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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
#66 - Martin Popilka, Denis Roio - This was 2021 - A year in Review 7/7
Part 7 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
- Formula 1 Fuels
- Hand Sanitization
- Open Source and
- Technology
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/d4_aQMOabb8
Timestamps:
(01:00) Martin Popilka – Pivoting from Formula 1 Race Fuels to Hand sanitizer During the Pandemic
(05:30) Hand Sanitizer as a Service for Companies
(08:00) Data Collection and GDPR Compliance
(11:15) Plans for 2022
(12:00) Challenges of Running 3 Companies at the same time
(15:15) P1 Fuels
(21:30) Hand sanitizing to Stay Healthy – Will it Stay After the Pandemic?
(25:15) How Was the Experience of Recording 7:30 Hours Straight?
(33:12) Denis Roio – Open Source
(46:00) Dyne.org
(52:00) Techies against Technocracy
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