Beginner's Mind
Blueprints for Builders and Investors
Hosted by Christian Soschner
From pre-seed to post-IPO, every company—especially in deep tech, biotech, AI, and climate tech—lives or dies by the frameworks it follows.
On Beginner’s Mind, Christian Soschner uncovers the leadership principles behind the world’s most impactful companies—through deep-dive interviews, strategic book reviews, and patterns drawn from history’s greatest business, military, and political minds.
With over 200 interviews, panels, and livestreams, the show ranks in the Top 10% globally—and is recognized as the #1 deep tech podcast.
With 35+ years across M&A, company building, board roles, business schools, ultrarunning, and martial arts, Christian brings a rare lens:
What it really takes to turn breakthrough science into business—how to grow it, lead it, and shape the world around it.
🎙 Expect each episode to deliver:
- Founder & Investor Blueprints: How breakthrough technologies scale from lab to IPO
- Historical & Biographical Frameworks: Timeless playbooks from the world's great builders
- Leadership & Communication Mastery: Tools to inspire, persuade, and lead at scale
Whether you're building the next biotech success, investing in AI, or leading a climate tech company through hypergrowth—this podcast gives you the edge.
Listen in. Apply what matters. Build companies that last.
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Beginner's Mind
MM7: Behind PayPal's Triumph: Jimmy Soni on Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and the Paypal Mafia
Dive into the untold stories of PayPal's meteoric rise!
This video takes you back to the 90s, a time when the internet was just beginning to transform business. It was a challenging era, with limited access to information and a lack of understanding about the potential of the internet.
Fast forward to today, and we see the fruits of the labor of PayPal's founders. They not only survived the dot-com bubble but also thrived, becoming some of the most influential figures in the tech industry.
How did they do it? What lessons can we learn from their journey?
This video explores how PayPal's founders drove 21st-century innovation and entrepreneurship, forming, funding, and advising some of the leading companies of our era, including Tesla, Facebook, YouTube, Space X, Yelp, Palantir, and LinkedIn.
Tune in to discover the secrets behind their success, gain unprecedented insights from hundreds of interviews and thousands of pages of internal material, and learn how you can apply these lessons to your own entrepreneurial journey. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for more inspiring content!
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