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When you stand on the shoulders of giants<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n“When I see more than others,<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n it’s because I’m standing on the shoulders of giants.”<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\nWe have a close network of experts who can support you in areas where you need assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n
Building up a business requires a variety of skills. As a founder team, you usually have fundamental product development and marketing skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
But sometimes, there are gaps in both experience and skills that can stand in the way of successful growth. Our panel of experts below have a strong depth of industry experience. They can help you to address these gaps whenever needed and support you to ensure that<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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- you avoid unnecessary and expensive mistakes and
\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n- build a scalable organization right from the beginning.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/the-dutch-masters-of-scale\/<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Masters of Scale<\/h3>
Community of serial entrepreneurs and experts<\/div>Masters of Scale is a community of committed serial entrepreneurs (\u201cMasters\u201d) and Experts with a shared passion for high-impact entrepreneurship. We have proven experience in establishing, scaling, funding, and selling companies, with access to domestic and international networks for fundraising, sales, marketing, production, development, etc.<\/p>\n<\/div>Business Buddies<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vanessa-cox-809199\/<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Vanessa Cox<\/h3>
Executive Coach, The Preston Associates (TPA) <\/div>The Preston Associates (TPA) is a leading Executive Coaching firm which develops individuals, teams and organisations internationally.<\/span><\/p>\n
We know our clients want time and space to think. TPA Coaches excel at keeping it simple whilst being flexible to the most complex, critical and paradoxical issues. Our hand-picked team have business track records that allow us to be the best thinking partners for talented people.<\/p>\n
We work with a range of businesses, from young vibrant start-ups, where we help develop founders into leaders, to established multinationals, wanting to remain agile and able to empower their people.<\/p>\n
Today we have offices in London, Paris, Berlin, Dublin, New York, Shanghai and Beijing and have coaching capabilities in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Mandarin.<\/p>\n
Your Business Buddies Point of Contact is Vanessa: The Preston Associates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>Business Buddies<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anastasia-albert\/<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Anastasia Albert<\/h3>
Founder, The B2B Practioners<\/div>Anastasia has 12 years of experience in marketing, tech & venture development, including two exits, two unicorns, and one failed startup.<\/span><\/p>\n
As an LSE alumna, Anastasia started her career at Scholz & Friends. At Project A Ventures, she led marketing and helped startups and scale-ups with growth-related topics. Her projects included healthcare unicorn Kry, fintech unicorn Trade Republic, and customer experience platform Uberall.<\/p>\n
Later, she took over Growth Marketing at Xentral, an ERP provider backed by Sequoia. In 2023, she founded B2B Practioners<\/a> - a Go-To-Market advisory focused on B2B tech companies.<\/p>\n
Anastasia has spoken at OMKB, d3Con, and PAKCon and is an active community member of Women in SaaS and 2hearts.<\/p>\n<\/div>Business Buddies<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pvroeder\/<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Philipp von Roeder<\/h3>
PR Consultant for Technology Companies<\/div>For more than two decades, Philipp von Roeder has advised technology companies \u2013 from start-ups and scale-ups to international corporations \u2013 and their founders and executives on strategic communications and PR. He helps them sharpen their positioning, make complex technologies understandable and develop stories that are genuinely relevant to the media, customers, investors and other key stakeholders.<\/span><\/p>\n
Before becoming a communications consultant, Philipp worked as a journalist and therefore knows both sides of the business. Since 2008, he has advised German and international technology companies \u2013 from early-stage start-ups to established businesses. His experience spans AI, SaaS and fintech as well as LegalTech, AdTech, Web3 and mobility. Previous clients include Canva, Vodafone, Shazam, DHL, World, BitGo, Hubject, InMobi and Everphone.<\/p>\n
His particular focus is on earned media and the question of how complex technologies can be turned into relevant stories. Because even in the age of AI, one thing remains true: attention can be automated \u2013 trust cannot.<\/p>\n
VONROEDER COMMUNICATIONS<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>Business Buddies<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-ingo-schneider-5b464b58\/<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Dr. Ingo Schneider<\/h3>
Lawyer for corporate law<\/div>Ingo is a startup lawyer with special focus on venture capital transactions. He counsels founders and technology companies from the very beginning, through financing rounds, the sale of the company, all the way to the cashing out of the founders and beyond. His clients are also business angels. <\/span><\/p>\n
He has extensive knowledge in the blockchain field, particularly financial regulation.<\/p>\n
Ingo studied law and business in Konstanz, Barcelona and Berlin (Freie Universit\u00e4t). He worked as research assistant at the institute of business, competition and regulation law of the Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin and obtained his PhD there.<\/p>\n<\/div>Business Buddies<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/roman-finke-62b406125\/<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Roman Finke<\/h3>
Finance and controlling expert<\/div>Roman has been working in the startup environment since 2012, particularly in the areas of finance and controlling. <\/span><\/p>\n
His expertise as a founding & managing partner of Torq Partners<\/a> is to support startups holistically - from the development of the business case to the implementation of automated reporting as well as the analysis and optimization of processes.<\/p>\n
As an expert, he has supported over 30 companies (from seed to grown-ups). His goal is to always develop growth-proof structures that allow founders to concentrate on the further development of the company.<\/p>\n
He can also fall back on the extensive expertise of his team at Torq Partners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>Business Buddies<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/stefanschuetze\/<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Stefan Sch\u00fctze<\/h3>
