evenito AG

Senior Product Manager

business-monitor.ch

Revamping business-monitor.ch's entire website (positioning, messaging, copy, design) to improve clarity and increase conversions of free visitors into paying customers.

Interim Product Marketer

HuggyStudio

Supporting the team in product discovery, product management and go-to-market strategy.

Interim Product Manager (EIR)

Sparkademy

📍 The Start
In May 2020 I joined Sparkademy as the team's first product person, and first full-time employee. The team consisted of our founder, a part-time back end engineer and a couple of interns. 

🔥 The Problem
Our bootstrapped startup had signed its first enterprise client, and our product was still mostly manual processes behind the scenes, strapped to a simple landing page UI. We were sending users to other course websites instead of providing our own courses (!). We had to quickly (a) professionalise our offer, (b) deliver a better experience to our users and (c) make our offer more scalable in terms of internal processes. Keeping our first enterprise client depended on it.

🏅 Achievements
As a product manager my impact can best be measured by the impact our team of amazing engineers and designers had on our users, clients, and our business. 

👥 Team achievements
(1) We grew user NPS from -15 (2020) to a 60-80 range (2022). Contributions came from our amazing content creation team, and our product team who delivered new UX and amazing features. 
(2) Contributed to high client satisfaction and retention by addressing user issues within days.

👤 Individual achievements
(1) Focus: Helped shape the company vision and mission, and defined product vision and strategy in collaboration with our entire team. Instituted a goal-driven company culture by implementing OKR.
(2) Culture: Transformed the product culture from doing one-off discovery sprints to continuous discovery leading to at least 1 user interview / week. 
(3) Team: Team happiness and productivity was high throughout my tenure, according to quarterly 'team health checks'.

📝 Other Roles (official & in-official)
(1) Data Protection Officer: Responsible for setting up state of the art GDPR processes and tools
(2) Operations: Leading OKR initiative, planned and executed quarterly and yearly OKR sessions

Product Manager

Company Factory

User discovery and go-to-market projects for enterprise clients.

Business Analyst

Wayste

Zero-waste eCommerce delivering groceries in reusable containers. Achieved first revenues within 3 months.

Co-Founder

Helvetia Versicherungen Schweiz

📍 The Start
I joined the team as the third Manager Innovation, after completing my Masters in Business Innovation at the University of St. Gallen (HSG).

🔥 The Problem
The Incubation department was the first of its kind in the company, and needed to show success quickly. I joined the first projects mitipi.com and Flink (Digital Insurance) to solve that challenge with our teams.

🏅 Achievements
(1) Helped raise 7-figures after just 6 months for one venture by validating market size, user needs, and building a pitch together with the team lead.
(2) Helped sell the first ever monthly insurance subscription online by co-designing the entire Flink (Digital Insurance) UX and managing product development with a remote team in Serbia.
(3) Received overwhelmingly positive user reviews on social media for an insurance experience that (at the time) was a first of its kind.

📝 My roles and duties
(1) Joint responsibility for the implementation of the functional strategy Innovation 
(2) Collaboration in / management of (digital) innovation projects and business model innovations from idea to market launch
(3) Concrete application of innovation methods (e.g. Business Model Navigator, Design Thinking, Lean Start-Up, Growth Hacking) in various innovation projects
(4) Support for projects promoting a culture of innovation in Helvetia
(5) Conducting research around market changes and trends
(6) Collaboration with start-ups promoting Helvetia's digital transformation and the implementation of novel business models
(7) Collaboration in digital innovation projects in fleet management

Manager Innovation

Flink

📍 The Start
Flink was a corporate startup at Helvetia Insurances. I joined the project lead 6 months in as the head or product, leading 3 engineers and a UX designer in Serbia.

🔥 The Problem
The team had gotten an agency to build their MVP. This collaboration was costing us too much, so we decided to rebuild the team and our product with the learnings we had gathered so far. We were expected to show traction within 6 months, or the project could be killed. 

🏅 Achievements
(1) Complete user experience redesign for the website and web application, leading to positive customer feedback and growth through increased referrals among customers.
(2) Helped sell the first ever monthly insurance subscription online by co-designing the entire Flink (Digital Insurance) UX and managing product development with a remote team in Serbia.
(3) Received overwhelmingly positive user reviews on social media for an insurance experience that (at the time) was a first of its kind.

📝 My roles and duties
(1) Chief Product Officer (CPO) for the corporate startup
(2) Support of the start-up CEO in the strategic and operational management duties
(3) Hiring of new team members
(4) Product design and user research
(5) Customer development

Junior Product Manager

Product Manager and NoCode Builder

I share my journey as a product manager, hoping to help you and your team build better products. After you click "Follow" you might see the following pop up in your feed:

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Daniel Kunz 🍨

SwissLEAP 

We catalyze the entrepreneurial energy and innovation potential of leaders, teams and organizations to create sustainable shared value - for the wellbeing of people and the planet.

Working with family businesses, scaleups, SME and enterprise customers, together, we gain strategic clarity to navigate uncertainty, lead change and build capabilities to innovate with impact.

