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Steppe Ahead - The Central Asia Podcast

Jonas Prien, Thorsten Gutmann & Thomas Baier
Kazakhstan
Central Asia
Uzbekistan
Car Market Kazakhstan
Middle Corridor
World Trade Organization
Alatau City
Chinese Cars
Alim (kazakh Language App)
Alexander Von Humboldt
Astana
Iran
Nowruz
Central Asian Literature
Duolingo
Team Astana
Humboldt Expedition To Central Asia
Uzum
Kyrgyzstan
Aral Sea

Steppe Ahead – The Central Asia Podcast

Insights from the heart of Eurasia

By Jonas Prien, Thorsten Gutmann and Thomas Baier

Central Asia is one of the world’s most dynamic and most overlooked regions. With ambitious young people, rapidly growing economies, dynamic investments, and some of the world’s most strategic trade routes and natural resources crossing its vast landscape, the region is beco... more

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In this episode of the Steppe Ahead Podcast, Jonas and Thomas discuss Alexander von Humboldt’s 1829 expedition through Russia and into Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan’s cycling team Astana as a global branding project. Jonas outlines how Humboldt, traveled... more

She won coding olympiads as a teenager, published robotics research at 20, landed at Google, quit to found a startup that failed, built a mentorship platform for Kazakh students, and now invests in Central Asian startups from Paris. Nazerke Kalidolda... more

In this episode of the "Steppe Ahead" podcast, Jonas Thorsten and Thomas talk about Easter traditions and Thomas's trip to a Mix Markt in Germany, where he found almost no Central Asian products. The hosts develop a wish list of their favorite Centra... more

In this episode of the Steppe Ahead podcast, Jonas Thorsten and Thomas talk about the Kazakh car market and how Thorsten’s viral video highlighted the rapid change and what it means for German cars. They also discuss the absence of Kazakh on Duolingo... more

In this episode of the Steppe Ahead podcast, Jonas shares impressions from the Leipzig Book Fair, noting 300,000 visitors and discussing Central Asian literature, including classic writers Mukhtar Auezov and Chingiz Aitmatov, and the Kazakh Library t... more

Jonas, Thorsten, and Thomas discuss Nowruz, the Persian “new day” spring festival, its 3,000-year-old origins, Soviet-era public ban, and current Kazakh traditions such as Nauryz kozhe, yurts, wearing traditional clothes, settling debts, and making p... more

In this episode, Thorsten, Jonas and Thomas discuss Kazakhstan’s referendum on a new constitution that would take effect July 1, dissolve the current parliament, and trigger new elections. They also cover Uzbekistan’s super app Uzum, which secured a ... more

The hosts Jonas, Thorsten, and Thomas discuss how landlocked Central Asian economies rely on transit routes such as the Turkmenistan–Iran rail link and warn that disrupted oil supply could push prices above $200 per barrel, worsening inflation for en... more

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Recent Guests

Thomas Baier
Guest speaker sharing Humboldt narrative and Team Astana story
Independent guest
Episode: Team Astana: Successful Sports Branding & Humboldt in Central Asia
Nazerke Kalidolda
VC investor at Sturgeon Capital, former Google engineer
Sturgeon Capital
Episode: Nazerke Kalidolda on Leaving Google, Failing Forward & Investing in Central Asia
Thorsten Gutmann
Expert on Central Asia
Astana, Kazakhstan
Episode: Central Asia Amid the Iran Crisis, Middle Corridor & Aral Sea Disaster
Jonas Prien
Central Asia expert
Central Asia expert
Episode: Central Asia Amid the Iran Crisis, Middle Corridor & Aral Sea Disaster

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Nazerke Kalidolda on Leaving Google, Failing Forward & Investing in Central Asia
Q: What were the key lessons from your first startup failure and your second success?
The first startup failed due to founder-market-fit issues and co-founder dynamics, teaching the importance of founder-fit and choosing the right partners; the second startup succeeded because it aligned with her strengths as a software engineer transitioning into product roles and was run with a team that complemented her skills, leading to profitability from the first year.
Nazerke Kalidolda on Leaving Google, Failing Forward & Investing in Central Asia
Q: How did it happen that you decided to leave Google?
She left Google to build a smaller company where she could have a tangible impact on product direction and customer outcomes, recognizing that her decisions would directly influence the product rather than being one of many replaceable engineers.

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