Imagine if you knew Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs or Elon Musk before they founded Facebook, Apple and Tesla. Digital optimists is your window in the technological future – straight from Silicon Valley. Your host Alex is a successful founder himself, has worked for Google in Silicon Valley for years and is now interviewing the next generation of founders before they change the world with their ideas and start-ups. This podcast is accompanied journalistically by its own column in Wirtschaftswoche.