Silber Consulting

Silber-Consult.com offers practical, hands-on visual brand design workshops and consultations tailored for participants in incubators and business development centers.

Founder

CVX Ventures

Partner in the CVX Ventures Advisory Team as an advisor, supporting the growth of Danish/Nordic startups.

Advisor

Export Playbook

The Export Playbook platform is a place to learn B2B export best practices, and to find a suitable local service provider. 
It started as B2B Export Setvices and was built as a tool to solve my own pain points as an export service provider. Our biggest asset is the right network and reliable partners. 
Secondly, educated customers. 

Export Playbook is a membership site where we give step-by-step guides to exporters, providing local professionals who bring their first hot leads way faster than anyone ever can, doing it themselves from a distance.

Tallinna Loomeinkubaator / Tallinn Creative Incubator

Mentoring and workshops on demand. The main topics are visual brand psychology, and selling globally through marketplaces like Etsy.

Business Mentor

Kunstimeistrid

Workshops for creative business owners, and working as mentor and educator for new and growing creative businesses for Tallinn Business Incubator for Creative Industries.

Workshops for Georgian and Ukrainian businesses via Tartu Creative Development Center. 

My main role is to educate my customers about marketing and visual branding. I published several e-publications and online courses and held seminars and workshops for different development centers and organizations in Estonia, and abroad.

Independent Entrepreneur

Tartu Centre for Creative Industries

Project Manager

IKEA

Coordination of the functionalities of the three IKEA eCommerce entities in the Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, together with coordinators in LV and LT. Making sure that the current functionalities function well, but also working towards implementing updates, increasing user-friendliness, and suggesting new, helpful tools for the three sites. Working tightly together with developers, online sales specialists, marketing, and customer relations.

eCommerce Digital Integration Coordinator

BL Lashes

Freelance SEO Executive and Content Strategist for a South-Korean brand BL Lashes, improving their recently established website and online presence by using advanced SEO analytics, and relevant analytical tools, finding and implementing critical keywords, and planning out a new content marketing strategy. 

My most significant achievement: organic traffic from 2500 a month when I started, to 35,000+ a month after 9 months.

Search Engine Optimization Manager, Content Strategist

Linde

Product catalog management of AGA/Linde Gas online shops in the REN (Region Europe North) area - Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
SEO, digital marketing. Working tightly together with sales representatives in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland in order to fill AGA's online shops with the right products and attributes in respective languages.

Working for AGA Natural Gas under Linde Group means constant development of knowledge in the gas industry as well as communicating daily in 4+ languages with our partners and colleagues who are based in Germany, the Uk, and Region North Europe.

The eCommerce team was a new project and opened AGA's three first online shops at the beginning of 2018. We were working on getting ready for the launch of an app that allows our customers to purchase their gas on the go.
Our main goal was to convert existing email/phone order customers into online order customers.
My main activities were to manage online product catalogs for each country, managing the content and keeping the SEO up to date. I also supported the work of digital marketing.

eCommerce Product Catalog Manager and SEO

Lõngamaania

I ran an online shop selling crafting products. 

For that, I launched the Norwegian brand Garnstudio DROPS and the Indian brand KnitPro. Both brands are still doing well in Estonia. 

My most significant achievement was launching the Garnstudio DROPS brand in the Estonian market and turning it into a widely used yarn brand.

Retailer

Your Export Localization Advisor In The Nordics: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, And Finland

Victoria Silber

Why high achievers burn out first.

High performers have a superpower: they can push through anything.

But that superpower has a cost.

Here's the pattern:

Stage 1: You optimize everything.
More systems. Better routines. Smarter workflows.

Stage 2: You hit a wall.
No amount of optimization fixes fatigue that comes from depletion, not inefficiency.

Stage 3: You push harder.
If optimization didn't work, maybe more discipline will.

Stage 4: You break.
Your body forces the stop your mind won't allow.

The trap: high achievers mistake burnout for a productivity problem.

It's not.

Burnout is what happens when you extract more energy than you deposit.

You can't optimize your way out of a math problem.

