Coaches

Get in touch for your individual and free coaching session.

Startup@HSG offers free coaching sessions for anyone at HSG (students, alumni, scientists, other employees) with a business idea.

From an early idea stage to more developed concepts and established startups, the coaching sessions are your first point of contact to take the next step.

Experts

Get your specific question answered by our experts.

Do you have any questions concerning your startup that you would like to discuss with an expert? Are you interested in getting in contact with our expert to accelerate your startup? If so, get in contact with us.

 

Female Mentoring

There has never been a better time to make an impact.

Startup@HSG created The Female Founder Program, a series of events, initiatives, and an accelerator program to inspire, enlighten, and boost Female entrepreneurship at the HSG.

 

Coaches

Coaching content & services

  • General discussion and validity check of your idea
  • Identification of critical facts and gaps of your concept
  • Team check
  • Definition of your next steps (milestone and venture concept development)
  • Overview of support programmes, events and “where to find information” on entrepreneurial activities within the Swiss Startup Ecosystem

  • Pitch trainings and tests
  • Contacts to relevant internal and external network partners (e.g. investors)
  • Preparation of investor meetings
  • Further help depending on your entrepreneurial needs

Book your coaching session

Book directly or send an email to your preferred coach.

 

Sarah Maria Nordt
Project Manager | Talents Program
Focus: FashionTech, Female Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Finance
sarahmaria.nordt@unisg.ch
Diego Probst
Head of Startup@HSG
Focus: Pitching, Startup Ecosystem,
Business Development
diego.probst@unisg.ch
Tel.: +41 71 224 72 02
Robert Schreiber
Project Manager at Startup@HSG
Focus: FoodTech, HealthTech,
Consumer Goods
robert.schreiber@unisg.ch
Tel.: +41 71 224 73 18
Maria Luisa Fuchs
Project Manager at Startup@HSG
Focus: Consumer Goods, Female Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy
Book Coaching
Tel.: +41 71 224 72 14
Michael Greger
Project Manager | Talents Program
Focus: Future Tech, Strategy,
Sales & People
michael.greger@unisg.ch
Bernd Schneider
Project Manager – Startfeld Delegate
Focus: Business Development, Startup Ecosystem, Pitching, Funding Opportunities
bernd.schneider@unisg.ch
Experts

Get your specific question answered by our experts

The University of St. Gallen, and in particular the School of Management, dedicates its educational goals to a vision: the development of talents who are able to integrate perspectives and act both entrepreneurial and responsibly.

For this reason, Startup@HSG offers free coaching and knowledge transfer from experienced experts from our Startup Ecosystem.

Do you have any questions concerning your startup that you would like to discuss with an expert? Are you interested in getting in contact with our expert to accelerate your startup? If so, get in contact with us.

If you would like to apply as an expert, please fill out this form including your CV and a short note about your expertise too.

“Ask the Expert” is open to all students at the Bachelor, Master, and PhD level wanting to advance their startup.

Dietrich Aumann

Expertise: Product Strategy, Customer Experience and Digital Product Management

Industry: Telecommunications, Healthcare

Kirill Babich

Expertise: Startup Financing, Venture Capital, Venture Building

Industry: FinTech, InsurTech, AI/ML, Online Marketplaces

Andrej von Berg

Expertise: Business Plan Writing, Revenue Management (Customer Journey, Retail Operations, Purchasing)

Industry: Ecommerce, Retail

Nicole Bollinger

Expertise: (lean) startups, agile project management, digital & social marketing strategies, creation of converting campaings

Industry: Web Design, Online Marketing, Travel

Valerio Ferruggia

Expertise:Customer journey / Branche Regulations and Ecosystem / Digitalisation

Industry: Insurance, FinTech

Nicole Herzog

Expertise: Entrepreneurship, Business Angel and Board Member

Industry: Software, Tech, FinTech, Insurance

Sandro Jordi

Expertise: Financial Modelling / Business Case Building / Organizational Setup

Industry: Financial services

Michael Britt

Expertise: Company valuation and financial assessment

Industry: Consulting, accounting, controlling, finance

Nino Cometti

Expertise: User/Customer Facing Applications, UX, Interaction Design, Mobile-Apps (Prototyping, MVP, MAP «Minimum Awesome Product»)

Industry: Viele, solange Design relevant ist

Charlotte Ducrot

Expertise: Idea validation, project management, partnerships, community development, communications

Industry: B2C, not-for-profit, female entrepreneurship

Dr. Dominic Knape

Expertise: I help companies to built excellent & converting Online Stores, and to win customers via Online Marketing channels.

