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GSA Stars Podcast: Down the Rabbit Hole

GSA Stars Podcast: Down the Rabbit Hole

By: Global Startup Awards
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Welcome to Down the Rabbit Hole, the official podcast of the Global Startup Awards. Hosted by GSA Founder Kim Balle, this series dives deep into the minds of extraordinary founders, ecosystem builders, and innovators from the GSA Star Network.

Each episode explores the untold stories behind their bold decisions, mindset shifts, and defining moments. Expect real talk, unexpected insights, and inspiring takeaways—from scaling startups and facing failure to shaping the future through entrepreneurship.

Whether you're a founder, investor, or dreamer—this is your portal into the raw, unfiltered world of the global startup ecosystem.

Produced by DROBE.media.

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Episodes
  • Episode 2 - Peter Torstensen from Accelerace

    Episode 2 - Peter Torstensen from Accelerace
    Aug 12 2025

    From Unpolished Diamonds to Data-Driven Acceleration: The Vision of Peter Torstensen.

    What does it take to build an ecosystem where first-time founders can win big? In this episode, we’re going down the rabbit hole with Peter Torstensen, CEO of Danish Accelerace, who pulls back the curtain on 14 years of accelerating over 1,500 startups - and collecting more than 100,000 data points along the way.

    From early conversations with Y Combinator’s Paul Graham to betting on founders with nothing more than a slide deck, Peter shares the systematic, data-informed, and deeply human approach that’s made Accelerace the success that it is today.

    If you want to understand how to spot “founder DNA,” why momentum beats gut feeling, and how AI could become the ultimate co-pilot for startups, this is your inside look.

    Learn more about the Global Startup Awards on: www.globalstartupawards.com.
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    51 mins
  • Episode 1 - Jeppe Rindom from Pleo

    Episode 1 - Jeppe Rindom from Pleo
    Jul 4 2025

    From Corporate Comfort to Unicorn Grit: The Unfiltered Journey of Jeppe Rindom

    What’s the price of not settling? In this premiere episode of GSA Stars Podcast, Jeppe Rindom, CEO & Co-founder of Pleo, takes us through the overlooked choices, chaotic launches, and deeply personal lessons that shaped one of Denmark’s few unicorns.

    If you're a founder, aspiring entrepreneur, or just curious how a unicorn really gets built (beyond the headlines), this is your front-row seat. Jeppe doesn’t hold back, this is real, vulnerable, and radically honest storytelling.

    Learn more about Global Startup Awards here:www.globalstartupawards.com
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    48 mins
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