eGym – Making the gym work for everyone
The eGym founder story - Interview with Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer, CEO and co-founder of eGym.
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Building perfect Artificial Intelligence for online tutoring in China
Derek Li, founder of Squirrel AI, is a man pursuing perfection in everything he does. Now, he is working on crafting Squirrel AI into a perfect piece of work that sets the standard high for others using AI in online education.
Quiknos makes quality medical services available at your fingertips
Interview with Charles Wang, the Founder and CEO of Quiknos
Peloton – on a mission to save fuel and reduce crashes with truck platooning
The Peloton founder story - Interview with Josh Switkes, CEO and co-founder of Peloton Technology, Inc.
How RetailNext invented smart store analytics
The RetailNext founder story - Interview with Alexei Agratchev, CEO and co-founder of RetailNext
The next big thing? Lime’s rapid rise in micro mobility
The Lime founder story – Interview with co-founders Toby Sun, CEO, and Brad Bao, Executive Chairman of Lime
Moovit’s contribution to our world
Moovit has more than 200 million users and is adding 1.1 million new users per day. The company has grown five times in just two years and covers multi-modal transit in more than 2,200 cities within more than 80 countries. How did Moovit overcome its growth barriers?
Lessons from both sides of the M&A negotiation table
Ben Jacobs, co-founder and former CEO of Whistle, now Head of Ventures at Mars Petcare, has been on both sides of the M&A negotiation table. Here he shares the story behind Whistle, his pet activity company (acquired by Mars Petcare), along with his best advice for both potential buyers and potential acquisition targets.
A rare glimpse into the mind of cryptographer and CEO, Aleksandr Yampolskiy
How a virus-infected video game in the 80s led to a Ph.D. in cryptography from Yale University, a cybersecurity moon-shot, and a new universal language for cybersecurity.
10 years and 14 languages later
Babbel recently turned ten years old. We sat down with co-founders Markus Witte and Thomas Holl in Berlin to talk about Babbel ten years from now, what being a learning company means and why building a diverse team is top of mind for the founders.
The secret to keeping a large global business agile
The story about how Rajeev Goel, co-founder and CEO of PubMatic, built a successful global business while maintaining the execution speed of a small startup.
The untold story behind one of Europe’s largest exits 2017 - Heptagon
This is the remarkable survival story of Heptagon, a media-shy company that went from the brink of bankruptcy to become a billion-dollar exit and the world’s largest micro-optics supplier.