Guest: Artjem Weissbeck (https://www.linkedin.com/in/addy/) Key Recommendation: Fear Setting (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J6jAC6XxAI) Jobs @Charles (https://charles.jobs.personio.de/) Charles helps brands to pioneer Conversational Commerce by integrating shop systems (Spryker, Spopify, etc.), chat apps (WhatsApp, Instagram Direct, Facebook Mes…

In this episode, we spoke to Clemens Raemy who is one of the most ambitious founders we’ve had on the show to date. He has an incredible entrepreneurial drive, highlighted by both his academic and professional career. We learned more about the Harvard MBA track, how the grind of financial services can ignite a passion to solve problems, and what it…

Welcome to the first episode of Season 2! In this episode of The First Rung Justus & Kiran speak with Dr Richard Schwenke who has had a super diverse career so far: Engineering Bachelor in Germany - Master at MIT - 4 years at McKinsey + PhD - then Founded the ecommerce startup Contorion & sold it for a 9 figure sum - Now he is building a team aroun…

In this Christmas special episode of The First Rung Justus & Kiran speak with Joerg who is a seasoned serial entrepreneur, investor and author - Joerg sold his first business to Ebay in 1999 only 3 years after finishing university, since then Joerg has had a truly diverse and adventurous career bouncing between starting his own foundations to now l…

Episode 10 Description - Why you should do a PhD ? - Victoria Sanchez Zini In this episode of The First Rung Justus & Kiran connect with Victoria who is currently working across an truly agnostic health fund at Earlybird VC. Victoria was born in Argentina, grew up in Spain before moving to the UK before university - she fell in love with engineerin…

In this episode of The First Rung Justus & Kiran catchup with Meg Zeenat Wamithi, a revolutionary young leader and powerful advocate for the importance of tackling mental health, especially among young people. At present, Meg is working on many projects as always, she is the Founder and CEO of My Mind Matters Too, innovation hub for mental wellbein…

In this episode of The First Rung Justus & Kiran speak with Catherine, the guest with the most diverse career experience so far on the show. At present, Catherine is working for Credit Suisse as a software apprentice - but we barely even got to talk about this! Cathine decided not to go to university and is a strong believer in a self-development s…

In this episode of The First Rung Justus & Kiran speak with Joseph, an impressive technologist, podcaster, entrepreneur and gym goer. Joseph was born in Zambia, grew up in Botswana, studied in Cambridge and now lives in Manchester where he founded and launched the GymStreak fitness platform.It was delightful to speak with Joseph about his entrepren…

In this episode of The First Rung Justus & Kiran speak with Daniel Kyne based in Dublin. Daniel has recently launched his own business full time, Opinion X, where he is supporting government agencies and organizations in better understanding their constituents and communities with data. Daniel has had a rollercoaster journey so far, from representi…

In this episode of The First Rung Justus & Kiran speak with Coralie, based in Paris, where she is currently working with UNESCO on projects surrounding education, equality and the impact of COVID-19 on the African continent. Coralie has had a super exciting early-career surrounded in work with NGOs, academic studies at world-renowned institutions a…

In our latest episode, Justus & Kiran sit down with Joe, who just moved back from Korea where his first rung journey led him to manage growth activities for an AI search startup taking on Google. We discussed the detailed story of how Joe got into startups as an intern courier, and how he worked his way up to management, all while studying full-tim…

In this episode, your hosts Justus & Kiran will be interviewing Annina who works on the Product team at N26. Join us as we dive into Annina’s first rung journey and her international work experiences. From learning to code in Silicon Valley, securing internships at HP, and all the way across the pond into product roles in scaling Berlin startups in…

In this episode, your host Kiran will be interviewing Justus (yes his co-host). They will pick up where they left off in episode 2, diving into Justus’ varied career path and adventurous journey into the world of politics, wanderlust health care and now venture capital. Sit back, relax and enjoy!Link to Community Page: https://bit.ly/TheFirstRungNo…

In this, the first episode of The First Rung, our host Justus is interviewing his co-host Kiran, Director of Accelerate ME and Campus Partner at Entrepreneur First. They will be discussing how to start your job search, how to pick between competing placement offers, and what working in a startup for a placement might be like for you!Link to Communi…

Welcome to the First Rung Trailer. In this super short intro your hosts Justus and Kiran will be telling you more about our new podcast and online community. Link to Community Page: https://bit.ly/TheFirstRungNotion