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Published: Sept. 20, 2023, 11:47 a.m.

Today on the show I am talking to Michael Trimmel, head of AI at HalloSofia about his journey as an entrepreneur, building AI Startups.

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This episode will be most valuable to people that interested in creating an AI startup or at the beginning of this journey.

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Michael will tell his personal startup story, describing his troubles and learnings on the way. Its particular important to him to highlighting that one can get into AI without having a traditional computer science background.

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We will be talking on how to get started as an Entrepreneur, what makes a good founding team, how to build a support network, how to build first prototypes, how to benefit from accelerator program and what funding options there are in Austria.

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I hope this interview will provide you with useful information and tips to get you started on your own journey.

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# TOC

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00:00:00 Beginning

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00:02:31 Guest Introduction

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00:07:17 Co-Founder of Cortecs GmbH

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00:11:48 Head of AI at HelloSofia

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00:20:22 What you need to build a startup

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00:23:48 The founding team

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00:31:03 The Business Network

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00:37:36 Incubators & Accelerators

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00:43:56 Funding

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00:49:18 Navigating the AI Hype

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# Sponsors

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Quantics: Supply Chain Planning for the new normal - the never normal - https://quantics.io/

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Belichberg GmbH: We do digital transformations as your innovation partner - https://belichberg.com/

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# References

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Michael Trimml - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-trimmel-91aa3a152/

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Hallo Sofia - https://www.hallosophia.com/

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Startup House - https://www.startuphouse.at/

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Austrian Startups - https://austrianstartups.com/

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Austrian Startups - ELP - https://austrianstartups.com/elp/

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Hummel Accelerator - https://hummelnest.net/

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INITS - https://www.inits.at/

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FFG - https://www.ffg.at/