🧠 Advice from me, who paid a high price for this lesson:

1. Stop treating rest as an unreachable luxury. Rest is recovery. Recovery is productive.

2. Track your energy like you track your metrics. When does it rise? When does it crash? What depletes you fastest?

3. Build recovery into your week like you build meetings. Non-negotiable. And enjoy your walks, breathing exercises, music, and socializing!

4. Prioritize meaningful connection. Your conference-based network won't be there to catch you when you fall. Real friends will. People who see you, not your title. Your laughter, vulnerability, and presence.

Isolation amplifies burnout. Connection heals it.

5. Measure success differently. Not by what you produced, but by how much energy you have left.

The most powerful thing a high achiever can do isn't work harder.

Ready to understand where you are in your burnout journey? 

Download "The 5 Stages of Burnout" in the comments below- it'll show you exactly which stage you're in right now.



#ExecutiveBurnout 

#HighAchiever 

#BurnoutRecovery 

#EnergyManagement 

#LeadershipWellness

Mental Vacation Hub - Burnout Recovery for High Achievers

I'm back.

Seven months of severe burnout made me lose everything. My home. My savings. My ability to perform.

My business was growing. But the past year had been brutal. And living in a new country. Two daughters. No one to catch me if I fell.

Everything hit at the same time.

Many people don't come back from that.

But I did.

You see, I got angry.

Why is there so little awareness about the severity of this illness? So little understanding? Why do I have to keep the mask on while I am crumbling?

I decided to step in and help others to avoid the steep fall I ended up in.

Here's what I built: A website. An ebook. A framework for recovery that actually works.

Not because I had it figured out.

Because I had to.

Desperation is a hell of a motivator.

But here's what I learned: You don't need to hit rock bottom to build something that matters.

You just need to start.

During my burnout, all I was capable of doing was reading.

And that was enough. I read burnout-related books in Swedish, Danish and English. I researched for scientific answers to my burning questions. I read about hundreds of real-life experiences.

And I lived it all through myself.

Mental Vacation Hub is live. The Burnout SOS Handbook is done. And I'm here to help executives find their way back.

If you're burned out and ready to talk about recovery with someone who actually knows what it is like in real life, DM me.

Mental Vacation Hub - Burnout & High Achievers

70% of CEOs are chronically stressed.

77% of professionals are burned out.

66–82% are at risk.

When I hit severe burnout, I was forced to enter a whole new universe I had no idea about. And while it was full of layers to research, the experience wasn't pleasant.

Over time, one feels more and more broken as a professional.

Then I started speaking with other burnouts, pulled out the data, and realized thousands of executives and founders are suffering in isolation, keeping their masks on. 

Performing. But planning their exit.

The worst part of severe burnout is that the shame is real. The judgment from every part of life is real.

Show symptoms, and people assume you're lazy or incompetent. 

So we cave in, because negativity triggers panic attacks. And we don't want them.

Meanwhile, companies lose €322B/year to burnout. 
43% lost HALF their leadership in one year.

Do they ever ask: Why did they leave?
DO they dive into the reality of outburn, just for awareness?

The burnout crisis is here, spreading like an epidemic. And it's costing us everything: health, our teams, our futures.

I decided to work on that.

High-achievers deserve a shame-free, structured path to recovery. One that actually works. One that respects who you are.

Because no one should suffer alone when recovery is possible.

→ Read the full data: https://lnkd.in/dc-FsGem



#ExecutiveBurnout #FounderBurnout #Leadership #MentalHealth #HighAchievers

global burnout statistics - mental vacation hub

We are told: 'Never fail.' 

But I failed spectacularly. 

Lost my home, my savings, everything. And you know what? 

That failure taught me more about building than any success ever did. 

The real skill isn't avoiding the ground. It's knowing how to get back up.

It will not be easy. A lot to pick up, to clean up, to take accountability for. 

But it is all part of being in business. You fail, you learn and you grow.



#burnoutrecovery #accountability #healing #mentalhealth

Most people don't notice burnout coming.

They think it's one bad week. Then another. Then they're six months in and something's broken.

Here's how it actually goes:

Stage 1: The Honeymoon Phase 🌟 
High energy masks building stress. You're excited. Warning signs are easy to miss.

