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The founders of a billion-dollar eyewear brand originally wanted to sell diamonds. 💎

Eldad Rothman and his co-founders had zero background in optics.

But they had a checklist where optics checked every box and glasses turned out to be a better choice than diamonds.

That’s how GlassesUSA started.

Nicolas Kröger and Yael Kochman sat down with Eldad on our latest episode to unpack how their discipline in market choice built the foundation for everything that came after.

Dive in to learn more about the checklist that helped GlassesUSA to become successful.

OBI doesn't want to sell you a hammer anymore.

It wants to renovate your whole house. 🏠

And that's a genuine strategic shift with implications for every player in European retail.

Felix Weber, Head of Innovation at OBI Group Holding, joined Nino and Yael in this episode to break down how one of Germany's most iconic household brands is rebuilding its business model around exactly that idea.

They went deep on what it actually takes to own the whole project, not just the transaction:

– Why innovation placed inside the CEO office changes everything about how ideas survive

– The build vs. buy mental model OBI uses to decide what's worth owning

– How agentic AI fits into project delivery