Hi, I'm Els Philipp 👋
» mentor/advisor, guiding you in finding your repeatable scalable business model
» tool maker, enabling early-stage startups to progress faster With SAM
» public voice, speaking with, for and behalf of founders to increase their odds
Experienced founder/venture builder
» '16: Startup Weekend made me fall in love with startups
» '17-'19: Founded and failed SparMatchMaker: buddy platform for freelancers.
» '21 -: Helped 18+ startups to go to market. Startup consultant/venture builder at Off The Record (agency) and self-employed, for B2B, B2C, Software, Hardware, FMCG.
» Currently: Founding WithSAM.ai 🚀 - DIY Startup building tool (SaaS) - First paying customers.
Obtained wide set of relevant business skills, experience and network
» '12-'14: Seen lack of product-market fit with a multi award-winning product.
» '14-'16: B2B sales; loads of lead generation to accountmanagement.
🌟 Youngest individual to be promoted to full account holder at global consultancy firm.
» '18-'19: B2C direct cold to semi-qualified telesales. Strengthened my selling and closing execution, worked directly with marketing to qualify leads. 🌟 Best performer.
» '19-'21: Scrum master and ERP specialist, feature development as well as negotiating €1 mln vendor contract.
» '21-'24: Helped 12 startups to go to market. Startup consultant/venture builder at Off The Record (growth agency), for B2B, B2C, Software, Hardware, FMCG.
» '24: Mentored 100 startup founders to understand their needs and developing tools for founders like them. Helped 6 startups go to market.
Let me get excited about the theory, while you benefit from the progress it helps you make!
My practices are based on three core values:
Customer centric: focus on understanding and fulfilling the customers needs
Data informed: use facts and numbers to make forward thinking decisions
Lean: make real progress while using your time/resources wisely
🚀 Make more progress
with your early-stage startup
offers and services
Free perks like a mentor session, Notion template and discounts, as well as structural mentortracks to help you find your first customers!
🎙️ Your panel or jury member
As an active voice in the startup community, advocating and cheerleading for early-stage startups, I'm happy to join public panels, interviews, startup pitch events etc.
Challenging startups to:
Think 10x, disruptive, next level
Find a problem worth solving
Understand their customers
Build a version to learn quick
Find a fitting sustainable business model
Get sh*t done with the core team
Prioritize the right things
Move forward quick with few resources
Make data-informed decisions
Build something with love for our planet
Take care of themselves and their team
Contact me 👇
My guiding principle:
"Be curious about the problem you're solving.
Know more than anyone else.
Then solve it like nobody else does."
ElsPhilipp.com
Startup Success with Els Philipp
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