Exchange of experiences is key for personal development. Our Podcast will provide access to CEOs of companies worldwide. The &#34;Meet the CEO&#34; podcast talks with CEOs from different, well-known, and unknown companies. It&#39;s about hearing their story, talking to the people about ideas, experiences, learnings, and sharing them in the podcast episode. The episodes are not scripted and directly off the top of my head. Every CEO wants to develop further. This works best through the experiences of people who have a similar function and therefore also face the same challenges, tasks, and opportunities - and this is the best chance to meet those people.

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The gaming industry is changing heavily; gone are the days where it was just a nerds thing. Gaming is established in all levels of society, and Gamers have turned into Rockstars.But what does it need to be a Streamer, how does community management work, and what potential do Streamers as influencers have for big brands?STREAM.tv is a truly global startup founded by Thomas Rafelsberger three years ago as a remote-only company. This worked out very well before the pandemic and was definitely a huge advantage once the whole world got into the home office.We are talking about the challenges of growing a global team without any office space, the mental challenges, and how you can be successful in a fast-changing environment without working more than 60 hours per week.Thomas Rafelsberger on Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-rafelsberger" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-rafelsberger</a>STREAM.tv Website: <a href="https://stream.tv" rel="nofollow">https://stream.tv</a><h2>Episode Recommendation:</h2>Did you already have the chance to listen to our Episode #3: &#34;It´s all about mindset!&#34;.Building a company is hard work. Building a global company is a real challenge. Creating a global anti-agency in a pandemic is a once in a lifetime challenge.So how is it possible that a team from Newzealand thinking digital solutions and customer focus on a completely new level gain momentum in the current environment and become the fastest-growing agency globally? This can be done by finding and connecting the right people and then care for them. If your people recognize that you honestly care, the bonding is on a different, more intense level.That is one of the topics I have the pleasure to talk about with Todd Welling, Global CEO of OVERDOSE. He is sharing his experience and insights on how to think differently.The episode on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/66JXaurXbtQlpgLgJqqCCP

The gaming industry is changing heavily; gone are the days where it was just a nerds thing. Gaming is established in all levels of society, and Gamers have turned into Rockstars.

But what does it need to be a Streamer, how does community management work, and what potential do Streamers as influencers have for big brands?

STREAM.tv is a truly global startup founded by Thomas Rafelsberger three years ago as a remote-only company. This worked out very well before the pandemic and was definitely a huge advantage once the whole world got into the home office.

We are talking about the challenges of growing a global team without any office space, the mental challenges, and how you can be successful in a fast-changing environment without working more than 60 hours per week.

#7: The Gamer Generation taking over! Thomas Rafelsberger, STREAM.tv

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Transforming a brand to be a global player is a one-of-a-kind challenge. Because the first thing you are about to learn is that every region in the world has its own challenges. It´s not only your customers who will be different; it is also about your employees. Europe is different from the US, which is different from Asia - so you have to think local if you want to be successful globally.Despite that, in times like these, there is another challenge for every one of us: how do you keep yourself and your employees mentally healthy? In this episode of the &#34;Meet the CEO&#34; podcast, I am talking about those topics with Brent Bellm, CEO of BigCommerce, one of the leading global shopping carts in the e-commerce industry.Brent Bellm on Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent-bellm-3b305214/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent-bellm-3b305214/</a>BigCommerce Website: <a href="https://www.bigcommerce.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.bigcommerce.com</a><h2>Episode Recommendation:</h2>Did you already have the chance to listen to our Episode #2: &#34;Never settle - be eager to learn new skills to succeed!&#34;.Growing a Startup or a company is hard work. If you try to go international and have to have the challenges of countries you maybe have never even been to by yourself.Dealing with local authorities and laws is a pain in the**. But to grow in a market, it is essential to know what customers really want, how marketing and sales structures work efficiently, and what social skills are expected. As a foreigner, this challenge is tough to achieve - and help is at hand.Gernot came across all these hurdles during his time as Intrapreneur and, together with his co-founder, started his own company more than 7 years ago.How that felt and his personal challenges in growing a company are topics we cover in this episode.

Transforming a brand to be a global player is a one-of-a-kind challenge.  Because the first thing you are about to learn is that every region in the world has its own challenges. It´s not only your customers who will be different; it is also about your employees. Europe is different from the US, which is different from Asia - so you have to think local if you want to be successful globally.

