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Episode 1-10: Key Takeaway and Transcripts are available right now for these below

Episodes 11-present: only Transcripts are downloadable (key takeaway in preparation)

Enjoy reading these and thanks for your patience regarding the other takeaway.

Episode #67 – ​How to speed up your New Product Introduction - Production Line Tool, with Pete Staples of Blue Clover Devices, USA
Episode #66 – How to apply lean startup principles to hardware, with Ash Maurya of Leanstack, USA
Episode #65 – ​How to care about sustainability to get rid of plastic bottles (and still make a profit), with Moritz Waldstein of Mitte, Germany
Episode #64 – To transform or not to transform your hardware company to an all agile one next year, with Balint Horvath, Switzerland
Episode #63 – ​Your (hardware) product is not your product - think in terms of business models, with your host Balint Horvath, Switzerland
Episode #62 – Future global data connectivity without worrying about your costs, with Guy Zbarsky of Keepgo, Israel
Episode #61 – RERUN - How to avoid mistakes when building a team - lessons from mentoring 1200+ hardware entrepreneurs, with Alan Clayton of SOSV
Episode #60 – Future global data connectivity without worrying about your costs, with Guy Zbarsky of Keepgo, Israel
Episode #59 – Where IoT/AI are heading to - impressions from IoT Tech Expo Europe, with Balint Horvath, Switzerland
Episode #58 – Freedom to work and play anywhere without losing power, with Nancy de Fays of Linedock, USA  
Episode #57 – Kickstarter Post-launch - a home gym challenges the No pain No gain crowd, with Joey Atlas of SCULPTAFIT Global, USA
Episode #56 – Not too early, not too late - how to get the timing right for your innovation, with your host Balint Horvath, Switzerland
Episode #55 – Why hardware startup ecosystem in Lebanon is becoming interesting, with Raja Younes of Startupsfund, Futuris Technologies, Lebanon
Episode #54 – Kickstarter Pre-launch - a home gym challenges the "No pain No gain" crowd, with Joey Atlas of SCULPTAFIT Global, USA
Episode #53 – Which one to choose - b2b or b2c for hardware startups, with Balint Horvath, your host, Switzerland
Episode #52 – Student (hardware) entrepreneurship in Switzerland and worldwide, with Gregory Inauen of ETH Entrepreneur Club, Switzerland
Episode #51 – Connecting the (hardware) dots, with Greg Fisher of BSG and Hardware Massive, USA
Episode #50 – How to get your product found on the internet, with Ashley Faulkes of Mad Lemmings, Switzerland
Episode #49 – RERUN – Elements of building a successful tech business, with (proven) serial entrepreneur Milton Chang of Incubic Venture Fund, USA
Episode #48 – RERUN - How to think like Elon Musk - scrum for hardware, with Joe Justice of WIKISPEED and Scrum Inc, USA
Episode #47 – RERUN - How next-generation retail looks like, with Vibhu Norby of b8ta, USA
Episode #46 – When not to start a startup - how to license your idea (Part 2), with Stephen Key of inventRight, USA
Episode #45 – Simplicity and what it has to do with what I learned from my guests in 2017, with your host Balint Horvath, Switzerland
Episode #44 – When not to start a startup – how to license your idea (Part 1), with Stephen Key of inventRight, USA
Episode #43 – How to avoid mistakes when building a team - lessons from mentoring 1200+ hardware entrepreneurs, with Alan Clayton of SOSV
Episode #42 – How to think with your hands - LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology with Alexandra Mandoki of Sparks Guide, Switzerland
Episode #41 – How to use lean startup principles to start the world’s first VR cinema franchise, with Dimitri Nabatov of WeAreCinema, Switzerland
Episode #40 – Beer as you don’t know it - a startup bringing you the freshest craft beer possible, with Jong-Wook Shin of HOPii, USA
Episode #39 – Brain vs Capital - how to build a business from components (Part 2), with Prof. Günter Faltin, Germany
Episode #38 – Brain vs Capital - how to build a business from components (Part 1), with Prof. Günter Faltin, Germany
Episode #37 – Disrupting with digital manufacturing, with Nick Pinkston of Plethora, USA
Episode #36 – Is your immersive content searchable? – Mark Milstein of Microstocksolutions, USA/Hungary
