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
#75: Lisa Stöger - Creating Connections Between StartUps and International Stakeholders
Are you interested to expand your business into Asian Markets? Then this episode might be for you.
As Program Manager of the Global Incubator Network Austria (GIN), Lisa Stöger has successfully connected the Austrian startup ecosystem with the world's most innovative startup hubs for the last 4 years. With a focus on Asian markets, she supports Austrian startups in their internationalization and market entry and introduces them to relevant, international stakeholders. Since 2016, GIN, co-managed by AWS and FFG, has been the contact point for startups regarding expansion from Austria to Asia and vice versa. Over 300 startups have benefited from the customized GIN services and internationalization programs. With her interdisciplinary academic background in Politics and Economics in Vienna and York (UK), Lisa is passionate about identifying cooperation potentials between international organizations and public institutions and is eager to apply these to promote startups and boost innovation.
What are the topics we discuss in this episode?
We cover 7 different eco-systems in Europe and Asia
- Austria
- Israel
- China
- Hongkong
- Singapore
- Japan and
- South Korea
🎙️ Youtube: https://youtu.be/G0aY-sz82_8
🕒 Timestamps:
(00:00) Opening
(02:18) What is GIN?
(05:00) Connecting the Start-up Eco-Systems in Europe with Asia
(07:05) How Did the Pandemic Change the Way People Are Doing Business in the Startup Eco-System
(10:30) The Potential of the Digitalisation in Creating New Business Relationships
(14:04) The Start-up Eco-System in Israel – Linking Europe with Asia
(17:05) Go Global Out of the Israeli Eco-System
(18:05) The Start-Up Hub in Tel Aviv
(22:05) The Silicon Wadi in Israel
(24:40) Availability of Venture Capital in Austria
(27:00) The Availability of Venture Capital in Austria for Companies Raising Series A Rounds and Beyond
(29:15) Mainland China
(33:57) How to Overcome the Language Barrier in Business
(38:15) Contracts – Is English Sufficient?
(39:06) The Eco-System in Singapore
(41:22) The Tax Rates in Singapore
(42:00) Singapore – The Gateway to South-East Asia
(40:30) Startups in Hong Kong
(45:00) Should Startups Create Subsidiaries in foreign Eco-System to gain more credibility?
(51:53) The Start-Up Eco-System in Japan
(55:15) The Japanese Business Culture
(56:34) South Korea and Startups
(57:18) The Business Culture in South Korea
(01:01:34) The Covid Strategy in South Korea
(01:06:25) What is the best first step into Asian markets?
(01:08:35) Why Should Startups consider an entry into Asian Markets?
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