Impact Talks #25: Niklas Jansen (Co-founder Blinkist - Managing 12 million users)

Join Our Facebook Group Community here: http://bit.ly/sfe-community  Listen to our SFE podcast - Impact Talks on Anchor or Spotify: https://startupfundingevent.com/podcast/  ...   Entrepreneur from Berlin. Co-founder of Blinkist. Angel investor. Passionate about learning, technology company culture & nature. As explained by Niklas: I co-founded Blinkist with the vision of creating meaningful products that inspire people to keep learning. Since it’s founding in 2012 Blinkist has grown into a global consumer brand with over 12 million users in more than 150 countries. Blinkist distills the key insights from the world's best nonfiction books into 15-minute audio and text digests. From a small team of 4, Blinkist has grown into an organization of over 160 people from more than 40 countries. Continuing to grow and develop our people, company, and culture is one of my passions. At Blinkist, I drive our product to ensure we are always innovating and improving to deliver the best experience and value to our users. ... 00:00 Introduction and the start of Blinkist 07:06 How to find a technical co-founder 11:30 Self-awareness and always going for more 20:09 Going to Berlin, the journey and having an early investor 43:05 Corona, Remote working and software 01:10:46 Having a leadership coach 01:19:58 From first time making sales to now 01:28:14 How are you outside of business  01:34:29 Scaling and health and becoming a parent 01:41:34 Emotional highs and lows 01:54:44 The shift with big names 02:02:00 What is the project you worked on with the biggest impact? & Book recommendations and Closing ...   We bring inspiring startups and world-class founders on 1 stage to pitch for our Innovation Funding Award. Be part of our next event full of inspiration and great ideas!   Get a FREE VIP Ticket for our next event: http://www.startupfundingevent.com  Created by https://www.lightningvideoeditors.com