The first sport tech startup is featured on the show!

Today Cédric talks to the CEO & co-founder at Chip-ing, Thomas Sandel, about golf, entrepreneurship, risk-taking and money rising – welcome to the #StartupShow episode No.112!

Thomas Sandel has been working in finance for the past 25 years. He spent a significant part of his career working for big Swiss financial corporates in the field of risk management. When he turned fifty, Sandel decided to build his own business out of his great passion for golf.

The team behind Chip-ing developed smart golf balls, a solution that golf lovers will adore. Not only that Chip-ing allows you to find your golf ball, lost on the fairway, but you can also track the entire statistics of your game: when and where you last played, whether you were better than the last time and compare your score to the community.

Website: www.chip-ing.com

Season 2.0 features two new segments: “Questions from the audience” and “Quick fire Q&A.” We would like to thank everyone for their continued participation! A special thanks to Herman Weiss for taking part in this episode!

Besides all of the valuable information regarding sport tech and IoT that we gathered for this episode, we also learned that it’s never too late to hit the entrepreneurial road. Don’t miss the video below!

Skip to Questions:

1:15 Who is Thomas Sandel?

2:05 Why did you move from corporate to startup life?

2:52 What is the fascinating part of entrepreneurship?

3:22 What is Chip-ing?

5:29 Did you find product-market fit? If not, how will you find it?

6:46 Walk us through the technology you use, what is trackable and what not?

7:41 Do you plan to expand the ‘Bluetooth Chip’ technology into other verticals aside from only golf balls? If so, which ones?

8:12 Can you patent your technology?

8:46 What trends do you see in the IoT space or sports sector?

10:06 What works well in the Swiss startup ecosystem and what could be improved?

The Audience Asks

11:03 Herman Weiss: how does the embedded technology affect the quality of the ball?

Quick Fire Q&A

13:35 What’s the best way to reach out to potential investors?

13:54 Tell us one thing you learned the hard way.

14:26 What's the most important characteristic of a team member?

14:47 What's most important to you in an investor?

15:16 How did you come up with the idea?

Expert Advice

16:01 Expert Advice from Thomas Sandel

Ep. 112: Interview with Cédric Bollag, the Founder at GlobalTechBox

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