future of work will involve trust a...
2025-07-3051 minSeries A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series AResponsible AI through perspective densityIn this episode, I speak to Emma Grönvik Möller. After working as a lawyer, diplomat and consultant, she co-founded Lumiera to help leaders decide what AI they want to build and see in the world.In this episode we discuss where companies are at with implementing AI, some of the pitfalls, some of the trends, what companies may emerge, and what are some differentiation strategies that will work.This episode is part of a special series created in partnership with EIT Community, hi...
2025-06-0542 minSeries A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series AHow will AI change government?In this episode I interview Mark Boris Andrijanič, possibly one of the most prominent and emergent figures in European GovTech and government digitization, discusses the future of government in the AI age.As geopolitics is becoming increasingly important for entrepreneurs, I wanted to hear his take on the following: What measures is the EU ready to take? What are the opportunities for a growing domestic EU big tech market? Would a DOGE equivalent happen here? Should we be more "patriotic" with tech? And finally, w...
2025-04-1556 minSeries A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series AHow will AI change government?In this episode I interview Mark Boris Andrijanič, possibly one of the most prominent and emergent figures in European GovTech and government digitization, discusses the future of government in the AI age.As geopolitics is becoming increasingly important for entrepreneurs, I wanted to hear his take on: what measures is the EU ready to take? What are the opportunities for a growing domestic EU big tech market? Would a DOGE equivalent happen here? Should we be more "patriotic" with tech? And finally, what discussions are really happening in Brussels around this and where does h...
2025-04-151h 03John Harris
John HarrisHard House Headcase (Mix 1)148 BPM - 154 BPM 12 Inch Thumpers - Nine Beats to the Bar (John Whitemann & Johnny Dangerous Remix) Banga Matt & Alex Calver - Tacdog Adam M & Tenchy - Freddie Goes To Hooverland Random But Raw & John Harris - Phase Shift Paul Batten - Rock Dis PLace Weirdo - Discotek (Steve Maynard Remix) Phil Taylor - Riot Act (Remaster) BK - Freedom Jay B & James Birch - Freak (Remaster) Paul Batten & Pretender - Sleepwalker Damien Blanes & John Harris - Stress Related Riksta - Once Again Random But Raw & John Harris - Dust Sucker Riggsy & John Harris - Lab Rats Riggsy - Without You...
2025-03-122h 37Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series AAI Ethics in PracticeIn this episode I interview Emmanuel Goffi, a world-renowned AI ethicist. Emmanuel has worked on global ethical AI questions on topics ranging from military to critical infrastructure. He also helped the Muslim world design an AI ethics charter.We discuss the true definition of ethics, the different kinds, how they are applied today, and how they might be applied tomorrow. How does society prioritize its values collectively? If such questions fascinate you, listen on! My guess is there are a few you have never thought about...Check us...
2025-02-2048 minSeries A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series AThe Psychological Impact of AIIn this episode I interview Auxane Bloch. She is a cyber psychologist and research associate at the Technical University of Munich's Institute for Ethics in AI. In this episode, we talk about the psychological impacts of AI and the addiction patterns it causes. We discuss how AI can help in psychology, but also how AI should not be used in psychology, and some misconceptions around the psychology behind AI and tech. As usual we weave in what builders should watch out for when building out new tech.
2025-01-2748 minSeries A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series AHow Corporates can Build AI ResponsiblyIn this episode I speak to Zamina Ahmad, an AI consultant passionate about building products responsibly. We tackle the common pitfalls of corporates and enterprise clients building AI products, while also exploring her definition of responsible AI. Check us out at regenerativeproducts.io Shownote Links: UN AI Playbook: https://unite.un.org/sites/unite.un.org/files/un-tw-responsible_tech-playbook_external.pdf OECD AI Principles: https://oecd.ai/en/ai-principles Zamina's website: https://www.zamina.de/en
2025-01-1344 minSeries A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series AWhy Responsible AI needs PhilosophyIn this episode, I speak to Louis de Diesbach, tech philosopher and author of "Hello ChatGPT". We tackle questions such as "How will human-to-human relationships evolve when human-to-machine ones become more prominent?". He argues there is no responsible AI without a basic philosophical understanding, of asking the right questions to build pertinent and relevant products. Shownote links: - Louis' website - Sherry Tuckle - Reclaiming Conversation - The Ethics of Uneasiness - Marion Muller-Colard
2024-12-1641 minSeries A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series AWhy you should care about AI GovernanceIn this episode of the Responsible AI podcast, Alexandre Karim Howard speaks with Anna Spitznagel about the importance of AI governance, the founding story of her company Trail, and the challenges organizations face in implementing responsible AI practices. They discuss the need for trust in AI systems, the impact of regulation, and the role of startups in fostering responsible AI.Anna emphasizes the importance of transparency, collaboration, and top-down buy-in for successful AI governance, while also addressing the cultural challenges that arise during implementation....
