
Blueprints for Builders and Investors
Hosted by Christian Soschner
From 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 ... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 222 | Founded | 6 years ago |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Listeners | Categories | InvestingBusinessEntrepreneurship | |||

Private companies are staying private longer, and that changes who gets liquidity, when, and why.
Founders, employees, and early investors can wait a decade or more for an IPO or acquisition. Meanwhile, venture funds face growing pressure to return ... more
Only one in three eligible lung cancer patients receives the targeted therapy they should get.
That is not a failure of science.
It is a failure of delivery.
After more than two decades of precision oncology, biopharma has never had better tools: ... more
Some books explain how the world works.
Influence explains why people move.
Why someone takes the meeting.
Why an investor leans in.
Why a customer trusts.
Why a team follows.
Why a board stays stuck.
Why a founder keeps defending a decision that s... more
Most leaders think negotiation begins when both sides sit down to talk numbers.
By then, trust, incentives, timing, internal alignment, and first impressions have already shaped the outcome.
That is why smart founders, executives, investors, and bo... more
Christian brings an extremely intelligent mind and deep curiosity to the podcast. When he interviews his guests he digs deep to not only glean the business gems they have to offer but who, as a person, they are as well. It brings a level of humanity to an excellent podcast. Highly recommend.
If you want to be an entrepreneur in life sciences this podcast is a great way to get started. Christian knows the field well and brings on experts to help you learn.
Insightful! Thanks for the interesting discussion about a fascinating topic.
One of my new fav podcasts!
Christian, host of the podcast, highlights all aspects of inspiration, entrepreneurship and more in this can’t miss podcast! The host and expert guests offer insightful advice and information that is helpful to anyone that listens!
Key themes from listener reviews, highlighting what works and what could be improved about the show.










Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.
Listeners, social reach, demographics and more for this podcast.
| Listeners per Episode | |
|---|---|
| Gender Skew | |
| Location | |
| Interests | |
| Professions | |
| Age Range | |
| Household Income | |
| Social Media Reach |
The show centers on how deep tech, biotech, AI, and climate tech reach scale, drawing lessons from leadership playbooks, historical frameworks, and strategic frameworks used by top builders and investors. Conversations frequently explore innovation pace, cross-industry collaboration, and practical pathways from lab to market, with emphasis on governance, capital, and execution. Notable is the host's emphasis on disciplined thinking, pattern breaking, and actionable takeaways for founders, operators, and investors. The format blends expert guest insights with high-signal frameworks, making it useful for listeners seeking to understand how breakthrough technologies become durable companies and how leaders navigate complex markets.
Rares inclu... more
Rephonic provides a wide range of podcast stats for Beginner's Mind. We scanned the web and collated all of the information that we could find in our comprehensive podcast database. See how many people listen to Beginner's Mind and access YouTube viewership numbers, download stats, audience demographics, chart rankings, ratings, reviews and more.
Rephonic provides a full set of podcast information for three million podcasts, including the number of listeners. View further listenership figures for Beginner's Mind, including podcast download numbers and subscriber numbers, so you can make better decisions about which podcasts to sponsor or be a guest on. You will need to upgrade your account to access this premium data.
Rephonic provides comprehensive predictive audience data for Beginner's Mind, including gender skew, age, country, political leaning, income, professions, education level, and interests. You can access these listener demographics by upgrading your account.
To see how many followers or subscribers Beginner's Mind has on Spotify and other platforms such as Castbox and Podcast Addict, simply upgrade your account. You'll also find viewership figures for their YouTube channel if they have one.
These podcasts share a similar audience with Beginner's Mind:
Beginner's Mind launched 6 years ago and published 222 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
Our systems regularly scour the web to find email addresses and social media links for this podcast. We scanned the web and collated all of the contact information that we could find in our podcast database. But in the unlikely event that you can't find what you're looking for, our concierge service lets you request our research team to source better contacts for you.
Rephonic pulls ratings and reviews for Beginner's Mind from multiple sources, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, and Podcast Addict.
View all the reviews in one place instead of visiting each platform individually and use this information to decide if a show is worth pitching or not.
Rephonic provides full transcripts for episodes of Beginner's Mind. Search within each transcript for your keywords, whether they be topics, brands or people, and figure out if it's worth pitching as a guest or sponsor. You can even set-up alerts to get notified when your keywords are mentioned.
Recent guests on Beginner's Mind include:
1. Stefanie Schubert
2. Wanwipa Siriwatwechakul
3. Bret Kugelmass
4. Björn Cochlovius
5. Jim Pulcrano
6. Fabrizio Conicella
7. Alasdair Milton
8. Vadim Fedotov
To view more recent guests and their details, simply upgrade your Rephonic account. You'll also get access to a typical guest profile to help you decide if the show is worth pitching.