Dr. Elina Berglund Scherwitzl is the CTO and co-founder of Natural Cycles - the first ever certified contraception app which they claim is 93% effective against pregnancy.

But prior to founding Natural Cycles she was part of the team at CERN who discovering the Higgs Boson Particle - which lead to a Nobel Prize in Physics. 

Hosts Niko Woischnik and Danielle Lemieux discuss Elina's unusual career path, the recent news surrounding Natural Cycles and why concepts in physics are hard to explain.

Tune in next week to hear a TOA17 talk by Tim Schumacher. Tim is the Founder and Chairman of Eyeo which is best known for creating Adblock Plus. The talk is entitled “Adblock Plus’ Epic Fight with Faceboo

"Tech Can Replace a Pharmaceutical Drug" - Elina Scherwitzl, CTO of Natural Cycles TOA17 EP.022

Zalando is well known as Germany's biggest e-commerce success story! Listen this week to hear a TOA15 fireside chat between Zalando's CEO & Co-founder Robert Gentz  speaking with Nikolaus Roettger, Editor in Chief of Wired Germany.

Zalando considers itself to be more of a tech company than a retail company and has over 15,000 employees! But the company has been in the news in past weeks for letting go of 250 employees in their Berlin office to replace them with algorithms.

Hosts Niko Woischnik and Danielle Lemieux discuss how to stay agile as you scale your business and the highs and lows of holacracy.

Tune in next week to hear a TOA17 talk by His Highness Prince Fahad Al Saud, CEO & Co-Founder of NA3AM which stands for New Arabic Media. His talk is entitled “Welcome to a Millennial Middle East.”

"How to Stay Agile" - Robert Gentz, Co-Founder of Zalando TOA15 EP.020

His Highness Prince Fahad Al Saud, Founder & CEO of NA3AM joins the TOA.life Podcast to speak about his personal journey as an entrepreneur, the power of media and (of course) his love for Berlin.

Fahad is a media expert from Saudi Arabia and in 2009 he helped to launch Facebook in Arabic. Since then he’s been a really big supporter of giving a voice to young Saudi people, especially women by creating content for Arab people by Arab people.

Hosts Niko Woischnik and Danielle Lemieux discuss Fahad's participation in TOA14 and how social media impacts culture.

Tune in next week to hear a TOA17 talk by Dr. Elina Berglund Scherwitzl! Dr. Elina is the CTO and co-founder of Natural Cycles - the first ever certified contraception app.

"Welcome to a Millennial Middle East" - HH Prince Fahad Al Saud, Founder of NA3AM at TOA17 EP.021

On episode eleven of the TOA.life Blockchain Podcast, Niko Woischnik interviews Kavita Gupta. Kavita is the Founding Managing Partner of Consensys Ventures.

Kavita Gupta, Founding Managing Partner at Consensys

On episode twelve of the TOA.life Blockchain Podcast, Niko Woischnik interviews Ryan Ozonian. Ryan is the Co-Founder & CEO at Mercury Protocol and Dust Messaging.

Ryan Ozonian, Co-Founder & CEO at Mercury Protocol EP. 12

Tim Schumacher, Co-Founder of Eyeo a German company that is best known for creating Adblock Plus. The talk is entitled “Adblock Plus’ Epic Fight with Facebook!” which seems quite relevant given the recent news surrounding Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.

Hosts, Niko Woischnik and Danielle Lemieux debate whether Facebook actually "stole" information from it's users and why people need to be cautious with what they share online.