Making the Startup

In the fourth episode of Making the Startup I invited Josef Gatzek, former CFO of city guide platform Get your guide, to explain the details of the &nbsp;financing round for the startup with all the hurdles and successes. With Softbank as one of the investores surely not an easy negotiation. As well we dig in his business life worling for Paypal, Audible, Bertelsmann Bookclub and others. He just signed a contract as CFO with another startup which he will reveal at the end of the podcast. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;


#4 Raising 500 million dollar for Get your guide with Josef Gatzek

The third episode of Making the Startup concludes the talk with Esther Perbandt about her participation in the Amazon series Making the Cut. Patrick congratulates Esther to winning millions of viewer-hearts, but only runner-up position of the one-million-dollar prize. They discuss in detail about her Marketing, target group and search engine optimization for her online presence and her digital setup for the show in general. As well how her personal connection to the other designers and the winner is and whether she sees them as friends or competitors. At the end Esther gives an outlook on where she herself and the brand Esther Perbandt is heading to in the next two years.
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#3 Amazon Making the Cut & Esther Perbandt Part 3

The first episode of Making the Startup starts with a three-part podcast story. The first one presents the Amazon series Making the Cut, a designer casting show that can be watched by approximately 200 million Amazon Prime customers per video stream, as well as the effects on the fashion brand Esther Perbandt, whose founder takes part in the casting show. As a result, the entrepreneur Esther Perbandt, the label and the structure are presented and discussed as a well developing fashion brand over the past 15 years. Esther also tells how she was approached by Amazon to participate in Making the Cut, as well as all details about the jury team consisting for example of Heidi Klum and Naomi Campbell, the other participants, the locations New York, Tokyo, Berlin and Paris and the prize money of one million dollars. Have fun!
