Coffee with a Founder Podcast: Oliver Zahn, Climax Foods
On this episode of Coffee with a Founder, Beck Bamberger sits down with Oliver Zahn, former astrophysicist-turned-food-tech founder at Climax Foods, to dig into the side of startup leadership you don’t often get to hear.
Oliver opens up about stumbling through the early days of fundraising, the behind-the-scenes scramble over people issues, and the kind of nitty-gritty decisions that rarely show up on shiny founder profiles. He also shares what resources (and brutally honest advice) he has relied on to get to where he is today.
show notes:
02:50 – From astrophysics to food
04:19 – The food system’s impact on the planet
10:57 – The grind of being a solo founder
14:36 – Learn fast or burn out
17:17 - A scientist’s favorite emotion? Surprise.
22:42 – The next big steps for Climax Foods