Highway to Scale
Welcome to Highway to Scale - a podcast in which we explore the ins and outs of business success. In each episode, we'll be interviewing CEOs, executives and managers from young successful companies that are making it big on the market. We'll talk to them about their business beginnings, and what did it take to go from 0 revenue to hundreds of employees and millions in valuation. In addition to learning more about the inner workings of their companies, we'll also explore their management styles, how their understanding of business changed as their companies grew and what were some of the key achievements they unlocked during the course of their careers.
Episodes
36 episodes
Owning your brand / Interview with Viktor Johansson — Co-Founder & CEO of Digip
In today's episode of Highway to Scale, we’re joined by Viktor Johansson, the Co-Founder and CEO of Digip — legal tech SaaS company that offers trademark accessible and affordable protection. Viktor will tell us more about the rapidly growing l...
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Episode 36
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56:14
Building and scaling e-commerce businesses / Interview with Vasilij Brandt — Founder of Blazar Capital
In today's episode of Highway to Scale, we’re joined by Vasilij Brandt, the Founder of Blazar Capital, and a Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer at Nordgreen. In this podcast, Vasilij will tell us more about the work of start-up incubators as w...
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Episode 35
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49:13
Providing insights to optimize grid performance with AI / Interview with Louise Gauffin and David Wickström — CEO and CTO of Skyqraft
In today's episode of Highway to Scale, we’re joined by Louise Gauffin and David Wickström, who are the CEO and CTO of Skyqraft — a visual data analytics provider that helps utility companies make better decisions about their grids. In this epi...
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Episode 34
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1:03:03
Turn your spending into a financial power for a sustainable future / Interview with Mathias Wikström — CEO & Co-Founder of Doconomy
In today's episode of Highway to Scale, we’re joined by Mathias Wikström, CEO & Co-Founder of Doconomy — a company that provides digital services for everyday climate action that turn your spending into a financial power for a sustainable f...
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Episode 33
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38:21
Improving your employees' financial well-being / Interview with Jonatan Marc Rasmussen — Co-founder & CEO of All Gravy
In today's episode of Highway to Scale, we’re joined by Jonatan Marc Rasmussen, the Co-Founder and CEO of All Gravy — a financial wellness app for hourly paid employees. In this episode, Jonatan will tell us more about the current state o...
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Episode 32
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47:47
Importance of impact investing for business success / Interview with Vincent Weir — Founding Partner at Invenio Growth
In today's episode of Highway to Scale, we’re joined by Vincent Weir, Founding Partner at Invenio Growth — a Stockholm-based management consultancy that helps corporations and other capital allocators engage the startup and investor...
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Episode 31
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57:06
Building the home for the world's elastic workforce / Interview with Søren Nørgaard — CEO of Teamway
In today's episode of Highway to Scale, we’re joined by Søren, who is the co-founder and CEO of Teamway — a member-owned society where world-class tech professionals team up with bold companies to build the products and services of tomorrow. Sø...
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Episode 30
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54:45
Say hello to conversational business applications / Interview with Liviu Dragan — CEO of DRUID
In today's episode I'm joined by Liviu who is the CEO of DRUID. Liviu will tell us more about the changes that happened at DRUID since our previous podcast, what are conversational business applications and how to use artificial intelligence to...
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Episode 29
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37:50
Empower, inspire and nurture your employees / Interview with David Kindlon — CEO of Eppione
In today's episode of Highway to Scale I'm joined by David who is the Co-Founder and CEO of Eppione. David will tell us more about the challenges and opportunities within the human resources industry, the importance of data for business success...
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Episode 28
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40:06
De-risk the process of creating new ventures / Interview with Jordan Schlipf — Founder of Rainmaking
In today's episode of Highway to Scale I'm joined by Jordan who is the Founder and Partner at Rainmaking, as well as a CEO of the Rainmaking Venture Studio. Jordan will tell us more about the process of corporate venture building, why startup c...
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Episode 27
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57:22
Money is a tool, not a goal / Interview with Andrew Gershfeld — Partner at Flint Capital
Massive thanks to Mediatoolkit for sponsoring a portion of this episode!Mediatoolkit is the fastest way to find out when something important about your business is mentioned online. It is a media monitoring & an analytics too...
