EU-Startups Podcast | Episode 149: Special episode with host Marcin Lewadowski

After greater than 2 years, over one hundred episodes, and many informative discussions, the EU-Startups Podcast is noting a brand-new turning point.

Our last episode of the year is additionally an unique one– it notes the last episode organized by Marcin Lewandowski, that has actually been the voice behind the mic for the previous 2 years. In a non-traditional and fittingly energised goodbye, we turned the manuscript: I, David Cendón Garcia, the Information Editor at EU-Startups, spoke with Marcin on the padel court, live and in one take.

And yes, we played while tape-recording.

This is not simply a goodbye– it’s a handover. From this episode onwards, I’ll be taking control of the holding obligations of the EU-Startups Podcast. It’s an honour and an obstacle I’m delighted to accept, specifically after seeing firsthand the influence and worth this podcast has actually given the European start-up ecological community.

Marcin’s trip right into podcasting had not been a standard one. His enthusiasm for narration and getting in touch with individuals was rooted in his very early years in Poland, where he assisted in his daddy’s service– a business being experts in home windows, doors, and technological parts. From a young age, he sustained procedures in different methods, often also discharging products when deliveries showed up. Functioning together with his daddy and observing the business work up close, grew the seeds of interest and drive that would certainly later on form his worldwide course with start-ups, narration, and at some point the mic.

That enthusiasm later on took him throughout 50 nations, with different start-ups– including his very own– and at some point to podcasting with an objective: to highlight actual, motivating tales of creators and capitalists throughout Europe.

“ I wished to make it enjoyable and individual and inform terrific tales of individuals from various histories that ended up being financial backing capitalists or start-up creators,” stated Lewandowski

Prior to signing up with EU-Startups, Marcin had actually currently introduced his very own program,TurnedVC He was unclear whether a Zoom-based podcast style would certainly bring the exact same power, yet rapidly located that terrific discussions originate from terrific individuals– not the tool.

“ It ended up being everything about individuals. If you fulfill on a regular basis individuals that develop something incredible and that you can find out a lot from, you’re going to obtain delighted– despite just how you fulfill them,” he kept in mind.

Throughout 100+ episodes, Marcin talked with several of one of the most motivating numbers in technology and endeavor, consisting of Individual Kawasaki, Steve Chen, and Jacqueline van den Ende.

“ It’s tough to select … yet I believe you come to be the amount of individuals you fulfill. This has actually been a remarkable possibility to fulfill over 100 extraordinary individuals I can pick up from and that, in a manner, entered into me,” he showed.

While a number of the meetings were done from the workshop or over Zoom, behind the curtain logistics can obtain extreme– specifically with TurnVC. One episode had Marcin and his cameraman Max flying from Barcelona to London at 6:30 a.m., recording in 4 various areas, and returning home by 2:30 a.m. the following early morning, in the nick of time to maintain a pledge to his child.

“ She was missing me a great deal when I was away recording. So I would certainly constantly assure her I would certainly be back to place her to bed– and bring her something from the journey,” he stated.

Currently, with the mic overlooked, Marcin is diving right into brand-new endeavors. Among them, Owners to Be, is a fresh effort to bring Europe’s leading creators back to their colleges to share their trips and coach the future generation of business owners.

“ I intend to aid business owners develop a better and even more lasting future that my child will certainly be delighted to stay in,” he shared.

From everybody at EU-Startups, thanks, Marcin. You have actually developed greater than a podcast– you have actually developed a system and a neighborhood. And when it comes to what’s following? Well, I’ll do my finest to suffer ahead with the exact same interest, heat, and dedication to terrific discussions that made your period so remarkable.

Register For the EU-Startups Podcast if you have not currently– and capture this last episode with Marcin to obtain a truthful, enjoyable, and wholehearted appearance behind the scenes of among Europe’s many precious start-up podcasts.

Table of Contents

Video clip variation of episode 148:

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Trick Takeaways:

→ Marcin’s tale and just how all of it began
→ the discussions that made the largest influence
→ the most difficult minutes
→ favored visitors + lessons found out
→ and what’s following

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