102 episodes

Chander Chawla, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and Arne Tonning, a Norwegian Venture Capitalist, discuss global perspectives on startup business, technology, and culture. The views on the podcast are solely personal and not of our employers or of the organizations we belong to.

Valley Nordic Chander Chawla / Arne Tonning

    • Technology
    • 5.0 • 10 Ratings

Chander Chawla, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and Arne Tonning, a Norwegian Venture Capitalist, discuss global perspectives on startup business, technology, and culture. The views on the podcast are solely personal and not of our employers or of the organizations we belong to.

    S4E11: Energy Markets In Europe

    S4E11: Energy Markets In Europe

    We discuss: 

    1. State of the energy markets in Europe and why the prices are going up. 
    2. How does the electricity grid work?
    3. How does the energy pricing work in Europe (excluding gas/petrol)?
    4. Opportunity for startups in the energy markets. 

    • 1 hr 18 min
    S4E10: Startup Financials - LTV and CAC in B2B SaaS

    S4E10: Startup Financials - LTV and CAC in B2B SaaS

    We are back after a long summer break. In this episode we get inside Arne's box of B2B SaaS and discuss CAC, LTV, Payback period, and other financial metrics. 

    • 1 hr 23 min
    S4E9: Reflections - Valley Nordic 100th Episode

    S4E9: Reflections - Valley Nordic 100th Episode

    We reflect on the last 99 episodes by reviewing the podcast stats, guests who honored us,  and the 27 companies we analyzed in the last ~4 years. 

    • 59 min
    S4E8: Deglobalization

    S4E8: Deglobalization

    What is deglobalization? Why is it happening? What does it mean for startups? 

    • 48 min
    S4E7: Metaverse

    S4E7: Metaverse

    We segment the Metaverse into three categories:

    1. Metaverse that requires new hardware to be worn by users (VR headsets, AR glasses, etc.)

    2. Metaverse that does not require new hardware but requires crypto (NFTs, wallets, etc.)

    3. Metaverse that neither requires new hardware nor crypto

    We apply Rogers innovation adoption model to each of the segments to understand if they can have mass adoption. 

    • 52 min
    S4E6: The Twitter Drama

    S4E6: The Twitter Drama

    Elon Musk buying Twitter has been talk of the town in Silicon Valley for the last few days. Arne and I discuss what's happening and why.

    Chander's blogpost from 2009 on Twitter's potential. 

    • 27 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
10 Ratings

10 Ratings

OP Choudhary ,

Fantastic and very knowledgeable

I've heard two episodes and love the format and conversation style discussion. After hearing the podcast, I can say I'm more aware of the companies discussed and it helped me to understand marketing 101. Keep up the great work 👏👏👏👍👍👍

Suggestions : the time can be compressed to 30-40 min.

MariePerr ,

Inspiring podcast about entrepreneurship and VCs

Great to hear Nordic and Silicon Valley investments and very applicable lessons both for tech and non tech world!

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