Swisspreneur Show

Timestamps 7:05 - Meeting President Reagan 21:15 - How a public speaker is born 28:12 - Skills for managing crises 34:34 - Why it's important to empower women in business 37:49 - Advice to young women About Rosmarie Michel: Rosmarie Michel, now in her eighties, looks back on a lifetime of entrepreneurship and advocacy for women in business. In the 1970s she was one of the first women to be appoint...

Timestamp 7:54 - The importance of your economic footprint 15:36 - Realizing you've chosen the wrong strategy 27:20 - The hard parts of entrepreneurship 35:11 - Does anyone have the recipe for success? 46:29 - Advice for young entrepreneurs About Markus Popp: Markus Popp is best known as the founder of tilllate.com, a party event platform with photo gallery and community features. In 2009, Mar...

Timestamps 2:11 - The gender gap in the Swiss startup ecosystem 18:45 - Splitting up with your co-founder and abandoning the startup 34:05 - Startup competitions: yay or nay? 42:16 - The advantage of incubators 48:12 - Choosing the right idea About Lea von Bidder: Lea is best know as the Co-founder and President of  Ava Science, Inc. , the company behind the Ava bracelet, the first fertility-...

Timestamps 7:00 - Coming up with an initial marketing strategy 11:45 - Bootstrapping your business 16:06 - Measuring your ecological footprint 24:37 - What they look for in new employees 40:55 - How digitalization influences your business About Markus and Daniel Freitag: In 1993, graphic designers Markus and Daniel Freitag were looking for a functional, water-repellent and robust bag to hold their...

Timestamps 6:44 - What to look for in a co-founder 11:38 - When is the right time to become an entrepreneur? 31:45 - How to steer a fast growing company 36:42 - Handling bad press 44:47 - The future of AI About Adrian Locher: Adrian is best known as Founder and COO of  DeinDeal.ch , an e-commerce coupons and discounts platform for products and services. Within a year of starting the busi...

Timestamps 3:18 - Why say no to a banking career 23:34 - Having to shut down your company 27:30 - Recovering from the crash 36:34 - Why you could not want to sell your company to Facebook 44:49 - Knowing when to move on About Peter Schuepbach: Peter Schuepbach  started his entrepreneurial career as a co-founder of Miracle Software AG back in 1986 and served as its Chief Executive Officer for...

Timestamps 7:32 - Realizing corporate life isn't for you 28:32 - Hiring strategies 32:57 - Handling divergent expectations within the company 45:14 - Setting and changing targets 49:17 - Work-life balance About Roman Gaus: Roman is best known as the Founder and CEO of  UrbanFarmers , a company dedicated to building commercial food production systems in and around cities. Together with Andreas...

Timestamps 7:45 - What André learned from being a fighter pilot in the Swiss army 11:26 - What young people should do to prepare for an entrepreneurial career 19:24 - What a great team looks like 28:48 - How to deal with risk 31:17 - Dealing with crises About André Borschberg: André Borschberg is best known as the CEO, co-founder and pilot of  Solar Impulse : the enterprise that, under h...

Timestamps 0:40 - The concept of Seedspaces and co-habitation 14:23 - Things to consider when picking a co-founder 17:09 - The importance of recruiting 22:43 - Operating across different cultures 31:45 - Advice to female entrepreneurs About Alisée de Tonnac: Alisée de Tonnac  is the Founder and CEO of  Seedstars , an investment firm building and investing in tech companies in 60+ emergin...

Timestamps: 8:46 - Launching a startup in 11 months 22:39 - Working at Google 32:26 - How to drive the company's culture as a CEO 37:51 - What Switzerland can learn from Silicon Valley and Berlin 41:32 - What it takes to start a company nowadays About Daniel Graf: Daniel joined Uber in 2015 as the Head of Marketplace, the team that works on Uber’s dynamic pricing model. Before joining Uber he did...

Timestamps 15:46 - How to build a company on open source 22:40 - Scaling Automattic with a distributed team 36:20 - Having a long-term view of your startup 44:18 - Loneliness as a startup CEO 51:13 - Creating feedback loops About Toni Schneider: Toni Schneider is a founding Partner of  True Ventures . From 2006-2014 he was CEO of  Automattic  where he led  WordPress.com  t...

Timestamps 10:35 - Early days of Doodle and taking risks 16:21 - Managing growth and culture 25:18 - How to manage a product backlog 27:35 - On launching early 38:20 - Myke's productivity tips About Myke N äf: Myke Näf is the founder and former CEO of Doodle, the prominent event scheduler software. He sold the company for an undisclosed amount to Tamedia in 2014. Shortly after the acquisition he l...

Timestamps 1:06 - Why open offices in Zurich, Austin and Cape Town 5:54 - Why studying economics aids you as a CEO 21:55 - Dealing with critics 32:03 - Knowing it's time to pivot 46:25 - Founding a company with your husband/wife About Dania Gerhardt: Dania Gerhardt is the founder of Amazee Labs. She started Amazee.com in 2007 and successfully pivoted her startup to one of Switzerland’s p...

Timestamps 18:15 - How to make it work when your co-founder is your wife 28:39 - How to find product-market fit 36:24 - Selling his company Wildfire to Google 41:45 - What it's like working for Google 47:14 - The Swiss startup ecosystem About Alain Chuard: Alain Chuard is a Swiss serial entrepreneur and former professional snowboarder living in Palo Alto, California. He is best known as the founde...

Timestamps: 11:36 - Learning from users and iterating the product 19:22 - Saying no to misaligned revenue and long-term thinking 25:05 - The hard moments (tough calls and running out of money) 40:10 - Life after the exit and letting go Episode Summary: Marco Cerqui is the co-founder and former CEO of Bring ! - Switzerland's most widely used shared grocery shopping app. With a background in sof...

Timestamps: 11:36 - Learning from users and iterating the product 19:22 - Saying no to misaligned revenue and long-term thinking 25:05 - The hard moments (tough calls and running out of money) 40:10 - Life after the exit and letting go Episode Summary: Marco Cerqui is the co-founder and former CEO of Bring ! - Switzerland's most widely used shared grocery shopping app. With a background in sof...

Timestamps: 11:36 - Learning from users and iterating the product 19:22 - Saying no to misaligned revenue and long-term thinking 25:05 - The hard moments (tough calls and running out of money) 40:10 - Life after the exit and letting go Episode Summary: Marco Cerqui is the co-founder and former CEO of Bring ! - Switzerland's most widely used shared grocery shopping app. With a background in sof...

Timestamps: 11:36 - Learning from users and iterating the product 19:22 - Saying no to misaligned revenue and long-term thinking 25:05 - The hard moments (tough calls and running out of money) 40:10 - Life after the exit and letting go Episode Summary: Marco Cerqui is the co-founder and former CEO of Bring ! - Switzerland's most widely used shared grocery shopping app. With a background in sof...

Timestamps: 11:36 - Learning from users and iterating the product 19:22 - Saying no to misaligned revenue and long-term thinking 25:05 - The hard moments (tough calls and running out of money) 40:10 - Life after the exit and letting go Episode Summary: Marco Cerqui is the co-founder and former CEO of Bring ! - Switzerland's most widely used shared grocery shopping app. With a background in sof...