Stage 2: Stress Onset 📉
Stress becomes normal. Sleep fails. Brain fog sets in.

Stage 3: Chronic Stress ⚠️
Performance drops visibly. You can't ignore it. You keep pushing anyway.

Stage 4: Acute Burnout 🔥
Functioning on autopilot. Health deteriorates. Work feels unbearable.

Stage 5: Habitual Burnout 💔
Complete breakdown. Your body forces the change.

Most executives don't know which stage they're in until it's too late.

Download a deeper description of each stage and see where you are on this path. Link for the download is in the first comment!

PS! Commenting and sharing this post will bring this important material closer to those who need it. I wish I had it when I collapsed. 🧠





#ExecutiveBurnout #BurnoutRecovery #MentalHealth #Leadership #ExecutiveWellness #BurnoutAwareness

What 'Mental Vacation' Actually Means

It's not a retreat. It's not a day off.

It's the ability to step away from crisis mode and into clarity.

To feel your own thoughts again. To remember what matters.
That's a mental vacation.

And most executives haven't had one in years.

#burnout #executiveburnout #mentalhealth #mentalvacation

"I just wish to have someone to talk to."

This is one of the major wishes of a severely burned-out person.

Someone to talk to: 

- someone who is ready to take time to listen actively
- someone who follows up daily
- someone who has experienced the same trauma, or
- someone who has taken the time to research severe burnout symptoms
- someone who doesn't come with unsolicited advice (that tends to be so off track and undoable for a burnout, that it works as a major trigger)

Basically, someone who puts effort into understanding and supporting.

A severely burned-out person is not capable of teaching how to be supportive. 

Actually, they tend to isolate themselves after several failed attempts to connect with people, causing their symptoms to get even worse. 

So look around, and reach out to people in your network and be there for them. They will remember your kindness long after that.

🙋‍♀️  PS: I you are burned out and need someone to ask questions about it, or share your thoughts, send me a message. I am here for you. 

#burnout #burnoutrecovery #mentalhealth

Panic attacks are incredibly common in severe burnout.

Most people try to think their way out.

Please don't.

An easy way to stop them is to simply:

Remove the trigger
Protect your nervous system
Give it time to recover
Repeat until it works

That's it.

So many people forget this simple thing.
They try breathing exercises.
They journal.
They meditate.

Then they go right back to the trigger and wonder why the attacks return.

But your nervous system doesn't need techniques.
It needs safety.

One email. One Slack ping. One news alert.

And you're back on the floor.

The squeaky wheel gets the oil.

I had to remove my phone, close my laptop, and stop consuming news. Not because I'm weak or avoiding reality.

But because my nervous system needed to hear it multiple times, you're safe now.

Some people need days of this.
Some need weeks.

And that's okay.

Your job isn't to outthink panic.

It's to consistently remove what triggers it until your body believes you're safe again.

If you're experiencing severe burnout and panic attacks, learn more about how to tackle them from my blog.

Link in comments.

#BurnoutRecovery #MentalHealth #ExecutiveBurnout

This was my mental vacation spot in Sweden.

You could meet me here every morning around 6-7 am last Summer, and this place played the key role in my acute burnout recovery.

The ducks, geese, moorhens and the rabbits running around it helped, too. 🐇 

To heal from burnout's cognitive and emotional load, one needs daily dopamine and serotonin doses. In other words - as many blissful and happy moments as possible.

Burned out people have extremely high level of stress and anxiety hormones, and their out-balancing is critical for recovery.

How to speed up burnout recovery?

There is no medicine for it. 

Beside other approaches, find your happy place, go to esthetically beautiful environments, have chats with calm people who stand by you, and go for daily walks, matched with breathing exercises.

It helps, I can sign that. 

Thank you,Adrian Kee 🍀for the meaningful chat today, your mission with Networking Hike Tribe reminded me about the importance of nature in emotional healing process, and inspired me to think how to help other burnouts in a similar way.

#burnoutrecovery #mentalhealth #executiveburnout #community

Can burnout cause brain damage?

