Swisspreneur Show

Timestamps: 1:31 - Meeting the ON co-founders for the first time 7:30 - Loans are preferable to equity rounds 26:05 - An investor's sleepless nights 34:18 - Swiss IPOs in the future 39:49 - Get help with industry leaders About Martin Eng & Patrick Forte Martin Eng is a senior client advisor at UBS, and Patrick Forte works there as the head of corporate finance. Martin has been a part of the UB...

Timestamps: 1:04 - Dropping out of college 6:53 - Selling a company for $26M at 30 13:00 - Evernote in 2007 38:18 - The out-of-office world 40:40 - Choosing where to live About Phil Libin: Phil Libin is the co-founder and former CEO at Evernote , the world’s best known note-taking app. Prior to Evernote, he built Engine5 and CoreStreet . He holds a BA in Computer Science from Boston University, wh...

Timestamps: 1:32 - How not to sell your company 6:46 - KPIs to reach before selling 20:40 - Finding the right price 26:32 - Whoever wants to deal less wins 32:04 - Your role after the sale About Thomas Hofer and Vito Gigante Thomas Hofer is the head of the transaction advisory at UBS ' corporate finance department, and has been working for UBS for over 20 years. Vito Gigante has been the head of S...

Timestamps: 1:01 - A family full of role models 8:23 - The doubts of an entrepreneur 18:56 - Moving back to the US 29:41 - A partnership in equality 40:41 - Working with your spouse About Bettina Hein: Bettina Hein is the co-founder and CEO at juli Health , an app for managing chronic health conditions, and an investor at the Swiss Shark Tank Höhle der Löwen. She also co-founded START Global when...

Timestamps: 2:10 - What liquidation is 6:30 - When liquidation is enforced by a creditor 19:50 - Liquidation agreement 23:31 - The emotional toll 28:20- If liquidation happens to a supplier/partner About Fabian Humbel: Fabian is an executive director and the head of special segments, credit and recovery solutions at UBS , of which he has been an employee since 2006. He has an MBA from the Chicago...

Timestamps: 5:43 - Traveling for 4 months to think 9:34 - Building a highly-scalable business 21:20 - Sustainability and pricing 35:37 - A new way of experiencing online shopping 42:56 - Selling tokenized shares About Roy Bernheim Roy Bernheim is the co-founder of the men's underwear brand T-Bô , the first clothing brand to be community driven. His background is in European Social and Political st...

Timestamps: 0:52 - How NOT to do valuation 3:56 - Why do a company valuation 27:26 - Discounted cash flow 34:30 - How to influence your company value 37:49 - How often to do valuation About Jürg Tauss: Jürg Tauss is an executive director at UBS and the head of the M&A valuation desk at the corporate finance Switzerland team. The first thing Jürg thinks founders should know is that value is in...

Timestamps: 6:02 - The psychology of flash sales 10:30 - People lie in surveys 11:51 - Selling teslas and Picassos 25:43 - Picking the right idea 43:33 - What the german part can learn from the Romandy About Pascal Meyer: Pascal Meyer is the solo founder and CEO of Qoqa, a flash sale e-commerce platform in Switzerland created in 2005. He previously worked for AMPCO Metal and Buchheim Communication...

Timestamps: 5:43 - Organizing tours to North Korea 10:37 - Generating revenue from the start 19:38 - Being a chairman 24:13 - Taxfix makes taxes easy 41:33 - Time to leave About Mathis Büchi: Mathis Büchi is the co-founder and chairman at the pdf software company smallpdf and the digital tax accountant Taxfix . His background is in International Business and Global Management and he previously ran...

Timestamps: 1:25 - Business is psychology 9:19 - Validating the Relai idea 18:34 - Building an MVP during a Hackathon 33:47 - Simplifying bitcoin 54:06 - Showing investors traction About Julian Liniger Julian Liniger is the co-founder and CEO at Relai , the world's easiest Bitcoin investing app. His educational background is in Business Administration and Psychology an he has previously worked for...

Timestamps: 2:17 - The problem Linia solves 7:23 - Acquiring your first international customer 10:00 - The biggest competitor 15:18 - Product market fit by trial and error 19:53 - Being bootstrapped About Lorenzo Arizzoli-Bulato Lorenzo Arizzoli-Bulato is the co-founder and managing director at LINIA , a startup manufacturing drone software for power line inspection. His educational background is...

Timestamps: 01:00 - What we mean when we say "strategy" 2:22 - Knowing you value proposition 11:13 - Strategy and KPIs 26:06 - Humility and seeking out help About Elisabete Ramalho Elisabete Ramalho is an international executive with 20 years of experience in digital transformation, technology, manufacturing and consumer goods, who is currently active as an industry lead at Google. For Elisabete,...

Timestamps: 5:03 - Going all in from the beginning 14:00 - The problems of marketplace entrepreneurs 20:22 - The Covid effect 26:22 - Höhle der Löwen appearance 33:37 - Canton-specific regulation About Oliver Huber Oliver Huber is the founder and CEO of Nomady, a Swiss sustainable camping platform. Previously he worked for VP Bank and Schwyzer Kantonalbank, and has a background in Business Admin,...

