Christian Hølmer

Enthusiast
DISC Type : i

Co-Founder at Nous

London, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Christian Hølmer is a serial tech entrepreneur and the Co-Founder & CTO of Nous, a service helping UK households navigate the cost of living crisis. A former Facebook engineering manager, he has co-founded multiple successful startups, including Billetto and Bloggers Delight. People who have worked with him describe him as energising, open-minded, proactive, and a passionate driver of change.

Based in London, Christians primary interests are building great products, technology, and fostering happy, high-performing tech teams. An entrepreneur at heart, he left a role at Facebook to rediscover the passion and influence of the startup environment, wanting to learn how to keep the brightest people motivated and challenged while building a company culture from scratch.

He once joined Facebook partly to see if he could pass their notoriously tough recruitment process, despite never having been an employee before.

Personality Overview

Optimistic

Consensus Focused

Amiable & Agreeable

They agree with others often, so exercise caution when relying on their word.  They prefer to build relationships rather than staying totally transactional. Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials.

Topics They Care About

Cost of Living
Co-founded his current company, Nous, specifically to help UK households manage their bills and navigate the cost of living crisis.
Startup Culture
He left Facebook to return to the startup world, valuing the ability to build a company culture from scratch and work with small, autonomous teams.
High-Performing Teams
States that one of his main interests is building "happy/high-performing tech teams" and sought to learn how Big Tech keeps bright people motivated.

Media Appearances

Why I left Facebook to build Nous. Featured in Nous Blog

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Work History

11-2021
Co-Founder at Nous
11-2021 - 6-2023
CTO & Co-Founder at Nous
1-2019 - 11-2021
Software Engineering Manager at Facebook
11-2017 - 7-2018
Interim Head of Development at Tails.com
8-2015 - 3-2017
Interim CTO at Cake Technologies

Education

2004 - 2007
BSc from DTU - Technical University of Denmark

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Exp : 18 Location : London, England, United Kingdom Job Level : Leadership Designation : Co-Founder at Nous
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Insights For Selling To Christian

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them how their day is going or exchange some other pleasantries
  • Refer to interesting customer testimonials and stress on great customer experience
  • Compliment them about their personality if you get a chance

DONT's

  • Don’t ask too many questions in one go, weave them into the flow
  • Don't be critical or challenge them openly, they can react defensively
  • Don’t push them for a direct ‘no’, take lack of ‘yes’ as ‘no’ after some time

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Christian is

  • Relationship and rapport are valuable for them, but so is proven product value.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Christian

  • They probably won't say no directly.


Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Christian move?

  • They are not the ones to make fast decisions, even while they stay committed.
  • Can Christian take some risk or not?

  • They can take some low-probability risks if needed.

You And Christian

Personality Compatibility


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