We develop organizations into ever-evolving entrepreneurial ecosystems, creating a culture of innovation, while upskilling leaders and enabling teams to solve strategic challenges.

SOLUTIONS include

➪ Strategy Advisory & Business / Leadership Coaching for Executives & Entrepreneurs

➪ Lean Innovation Mentoring & Training to Create a Culture of Intrapreneurship 

➪ Organizational Design & Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development 

Our 𝗟asting 𝗘nterprise 𝗔ction 𝗣ractices (𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗣) combine the operational excellence of successful enterprises with the speed and learning agility of startups, to create sustainable shared value.

CLIENTS include
aconnic, Bayer, Holcim, Intersport, imad, Inficon, Jungfrau Bahnen, Migros, Mobiliar, ODEM, Skribble, Swiss Carers, Socious, smzh, Sympany and more.

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: https://www.swissleap.com/

Founder | Igniting Innovation with Impact | Empowering Entrepreneurship | 

Nidwaldner Kantonalbank

Member of the Board of Directors / Mitglied des Bankrates

Youngpreneurs.org

Youngpreneurs Association is a non-profit on a mission to promote and advance entrepreneurship in Switzerland for future generations of founders. The Youngpreneurs Program provides a sound practical insight into the topic of entrepreneurship and enables the participants to validate and build their own businesses.

Co-Lead Zentralschweiz & Startup Coach

HWZ Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich

Head of Innovation Challenge @ Executive MBA in Digital Leadership 

Lecturer Mentor & Coach for Innovation & Intrapreneurship @ Executive MBA Digital Leadership 

Socious

Socious is a talent marketplace helping purpose-driven millennials contribute to social causes while achieving their career goals.

Strategic Advisor

Relai

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Business Angel

Aflorithmic Labs

Disruption Disciples

Member

Kickstart Innovation

Kickstart Innovation (formerly Kickstart Accelerator) is bridging the gap between startups, corporations, cities, universities & institutions to accelerate deep tech innovation: an initiative of Impact Hub Zürich, Kickstart was launched 2015 by digitalswitzerland.

In 2019, Kickstart runs six verticals (EdTech & Learning, FinTech & Crypto, Food & Retail Tech, SmartTech, HealthTech and Cybersecurity) together with 30+ established partner organizations across industries and the private and public domain.

Advisor & Jury Expert for Intrapreneurship, EdTech & New Work

DigiMeals

DigiMeals builds recipe websites, user-focused cooking interfaces and intuitive recipe creation tools. With our Gourmagine service we help local food businesses create exciting cooking experiences around their products to bring them closer to their customers, seamlessly connect physical with digital experiences and facilitate their co-operation with other SMEs.

Advisor & Non-Executive Director

People, Tech and Learning Enthusiast | Empowering Entrepreneurial Potential | Intrapreneurship & Innovation with Impact | Board Member, Strategic Sparring Partner, Innovation Mentor, Lecturer & Speaker

I saw how fear and risk-aversion can block innovation, frustrate engaged employees, and stall revenue and growth - long before I entered the workforce.

As a teenager, I watched my father propose embedding software into his employer’s hardware - years before digital transformation became critical.

The idea was gold. But it was too unfamiliar, too “risky” for a company built to make and sell sensors.

My dad left to build his own business. 

Thirteen years later, his former employer acquired it.

That full-circle moment led me to believe: organizations don’t fail from lack of talent or ideas. They stumble because legacy systems, bureaucracy, politics, and fear block entrepreneurial energy.

The cost? Lost customer trust. Lost talent. Lost relevance.

I’ve seen these patterns across contexts:
⛔ In SMEs, where legacy metrics and tradition blocked innovation
⛔ At global enterprises, where 13-signature approvals stalled momentum
⛔ In startups and scale-ups, where speed without structure leaked resources and burned out talent 

Over 20 years across Europe, Asia, and the US, I developed a holistic approach to:
⏩ Unlock energy drained by bureaucracy and silos
⏩ Replace fear and politics with evidence-driven decisions
⏩ Build systems and cultures where entrepreneurship and innovation thrive

This became the foundation of SwissLEAP:
Lasting Entrepreneurial Action Practice.

As Peter Drucker said: “Innovation isn't an art, nor a science. It is a practice. And the entrepreneur’s instrument of choice.” In EMBA programs, I teach senior executives to master innovation as a craft.

How I Help
I support boards, CXOs, and founders with:
➪ Strategy Advisory & Sparring: navigate uncertainty, seize market opportunities, and lead change
➪ Lean Innovation Team Training & Mentoring: innovate with impact - without fear or politics
➪ Organizational Design: combine startup speed with enterprise excellence at scale

The Impact - our programs help:
➪ Solve strategic challenges
➪ Up-skill talent and improve collaboration
➪ Build a culture of learning and innovation

Organizations evolve into ecosystems that:
➪ Learn, boost revenue & protect margins
➪ Engage top talent with agency to explore
➪ Continuously evolve and create sustainable value

Why I Do This
Because I believe the world needs organizations that innovate with impact - without burning out their people.

Let’s Connect
The energy is already there. My role is to help you unleash it, align it, and sustain it.

If that resonates, let’s talk - and turn uncertainty into opportunity together.

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