EP #366 - Philippe Ganz & Paulina Grnarova: The Art of the Start

Timestamps:

7:40 - High energy, high loyalty and high intelligence

13:46 - When a co-founder leaves

19:57 - The point of an MVP

32:08 - Grants or equity?

39:05 - Plans for future expansion

About Philippe Ganz & Paulina Grnarova:

Paulina Grnarova is the co-founder and CEO of DeepJudge, an AI-powered Knowledge Search for legal professionals. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from ETH. Philippe Ganz is the CEO and co-founder of aiEndoscopic, a medtech startup combining artificial intelligence with robotic endoscopy. He holds a MSc in Biomedical Engineering from ETH.

During their chat with Silvan, Philippe and Paulina discussed some of the commons topics of starting your first company, like which values to cultivate in your founder team and how to set up a shareholders agreement that foresees all future possibilities, whether to go for grants or equity rounds as a science-heavy startup, and the guiding principles of building an MVP.

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