Despite that, in times like these, there is another challenge for every one of us: how do you keep yourself and your employees mentally healthy?  In this episode of the "Meet the CEO" podcast, I am talking about those topics with Brent Bellm, CEO of BigCommerce, one of the leading global shopping carts in the e-commerce industry.

Brent Bellm on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent-bellm-3b305214/

#6: Stay focused and keep your team motivated! Brent Bellm, BigCommerce

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Communication matters. In every part of our social interaction. And for personal and company development, feedback is essential to growing.In the e-commerce industry, reviews and customer feedback is even more important. It is a way to contact customers who are having a problem and solve these issues. As &#34;customer-generated content&#34;, this information has also evolved as an SEO critical indicator.So communicating with your clients virtual in the same way you would do personally is the way to go. This is the way how Callum built his company <a href="https://www.reviews.io" rel="nofollow">REVIEWS.io</a> - be fair, transparent and open-minded to his clients, his team and of course his family too.Callum McKeefery on Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/callum-mckeefery-1086b47/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/callum-mckeefery-1086b47/</a>

Communication matters. In every part of our social interaction. And for personal and company development, feedback is essential to growing.

In the e-commerce industry, reviews and customer feedback is even more important. It is a way to contact customers who are having a problem and solve these issues. As "customer-generated content", this information has also evolved as an SEO critical indicator.

So communicating with your clients virtual in the same way you would do personally is the way to go. This is the way how Callum built his company REVIEWS.io - be fair, transparent and open-minded to his clients, his team and of course his family too.

#5: Every business is people business. That is why honesty matters. Callum McKeefery, CEO REVIEWS.io

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&#34;If you have everything under control, you are not going fast enough&#34; - we all do know this quote from our everyday life. We are trying to achieve great things with minimal time and therefore multitask like there is no other way.But there is an alternative - this is the way of focussing on one task at a time and give it all your attention. Once it is done, you move on to the next one.This may sound a bit weird initially, but this way of working really has its advantages to multitasking. Oliver Bruns, the CEO of NEVEON, has made &#34;BE HERE NOW&#34; the basic management strategy for his team, and the company is really thriving with the newfound spirit.Oliver Bruns on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brunsoliver/

"If you have everything under control, you are not going fast enough" - we all do know this quote from our everyday life. We are trying to achieve great things with minimal time and therefore multitask like there is no other way.

But there is an alternative - this is the way of focussing on one task at a time and give it all your attention. Once it is done, you move on to the next one.

This may sound a bit weird initially, but this way of working really has its advantages to multitasking. Oliver Bruns, the CEO of NEVEON, has made "BE HERE NOW" the basic management strategy for his team, and the company is really thriving with the newfound spirit.

#4: Don´t multitask! Focus on one thing at a time! Oliver Bruns, NEVEON

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Building a company is hard work. Building a global company is a real challenge. Creating a global anti-agency in a pandemic is a once in a lifetime challenge.So how is it possible that a team from Newzealand thinking digital solutions and customer focus on a completely new level gain momentum in the current environment and become the fastest-growing agency globally? This can be done by finding and connecting the right people and then care for them. If your people recognise that you honestly care, the bonding is on a different, more intense level.That is one of the topics I have the pleasure to talk about with Todd Welling, Global CEO of OVERDOSE. He is sharing his experience and insights on how to think differently.Todd Welling on Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddwelling/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddwelling/</a>OVERDOSE. Website: <a href="https://overdose.digital/" rel="nofollow">https://overdose.digital/</a>

Building a company is hard work. Building a global company is a real challenge. Creating a global anti-agency in a pandemic is a once in a lifetime challenge.

So how is it possible that a team from Newzealand thinking digital solutions and customer focus on a completely new level gain momentum in the current environment and become the fastest-growing agency globally? This can be done by finding and connecting the right people and then care for them. If your people recognise that you honestly care, the bonding is on a different, more intense level.

That is one of the topics I have the pleasure to talk about with Todd Welling, Global CEO of OVERDOSE. He is sharing his experience and insights on how to think differently.

#3: It´s all about mindset. Find the right team and care about your strengths to succeed in the long run! Todd Welling, Founder OVERDOSE.

