Beginner's Mind
Blueprints for Builders and Investors
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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.
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What it really takes to turn breakthrough science into business—how to grow it, lead it, and shape the world around it.
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- 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
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Beginner's Mind
#44: Tero Weckroth - Private and Public Investments - Similarities and Differences from the Crowdfunding and Angel Perspective
Here is the conversation with Tero Weckroth, Business Angel and Investment Expert from Finland about Public and Private Investments.
Episode Links:
Article to the Episode: https://lsg2g.substack.com/p/44-private-and-public-investments
Video to the Episode: https://youtu.be/7WDHWOyaPQQ
Tero Weckroth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tero-weckroth-5b927/
Chessboxing: https://www.nordicchessboxing.com/
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Timestamps:
For those who want to listen to specific parts of the episode, here are the timestamps:
(0:00) Opening words
(0:30) Introduction Tero Weckroth
(3:00) Life Science in Finland
(8:30) Life Science Investments for Business Angels
(22:00) Alzheimer Drug Development and Diagnostics – Biogen and Combinostics
(26:40) What is the Right Pricing for Drugs on the Market?
(30:00) Availability of Capital for Early-Stage Drug Development
(33:00) Importance of a Team
(38:00) Public Investments and Crowdfunding
(44:00) Risk Management for Investors
(46:00) Differences between Privat and Public Investment and Crowdfunding
(49:30) Reddit – New Development on the Stock Market
(01:00:00) New Macroeconomic Era?
(01:06:00) Cash, Gold, or Digital Gold?
(01:15:00) Technological Evolvement in the Investment Banking World
(01:20:00) Effects of the Pandemic on Regulations
(01:25:00) Cryptocurrencies - Bitcoin, Cardano, Etherum & co.
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