Beginner's Mind

Christian Soschner

Blueprints for Builders and InvestorsHosted by Christian SoschnerFrom pre-seed to post-IPO, every company—especially in deep tech, biotech, AI, and climate tech—lives or dies by the frameworks it follows.On Beginner’s Mind, Christian Soschner uncovers the leadership principles behind the world’s most impactful companies—through deep-dive interviews, strategic book reviews, and patterns drawn from history’s greatest business, military, and political minds.With over 250 interviews, panels, and livestreams, the show ranks in the Top 10% globally—and is recognized as the #1 deep tech podcast. With 35+ years across M&A, company building, board roles, business schools, ultrarunning, and martial arts, Christian...

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Beginner's Mind

Episodes (228)

Sep 27th EP 183: Marie Schroeder | Send the Rough Deck, Not the Perfect One
Sep 8th #182 - How to Lead When You Don't Know Where You Are Going: 4 Lessons from Ben Horowitz (Part 2 of 2)
Aug 30th #181 - When Things Fall Apart: 3 Lessons from Ben Horowitz on Leading Through the Struggle (Part 1 of 2)

Beginner's Mind

Sep 27, 2026
2½ hours
86 MB

A seed investor at Novo Holdings would rather read your rough idea than your finished pitch deck. Most founders spend a year building the deck, forming the team and waiting until the story holds together. By the time it is ready the science has moved, the money has gone somewhere else, and nobody told them the fund they were preparing for creates companies out of raw material. Marie Schroeder is a Principal on the Seed Investments team at Novo Holdings, the investment company owned by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Before that she spent five years...

Beginner's Mind

EP 183: Marie Schroeder | Send the Rough Deck, Not the Perfect One

Christian Soschner

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