Oliver Grün, PhD. (right) in the podcast "Scaling Champions – Scaling IT companies" with Johannes Rasch and Eric Osselmann
Oliver Grün, PhD., Founder CEO of GRÜN Software Group GmbH, was recently a guest on the “Scaling Champions Podcast”. In this episode, Grün shares his valuable insights and strategies for successfully founding and scaling the GRÜN Software GroupThe podcast, moderated by Johannes Rasch and Eric Osselmann, offers concrete tips and tools every week, based on the experience of over a hundred scaling projects per year.
A central topic of the discussion is the business model of GRÜN Group, the importance of independence and entrepreneurial initiative. Oliver Grün talks about his first steps into self-employment, the challenges and milestones he overcame on the way to success and how these experiences shaped his entrepreneurial thinking and actions.
Another focus is the future of the digital economy in Germany and Europe and the role of IT SMEs from the perspective of the associations Bundesverband IT-Mittelstand and European Digital SME Alliance, of which Grün is also president. Grün emphasizes the need to preserve digital sovereignty and to use the advantages of specialized solutions over large, inflexible systems. He describes how his software solutions are used by large organizations today and how the combination of industry knowledge and specialized IT solutions leads to success.
The podcast can be listened to on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon Music and everywhere else podcasts are available.