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Imagine you woke up one morning only to find the entire economical landscape has changed. Welcome to survival mode, a podcast that explores how entrepreneurs navigate the COVID-19 crisis. I am Matthias and together with digitalswitzerland, we explore how Swiss startups find new revenue streams, enter unexpected markets and sometimes reinvent their business model entirely.
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#12 Never waste a good crisis - Silvan Krähenbühl Entrepreneur & Host of Swisspreneur
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29:43What do you do if you just started your business right before the crisis? In this episode of Survival Mode Silvan Krähenbühl, Host of Swisspreneur and a serial entrepreneur himself explains how covid19 affected the travel and gym industry, why podcasts are a serious medium to watch and how this crisis can be a great opportunity to start something n…
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#11 Sales in a remote world - Manuel Hartmann Founder Sales Playbook
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22:44How do you sell if you cannot see your customer? In this episode of Survival Mode Manuel Hartmann, Founder of Sales Playbook elaborates how the crisis is affecting sales cycles, how remote sales work - even in Switzerland, and what is yet to come beyond covid19. Sales Playbook, helps Swiss B2B startups to scale and hit their Product-Market-Fit fast…
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#10 Leadership in times of crisis - Tobias Häckermann Sherpany
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38:03How do you lead people when everyone starts working from home? In this episode of Survival Mode Tobias Häckermann, CEO & Co-Founder of Sherpany explains how going remotely increased their companies transparency, how the new normal in online and offline work could look like and what accelerating effects covid19 had on leadership styles and megatrend…
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#9 From I love you to I hate you - Cyrus Fazel CEO & Founder of SwissBorg
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26:18What do you do if you move from one crisis to another? In this episode of Survival Mode Cyrus Fazel, CEO & Founder of SwissBorg, elaborates how the ICO and corona crisis affected the crypto & blockchain sector, how the different markets reacted to covid19, and what we should take out from this crisis as humanity. SwissBorg is a Swiss blockchain pla…
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#8 Focus and move forward - Naomi MacKenzie Co-Founder of KITRO
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21:14What do you do when 95% of your customers stop operating? In this episode of Survival Mode Naomi MacKenzie, Co-Founder of KITRO, explains how the hospitality sector got impacted during covid19, what to do when you planned a financing round and the importance of resource efficiency and sustainability on the way forward. KITRO is a Swiss startup that…
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#7 A crisis holds opportunity - Aike Festini Luckabox
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25:22How do you spot opportunities in times of crisis? In this episode of Survival Mode Aike Festini, CEO & Co-founder of Luckabox, discusses what happens when online-delivery is all the sudden the only channel available, what are the effects of COVID19 to last-mile delivery, and how could the future of retail look like. Luckabox is a premium platform f…
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#6 Fully digital overnight- Jan Rihak & Jonas Leu Classtime
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20:37What do you do when your customer base suddenly increases by a factor of 10 over the weekend? In this episode of Survival Mode Jan Rihak & Jonas Leu, Co-Founder and Biz Dev Manager from Classtime, take us on their journey on how to handle rapid growth, work with customers with limited online experiences, and what the impacts in education could be b…
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#5 A crisis is like a filter - Pascal Mathis Wingman
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25:02Would you invest in a startup without seeing its founders in person? In this episode of Survival Mode Pascal Mathis, founding partner at Wingman Ventures enlights us on how the crisis affects investors, what the ups and downs of doing business from home are, and how he assists startups to go through this turbulent times. Wingman is a 60 million Ven…
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#4 Back to Day One - Viktor Calabro Coople
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18:40What would you do if 70% percent of your revenue streams disappeared overnight? In this episode of Survival Mode Viktor Calabro founder of Europe's largest on-demand staffing platform Coople, explains how he tackles this challenge and finds profit in previously undervalued revenue streams.
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#3 Ridding a rollercoaster - Nicolas Durand Abionic
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19:25How do you keep your startup running when your surrounding is going into hibernation mode? In this episode of Survival Mode Nicolas Durand CEO and founder of Abionic, the most rapid diagnostic platform to detect sepsis explains how he fights to keep his startup funded during a crisis and tackle sepsis, one of the leading causes of death in the worl…
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#2 Build and scale - Arthur Germain OneDoc
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18:07What would you do if all of a sudden people are too afraid to use your product? In this episode of Survival Mode Arthur Germain, CEO and Co-founder of OneDoc the biggest online booking platform for doctors in Switzerland elaborates how he built and scaled a completely new service to help their struggling customers in times of Corona.…
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#1 We are in this together - Taha Bawa Goodwall
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26:03How to communicate effectively with your team in an constantly changing environment that has never been seen before? In this episode of Survival Mode Taha Bawa, CEO & Co-founder of Goodwall the career development platform that prepares over 1.5 million young professionals to enter the working world, illustrates how he set up his startup in a fully …
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Special Episode - SwissBorg update and ICO competition
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30:58The interviewer becomes the interviewee. Vince Howard Head of Marketing at SwissBorg gives updates on SwissBorg's vision, the upcoming investment app and the launch of the ICO competition. In association with Crypto News TV.By SwissBorg
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Crypto Unchained - Coopers station or Skynet?
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22:38Our guest this week, Shamus Rae, Head of Digital Disruption at KPMG UK, shares his vast knowledge on all things digital disruption. Topics include cognitive computing, artificial intelligence and Digital Labour.By SwissBorg
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Crypto Unchained - Japan and Asia, shaping the Cryptocurrency landscape
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16:10Ken Yagami, CEO of SwissBorg Japan and Head of Asia discusses the Cryptocurrency landscape, and the differences between Japanese and Chinese crypto investors.By SwissBorg
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Crypto Unchained - The rise of the Security Token Offering (STO)
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19:34In this week's episode Neil Staunton, CEO of Crypton Digital Assets, explains the rise of the STO and how his firm is using AI and machine learning to predict cryptocurrency price movements 12 hours ahead of time.By SwissBorg
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Crypto Unchained - Smart contracts and the future of ICO's
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19:54SwissBorg Co-Founder and CEO, Cyrus Fazel talks the future of responsible ICO's, SwissBorg's ICO platform and takes a trip in the DeLorean to give his past self some advice on how to run a successful ICO.By SwissBorg
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Crypto Unchained - Crypto Millionaire Erica Stanford: Beyond the hype
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16:17After quitting a high-flying role in sales and marketing, Erica Stanford went on to achieve life-changing success trading crypto in 2017. However beyond the hype is a cautious, analytical and conscientious entrepreneur with wise words of advice for would-be cryptocurrency investors.By SwissBorg
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Crypto Unchained - Blockchain, Brexit & the legal landscape
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15:23Tackling the compliance and legal issues surrounding blockchain technology are a top priority for early adopters seeking to disrupt traditional industries such as banking. This week, we take up the some of the most pressing legal matters within the Blockchain space with Line Élodie Derungs, Head of Legal at SwissBorg.…
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Crypto Unchained - How blockchain can learn from old-school finance
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13:31This week Tony Evans, Co-Founder of Fintech Global Consultants, tells us why he believes we must apply the lessons of old-school finance to the blockchain industry for it to thrive.By SwissBorg
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Crypto Unchained - Indices, the future of Crypto?
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12:39What are the barriers to wider crypto participation and how can actively managed Crypto Indices help adoption? Marco Guerreiro, Chief Research Officer at SwissBorg answers these questions and more. To learn more about Crypto Indices visit: Crypto IndicesBy SwissBorg
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