Kathrin Wolff Schmandt

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DISC Type : Dc

Managing Director at N9 House of Innovation

Zürich Metropolitan Area, Switzerland

Overview

Kathrin Wolff Schmandt is a senior executive with over 30 years of global leadership experience in the financial industry, primarily at UBS. She now fosters innovation as a Managing Director at N9 House of Innovation, a strategy expert for SEF. Growth, an angel investor, and a board member for several technology companies.

Kathrin is passionate about connecting people and ideas, particularly within the Swiss startup ecosystem. She actively participates as a jury member for various startup competitions and leads senior executive communities to foster cross-industry collaboration. She studied at INSEAD and New York University.

As a strategy expert, she assesses approximately 25-30 high-potential scale-up companies in Switzerland each year.

Personality Overview

Fast But Wary

Generally Skeptic

Quality Focused

They are not always relationship oriented.  They like to move fast and expect the same from others. More than the product, they care about the impact of the product.

Topics They Care About

Fostering Innovation
Her career is dedicated to fostering innovation, from startups and scale-ups to senior executive communities and corporate ecosystems.
Angel Investing
She is an active angel investor with SICTIC and frequently speaks on the role of investors in the startup lifecycle.
Fintech & Tokenization
Serves on the board of Aktionariat AG, a fintech company specializing in company share tokenization, demonstrating a passion for blockchain applications.

Media Appearances

Kathrin has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2023
Managing Director at N9 House of Innovation
3-2023
Member Board of Directors at Aktionariat AG
4-2021
Strategy Expert/founding partner SEF.Growth - Jury SEF.Award at Swiss Economic Forum
6-2020
Member Board of Directors; CEO in 2021 at Art Poster Gallery
2-2023 - 7-2024
Member Board of Directors at Signifikant

Education

2019 - 2019
ADB from INSEAD
Internationales Marketing from New York University

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Exp : 5 Location : Zürich Metropolitan Area, Switzerland Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Managing Director at N9 House of Innovation
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Insights For Selling To Kathrin

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be respectful but crisp
  • When negotiating terms, help them build an impression that they are the ones calling the shots
  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending time doing small talk

DONT's

  • Don’t be in a rush to invite them for a social meet and greet
  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell
  • Do not back off when challenged, respond with a confident, objective answer instead

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Kathrin is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Kathrin

  • If they are not convinced, they will have no hesitation in telling you the same.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Kathrin move?

  • They can reach decisions fairly quickly if they are convinced.
  • Can Kathrin take some risk or not?

  • They don’t mind risks but can be quite binary about them.

You And Kathrin

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