Episode #35 – How a hardware startup’s product goes viral, with Christian Smith of TrackR, USA
Episode #34 – How next-generation retail looks like, with Vibhu Norby of b8ta, USA
Episode #33 – Elements of building a successful tech business, with (proven) serial entrepreneur Milton Chang of Incubic Venture Fund, USA
Episode #32 – Why manufacturing in USA vs China is becoming interesting, with Scott N. Miller of Dragon Innovation, USA
Episode #31 – Why I change the publishing frequency, with Balint Horvath, Switzerland
Episode #30 – Makers of the fastest production drone on Earth and beyond, with Chris Hsiao of Gossamer, USA
Episode #29 – Call for action to you - for a new path to reduce climate change, with Joshua Spodek of NYU, Spodek Academy, USA
Episode #28 – Meet the creators of FitBit for medication, with Peter Havas of PillDrill, USA
Episode #27 – Rapid prototyping - a platform and its essential tools, with Finbarr Watterson of Fictiv, USA
Episode #26 – Connected lab - a startup bringing IoT to R&D environments, with Alok Tayi of TetraScience, USA
Episode #25 – How to benefit for your startup from the one and only hardware accelerator of Southern California, with Shaun Arora of Make in LA, USA
Episode #24 – How to increase your own productivity and that of your garden’s, with Mattias Lepp of Click and Grow, Estonia
Episode #23 – Developing consumer products with an all-in-one manufacturer in China that is just different, with Jacob Rothman of Platform88, China
Episode #22 – Effective project-based learning from astrophysicist turned entrepreneur, professor, with Joshua Spodek of NYU, Spodek Academy, USA
Episode #21 – How you can benefit from a multi-corporate accelerator, with Patricia Schlenter, David Emmerth of Kickstart Accelerator, Switzerland
Episode #20 – Executing lean and agile retail growth for your startup or SME, with Benjamin Ertl of Retailbound, USA
Episode #19 – Chairless chair, with Keith Gunura of noonee, Switzerland
Episode #18 – Why not to out-innovate your customer, with Alan Klement, Entrepreneur&Innovator, USA
Episode #17 – How *not* to think about IoT, with Michael Vladimer of Orange IoT Studio, USA
Episode #16 – Developing with a hardware engineering company, with Karoly Molnar of ProDSP Technologies, Hungary
Episode #15 – How to benefit for your hardware project from the first major crowdfunding platform, with Sandy Diao of Indiegogo, USA
Episode #14 - Brick-and-mortar stores for crowdfunded projects to help reach consumers, with Damien Ng of Backers, Hong Kong
Episode #13 – How to stand out in a crowded battery-based business environment, with Andreas Braendle of Battere, Switzerland
Episode #12 - Feel the beat - creating the world’s first wearable device for musicians, with Florian Simmendinger of Soundbrenner, Germany - Hong Kong
Episode #11 - Accelerate with an IoT accelerator, with Bay McLaughlin of Brinc, Hong Kong
Episode #10 – How to think like Elon Musk – Scrum for Hardware, with Joe Justice of WIKISPEED and Scrum Inc, USA
Episode #9 – Commercializing the first robotic touch sensing that uses light, with Ákos Dömötör, OptoForce, Hungary
Episode #8 – What to learn from Pebble’s story: two times most funded Kickstarter campaign ever to its eventual end, with your host, Balint Horvath, Switzerland
Episode #7 – How one company wants to radically cut down the lead-time of electronics manufacturing of all volumes, with Radu Diaconescu of Swie.io, Switzerland
Episode #6 – How a drone company overcame the limitations of indoor applications for restaurants, warehouses, with Junyang Woon, of Infinium Robotics, Singapore
Episode #5 - The tough journey of building a biotech company, with Federico Bürsgens, GNA Biosolutions, Germany
Episode #4 - How one green company could beat the odds with a magical pencil and double each year - with Michael Stausholm of Sproutworld, Denmark
Episode #3 – From scientist to entrepreneur for holodeck technology, evaluating startups, with Bernhard Petermeier of World Economic Forum, Switzerland
Episode #2 – Empowering women in Nepal by a woman entrepreneur, with Anya Cherneff of Empower Generation, USA
Episode #1 – Introduction to the podcast, with your host, Balint Horvath, Switzerland