Scandinavian Product Podcast

Exploring how to build great products, grow them, and fund the future. For Product People, Growth nerds, and VCs. afonsofranco.substack.com

Scandinavian Product Podcast is a technology podcast hosted by Afonso Franco, with 36 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Afonso Franco hosts Scandinavian Product Podcast, a technology show with 36 episodes published.

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  #36 Thinking big from day 1 to Unicorn | Pål Næss (Gelato, a Norwegian Unicorn)

  May 8, 202653 minS0

  <p>Most startups don’t fail because of their product. They fail because they think too small.</p><p>Gelato became a Norwegian Unicorn by doing the exact opposite.</p><p>In this episode, I sit down with Pål Næss (employee #2) to unpack what it really takes to build globally from day one - and why most founders never get there.</p><p>Pål has seen hundreds of startups and is a well-known voice in the Scandinavian ecosystem - currently advising several CEOs and sitting on various Boards.</p><p>In our conversation, we go deep into Gelat...

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  #35 Lessons learned from a 2x Unicorn Founder (Uri Levine, Founder & ex-CEO at Waze and Moovit)

  May 2, 20261h 7mS0

  <p>In this episode, I sit down with Uri Levine - serial entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of Waze, one of the most successful navigation apps ever built.</p><p>Uri has spent the last two decades building and investing in startups, and in this conversation, he shares the hard truths behind startup success and failure.</p><p>We explore what it really means to fall in love with the problem rather than the solution, why product-market fit is the single most important milestone in a startup’s life, and why most startups fail long before anyone ever hears about them.</p>...

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  #34 What it takes to continuously reinvent yourself and innovate | Alexander Osterwalder (Inventor of the Business Model Canvas, 5x best-selling author, Founder & CEO at Strategyzer)

  May 29, 202557 minS0

  <p>Today’s guest is the Innovation legend Alex Osterwalder - 5x best-selling author, inventor of the widely known Business Model Canvas (BMC), and Founder & CEO at Strategyzer.</p><p>We covered a lot of ground here. Everything from unpacking the transformation of Strategizer from a consulting firm to a scalable SaaS platform, to Alex’s hard-won lessons from his journey navigating the tension between exploration and execution, the power of innovation scorecards, why CEOs must own innovation if they want their organizations to survive, where founders and teams go wrong - and a lot more.</p><p>This is a ma...

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  #33 Leading with Vision and no Plan B: Lessons learned from a $2.9B Unicorn Founder & CEO | Lasse Andresen (IndyKite, ForgeRock)

  Apr 13, 202558 minS0

  <p>This is a raw and unfiltered conversation with the legendary Unicorn founder ($2.9B exit with ForgeRock) Lasse Andresen.</p><p>Every founder in Scandinavia should listen to this.</p><p>We talked about why Norwegian startups need to stop thinking small, lessons learned from an IPO at Nasdaq and from the painful early days without funding, what Norway’s startup ecosystem needs to do to truly compete on the global stage, what Founders in Scandinavia should consider - and what the typical traps they fall into are.</p><p>It’s a punchy chat - A La Lasse - with...

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  #32 AI Agents, what founders need to know about building AI products, and Ethical implications of AI | Morten Rand-Hendriksen (Linkedin)

  Apr 6, 20251h 2mS0

  <p>Brought to you by:</p><p>Gnist - Gnist is a leading boutique consulting company in Norway that helps companies reach their full digital potential. Whether you are a developer, product lead, tech lead, or business leader - Gnist can help you with the tools and practices you may need.</p><p>UX Signals - Don’t let your busy schedule stop you from talking to users.</p><p>Automatically recruit interviews and user tests with people who are using your product. Talk to them while their user experience is still fresh in their mind. Used by big companies li...

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