Timestamps: 5:00 - The essence of entrepreneurship is timeless 10:08 - What makes a good leader? 18:55 - Biased language 25:46 - Being inclusive in a cost-efficient way 28:34 - Few women in top positions About Elisabete Ramalho: Elisabete Ramalho is an international executive with 20 years of experience in digital transformation, technology, manufacturing and consumer goods, who is currently activ...

Timestamps: 4:14 - The business model of uploading old exams onto a server 17:19 - Winning clients with basic functionalities 28:51 - Acquiring competitors 32:47 - Using investor money for acquisitions 49:20 - Your main competitor is yourself About Philippe Willi Philippe Willi is a co-founder and CFO/COO at TrekkSoft , a booking solution for the tour and activities market. He studied business adm...

Timestamps: 8:47 - Getting people to join a revolutionary platform 17:10 - Diseo's revenue sharing model 36:25 - Financing a social platform 38:00 - Regulation ruins scaling 42:05 - Doing a security token offering About Urs Aebischer: Urs Aebischer is the CEO at Diseo , a decentralized ecosystem of interconnected social platforms of brands and organizations where users exclusively control their da...

Timestamps: 1:51 - The ideal founder team 7:09 - When to quit your day job 19:51 - Life after MVP 41:40 - Hiring for skills and culture 49:40 - The exit to Google About Alain Chuard Alain Chuard is a Swiss serial entrepreneur best known as the founder and Chief product officer of Wildfire Interactive, the social media marketing technology company acquired by Google in July 2012. At Google, Alain w...

Timestamps: 2:17 - A family of feminists 15:25 - Finding a job in Switzerland as a foreigner 27:05 - Most people in Velandia's team are women 30:27 - The refugee crisis 51:55 - The nationalist sentiment About Valentina Velandia Valentina is a co-founder and partnership curator at Capacity Zurich , an incubator for startups built by refugees or migrants. She is originally from Colombia, but moved t...

Timestamps 03:17 – Schritt in die Digitalisierung 10:54 – Der typische Atlanto-Kunde 15:22 – Atlanto’s Geschäftsmodell 18:11 – Kundengewinnung 23:28 – Lessons learned About Oliver Baumann: Oliver ist der CEO des Helvetia Spinoffs Atlanto AG , einer digitalen Administrationsplattform für KMU. Ursprünglich war Atlanto als Projekt innerhalb von Helvetia geplant und wurde schliesslich als Tochterunter...

Timestamps: 1:03 - Going to Stanford after EPFL 7:41 - The hardware/software combination 17:50 - Meeting Bill Gates 21:13 - Saying no to Apple 55:18 - 6 grandchildren and 1 boat About Daniel Borel Daniel Borel is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Logitech , the world's largest manufacturer of computer peripherals — with headquarters in Switzerland! After studying Physics at EPFL, Daniel went...

Timestamps: 08:12 – 2. Säule: das Wichtigste zum BVG 10:10 – UVG Pflicht 13:32 – empfehlenswerte Versicherungen 21:48 – Cyberversicherung 32:18 – Beratung und Orientierung im Versicherungsdschungel Über Gianluca Lombardi & Andreas Stöckli: Andreas und Gianluca sind beide bei Helvetia tätig. Andreas ist Marktverantwortlicher für Unternehmen in der Generalagentur in Aarau . Dabei hat er mit Firm...

This episode was produced in co-operation with Startup Days. Visit their website here: https://www.startupdays.ch/ Timestamps: 4:12 - Having the courage to be yourself 17:35 - The beginning of Powercoders 27:59 - The power of telling stories 31:27 - Cultural shock in Switzerland 36:34 - A purpose-driven organization About Bettina & Mannar Bettina Hirsig is the co-founder and lead at Powercoder...

Timestamps: 11:40 – Stage & Ticket size: Gründe für die Frühinvestition 17:24 – Entscheidungsprozess für oder gegen Investitionen 26:18 – Die Gunst der Investoren gewinnen 31:31 – Red flags für die Investoren 36:09 – Unterstützung der Startups nach der Investition Über Stefano Saeger: Stefano Saeger ist Investment Manager beim Helvetia Venture Fund, ein Investment Fund von Helvetia Versicherun...

Timestamps:  1:55 - Being a medtech entrepreneur  9:57 - Managing 2 businesses and 3 kids  17:05 - Setting company and family goals  29:17 - Why not start a company together  36:19 - The right to disconnect  About Anne & Tobias Richter  Anne Richter is the founder and CEO of Knecker , a startup which produces vegan protein-rich snacks. She got her MA in Econo...

Timestamps: 1:17 - Warum Mitarbeiterbeteiligungen? 16:20 - Ab wann sollte man als Startup Mitarbeiterbeteiligungen prüfen? 30:55 - Vesting vs. Sperrfrist 43:34 - Steuerliche Sicht beim Verkauf von Aktien 1:00:14 - Umgang mit unvorhersehbaren Ereignissen Über Adrian Tüscher und Sarah Gassmann: Adrian Tüscher ist der Leiter des Bereichs HR Legal Services. Er berät nationale und internationale Kunden...