Industry: E-Commerce, Online Marketing, Consumer/Jewelry,

Pascal Kruetzmann

Expertise: Tax structure and optimisation, M&A and financial auditing

Industry: Tax, Law

Marko Kusigerski

Expertise: Understanding of FinTech market, trends and how to validate and scale ideas in this sector. Idea validation, commercial plan in FinTech space. Corporate finance and valuation

Industry: Banking & Financial Services, FinTech, M&A

Roman K. Frauchiger

Expertise: Hotel Management and Restaurant operations

Industry: Hospitality, Luxury & Health Hospitality, Food and Beverages

Thuy-Linh Uong

Expertise: Storytelling and Pitching, Venture Capital, Ideation, Growth Strategy

Industry: Diverse

Sandra Limacher

Expertise: Team building aligned with business vision / Leadership development to improve business performance

Industry: broad expertise

Christopher Moser

Expertise: Capital raising & investor marketing, business plan review & preparation, market study & strategy development

Industry: Industrial Technology, Business Services, IT Solutions & Fintech

Sanoj Pullely

Expertise: Business modelling, Go-to-market, Sales

Edda Rettinger

Expertise: Passion 4 People, Technology & Smart Data- The Future of Talent Acquisition & Recruiting is DIGITAL

Industry: Digital Business, ICT, Human Resources

Patrick Kessel

Expertise: Business Development, Go-to-Market Strategy and Financial Planning

Industry: Life Healthcare, Insurance, and Banking

Thomas Weber

Expertise: Developing corporate and brand strategies, building organisations, improvement of operating margins, and increase of shareholder value

Industry: Consumer/fashion, retail, and services sectors.

Dr. Laura Seifert

Expertise: Venture Capital, Company Valuation, and Pitching for Financing

Industry: Investment Banking

Isabelle Siegrist

Expertise: Supporting industry startups to swiftly validate and bring the idea to market and support in securing seed or series A funding

Industry: Training, Coaching

Jean-René Tremblay

Expertise: Contract law, technology law, regulatory affairs, intellectual property, and SaaS

Industry: Life sciences, biotechnology, health, and commercial law

Patric Veenhoff

Expertise: Business modelling, Go-to-market, Sales, Human Capital

Industry: All, specialisation in Telecommunication/ ICT

Karen Wendt

Expertise: Sustainable Business Model, Innovation/Renovation und Company valuation pre-Seed/Seed Stage

Thomas Ziltener

Expertise: Feasibility studies, strategy and project development

Industry: Health, environment and public office

Dr. Daniel Heller

Partner Farner Consulting AG

Expertise: Startup- & Innovation-Communications, Public Affairs, Media Relations

Industry: various

Female Mentoring

Female Founder Program

Startup@HSG created The Female Founder Program, a series of events, initiatives, and an accelerator program to inspire, enlighten, and boost Female entrepreneurship at the HSG.

The program is for anybody interested in entrepreneurship, learning from an inspiring conversation, sharing an idea or starting a company, meeting fellow female entrepreneurs and knowing more about Startup@HSG accelerator.

Contact

Maria Luisa Fuchs, MBA

Project Manager at Startup@HSG

Chair for Entrepreneurship | University St. Gallen (HSG) | Dufourstrasse 40a | CH-9000 St.Gallen

Tel: +41 (0)71 224 72 14

Get Inspired

Get inspired with a series of interviews and talk shows with female entrpreneurs

Get Enlightened

Be enlightened with panel disucssions and keynote speakers on entrepreneurship topics

Get Accelerated

Accelerate with coaching, incubation & networking  empowered by Startup@HSG

1

Download your toolbox

The chair for entrepreneurship developed the St.Galler Startup Navigator, the guide to boost your startup.

2

Book your session

Here you can directly book your free coaching session with our FemaleFounder Coach Maria Luisa Fuchs.

3

Get your mentor

Get 1 hour biweekly with your Mentor for free during 3 months to take your idea further.