"Entrepreneurial Journeys", a podcast from Ardian
Growth stories
"Entrepreneurial Journeys", a podcast from Ardian
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05 May 2021
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Buyout, Expansion, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Growth, Ardian
Reading time: 5 minutes
Entrepreneurial Journeys is a podcast for anyone curious about where growth is happening around the world. Here we speak with the people behind innovative companies building the future.
Our job is to ensure that technology supports humans for a better customer experience and fosters interactions between men and women, which a computer will never be able to replicate.
Meet Loïc Lagarde, Chief Executive Officer of the French online parapharmacy company Santédiscount. He’s one of many entrepreneurs working with Ardian to leverage data and innovation, and build the companies of the future.
In Entrepreneurial Journeys, we speak to Lagarde and other entrepreneurs from across Europe, working in technology, healthcare, mobility, education, and more.
We'll hear about their greatest successes and challenges, how they weathered the pandemic, and where their industries are going next.
Illustration by Andrea Mongia.
SEASON 1
#1 - Listen to the first episode "From brick-and-mortar parapharmacy market to online experience" with Loïc Lagarde, Chief Executive Officer of the online parapharmacy Santédiscount.
#2 - Listen to the second episode "A day with Gantner: a one-stop solution" with Elmar Hartmann, Chief Executive Officer of Gantner, an Austria-based tech-manufacturing company.
#3 - Listen to the third episode "From asphalt to AI" with Miguel Martin, Chief Business Development Officer of Ascendi and Quentin Barenne, co-founder of Wintics. Discover the two partners' big plans for the future of mobility.
#4 - Listen to the fourth episode "International education facing the digital challenge" with Emma Lancaster, Chief Executive Officer of Study group, an educational service provider preparing international students.
#5 - Listen to the last episode "Workplace experience in Sanofi’s new hub" with Julia Ghouti, Sanofi's workplace Architect Lead to learn more about Sanofi’s real estate strategy and how physical space can influence corporate culture.
SEASON 2
#1 - Listen to the first episode "Towards a carbon neutral future. A transformational investment opportunity with Nevel" with Nevel’s CEO, Thomas Luther, its Chairman, Eero Auranne, and two of their partners at Ardian: Simo Santavirta and Daniel von der Schulenburg.
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#2 - Listen to the second episode "When risk management meets growth: in conversation with Optimind" with Christophe Eberlé, CEO of our portfolio company Optimind, and Alexis Saada, Managing Director and Head of Growth at Ardian.
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#3 - Listen to the third episode "From a memory solutions provider to a leader in cybersecurity, meet our portfolio company Swissbit" with Silvio Muschter, CEO of Swissbit, Ardian’s Dirk Wittneben, Head of Expansion Germany and Yannic Metzger, Director in the Expansion team
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#4 - Listen to the fourth episode "European growth ambitions for Jakala, the Italian martech leader" with Stefano Pedron, CEO of Jakala and Marco Bellino, Managing Director at Ardian.
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#5 - Listen to the last episode "Ardian and the architect Franklin Azzi envision the office spaces for tomorrow's real estate assets" with Franklin Azzi, Architect and Stéphanie Bensimon, Head of Real Estate at Ardian
Tune in on Apple Podcasts, Deezer, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts - and join us for an inside look at where the world is going next.
Entrepreneurial Journeys is a podcast hosted by Portia Crowe (season 1), Colette Davidson (season 2) and produced by Louie Creative for Ardian.
Our podcasts are accessible to all thanks to the written transcriptions of the episodes available on our website on each episode's landing page.
"Our job is to make sure that we do everything we can so that technology does what technology does best and humans do what humans do best. That means that we need to make sure that humans spend their time talking and interacting with other humans, because that's what we're very good at and that's what a computer will never be able to do."
That’s Loic Lagarde, the CEO of the French online para-pharmacy company Santediscount. He’s one of many entrepreneurs working with Ardian to leverage data and innovation, and build the the companies of the future
In Entrepreneurial Journeys, a podcast from Ardian for anyone curious about where growth is happening around the world, we speak to Lagarde and other entrepreneurs from across Europe, working in technology, healthcare, mobility, education, and more.
We'll hear about their greatest successes and challenges, how they weathered the pandemic, and where their industries are going next.
Entrepreneurial Journeys is coming on May 12, 2021. So tune in on Apple Podcasts, Deezer, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts - and join us for an inside look at where the world is going next.
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