Survival Mode with Matthias Zwingli

What 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 new. Swisspreneur is a leading podcast platform for Swiss entrepreneurs, from swiss entrepreneurs.

How 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 faster. “People think harder if they need to take a meeting in person or if there is a leaner and more efficient way”

How 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 megatrends. Sherpany is a Swiss startup that helps your company to get the most out of meetings. “If your employees are not active in a meeting think about why. If it is creating value, engagement and motivation will come naturally”

What 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 platform that lets you trade and manage your favorite cryptos by connecting multiple exchanges in one platform. “It went from I love you to I hate you in a couple of months, in 2017 everyone was enthusiastic about smart contracts followed by that s*** is useless”

What 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 simplifies your food waste management. “People needed to see that taking things a bit slower can have a huge impact on the environment”

How 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 for last-mile deliveries. “91% of retail is still brick and mortar, there is a huge shift and the crisis is just accelerating this trend”

What 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 beyond corona. Classtime is a digital platform that makes learning more fun and inclusive for everyone. In short, it enables the same learning experience for all students in and beyond the classroom. “The schools closed on Friday and on Monday they needed a solution! So we had to work super fast”

Would 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 Venture Fund for early-stage investments in Switzerland.

What 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.

How 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 world.