In the following, I want to provide concrete ideas on how I can support you if I am on your cap table. If you’re a founder, please feel free to forward this page to your co-founders, C-level management, VPs, and top leaders so they know how I can help them, too.
Founder Stuff
| What | Description | Relevant for | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundraising | Leverage me for everything fundraising: pitching, storytelling, structuring an efficient process, intros, etc. | CEO | fundraisingcoup.com |
| Keynotes & Personal Branding | We can do a call to develop a strategy for how you can leverage keynotes to build a strong personal brand and generate leads – as well as discuss everything personal branding in general. | C-Suite & VPs | coupmovement.com |
| Coaching | Louise, my wife and business partner, is an executive coach. We’ve also a network of further top-notch founder coaches. I believe that every founder needs one. | Founder/C-Suite | louisedirik.com |
| Scaling | Use me as a sparring partner for everything “scaling”: Positioning, Go-To-Market strategy, internationalization (I worked in very international structures at Wix.com, Microsoft, and Samsung), building internal systems, leadership, communication. | Founder/C-Suite | superscalenow.com |
Marketing / Sales
| What | Description | Relevant for | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales Pitches | Let me challenge your current sales pitch and help you to create and deliver an outstanding sales pitch that nobody will forget. | CEO, CMO, CSO, CRO, VP Sales, Account Managers/Sales Reps, Head of Marketing, Marketers | coupmovement.com |
| Keynotes | We can jump on a call to develop a strategy for how you can leverage keynotes to generate leads. | C-Suite & VPs | coupmovement.com |
| Content Marketing | We can talk about developing a creative and effective content marketing strategy and how to execute it. I’ve been doing a lot of content marketing for two decades and was on the board of Germany’s leading Content Marketing Agency C3. | CEO, CMO/VP Marketing/Head of Marketing | |
| Customer Events & Community | Do you want to organize an outstanding event for customers or think of community-building strategies? I might have some ideas for you. | CMO/VP Marketing | |
| Brand & Design | I’m a design addicted. I love branding. Let me know if you need sparring in this area or an intro. | CEO, CMO/CRO/VP Marketing |
HR/People
| What | Description | Relevant for | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation Skills Masterclass (Personal Development) | I can offer access to COUP, the best presentation masterclass in the market, to selected team members. The course regularly costs 499€ per year and per person – I’m happy to provide you with complimentary tickets for selected team members to honor them and offer this to your team as a personal development perk. Some startups use it even for training >50 people by leveraging a peer learning structure that is, at the same time, a great team-building activity. Happy to provide you with more context on demand. | CHRO, VP/head of HR, All team members | coupmovement.com |
| Evaluating & Convincing Candidates | Louise and I can help you in evaluating candidates. I’d say I’m good at convincing top candidates to join–feel free to ask me to talk with a candidate for a key position. | C-Suite, CHRO/VP HR/Head of HR | |
| Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding | Louise has an HR background. Together, we’re happy to be a sparring partner for you when it comes to optimizing your talent acquisition strategies and processes in general, and particularly: |
Other
| What | Description | Relevant for |
|---|---|---|
| Product | I love product in general and UX/UI design in particular. I’ve conceptualized complex UX & UI interfaces and led the development of endless digital products. Ask me if you need feedback for a new product, UX/UI concept, website, app, etc. | CEO, CPO, CTO/VP Engineering, VP Product, CMO/VP Marketing |
| Cultural Diversity | I’m Co-Founder of the 2hearts Community, the biggest non-profit org for people with immigration backgrounds in Europe’s tech industry. |