Growcast #21: Martin Ďuriš & Michal Táborský – How to Plan an Exit?
Two successful exits worth hundreds of millions of crowns over the past five years. Martin Ďuriš (Macaly, Avocode) knows how to build a product that global players want to buy—Avocode was acquired by the American company Ceros, and he sold the AI platform Macaly to the Belgian company team.blue after just nine months. Sitting next to him is Michal Táborský from Reflex Capital, who has exits under his belt such as […]
Growcast #20: Jake Dluhy-Smith – The Role of AI in Product Development
AI is reshaping how products are built—but what does that actually mean for startups with small tech teams? Our guest Jake Dluhy-Smith, CEO and founder of OAK’S LAB, knows the high-growth playbook better than most: his Prague-based team of about 100 top engineers and product builders works almost exclusively with U.S. scale-ups and […]
Growcast #19: Štefan Šurina & Jan Čurn – ESOP for Dummies
“Almost everyone in the startup world has heard of an ”ESOP,” but few know how to implement it properly. That’s why, in this episode, we’ll explain it from the ground up. We’ll be guided through it by Štefan Šurina, founder of the legal-tech firm ELDISON, who has been helping startups and scaleups with investments, ESOPs, and international expansion for years, and Jan Čurn, founder and CEO of Apify and EY Entrepreneur […]
Growcast #18: Alexandra Mamrillová & Petr Soukeník – Partnership Sales
Imagine that your best salesperson works at another company—and yet is still selling on your behalf. 👀 Do partnership sales sound like a growth hack, or are they just a Band-Aid for weak sales? In this episode, we get to the heart of the matter: – when partnerships really work (and when it’s just an illusion) – how to identify a partner, […]
Growcast #17: Matěj Trubač – How to Manage Global Growth, or „Expand Like a Pro“
How did he go from Sokolov to leading the international expansion of one of the fastest-growing startups in Central Europe? 🚀 Matěj Trubač, the first member of the ADAM startup team, is now driving the global growth of the company, which already operates in 11 countries. In this interview, he shares practical tips on how to select new markets, manage a rapidly growing team, and handle expansion even without […]