2024-12-1236 minSeries A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series A
Series A Blueprint – The playbook for founders scaling to Series ALaunching your first AI product responsiblyIn this episode we speak to Leon Ingelse, data scientist and AI ethicist. We talk about how companies can prep for the first AI product launch responsibly, and how to take the first steps. He looks at it both from the eyes of a data scientist and someone who has launched products himself. As this is our first published episode, we hope you stick with us as we iterate and improve as we go! Thanks for listening!
2024-12-0344 minIn Search of Something Different
In Search of Something DifferentWhat Skills We Will Need In The Future - Alexandre Karim HowardUnleash the power of your own mind as we journey through the realm of fear, attention, and self-discovery. With our insightful guest, Karim, we guarantee you'll gain a fresh perspective on the 16 layers of intelligence as per yogic theory and its relevance in today's attention demanding economy. Together, we dissect the complex dynamics of the attention industrial complex and the battle to retain control over our own thoughts and intentions. Setting our focus determines our reality, a simple yet profound truth that influences every aspect of our lives. Embrace the transformative power of intention...
2023-12-1136 minIn Search of Something Different
In Search of Something DifferentAI and Inner Engineering- How Curiosity is the Way to Create Utopia - Alexandre Karim HowardFrom the day I met Karim, his lucid perspective on AI and its influence on our minds had me spellbound. With a background as diverse as his, the nuggets he brought to our podcast were insightful, raising thought-provoking questions on the future and potential of AI. Join us as Karim unveils his fascination with AI's philosophical aspects, discussing its potency not just as a technological tool but as an amplifier of our existing beliefs. He urges us to master our thoughts and emotions and become soul hackers to harness AI as a tool for positive change.
2023-12-0450 minWars That Shaped The World
Wars That Shaped The World1 - Eisenhower’s masterplan and the Airborne assaultTuesday, 6 June 1944 was barely an hour old when Major John Howard and the men of D Company, Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, hurtled out of the night sky above Normandy. Behind them the largest invasion force ever to set sail was approaching the French coast. After four long and brutal years of Nazi occupation, the liberation of mainland Europe was underway – D-Day had begun.Narrated by Paul WaggottWritten by Robin Scott ElliotProduction and Sound Design by Holy Smokes AudioExecutive Producers Tony Pastor + Neil Fearn...
2023-11-0852 minHornBloodFire
HornBloodFireBonus Episode: Best of '222022 aka twelve months of HITS AND BANGERS. What a year, eh? This was a hard episode to record I'll tell you that, but I finally did it. A huge bunch of honorable mentions, and the ten films I classed as my ultimate favourites of the year. Let me know what how our choices align; Would you have drank from Mother's hairy milk bottle? Or scrumped an apple from Geoffrey's orchard? Do you think Casey really got pizza with JLB? And what exactly did Howard do when he came home from the war and faced Pearl's mess? TIMESTAMPS...
2022-12-311h 00Organized Chaos Podcast
Organized Chaos PodcastEpisode 47: Twisted CKR, Evolver, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, & Moon Knight Episodes 4-6 (featuring Chauncey K. Robinson)Send us a textIn this episode, we discuss:- Twisted CKR 4:55- Evolver (with Chauncey K Robinson) 31:02- Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 53:04- Moon Knight Episodes 4-6 1:36:11Recorded May 10, 2022.Find Chauncey K Robinson at:https://www.youtube.com/c/TwistedWomanCKRhttps://chaunceykrobinson.com/https://www.peoplesworld.org/authors/chaunceyk-robinson/Bobby Quarters:https://www.facebook.com/BobbyQuartersmediahttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkz8zBMjwH9WfI7Ghd4iVIQJEMS Art Studio:https://www.etsy.com/shop...
2022-05-112h 03Dev Game Club
Dev Game ClubDGC Ep 183: Eternal Darkness (part two)Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we this week we continue our play and discussion of 2002's GameCube horror adventure Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. We talk a lot about the structure of the game, how it differentiates the choice we made last time, and also discuss the variety of player characters and how cleverly they get mileage out of some decisions. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Levels 3-5 Issues covered: achieving the pulp aesthetic, the structure of using Alex to...
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