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30 episodes on fundraising: Tim Stracke (Chrono24) on his 200-million playbook, Jenni Baum-Minkus (gitti) on ten million in funding that did not pay off.

How startups scale: Oliver Merkel (Flink) on almost 100 hubs in year one, Jenni Baum-Minkus (gitti) on cutting back to the core.

24 episodes on selling a company: Gero Decker (Signavio) and Marlena Hien (Bears with Benefits) on process, earn-outs, picking a buyer and life after.

Episodes on bootstrapping: Rafael Frenk (Glow25) and Marlena Hien (Bears with Benefits) explain how companies grow without investors.

How VCs do the math and when venture capital fits your company: Andre Retterath (Earlybird), Florian Heinemann (Project A), Chanyu Xu (HER ONE) and more.

How business angels like Diana zur Löwen (artem oral care) and Björn Jopen (Jale Holding) invest: ticket sizes, portfolio rules and how they pick founders.

How Jenni Baum-Minkus (gitti), Moritz Fürste (HYROX) and Lucas Bürger (GrieferGames) built communities that carry their products, events and teams.

How founders buy and sell companies: Patrick Andrae (HomeToGo) on 15 acquisitions, Janet Pawelczyk (MOONGENCY) on selling to MYTY. All M&A episodes.

What Céline Flores Willers (The People Branding Company) and Christoph Zöller (Instaffo) learned about LinkedIn, founder content and reach.

All Founder Mode episodes on AI: Jonas Andrulis (Aleph Alpha) on sovereign AI, Marius Meiners (Peec AI) on visibility in ChatGPT, plus KlausurBuddy.

Founders like Marlena Hien (Bears with Benefits) and Max Wittrock (zeroLabs) on own shop, Amazon, retail, margins and repeat purchases for consumer brands.

Fabian Silberer (sevDesk), Gero Decker (Signavio) and other founders on entry prices, anchor tiers, price increases and outcome-based pricing.

Yilmaz Köknar (Superchat), Dana von der Heide (Parcel Perform) and other founders on cold calling, demos, trade fairs, enterprise sales and acquisition costs.

Marc-Alexander Christ (SumUp), Vivien Wysocki and Larissa Schmid (Saint Sass) and other founders on market tests, China, the USA and failed expansions.

Rafael Frenk (Glow25), Jenni Baum-Minkus (gitti) and other founders on niches, focus on one product, having an edge and taking on big competitors.

How Marlena Hien (Bears with Benefits), Max Wittrock (zeroLabs) and Diana zur Löwen (artem) build brands: shelf, edge, packaging and channels.

Niklas Schwab (Hedgefonds Henning), Janet Pawelczyk (MOONGENCY) and Sarah Emmerich (Emmerich Relations) on brand deals, agencies and own products.

Johannes Kliesch (Snocks), Marlena Hien (Bears with Benefits) and Rafael Frenk (Glow25) on Meta ROAS, margins in your own shop and new channels.

Niklas Schwab (Hedgefonds Henning), Diana zur Löwen and Pip and Philipp (Doppelgänger Tech Talk) on ads, subscriptions, commission and own products.

Alexander Müller (Greator), Oliver Merkel (Flink) and Alisa Jahnke (Purelei) on collapsed funding rounds, shitstorms, hacks and turnarounds.