Andreas Schwarzinger's guest appearances

Andreas Schwarzinger

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Holger Seim

David Lu

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Pascal Kaufmann

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Remo Kyburz

Nilson Kufus

Mathias Ockenfels

Arman Anatürk

Hugo Amsellem

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Andreas Schwarzinger (@a_schwarzinger) is the founder and managing partner of uniboard AG, one of Switzerland’s largest student platforms with over 72k users. Andreas is one of the most down-to-earth people I know and with his work at Uniboard helped thousands of students to successfully pass their degrees. His motto is "Studying together is better"! In our conversation we talk about how Andreas and his co-founder Malte grew uniboard to its current size, community building, winning customers, favorite movies, smelling car waxes and other fun stuff.  Please follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff &amp; interesting articles I found, and blog occasionally!  Show notes: 02:59 -- Who is Andreas 04:13 -- How the uniboard.ch got started 06:53 -- How Andreas made the decision to run uniboard full-time 09:06 -- Growth of Uniboard in Switzerland 10:38 -- Startup vs. Traditional career in Management consulting 15:22 -- Lessons from community building and marketing 19:05 -- Thoughts about monetization of a platform 22:25 -- Challenges and learnings from switching from a student organization to a startup 24:23 -- General challenges of the startup world and how to overcome them (focus on product &amp; focus on sales) 29:08 -- Tips for Selling, building trust, and winning customers  34:04 -- Future goals of Uniboard 35:58 -- Andreas’ favorite book or story 38:20  -- Unique interesting hobbies of Andreas 40:44 -- Personal advisory board 43:45 -- Advice to younger self / listeners in their early 20s/30s 46:35 -- Unjustified fears of entrepreneurship 48:05 -- What does courage mean for Andreas  Resources mentioned:  Uniboard.ch  Avengers Endgame  Waxfinder.com  Top Gun (Viper)  Will Smith  Kevin Feige   If you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on iTunes or in your favorite podcast app. Special Guest: Andreas Schwarzinger.Support Leap Takers

Andreas Schwarzinger (<a href="https://twitter.com/a_schwarzinger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@a_schwarzinger</a>) is the founder and managing partner of <a href="https://www.uniboard.ch/startseite/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uniboard</a> AG, one of Switzerland’s largest student platforms with over 72k users. Andreas is one of the most down-to-earth people I know and with his work at Uniboard helped thousands of students to successfully pass their degrees. His motto is "Studying together is better"! In our conversation we talk about how Andreas and his co-founder Malte grew uniboard to its current size, community building, winning customers, favorite movies, smelling car waxes and other fun stuff. Please follow me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/remokyburz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRemoKyburz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, and my <a href="http://www.leaptakers.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a>, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff &amp; interesting articles I found, and blog occasionally! Show notes: 02:59 -- Who is Andreas 04:13 -- How the <a href="http://uniboard.ch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uniboard.ch</a> got started 06:53 -- How Andreas made the decision to run uniboard full-time 09:06 -- Growth of Uniboard in Switzerland 10:38 -- Startup vs. Traditional career in Management consulting 15:22 -- Lessons from community building and marketing 19:05 -- Thoughts about monetization of a platform 22:25 -- Challenges and learnings from switching from a student organization to a startup 24:23 -- General challenges of the startup world and how to overcome them (focus on product &amp; focus on sales) 29:08 -- Tips for Selling, building trust, and winning customers 34:04 -- Future goals of Uniboard 35:58 -- Andreas’ favorite book or story 38:20 -- Unique interesting hobbies of Andreas 40:44 -- Personal advisory board 43:45 -- Advice to younger self / listeners in their early 20s/30s 46:35 -- Unjustified fears of entrepreneurship 48:05 -- What does courage mean for Andreas Resources mentioned: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.uniboard.ch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Uniboard.ch</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154796/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Avengers Endgame</a> </li> <li><a href="http://Waxfinder.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Waxfinder.com</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092099/?ref_=tt_ch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Top Gun (Viper) </a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Smith" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Will Smith </a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Feige" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kevin Feige </a></li> </ul> If you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/the-leap-takers-podcast/id1468975811?l=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a> or in your favorite podcast app. <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/leaptakers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Special Guest: Andreas Schwarzinger.<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/leaptakers" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Leap Takers</a>

Episode 7: Andreas Schwarzinger - Lessons from building Switzerland's leading student platform