The Oprah Podcast Growing Your Passion into a Business with Oprah and Jürgen Ingels
Feb 10, 2026
Jürgen Ingels, tech entrepreneur and VC who founded Clear2Pay and Supernova, shares practical startup lessons from idea to scale. He discusses focusing on strengths, building the right team, raising capital with a story, keeping cash and systems in check, and why passion and asking why fuel long-term success.
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Work At The Quick Sparked Multiple Hustles
- Jürgen worked 30 hours a week at a quick-service restaurant while studying and learned hard work and team motivation.
- He later commercialized classmates' lecture notes into a thriving campus business.
Curiosity Reveals Product Opportunities
- Curiosity drove Jürgen to probe banking delays and discover an opportunity in payments.
- Solving structural 'why' questions can reveal business ideas others accept as unsolvable.
Hire Right And Pad Your Timelines
- Hire top people and avoid starting with mediocre partners or only similar-skilled founders.
- Expect development to cost ~30% more and take ~two extra quarters than you estimate.
