Venture Skipper by Karoly Szanto
Venture Skipper is a journey across the seas of innovation, investment, and leadership.
Hosted by Karoly Szanto, a lifelong sailor turned venture builder, this series blends storytelling, strategy, and straight talk.
Expect short, punchy reflections on navigating chaos, alongside deeper dialogues with founders, investors, and thinkers reshaping how ventures are built. Whether you’re steering your first startup or managing a fund, Venture Skipper helps you stay calm in high winds, make better course calls, and build ventures and people that thrive under pressure. Because you can’t control the wind, but you can constantly adjust your sails.
Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcast.
EP05 - Great Science, Weak Bridges: Europe’s Commercialization Paradox
Karoly Szanto with Dr. Peter M. Kovacs and Thijmen Meijer on why European university spin-offs struggle to become venture fundable and how to fix it with clear milestones, team gap mapping, and an execution first narrative.