The Talk

Bringing Space Tech to Earth with I.S.A.A.C CEO Mattias Hansson

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 08:09:55 GMT

Mattias Hansson is the CEO of I.S.A.A.C, a company that finds the most exciting and valuable space technology and brings it to earth.

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Protecting Scholars at Risk with Karolina Catoni

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 10:06:08 GMT

Karolina Catoni is heading the Swedish section of Scholars at Risk, an international organization dedicated to protecting scholars across the world.

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Powering Electric Boats with Evoy CEO Leif A Stavøstrand

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 22:10:26 GMT

Leif A. Stavøstrand is a Norwegian entrepreneur developing electric powertrains for boats.

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Treating Pets Online with FirstVet CEO David Prien

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:00:48 GMT

David Prien is the CEO and co-founder of FirstVet, the world's first online-only veterinary practice.

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Folding the Future with Stilride Founder Jonas Nyvang

Sun, 05 Jun 2022 17:40:55 GMT

Jonas Nyvang is the founder of Stilride, a company that folds anything from metal. Including their first product, an electric motorcycle.

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Getting Kids to Eat Healthy Food with GroGro Founder Malin Bruset

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 21:01:41 GMT

Malin Gruset is the founder of the distruptive baby food company GroGro.

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Clean Water Anywhere with Way Out Founder Martin Renck

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 05:21:31 GMT

Martin Renck is the founder of Way Out, a company providing mobile freshwater plants for remote areas.

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Travel Made Easy with Chatflights Founder Alexis Barnekow

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 16:45:44 GMT

Chatflights makes travel booking as easy as texting your friend. In this episode we talk to Chatflights founder Alexis Barnekow.

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Making the World Healthier with Popit's Founder Timo Heikkilä

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 13:56:55 GMT

Timo Heikkilä is the founder of Popit, a Finnish startup that tracks medicine adherence.

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Sweden's Sweetest Success Story with Nick's Founder Niclas Luthman

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 13:57:33 GMT

Niclas Luthman is the founder and CEO of Nick's, a company that makes delicious ice cream and sweets with minimal negative impact on the body. For the musically interested, Niclas is also a legend in the field of music gear having founded Luthman and 4Sound.

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Learning Made Fun with Motimate CPO Lars-Petter Windelstad Kjos

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 17:08:35 GMT

Lars-Petter Windelstad Kjos is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Motimate, a platform for gamified learning.

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Energizing the World with Tespack Co-founder Caritta Seppä

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 20:03:01 GMT

Caritta Seppä is the Co-founder and COO of Tespack, a Finnish company that creates mobile power solutions based on solar power.

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Sustainability on Two Wheels with Cake Founder Stefan Ytterborn

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 10:29:12 GMT

Stefan Ytterborn is the founder of the electric motorcycle company Cake – a runaway success valued north of two billion SEK after a mere five years in existence. Stefan is also the founder of the successful helmet company POC, a company that he sold before starting Cake.

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Building The Netflix of Wine with Vivino Founder Heini Zachariassen

Sat, 04 Sep 2021 10:05:36 GMT

Heini Zachariassen is the co-founder and CEO of Vivino. This wine app gives users access to the world's largest wine database with information and ratings on over ten million wines and is trusted by over fifty million users.

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No Speed Limits with David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH)

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 20:06:19 GMT

David Heniemeier Hansson is the creator of the programming framework Ruby on Rails, the co-founder and CTO of the project management platform Basecamp, a New York Times best-selling author, including a book on working remotely, and a world-class LeMans race car driver. How is that even possible? Find out more in this information-packed episode.

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Turning Sand into Soil with Ole Kristian Sivertsen, CEO of Desert Control

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 07:26:03 GMT

Ole Kristian Sivertsen is the CEO of Desert Control, a company that turns desert sand into fertile soil by spraying it with nanoparticles.

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Chasing Hidden Company Secrets with Caroline Fjellner, CEO at &frankly

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 19:11:21 GMT

Caroline Fjellner is the founder of &frankly, a platform that takes the pulse on your company's well being.

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Making Food from Thin Air with Solar Foods CEO Pasi Vainikka

Sun, 02 May 2021 14:18:34 GMT

Making nutritious food from thin air and electricity sounds like science fiction but is made real by the Finnish startup Solar Foods.

