Welcome to the SBE Podcast: The place where we share interesting stories of interesting people. In this episode, our host Louis Morgner welcomes Jermain Kaminski. Together they talk about entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley, Machine Learning, and more.

00:00 Intro
01:15 Jermain’s background
02:30 Career in Maastricht
3:30 Jermain’s thoughts on entrepreneurship
6:40 Silicon Valley and tech hubs in Europe
8:35 How can we mimic Silicon Valley in Europe
10:25 Causal data science meeting
12:45 Where to start as an entrepreneur during your studies
20:40 How to decide if a problem is worth solving
26:08 The importance of funding for start- ups
28:10 Different ways for a start-up to get funded
31:40 Jermain’s research
36:05 What is Machine Learning today and where is it heading?
40:30 Will AI take over human work?
43:40 Takeaways
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Interested in the topics discussed during the episode?

Hünermund, P., Kaminski, J., & Schmitt, C. (2022). Causal machine learning and business decision making. Available at SSRN 3867326. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...

Barczak, G., Hopp, C., Kaminski, J., Piller, F., & Pruschak, G. (2022). How open is innovation research?–An empirical analysis of data sharing among innovation scholars. Industry and Innovation, 29(2), 186-218. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...

Rose, S., Wentzel, D., Hopp, C., & Kaminski, J. (2021). Launching for success: The effects of psychological distance and mental simulation on funding decisions and crowdfunding performance. Journal of Business Venturing, 36(6), 106021. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
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