Startup Cabin Podcast

Yael Givon. Founder, CEO  Yael co-founded Steveie with her husband Gil Ramon. They met at an internet camp for founders and entrepreneurs. They both have backgrounds in creative fields. Yeal has a background in fine art and Gil is screen writer and programmer. Stevie was created when they saw the potential to find great TV that was hiding in their social media feeds. During Arab Spring, they were watching Youtube, tracking Twitter and Facebook to get a complete picture of what was happening. Stevie makes it possible for anyone to have a personal channel with friend's feeds or for their own brand without any extra work. It also provides more opportunities for publishers to ad  more to the video they are already releasing. Some examples could be bloopers, behind the scenes interviews and insights from the latest episode of a show.  Also on the podcast: Yael defines what “smart money” is. Taking money from people who are in your industry with experience who can offer advice, more connections and a b

In this episode you will hear Nevyn Bengtsson, lead ios developer at Lookback. Lookback lets developers record and review the screen, gestures, face and sound of their app testers You will hear about: How their product is making UX research and bug reporting easier than ever for app develpers. The tools Lookback uses to manage their global team And more! There's much more over at http://startupcabin.com

In this episode Xue Mei will talk with The founders of Tink, a popular personal finance app in Sweden. Tink has made financial data attractive and easy to understand. They are growing fast and now the banks who were reluctant to collaborate with them, are now knocking on their door wanting to help make Tink even better.   We’re going to hear about:  building a team The PR channel that gave them 10,000 sign ups Their thoughts behind the design of their app and How the bank industry is changing Visit Startup Cabin

In this podcast we hear: About the unique opportunties European startups have through government support. How Tame has partnered with Twitter to innovate on their product. How to approach journalists. How to find relevant conversations to join, and get into the media. What European startups need to be aware of when entering the US market. See more at www.startupcabin.com/tame

Xue Mei Rhodin give you some advice on having a real holiday as an entrepreneur, and effective goal setting strategy for you and your company.   Here's what she says: You don’t have to be available 24/7 That breeds a reactive lifestyle that will wear on your mind and productivity. You need to give your self breaks so that you can reflect and get back into your work later with greater clarity and perspective. You need your holiday. 3 boundaries. 1. Set a holiday deadline, When it starts and ends. (tell everyone) add into emails - your availability. 2. Go through emails and schedule them to go out later so people get them when the holidays are over and they can confirm appointments for soon after you return to work. Have people resond before a certain date so you can have your schedule confirmed in advanced. 3. Use rescue time. It measures what you do on your computer. You decide what is work, and what is distracting, Facbook, Instagram. You can limit your work. You decide how many hours of productivity is enou

Startup Cabin loves games, and this one is very cool. We talk with Christopher Kingdon about Adventure Box and everything surrounding this innovative game. His team has decades of experience, and there are some valuable points to be learned for anyone in the gaming/app market. 

Louise Eriksson, founder of Vint, shares a wealth of startup knowledge in this talk with Xue Mei. Louise is a serial entrepreneur who has great insight into many areas along the startup journey.  In this show you will hear: Why every startup must know how to sell The steps Louise took to research the US market before moving her company from Stockholm Sweden to San Francisco. What matters when building your team

Johan Attby is the CEO of Fishbrain, a social network and life logging app for sport fishing. We hear about how Fishbrain is going after a 40 billion dollar market, his successful journey as an entrepreneur, the lessons he's learned along the way, and why he is strong believer in niche social networks.

Xue Mei talks with Pontus from Dreamhack about e-sports, indie game companies and hackathon.

Jane Skullman teaches companies in the tech and IT industries how to use mindfullness, meditation and brain training to increase focus, clarity and creativity, a method Google has implemented for all their employees as part of lowering stress and strengthening productivity and focus. Other mindfullness advocates in the tech industry are Padmasree Warrior, CTO at Cisco And Twitter co-founder Evan Williams. She explains what mindfulness is. How to begin to practice it. We talk about digital detox/ digital white weeks. How you can experience the same benefits that leaders from Google and Twitter have received through regular mindfulness exercises.

Codarica teaches 6yr olds how to code HTML and CSS! We chat with the founding trio; Sanna Nilsson, CEO Lovisa levin, CMO Rosalyn Knapp, Technological Strategist They talk about: What it's like in Disney's business accelerator program The difference between working in Sweden and the US Why education in coding is essential for today's kids See what their up to over at http://codarica.com/

Maria Richardsson is the founder and owner of nordicdesigncollective.com. She has made her site one of the top sites for original products from independent designers in Scandinavia. Her site is popular site for design and fashion bloggers throughout Scandinavia. You’ll hear about: How she created a platform to promote independent designers and help consumers find great new products. Why she focuses on PR and social media more than SEO and high ranking Google search terms. Finding where your customers are. Why you should focus on your customers rather than the startup events and getting on TechCrunch. Bringing an online shop offline

Fritjof Andersson is the fournder and CEO of Relation Desk, which allows companies to provide customer relations and support through social media . Among his first clients were Panasonic, TeliaSonera and Scandanavian Airlines (SAS). Stuff you'll learn: How to use in-person,social meetups to gather people who are the perfect customers for you. How he used the "Lean Startup" methodology How to prepare for meetings with big clients. How to deal with anxiety before speaking/presenting Here is what Fritjof listens to when he needs to get pumped!