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
#14: IECT Summer School
The current pandemic shines a light on deep tech companies. Especially in life science. Did you ask yourself the question: What is necessary to bring a scientific idea from universities into companies and ultimately onto the market?
In this episode, I am talking with Klara Brandstätter and Jasmin Gungör. They are responsible for training, financing, and connecting deep-tech scientists.
What exactly they are doing, you will hear in this episode.
Speaker:
Christian Soschner (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiansoschner/)
Jasmin Güngör (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasmin-g%C3%BCng%C3%B6r-62111959/)
Klara Brandstätter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/klara-brandst%C3%A4tter-b6029491/)
Companies:
CS Life Science Invest (https://www.cslifescienceinvest.com/)
IECT Summer School (https://www.iect.at/en/i-e-c-t-summer-school-on-entrepreneurship-en/)
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