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Meilen, Zh, Ch

Zurich, Switzerland

My goal is to support founders in creating their startups faster and more successfully. I provide entrepreneurship workshops, sharing my experience, enable team matchmaking, help with 1:1 coaching, and build an integrated CRM as a basis for metrics to measurement of our Universitites success.

Zürich, Schweiz

I saw two main problems we could solve as a team: 1) Fact checking is labour intense and AI can support it2) Scientific findings hardly get into society or politicsWith a tech co-founder and science co-founder, I decided to invest my own money and time to find product-market-fit. After extensive customer interviews, market analysis, budgeting, design spints and more we put these on hold.

Zurich, Switzerland

With AI becoming better at coding, we tested how we could leverage it for the modernization of legacy code. After intensive research and pilot projects with our engineers, we saw at least a 2x speed advantage. But 2x was not an edge enough to compete in a crowded market.

Zurich, Switzerland

Award winning social enterprise simplifying and speeding up source validation for a (more) fact-based internet.Our startup was on stages by journalists and scientists, has gotten excellent feedback form potential buyers, users and venture capitalists. We solved the problem of biased fact-checking, brought scientific facts into society and had built a working AI-powered prototype.More info: www.source-engine.io.(Part of CorePiece GmbH)

Zürich Und Umgebung, Schweiz

I developed and led the marketing strategy for this newly aquired Swiss company, expanding its reach on an international scale. MarTech tools helped me implement a data-driven, analytics-based approach. As a leader of a small team, I emphasize clear task descriptions and transparent, agile working style, allowing for fast and informed decision-making.• Defined an international B2B Marketing Strategy to revitalize previously neglected efforts• Focus-shift to Digital Marketing, while keeping high-impact measures & events• 4 Product Launches with Lead Generation Campaigns• Improved customer experience in an engineering driven company

Zürich Und Umgebung, Schweiz

As a tech-savy marketer, I can not only create a refresh of a corporate design, but guide the development of a complex B2B website.

Zürich Und Umgebung, Schweiz

• Agile Management of Software Projects• Requirements Engineering for App and Web-Dev• Online-Marketing• Definition and Optimization of Processes for the ISO 9001 Certification• Administrator of Atlassian Jira & Confluence The ability to implement a lot of projects in this job was perfect.

Winterthur Und Umgebung, Schweiz

• Creation of App-Concept "Science Guide" (iOS and Android)• Collaboration on Communications for an Anniversary Exhibition • Optimisation and Enhancement of Database and Team Management• Freelanced for training, testing and communicationsSupporting a scientific organization during the civil service with my tech experience.

Zürich Und Berlin

• Creation of Corporate Language and Design• Conceptualisation of Website• Establishing of Social Media Community • Launch-Campaign CHFirst employee to build this startup. We had a great time, a great team, and a great opportunity. I left the company for my second attempt to build a startup.

Frankfurt Am Main Und Umgebung, Deutschland

• Press Releases, Analysis, Media-Sell-ins• Support in Strategy and Workshops• Social Media Management

Wiesbaden Und Umgebung, Deutschland

• Conceptualisation and Implementation of a New Corporate Design• Development of Social Media Strategy• Press Work and Administration

Sargans, St Gallen, Switzerland

Four friends trying to set up a reverse auction platform. Got our first 10k pre-seed.

Digital Marketing Strategy

• Marketing Psychology • Customer Value Creation • Communities & Influencers • Data & Analytics • Emerging Marketing Technology

B.Phil, Analytic Philosophy

• Analyzation of written & spoken arguments • Essay writing, case making, applied logic • Values, ethics, purpose, thinking models •.

B.Sc, Corporate Communications

• Corporate communications, including PR, media, planning, statistics • Hands-on training on how to produce for the web, TV, radio.