Best Fayl Tales Podcasts (2025)

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Building Before Validating: Katja Lisanskaya and the Rise & Fall of Everent 22:06

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In this episode, we sit down with Katja Lisanskaya, a talented software engineer and creative thinker, who shares the story behind Everent, her ambitious peer-to-peer tenting platform for everyday items. Katja rapidly built a sleek, functional product, but soon discovered a hard truth many creators face: a great solution doesn’t matter if it’s not …

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Startups, Succession, and Scale: Dieter Rappold on Building What Others Overlook 54:53

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Dieter Rappold has been at the forefront of the digital and startup scene for over two decades - as a serial entrepreneur, business angel, and founder of one of the DACH region’s largest independent agencies. In this episode, we dive into Value Lab, his venture aimed at solving Europe’s SME succession crisis. Dieter also reflects on the growth engi…

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Unexpected CEO to Health Tech Pioneer 43:33

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Krisztina Szarvas always knew she wanted to build something of her own—but she didn’t expect to take over a family medical business while caring for a newborn. In this episode, she shares how that unexpected challenge shaped her as a founder and led to her next big venture: rethinking respiratory machines during the pandemic. It’s a story of resili…

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Missed Signals ~ The Startup That Could Have Beaten WhatsApp 41:45

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What happens when two industry heavyweights—one from high finance, the other from cutting-edge tech—join forces to create a revolutionary startup? In this episode of Fayl Tales, I sit down with a guest who has worn some of the most prestigious titles in finance: Vice President at Morgan Stanley, Director at Merrill Lynch, and a guiding force behind…

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Too fast, too hedgey 59:22

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In this debut episode of Fayl Tales, I sit down with Nasib Fathi, co-founder of AristoQuant, a startup that aimed to disrupt the hedge fund industry. While pursuing his Master’s in Finance, Nasib and his team quickly gained interest, built a team of over 10 volunteers, and pivoted multiple times in just a few months. But in their rush to shake up t…