Swisspreneur Show

Timestamps: 02:42 - Pros of the Physical Office 05:28 - Cons of the Physical Office 09:09 - Advantages of a Fully Remote Setup 11:43 - The Hybrid Model Approach 13:11 - A Purposeful Meeting Place About Philipp Stauffer: Philipp Stauffer is the co-founder and managing director of FYRFLY Venture Partners , a venture capital firm that invests in companies using data and intelligence to build their co...

Timestamps: 02:52 - The Swiss Blockchain Market 06:51 - Entrepreneurship in the Blood Line 12:51  -  What is the eNote? 24:11  -  Building Trust Around the Technology 27:58 - The Challenge of Raising Funds About Benedikt Schuppli: Benedikt Schuppli is the co-founder and co-CEO of Obligate , a blockchain company and the hub for tokenized debt. He studied law at the University of...

Timestamps: 01:33 - Building vs Selling the Product 06:01 - Outsourcing Sales 09:00 - How to Win Your First Customer 11:02 - Tips on Improving Your Sales Pitch 12:19 - A Founder's Unique Role About Julie Maples: Julie Maples is a co-founder and managing director at FYRFLY Ventures , where she has made investments in companies such as Boundless , Rosalyn.ai , and Mobi Systems , among others. She al...

Timestamps: 07:35 - Curiosity Breeds Entrepreneurship 15:09 - The Fall of Dermintel 23:24 - Digital Transformation Best Practices for Companies 33:03 - Inclusivity in the Tech Space 39:14 - Cognitive Flexibility and the Future of Work About Tomoko Yokoi: Tomoko Yokoi is a researcher and advisor in digital transformation at the IMD Business School and a lecturer at ETH Zürich . She also co-founded...

For a free masterclass on angel investing with DART Labs founder Sophie Lamparter and SICTIC president Thomas Dübendorfer, click here . Timestamps: 03:52 - Building Trust with Potential Investors 07:54 - How to Split Your Time Fundraising and Managing Your Business 08:57 - Who Should be Involved in the Fundraising process 10:48 - The Advisory Board's Role in the Fundraising Process 15:29 - How Lon...

Timestamps: 01:46 - The Animal Kingdom and the Competitive Ecosystem 05:52 - Differentiation in the Marketplace 08:12 - Reacting to Your Competitors in New Markets 12:47 - Communicating with Your Competitors 14:17 - Coping with the Acquisition of a Competitor About Philipp Stauffer: Philipp Stauffer is the co-founder and managing director of FYRFLY Venture Partners , a venture capital firm that in...

Timestamps: 00:54 - What You Study Doesn’t Matter 07:18 -  Starting Sunflower Labs 25:04 - Bureaucracy & The Drone Space in Switzerland 35:36 - The Evernote Network 39:00 - Why Some Investors Didn’t Invest About Alex Pachikov: Alex Pachikov is the co-founder and CEO of Sunflower Labs , a remote and autonomous drone solution for property security. He graduated from the University of Colora...

Timestamps 01:19 - The Role of a Board 05:21 - How Often a Board Should Meet 10:15 - The Board Meeting Agenda 13:35 - How to Make Decisions as a Board 17:25 - The Importance of Good Communication About Philip Stauffer Philipp Stauffer is the co-founder and general partner of Fyrfly Venture Partners , a venture capital firm that invests in companies using data and intelligence to build their c...

Timestamps: 05:00- The Change in the Travel Market 16:10 - GetYourGuide’s Business Model 30:38 - The Dawn of the Pandemic 39:13 - Growth Strategies 49:22 - Navigating the Future About Tobias Rein: Tobias Rein is the co-founder and Principal Engineer at GetYourGuide , a leading online booking platform for travel experiences. He studied Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the Swiss...

Timestamps: 1:47 - Building an Asian food company in the 90s 14:05 - Assembling the Loanboox co-founders 29:34 - UN’s development goals 36:08 - Meditation and entrepreneurship 40:00 - The Sparks IPO program About Stefan Muehlemann: Stefan Muehlemann is the founder, chairman and former CEO at Loanboox , the independent debt issuing platform that connects public sector, large corporate and real esta...

Timestamps: 1:37 - From Mexico to Switzerland 10:44 - Corporate innovation 27:26 - Validating an idea 39:37 - Calculating client ROI 48:28 - Looking for a different type of investor About Alan Cabello: Alan Cabello is the founder of SparkLabs , Sparkworks and Sparkademy , three sister companies working towards a common goal: business innovation in Switzerland. He previously co-founded the startup...

Timestamps: 00:07 - The Impact of GE on Ben James' Early Life 09:50 - The Start of TP24 21:45 - The Business Model: Secret Black Box 33:35 - Managing Mental Health: The Pressure of Being a Founder 48:38 - Six Sparks IPO Program About Ben James: Ben James , CEO of TP24 , is an engineer at heart. After completing an engineering degree at Leeds University and working in the sales and operations depar...

Timestamps: 10:58 - Basecamp was born out of embarrassment 19:16 - Getting an offer from Bezos in 2005 38:50 - No email service is free 41:13 - What’s wrong with the cloud 47:56 - Quiet quitting About David Heinermeier Hansson: David Heinemeier Hansson , originally from Denmark, studied Business Administration at the Copenhagen Business School in the late 1990s. He is the founder of the open-sourc...