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Following the Sun with OTOVO CEO Andreas Thorsheim

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 21:38:34 GMT

Solar power is about to change the energy sector forever, and Andreas Thorsheim is right there leading the charge.

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The Future of Work with Meploy CEO Michael Bugaj

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 17:46:27 GMT

Michael Bugaj is the founder and CEO of Meploy, a service that makes the job market more efficient with automation and machine learning.

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On Top of the World with Isabella Alveberg, CEO of Snøhetta

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 19:47:47 GMT

Isabella Alveberg is the CEO of Snøhetta, the number one ranked architecture firm according to the Baunetz international ranking list.

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The Last Object You'll Ever Use with Isabel Aagaard

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 20:58:43 GMT

Imagine using the same q-tip in your bathroom every day, or what about the same tissue, or the same cotton round. It sounds pretty crazy, right? Until you meet Isabel Aagaard.

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Take a Break with Jaana Komscha-Härkönen

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 03:00:00 GMT

What if you could break your everyday corporate habits and patterns with art, magic, singing classes or improvisational theatre? Well, you can now. Meet the co-founder and CEO of Breaks.

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Taking Art Online with Artland Co-founder and CEO Mattis Curth

Sun, 01 Nov 2020 17:08:08 GMT

When danish entrepreneur Mattis Curth couldn't find a good place online to buy and sell art he and his brother decided to build one. Their creation Artland is now quickly becoming the world's leading online marketplace for offline art.

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Go Fishing with Serial Entrepreneur Johan Attby

Sat, 03 Oct 2020 09:16:08 GMT

What if you start a niche social network for the biggest hobby in the world? Serial entrepreneur Johan Attby set out on that journey six years ago and has become the number one network for anglers all over the world. And what do they do there? Brag of course!

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From Zero to World-leading AI company in Three Years with SILO AI CEO Peter Sarlin

Sun, 06 Sep 2020 06:38:33 GMT

Peter Sarlin is a professor and entrepreneur behind the world-leading AI company SILO AI. We talk about his road from being a young entrepreneur, earning just enough money to buy his first mobile phone (a Nokia of course), to leading one of the world's foremost companies on artificial intelligence.

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Artificial Intelligence for Everyone with Peltarion CEO Luka Crnkovic-Friis

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 09:55:24 GMT

Luka Crnkovic-Friis is the co-founder and CEO of Peltarion, a company that makes artificial intelligence available for businesses of any size. Their clients include NASA, Tesla, Dell, Harvard, and many others; and after working on their solution for over a decade as a two-man band, Peltarion were finally discovered by EQT Ventures, FAM and Euclidean Capital. With over 100 employees and offices in Stockholm and London, Peltarion are now ready to take on the world.

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The Shopping Experience of the Future with Bambuser CEO Maryam Ghahremani

Sun, 05 Jul 2020 08:20:44 GMT

Maryam Ghahremani is the CEO of Bambuser, a live video tech company that has been around and struggling since 2007 and now finally is taking off in a big way with their new flagship product – live video shopping.

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Building for the Future with Serial Entrepreneur Mads Faurholt-Jorgensen

Sat, 30 May 2020 09:43:10 GMT

Mads Faurholt-Jorgensen is a serial entrepreneur who has founded over 13 companies. Mads also holds an MBA from MIT.

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The Digital Doctors of Norway with Eyr's Founder and CEO Karl Martin Lind

Sun, 03 May 2020 20:30:10 GMT

Karl Martin Lind is the founder and CEO of Eyr, Norway's leading tele-medicine provider. While we do discuss tele-medicine and the future of healthcare, this is even more of an inspirational story for anyone who thinks they don't have the tools to go after their dream. Listen in and prepare to get inspired.

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Designing the Future with Above's Jonas Samrelius

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 21:50:37 GMT

Jonas Samrelius is the co-founder and design director of Above, a secretive Swedish innovation agency that has designed many of the products that you probably have around you right now in your home and at work. While Above is unknown to most people in the Nordics, their client list spans many of the world's most well known companies like Facebook, Google, Sony, Samsung, IKEA, Sonos, Dell, Bugaboo, Toyota, and many many others.

