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.
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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
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
#64: Walter Stockinger, Yoni Falkson - This was 2021 - A Year in Review Part 5/7
Part 5 of the Year in Review Recording.
1 hour minutes of inspiring conversations with speakers from previous podcast episodes and business partners of the hosts.
What was hot in 2021, and what do our speakers expect for 2022?
In this episode, we talk about
- The Effects of the Pandemic on Business Life
- The Future of ADCs in Oncology
- Mental Health
- Psychedelic Drug Development
- Gilgamesh Pharmaceutical, Christian Angermayer, and Atai Life Science
- As well as Podcast notes
I hope you enjoy the conversation the same way I did.
Who are the Experts in this episode:
Video to the Episode: https://youtu.be/O8hsqfEVgmI
Timestamps:
(00:00) – Walter Stockinger - Introduction Hadean Ventures
(01:00) – Success 2022 – Hadean Ventures
(03:00) – Personal Interactions Matter
(03:36) – Work-Life at Hadean Ventures During the Pandemic
(05:18) – The Effects of the Pandemic on Travelling and the Learnings that Came with it
(07:18) – Portfolio Success in 2021
(11:52) – Difference of Ticket and Round Sizes in Europe and the US
(14:00) – Availability of Capital on the Market for Life Science Projects
(17:11) – Future Potential of ADCs in Oncology
(23:51) – The Future of mRNA Vaccines
(28:47) – Outlook for 2022
(30:00) – Yoni Falkson – Introduction
(31:05) – Gilgamesh Pharmaceutical and Podcast notes
(33:38) – Psychedelic Drug Development – Players on the field
(35:52) – Fundraising in the United States during the Pandemic
(38:04) – The Psychedelic Drug Development Area
(40:50) – Development of Mental Health in the US
(44:10) – Microbiome, Mental Health, and Diagnostics
(47:44) – Mission of Podcast Notes
(51:35) – Podcast notes, Beginner’s Mind, and the Antibacterial Space
(54:23) - The Podcast Notes Community
(55:37) The USP of Podcast Notes
(56:21) Outlook for 2022 – Yoni Falkson
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