I asked myself this after another panic attack during one of my walks in the park. I was in acute burnout and terrified.

My brain felt like porridge.

So I did some research.

It doesn't cause permanent brain damage. Our brains are flexible.

But it can lower your IQ temporarily. 🤯 

And if burnout stays untreated, other problems appear.

Read more about what actually happens with your brain during burnout in my latest blog.

Link in the comments.

#BurnoutRecovery #MentalHealth #ExecutiveBurnout #BrainHealth

Book review

"The Trauma of Burnout" is by far the best book about burnout I have read so far.

And I have read many.

It is written by Dr. Claire Plumbly, and is pretty scientific, explaining well what is going on with the body and mind of a burned-out person. 

She describes the symptoms and the reason behind them well, and gives advice for healing. 

When matched with guidance from a person who understands you well and helps you through the trauma, it is a very useful resource.

I have a thorough review in the blog, link in the comments!

#burnout #burnoutrecovery #burnouttrauma

I have 4 Burnout Emergency Plan sessions available this week (€97, 60 min). You get:

1. Burnout stage assessment

2. Your #1 energy drain identified

3. 3 immediate actions to stop the spiral

4. 30-day recovery roadmap

5. BONUS: Workshop recording (€147 value)

I'm in stage 4-5 myself, so I have brutal clarity on what works. DM if you want one of the 4 spots.


More info about the workshops in the comments.

💪 Burnouts - we can do it - clarity, focus, and brain-fog free days can be regained!

Tenity

As a Lead Mentor and part of the mentor community at Tenity, I’m helping drive startups toward their goals and unlock their full potential.

Lead Mentor

AhviKunn - Marketing at your service.

- serving as a content partner for SILEN, writing on workspace wellbeing, ESG impact, and office space innovation to support their brand's mission and drive engagement
- developed and executed B2B SaaS growth strategies for FLEETGURU, incl. building brand awareness across the Baltics, Poland, and Finland, implementing digital marketing, content marketing, and PR strategies, and contributing to successful fundraising efforts
- executed a rebranding for B2B SaaS company PROMINION with a new name (formerly IP Callcenters), fresh website and brand identity
- launched an international brand and shaped the marketing strategies for one of the largest HR companies in the Baltics - FINESTA BALTIC
- cooperation with Estonia´s largest electricity network operator ELEKTRILEVI in brand management, marketing strategies, event marketing etc
- cooperated with intelligent talent search and job matching engine provider SKILLIFIC in building  customer relations and sales process
- cooperated with FUNDWISE in launching the first equity crowdfunding platform in the Baltics
- cooperated with the awarded Estonian crowdfunding platform HOOANDJA in consulting the project creators and launching the project campaigns
- provided public relations and marketing communications services for top Estonian and global companies (Google, Lufthansa, Air Baltic, Bonduelle, Rimi Baltic, Novartis, Coca-Cola, Santa Maria, Baltic Agro, Valnes etc)
- cooperated with the cross-media production studio IMEPILT in cross-media and animation projects
- cooperated with the ESTONIAN SLEEP MEDICINE ASSOCIATION in the implementation of the Europe-wide PR campaign initiated by the European Sleep Research Society
- cooperated with PR and advertising agencies Idea PR, Agency 602 and Brandbook.

Private Marketing Contractor

KLAR Banking

I partnered with KLAR Banking to refine their growth strategy for new market expansion and fundraising by:

* Defining Target Groups: Identifying and segmenting ideal customers for precise engagement.

* Tailoring Messaging: Developing targeted communication strategies to maximize impact.

* Fundraising Readiness: Providing strategic insights to secure funding and accelerate scaling.

Marketing Mentor

Silen

I'm serving as a strategic content partner for Silen, a leading provider of soundproof workspace solutions, delivering engaging content on workspace wellbeing, ESG impact, and office space innovation to amplify their brand, elevate thought leadership, and drive engagement.