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Growing a Startup or a company is hard work. If you try to go international and have to have the challenges of countries you maybe have never even been to by yourself.Dealing with local authorities and laws is a pain in the**. But to grow in a market, it is essential to know what customers really want, how marketing and sales structures work efficiently and what social skills are expected in the market. As a foreigner, this challenge is tough to achieve - and help is at hand.Gernot came across all these hurdles during his time as Intrapreneur and, together with his co-founder, started his own company more than 7 years ago.How that felt, and his personal challenges in growing a company are topics we cover in this episode.Gernot Schwendner on Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gernotschwendtner/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/gernotschwendtner/</a>weGrow Interntional Website: <a href="https://www.wegrow.company/who-we-are" rel="nofollow">https://www.wegrow.company/who-we-are</a>

Growing a Startup or a company is hard work. If you try to go international and have to have the challenges of countries you maybe have never even been to by yourself.

Dealing with local authorities and laws is a pain in the**. But to grow in a market, it is essential to know what customers really want, how marketing and sales structures work efficiently and what social skills are expected in the market. As a foreigner, this challenge is tough to achieve - and help is at hand. 

Gernot came across all these hurdles during his time as Intrapreneur and, together with his co-founder, started his own company more than 7 years ago.

How that felt, and his personal challenges in growing a company are topics we cover in this episode.

Gernot Schwendner on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gernotschwendtner/

#2: Never settle - be eager to learn new skills to succeed! Gernot Schwendtner, weGrow Founder

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Back in 2011, Rob, Bas, and Sabi were running an online store selling phone accessories. Things were great, and the business was growing. However, they couldn’t find a time-saving solution for their most frustrating problem: shipping. As the adage goes, if you want something done, do it yourself. In a quest to solve the problem, they decided to build the software themselves, and by themselves, we mean they asked a programmer pal to help. With the transaction paid in beers and a mac screen, Sendcloud was born.The all-in-one shipping software for online shops Sendcloud, headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands, offers 80 connections to shop systems and marketplaces of all kinds. According to its own information, the company has customers in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands, particularly the UK and Austria, helping e-commerce companies scale their business.Sendcloud&#39;s mission is to increase the competitiveness of online retailers by optimizing the shipping platform for the entire shipping route from checkout to return. The spectrum of customers ranges from small to large online retailers and ranges from industries such as fashion and electronics to food and beverages.Rob has (together with his team) managed to build a performance-driven company and a place where people really like to work. As we know, those two things often relate, and it isn&#39;t easy to maintain both things in a growth market like the e-commerce industry.As you will hear, Rob has a passion for his company and even more to change as this should be for all good entrepreneurs.Rob van den Heuvel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robvandenheuvel92/

Back in 2011, Rob, Bas, and Sabi were running an online store selling phone accessories. Things were great, and the business was growing. However, they couldn’t find a time-saving solution for their most frustrating problem: shipping. As the adage goes, if you want something done, do it yourself. In a quest to solve the problem, they decided to build the software themselves, and by themselves, we mean they asked a programmer pal to help. With the transaction paid in beers and a mac screen, Sendcloud was born.

The all-in-one shipping software for online shops Sendcloud, headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands, offers 80 connections to shop systems and marketplaces of all kinds. According to its own information, the company has customers in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands, particularly the UK and Austria, helping e-commerce companies scale their business.

Sendcloud's mission is to increase the competitiveness of online retailers by optimizing the shipping platform for the entire shipping route from checkout to return. The spectrum of customers ranges from small to large online retailers and ranges from industries such as fashion and electronics to food and beverages.

Rob has (together with his team) managed to build a performance-driven company and a place where people really like to work. As we know, those two things often relate, and it isn't easy to maintain both things in a growth market like the e-commerce industry.

As you will hear, Rob has a passion for his company and even more to change as this should be for all good entrepreneurs.

Rob van den Heuvel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robvandenheuvel92/

#1: Don´t get bored by having everything under controll! Rob van den Heuvel, Sendcloud Founder

Meet the CEO

Exchange of experiences is key for personal development. Our Podcast will provide access to CEOs of companies worldwide

The "Meet the CEO" podcast aims to get into conversation with CEOs from different, well-known and unknown companies. It's about hearing their story, talking to the people about ideas, experiences, learnings and sharing them in the podcast episode. The episodes are not scripted and directly off the top of my head.

Every CEO wants to develop further and this works best through the experiences of people who have a similar function and therefore also face the same challenges, tasks and also opportunities - and this is the best chance to meet those people.

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