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And Francisco Fernandez Griñon should know, because he lead a company with thousands of employees for 17 years. Check out our episode on Avaloq, available on our website and wherever you get your podcasts. - #swisspreneur #startup #entrepreneur #podcast #avaloq #banking #finance #saas #team #leader #leadership #culture #companyculture #manager #management #managers

How did Avaloq come to have 160+ clients in 35 countries and 2500+ employees? If anyone knows the answer to that question, it's Francisco Fernandez Griñon, founder and former CEO. He joined the Swisspreneur Podcast to talk about how his small, up-and-coming company became the front-to-back software provider for financial institutions we know today. In this episode, you'll find out... 👋 Why Francisco stepped down from his CEO role in 2017 🤩 How Avaloq got acquired by NEC Corporation for $2.2B in 2020 🤔 Why Francisco thinks buying success is a bad idea Check out our episode with him, available on our website and wherever you get your podcasts. - #swisspreneur #startup #entrepreneur #podcast #avaloq #banking #finance #saas

If you don't have a diverse skillset and haven't aligned the incentives, your startup's not gonna make it. - #swisspreneur #startup #entrepreneur #podcast #management #team #teambuilding #shares #skillset

"Sure thing, pal! Where do I sign up?" - #swisspreneur #entrepreneur #startup #podcast #meme #nicholashoult

MYNERVA co-founder Greta Preatoni explains why you should never start developing tech without first finding the correct customer problem which the tech could solve. Check out our episode with Greta, available on our website and wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was co-produced with the Female Founders Initiative Switzerland. - #swisspreneur #startup #entrepreneur #podcast #mynerva #neuropathy #medtech #diabetes #chemo #chronicpain #market #pmf #productmarketfit

What if you could help to relieve pain for millions worldwide? That's what Greta Preatoni is doing at MYNERVA, a startup developing a groundbreaking device for the treatment of neuropathy, a condition which can cause both chronic pain and loss of sensation (which affects balance, and increases the likelihood of falls). Greta and their team have created what is basically a sock, except it stimulates the patients' nerves to reduce pain and prevent falls — all without the use of opioids! Check out our conversation with her to learn how Mynerva: 😬 Dealt with a huge market size 📝 Faced the challenges of medtech regulation 🤞 Learned that patent strategy can make or break you The episode is available on our website and wherever you get your podcasts. It was co-produced with the Female Founders Initiative Switzerland. - #swisspreneur #startup #entrepreneur #podcast #mynerva #neuropathy #medtech #diabetes #chemo #chronicpain

And the speaker for this year's Zurich Scaleup Cruise is....🥁🥁 🥁 🥁 ...Victoria Ransom! Victoria was the co-founder and CEO of Wildfire, which she sold to Google in 2012 for $450 m USD after scaling it to 400 employees over the previous 4 years. She then went on to become a Director of Product at Google before she started Prisma, an innovative online school that has rapidly expanded to serve kids around the globe. Both Wildfire and Prisma are known for their exceptionally strong company cultures and Victoria will be sharing with us her experience and lessons learned when it comes to building those cultures in the hyper-growth trajectory of Wildfire and the fully-remote setup of Prisma. Click the link in the comments to apply to attend! Thank you to our sponsors this year, properti, SIX, Google, UBS, and MLL Legal, for making the event possible. - #swisspreneur #startup #entrepreneur #podcast #scaleupcruise #scaleupcruise2024 #network #networking #startupevent #lakezurich #wildfire 

Copper, zinc, lead and gold — 4 minerals which will be crucial for the energy transition. At Open Mineral, CPTO James Rilett offers metal commodity trade solutions enabled by a commercial and market intelligence platform. He came on the Swisspreneur podcast to show us how commodity trading and sustainability can come together, how he's relocated part of his team to the UAE, and why Open Mineral take care to only work with reputable base metal providers who follow the strictest ESG guidelines. Check out our episode with James, available on our website and wherever you get your podcasts. - #swisspreneur #startup #entrepreneur #podcast #openmineral #commoditytrading #trading #climatechange #energytransition #greenenergy

What are alternative investments? 🤔 🔍 Alternative investments are all investments that are not in stocks, bonds or ETFs, i.e. investments in highly illiquid assets like real estate, crypto, collectibles and luxury items like paintings, cars and wine. Splint Invest can help you pick the right ones! Check out our episode with their co-founder, Aurelio Perucca, available on our website and wherever you get your podcasts. - #swisspreneur #startup #entrepreneur #podcast #splintinvest #invest #investor #investing #investment #alternativeassets #alternativeinvestments #cars #luxurywatches #realestate #ultrawealthy

Splint Invest co-founder Aurelio Perucca explains how alternative investments have far less volatility than stocks or crypto. Check out our episode with Aurelio, available on our website and wherever you get your podcasts. - #swisspreneur #startup #entrepreneur #podcast #splintinvest #invest #investor #investing #investment #alternativeassets #alternativeinvestments #cars #luxurywatches #realestate #ultrawealthy