Timestamps: 05:00 Wozu werden Führungskräfte gebraucht? 16:10 Die gemeinsame Vision 31:12 Verhältnis Präsident // Trainer 36:02 Die Wichtigkeit von Wertschätzung & Anerkennung 43:40 Werden Führungskräfte gemacht oder geboren? Über Bernhard Heusler: Bernhard Heusler ist Mitgründer und Partner der Heusler Werthmüller Heitz AG , mit Hauptsitz in Basel und spezialisiert auf die Erbringung von Dien...

Timestamps: 2:42 - 25yo and COO at a big company 11:00 - Building a company with your brother 17:35 - The Swiss real estate market 22:55 - Taking on investors to support crazy growth 27:58 - Avoiding a second hit of burnout About Levent Künzi: Levent Künzi is the co-founder and CEO at Properti , a technology-driven real estate company modernizing residential real estate. He holds a BSc in Business...

Timestamps: 1:43 - PwC and entrepreneurship 9:49 - Investing in an alternative asset class 24:36 - What happens when the asset is sold 32:59 - How Splint Invest makes money 38:15 - Crowdfunding campaign closed after 5 days About Aurelio Perucca: Aurelio Perucca is the co-founder and CEO at Splint Invest , an alternative investment platform. He holds a MS in Business Administration from the Univers...

Timestamps: 1:52 - From fossil fuels to clean energy 7:55 - Idealab and Energy Vault 14:20 - Hardware and software 29:03- Saying no to customers 43:50 - The intense schedule of going public About Robert Piconi: Robert Piconi is the co-founder and CEO at Energy Vault , a global energy storage company based in Ticino and publicly listed at NYSE. He previously worked at companies like BP, Alcatel and...

Timestamps: 1:48 - Being passionate about music 9:32 - Helga’s origin story 18:25 - Management tasks in the music industry 32:22 - Creating trust 36:56 - Tokenizing shares with Daura About Vincenzo Neidhardt: Vincenzo Neidhardt is the Managing Partner at Helga , a hyper-focused digital manager that specializes in the use of data in the music world. He holds a BSc in Business Administration from HW...

Timestamps: 8:00 - Sustainability and branding 23:01 - The yamo ingredients 32:10 - From baby food to snack bars 43:30 - The battle against regulation 1:03:34 - Raising a series B About Luca Michas: Luca Michas is the co-founder and CMO at Yamo , a B2C company revolutionizing the kid's food market with nutritious and organic options for kids of all ages. Luca holds an MA in Media & Communicati...

Timestamps: 6:38 - Working for Flipboard in 2011 18:16 - Hacking a calendar extension 22:51 - Getting into Y Combinator 39:00 - The “Batman” life of solo founders 56:58 - Getting acquired by Notion About Raphael Schaad: Raphael  Schaad is the founder and CEO at Cron , a next-generation calendar  software. Raphael holds an masters from MIT and a bachelors from the University of Applied Sc...

Timestamps: 2:48 - Being part of the FREITAG journey 12:27 - Meeting your romantic partner and co-founder 17:42 - Clean and ethical beauty 40:02 - Choosing to be bootstrapped 45:29 - Internationalizing the soap emporium About Hanna and Johan Åkerström: Hanna and Johan Åkerström are the co-founders of Soeder, a natural and ethical personal care product manufacturer based in Zurich, Switzerland. Han...

Timestamps: 4:34 - Coming from a family business 10:37 - A hand-over from father to son 21:05 - Financial defenses against COVID 32:13 - Being a sustainability trailblazer 35:08 - The SIX IPO program About Sebastien Tondeur: Sebastien Tondeur is the CEO at MCI group , a global next-gen platform for marketing which was founded as a conference organizer in 1987 by Sebastien’s dad, Roger Tondeur. Seb...

Timestamps: 10:10 - The Gymhopper story 22:00 - Stepping down from the CEO role 25:47 - How Silvan met Christian Hirsig 30:28 - Juggling two jobs plus Swisspreneur 36:52 - Where the Swiss ecosystem is headed About Silvan Krähenbühl: Silvan Krähenbühl is the host and managing director at Swisspreneur and current CEO at Rentouch, a Swiss enterprise software company developing products geared towards...

Timestamps: 7:02 - Building a startup in 2008 14:08 - Selling to several different industries 18:06 - Growth to SME level 20:25 - The cultural fit 32:38 - The Sparks IPO Academy About Manuel Aschwanden: Manuel Aschwanden is the co-founder and CEO at Optotune , a company which develops optical components that allow customers around the globe to innovate. Prior to Optotune, Manuel has gained experie...

Timestamps: 5:04 - Adela’s role model mom 14:18 - Creating a spin-off business 18:55 - Spin-off trade-offs 24:35 - Setting up your headquarters in Switzerland 35:40 - Growing and innovating About Adela Wiener: Adela Wiener is the co-founder & CEO at Aurachain , a simple and intuitive low-code platform that allows rapid creation of digital applications. She previously worked as a business devel...