Lawyer and Fintech-expert<\/div>Stefan began his career at bmp AG in January 2000, where he experienced the ups and downs of the New Economy. In 2004, Stefan joined Finlab AG (formerly Altira Group) in Frankfurt as General Counsel, Member of the Board of Finlab<\/a> and Managing Director of Heliad Equity Partners<\/a>. Since 2018, Stefan is Managing Director of C3 Venture Capital<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n
Stefan, who is also admitted to the bar, has been responsible for the legal side of numerous financings, start-ups, fund investments, IPOs, mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, hirings, dismissals, etc.<\/p>\n
In addition, Stefan holds a number of supervisory board and advisory board mandates. As a result, he possesses an atypical broad spectrum of legal expertise and experience that few other lawyers can match.<\/p>\n<\/div>Business Buddies<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/claudia-pelz-67b21746\/<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Claudia Pelz<\/h3>
Projectmanagement and product-\/service-development<\/div>Whether in cooperation with corporates, SMEs or startups - Claudia is an enthusiastic project strategist and supports teams through different project scenarios and developments. What is important to her is sustained success and enthusiasm for the project.<\/span><\/p>\n
Claudia studied Business Management in Berlin and London and worked in various positions at HP and Rolls-Royce. There she designed the service business area and managed international product developments as a Programme Executive.<\/p>\n
Currently, Claudia supports SMEs and startups in alignment of their projects and PMOs, development of organizational structures and team design. The development of young (especially female) executives is close to her heart.<\/p>\n<\/div>Business Buddies<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexanderbraun\/<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Alexander Braun<\/h3>
Serial entrepreneur & expert for digital transformation<\/div>As an entrepreneur at heart, Alexander is the founder and CEO of digital strategy consultancy CREATIVE CONSTRUCTION HEROES<\/a>, supporting corporate clients across all industries in their digital transformation. <\/span><\/p>\n
Online from the very first days of the web in 1995, he has been active in building internet startups for 20+ years. From 2003 to 2007 he developed internet-based business models for the media industry holding management positions at Bertelsmann in London, Shanghai, and Toronto.<\/p>\n
He is the author of books on Artificial Intelligence and Chatbots, Blockchain, Internet and the digital transformation of companies and business models.<\/p>\n
Alexander holds a Master\u2019s degree in Business and Economics from University of St. Gallen and completed executive education programs at INSEAD and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).<\/p>\n<\/div>Business Buddies<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aufschild\/<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Magnus Aufschild<\/h3>
Expert in Product Management, Retail Tech\/AI and Online Marketing<\/div>Magnus is a computer scientist and entrepreneur. Since the age of 15 he has been designing, developing, marketing and operating digital products and software solutions. He is knowledgeable in the digital industry\u2019s first steps in areas such as affiliate marketing, SEO and SEM. Additionally, he has extensive experience in a variety of SaaS solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n
Most recently, he built up the AI start-up SO1 and served as the CPO and managing director from its foundation to its sale to the Dax group Wirecard.<\/p>\n<\/div>Business Buddies<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marcbeermann\/<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Marc Beermann<\/h3>
Finance-, proptech- and growth expert<\/div>Marc is an expert in financing, scaling up and operations in mainly B2B companies in various sectors such as real estate,
\nfood\/agriculture, renewable energy and enterprise software.<\/span><\/p>\nUntil recently, Marc was Chief Growth Officer of one of Europe\u2019s fastest-growing real estate tech companies, Allthings GmbH, that he co-founded in 2015 and that is now active in 6 markets across Europe with a team of 100 employees.<\/p>\n
As CGO he initiated and accelerated Allthings\u2019 global growth in new markets and segments with current as well as new customers. In addition, he was responsible for fundraising and investor relations.<\/p>\n
Marc learned his trade in the last 15 years as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company, tech private equity investor at VM Capital, online marketing manager at Hewlett-Packard Europe and as four-time startup founder or executive.<\/p>\n<\/div>Business Buddies<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/s%C3%B6nke-johannsen-625a64\/<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>S\u00f6nke Johannsen<\/h3>
Biotech-, Pharma-, and Medtechexpert<\/div>S\u00f6nke has functional and leadership expertise in pharmaceutical & business Development, digital health, Marketing, Sales, Strategy\/Innovation, having spent over 20 years experience in corporate and startup environments. <\/span><\/p>\n
He has worked for 3 major Biopharmaceutical companies: Novo Nordisk, Schering, and Bayer in Germany, Mexico, Argentina, Switzerland and USA.<\/p>\n
In addition, S\u00f6nke has also gained startup experience and is a proud, passionate and crazy owner of a manor house: La Dersentina<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>Business Buddies<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tillerdmann\/<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Till Erdmann<\/h3>
Serial Entrepreneur, Life Sciences<\/div>Till has worked for over 20 years as a life sciences strategy consultant, manager (Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Thermo Fisher Scientific) and founder (IDrug, Myelo Therapeutics, Treamid Therapeutics) with a focus on strategy development, fundraising, business development and general management.<\/span><\/p>\n
Till supports as interim manager or part-time consultant in:
\n- Spin-off, company formation
\n- strategy development, business plan, team building, financial planning
\n- Financing from grants to venture capital
\n- Business development, due diligence, partnering
\n- (Non-lawyer) legal advice on start-ups, financing, partnering
\n- Tasks as Managing Director Chief Business Officer, Chief Financial Officer<\/p>\nIn addition, Till participates as an angel investor in exciting life sciences start-up projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>Business Buddies<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andreas-stammnitz-5371064\/<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>Andreas Stammnitz<\/h3>
Media and publishing expert<\/div>Andreas has functional expertise in eCommerce, Digital Marketing, Digital Media and Strategy\/Innovation, having spent over 15 years experience in corporate, startup and venture capital environments.<\/span><\/p>\n
He has worked for three large B2B publishers: dfv media group (one of the largest specialist B2B media companies in Europe), Wolters Kluwer and Springer Nature (previously Bertelsmann).<\/p>\n<\/div>Business Buddies<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n
- build a scalable organization right from the beginning.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
- you avoid unnecessary and expensive mistakes and