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Exploring the Oceans with Drones with Christine Spiten

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 02:00:08 GMT

Christine Spiten is a Norwegian sailing champion, Engineer, and Co-founder of Blueye Robotics – a company that builds underwater drones for exploring the oceans.

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Understanding E-sports with Nikolaj Nyholm

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:23:12 GMT

The Danish super-entrepreneur Nikolaj Nyholm is not only the man behind several successful tech-startups, he is also the founder and CEO of the e-sports giant Astralis Group, a company that was recently taken public.

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325 000 000 SEK on Eleven Employees with Entrepreneur of the Year Pernilla Ramslöv

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:16:37 GMT

How do you become entrepreneur of the year, most powerful entrepreneur of the year, and CEO of the year – all in one year? You start an IT-consultant company that turns over 325 000 000 SEK on eleven employees, turning 5000 freelance consultants into one big happy family. Pernilla Ramslöv is the Karate-loving co-founder and CEO of NOX consulting, a company that did all of the above and keeps growing to new heights every day. In this episode Walter Naeslund talks to Pernilla about loyalty, entrepreneurship, and the future of work.

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Rudi Skogman Will Sell Your Next Apartment – Meet the Co-founder and CEO of Blok

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Rudi Skogman is the co-founder and CEO of Blok – a next-generation real estate agency that leverages technology to make the process of selling your apartment vastly more efficient. In 2017 they sold 70 apartments. Last year, in 2018, they sold 700. They recently launched the service in Sweden, and with Rudi’s personality and laser-focus on customer experience, it’s only a matter of time before they take on the world.

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Connecting Doctors to Save Your Life with Panacea Co-founder and CEO Wille Komulainen

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Wille Komulainen is a Finnish doctor and entrepreneur who set out to leverage digital technology to take information exchange between doctors to the next level. His and his co-founder’s company Panacea aims to become something of a LinkedIn for doctors and change the way this crucial information exchange works forever. In a world of increasing complexity and with a care crisis on the horizon, this company may well be the one that will one day save your life.

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Outsourcing Your Wardrobe with the Co-founder and CEO of Fjong – Sigrun Syveryd

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 01:00:00 GMT

Sigrun Syverud is co-founder and CEO of FJONG, a Norwegian service where you can rent and rent out clothes. By outsourcing your closet, you not only relieve some of the pressure that one of the world's most polluting industries are putting on the planet – you also gain a larger and more fun wardrobe. Did we mention that you save money too? Besides being one of Norway's most celebrated entrepreneurs, Sigrun is also a fascinating and energetic person, so listen in and get to know her in this month's episode of The Talk.

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From Zound to Silence With Electric Boat Entrepreneur Konrad Bergström

Fri, 30 Aug 2019 22:00:00 GMT

In this episode we meet the man behind Sweden’s fastest growing, and arguably loudest, company – Zound Industries. After recently leaving Zound he went on to start making silent and fast electric boats for a global market. This is the story of Konrad Bergström and his new company XShore.

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Listen to Morten Strunge – soon the whole world will!

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 22:00:00 GMT

In this episode, Walter Naeslund travels to Copenhagen to meet with serial entrepreneur Morten Strunge. Morten has founded, invested in, and successfully exited more companies than we have room to list here – among them not one but two telecom operators, an e-book company, and a wine subscription service. Morten's new venture is in the podcasting space with his new company Podimo, a company that is perhaps best described as a YouTube premium for podcasts. Dare we say it's going to be a runaway success?

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Sci-fi-esque Carbon Farming with Henrietta Kekäläinen

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:23:00 GMT

Meet the Finnish ecopreneur and brilliant mind Henrietta Kekäläinen who wants to save the world with Carbo Culture –

a clean technology company aiming to draw down a million tons of carbon within the next years. Too good to be true? Decide for yourself!

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The Talk Trailer

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 23:00:00 GMT

What motivates our biggest stars and brilliant minds in the Nordic countries? In The Talk, Walter Naeslund meets some of the sharpest entrepreneurs and game changers of our time, who exclusively share their experiences and success recipes. An inspiring podcast from Nordea Private Banking.

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