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Episode 26
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45:02
Replacing clicks with conversations / Interview with Henrik Fabrin — CEO of Certainly
Massive thanks to Mediatoolkit for sponsoring a portion of this episode!Mediatoolkit is the fastest way to find out when something important about your business is mentioned online. It is a media monitoring & an analytics too...
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Episode 25
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50:10
Commit, go fast and risk more / Interview with Stefan Strohmer — CEO of Orderlion
In today's episode I'm joined by Stefan who is the CEO of Orderlion. Stefan will tell us more about the potential for growth within the F&B industry, why focusing and deeply researching your potential investors is a much more successful tac...
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Episode 24
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51:13
How to find your first customer / Interview with Jannik Lawaetz — CEO of LuggageHero
In today's episode I'm joined by Jannik who is the CEO of LuggageHero. Jannik will tell us more about the potential of building a company within the travel industry, how to expand your business from Europe to the US, how to leverage crowdfundin...
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Episode 23
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41:29
Test, learn, try and adapt / Interview with Martin Navne — CEO of Custimy
In today's episode I'm joined by Martin who is the CEO of Custimy. Martin will tell us more about the importance of personalization when it comes to creating great customer experiences, why you as a founder want to focus on the most impor...
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Episode 22
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1:09:00
Turbocharge growth through ownership / Interview with Daniel Bakh — CEO of Fullview
In today's episode I'm joined by Daniel who is the CEO of Fullview. Daniel will tell us how scalable and fast customer support is becoming one of the biggest difference-makers in the SaaS world, what's the deal with product-led growth and why y...
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Episode 21
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41:03
Can you be creative in B2G marketing / Interview with Marek Birchley — CMO of ClimateView
In today's episode I'm joined by Marek who is the CMO of ClimateView. Marek will tell us what's it like to work primarily with governments instead of end users or other businesses, why is the lack of creative focus destroying your marketing eff...
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Episode 20
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45:59
Change your business model / Interview with Emil Esselin — CEO of Brick
In today's episode I'm joined by Emil who is the CEO of Brick. Emil will tell us why success lies in using your product to solve user problems, what is it like to change a company business strategy and how the franchising model became the...
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Episode 19
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36:19
How to stand out in FinTech / Interview with Timm Jeppesen — CEO of Risika
In today's episode I'm joined by Timm who is the CEO of Risika. Timm will share his insights about building a company with multiple co-founders, how to approach the process of raising outside capital and why great customer support makes a...
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Episode 18
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48:30
The challenges and opportunities of B2B / Interview with Ola Sars — CEO of Soundtrack Your Brand
In today's episode I'm joined by Ola who is the CEO of Soundtrack Your Brand. Ola will tell us more about the current state and the overall potential of the B2B music streaming industry, why is it important to plan for failure when you're...
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Episode 17
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52:50
What is business success / Interview with Bogdan Nicoara — CEO of Bright Spaces
In today's episode I'm joined by Bogdan who is the CEO of Bright Spaces. Bogdan will tell us more about the current state and the overall potential of the PropTech industry, what are the main benefits of building a flat organization and w...
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Episode 16
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47:13
The importance of timing in business / Interview with Toms Blodnieks — COO of DeskTime
In today's episode I'm joined by Toms who is the COO of DeskTime. Toms will tell us more about the importance of timing when it comes to growing a startup, how to adjust marketing strategies to fit the new normal, and how to keep a busine...
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Episode 15
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45:58
Increase the value of your company / Interview with Liviu Dragan — CEO of DRUID
In today's episode I'm joined by Liviu who is the CEO of DRUID. Liviu will tell us more about the current state of the chatbot technology and their potential when it comes to enterprise usage, what are some of the ways to increase the val...
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Episode 14
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43:43
What is the lifeblood of every SaaS business / Interview with James Burrows — CEO of Rentals United
In today's episode I'm joined by James who is the CEO of Rentals United. James will tell us more about the current state of the rental market, the importance of focusing on solving user issues, how his company helped their customers during the ...
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Episode 13
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45:15
How to challenge the industry leader / Interview with Pierre Queinnec — CEO of Jenji
In today's episode I'm joined by Pierre who is the CEO of Jenji. Pierre will tell us more about the current state of the expense management market, how to take on the industry leader in your niche, why is ownership the core of success and why y...
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Episode 12
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1:10:04