Talks with Petri

Venture capitalist Sakari Pihlava talks about the future of the SaaS business model, how to make a career in VC, the dangers of pricing and what to do with YouTube.

See the full episode notes: https://www.talkswithpetri.com/passionate-people-build-products/.

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Sakari Pihlava is a General Partner at Vendep Capital that invests in early-stage B2B software companies...

Tomi Grönfors talks about challenges in building a consumer brand, how to price your products and wrestle with your personal issues without shame. He also reveals why a road trip may last only a few kilometres with empty bottles.

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Tomi Grönfors is the CEO and co-founder of Sniffie, a pricing automation growth company...

Razeen Sally talks about the threat of China, the role of Singapore in the new volatile world, what’s ahead of us in geopolitics and what he discovered in Sri Lanka.

See the full episode notes: https://www.petrikajander.com/serendipitous-journey/.

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Razeen Sally is a Sri Lankan-British writer. His new book, a travel memoir, is Return to Sri Lanka: Travels in a Paradoxical Island (Juggernaut)...

Tom Mayr talks about audio as the last medium without a big platform, how to approach two-sided markets as a startup and why not all likes are the same.

See the full episode notes: https://www.talkswithpetri.com/context-brings-content-to-audio/.

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Tom Mayr is an entrepreneur who has been fascinated by sound all his life. He started with music and later moved on founding companies with his old music band members...

Tero Mennander talks about missing the perfect exit window and life as a VC in France and the Nordics. He also reveals his connection to Leningrad.

See the full episode notes: https://www.talkswithpetri.com/mixing-startups-and-vc-with-french-seasoning/.

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Tero has been General Partner with Ventech since 2016 and brings operational, entrepreneurial and investment experience in innovation...

Per Bylund talks about the role of entrepreneurship in society, what's wrong with economics, why prices are always rising and how to spend a year in Hawaii.

See the full episode notes: https://www.talkswithpetri.com/consumer-is-sovereign/.

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Per Bylund is a Swede in Oklahoma, USA, where he works as assistant professor of entrepreneurship in the Spears School of Business...

Daniel Lacalle talks about bubbles and central bank traps, practical tips for individuals, why we are not learning from history and what's the role of human ingenuity.

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Lars Tvede talks about people and ideas entrepreneurs, navigating business cycles, how to inspire people and have fun while remote working, and what it takes to be a lucky person.

See the full episode notes: https://www.talkswithpetri.com/nail-it-before-you-scale-it/...

Entrepreneur Benji Hyam shares his inside view to successful content marketing, where you should focus and what to expect, and how to get results. He also reveals his life-changing movie experience.

See the episode notes and transcript: https://www.talkswithpetri.com/how-to-succeed-in-content-marketing/.

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Entrepreneur Benji Hyam lives in San Diego, California and he is the co-founder of Grow and Convert (a content marketing agency)...

Preston Byrne talks about how disruption hits education and service careers, the future of decentralised finance, and why you should avoid VC funding.

See the episode notes and transcript: https://www.talkswithpetri.com/marmot-advocate/.

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Preston has had a few careers - a lawyer in England, a founder of a blockchain software startup, then a lawyer in America, and throughout, a marmot habitat conservation proponent on Twitter...