Content Partner

FleetGuru

- developing and executing B2B SaaS growth hacking strategies
- shaping and building FleetGuru brand awareness in the Baltics, Poland and Finland
- setting off systematic digital marketing, content marketing and PR traditions
- startup fundraising - helping FleetGuru lock sizable investments

Visiting CMO

Prominion

- developing and executing B2B SaaS growth hacking strategies. Since execution the YoY annual revenue growth in 2021 was 51% (vs 2020) and quarterly revenue growth 54% (Q4 2020 vs Q4 2021).
- leading the rebranding project, shaping and building brand awareness
- setting off systematic digital, content and event marketing traditions
- growing meaningful partnership networks
- developing and launching a new website.

Finesta Baltic

- leading the corporate identity rebranding (launched April 2018)
- developing and executing B2B and B2C growth hacking marketing and PR strategies
- setting off systematic PR, digital and content marketing traditions
- launching a new website

Chief Marketing Officer

Fundwise

In first 9 months after the launch I helped 7 companies to build successful campaigns and raise 375K from 250 investors in Estonia, US, Finland, UK, Germany and other parts of Europe and Scandinavia.

- launching the first equity crowdfunding platform in the Baltics
- setting up the process - drafting guidelines and instruction materials, consulting crowdfunding companies with their fundraising & marketing campaigns.
- scouting companies who are looking to raise investments, consulting and coordinating the launch of their crowdfunding campaigns and building strong partnerships

Chief Campaign Manager

Hooandja - where great ideas come to life

- Consulting the project creators and launching the crowdfunding campaigns. 
- Under my watch 88 projects were successfully funded raising over 250 000 euros. 
- I was the guardian of Hooandja’s social media channels which put together have now 12 000+followers.

Project Funding Consultant

IDEA PR (Idea Public)

Managing PR and marketing communications projects, including:
- strategic consultation and customer relations
- execution of PR and marketing campaigns
- media relations
- content creation, social media administration
- event management.

Communications Consultant

Your Strategic Marketer of the North :: B2B & B2C

I’m a Marketing and Growth Lead with proven experience in building corporate branding, rebranding, developing and executing growth hacking strategies. Along with a mission to work with dedicated professionals I invest my time and funds in startups & companies that change the way of thinking and doing things. 

I know from experience that strategic planning, consistency in execution and curious mind make great things happen. This has been my motto all along my diverse work experience with many top companies and brands like GOOGLE, LUFTHANSA, AIR BALTIC, NOVARTIS, NORTH ESTONIA MEDICAL CENTRE, BONDUELLE, COCA-COLA, FUNDWISE, FINESTA BALTIC, RIMI BALTIC, FLEETGURU, SANTA MARIA, PROMINION, VALNES, FERRERO and many others.

Main fields of expertise: B2B SaaS, startup ecosystem, fintech, crowdfunding, investing, health care and medical, HR & recruiting.

Career highlights include:

Spring-summer 2020 I executed a successful rebrand for B2B SaaS company PROMINION with a new name (formerly IP Callcenters), fresh website and brand identity and set off systematic digital, content and event marketing traditions in Estonian and Lithuanian markets. Since executing growth hacking strategies the YoY annual revenue growth in 2021 was 51% (vs 2020) and quarterly revenue growth 54% (Q4 2020 vs Q4 2021). 

In April 2018 I launched an international brand for one of the top HR companies in the Baltics - FINESTA BALTIC. Along with Finesta’s new brand identity I developed their marketing and PR strategy, launched new website and set off systematic PR, content and digital marketing traditions.

In August 2015 launching the first equity crowdfunding platform in the Baltics – FUNDWISE. The first months I was onboarding 7 companies to build successful campaigns and raise €375K from investors in Europe and Scandinavia. 

In 2013-2014, when co-operating with the awarded Estonian crowdfunding platform HOOANDJA, I consulted the project creators and launched their crowdfunding campaigns. Under my watch 88 projects were successfully funded raising over €250K. Also I was the guardian of Hooandja’s social media channels, which put together have now 12 000+ followers.

In 2010 while working for the NORTH ESTONIA MEDICAL CENTRE I launched the campaign for young people aged 18-25 in Estonia to become blood donors, which grew the number by 20% in just one year. I created and managed the blood donors Facebook page Doonorid ja Sõbrad that has now 25 000+ followers.

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