The Asia Tech Podcast finally had the chance to catch up with Christian Mischler, a co-Founder of Deskimo. Christian is really so much more than that…
Christian grew up in a family of educators, with no substantive business experience, yet he was always interested in business. He started his first business in high school, building websites for Swiss-based SMEs. While at university, Christian started his second company – making flashcards and writing summaries to help students get into university and rolled this out across Switzerland.
Some of the other topics Christian and I discussed:
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The Swiss Army and joining Credit Suisse after graduation
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Worked at CS for two years and enjoyed the work, but made more money from his ventures
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Came to Asia with Rocket Internet to help build FoodPanda, his bosses at CS thought he was a bit crazy
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The great story behind the founding of HotelQuickly
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The birth of the Swiss Founders Fund
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Not living paycheck to paycheck, but not living a luxurious lifestyle
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How entrepreneurs see the world through the lens of opportunity, not problems
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The excitement of building things and working with a cool team on something new
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How the pandemic has changed the way people collaborate and work
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The evolution of Central Business Districts and the repurposing of office buildings
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Deskimo – an asset-light extension of a corporate office
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