Laurence Saunier

Hot off the press: I recently shared my perspective on the value of #SelfCare with tagesspiegel online. Let me give you a brief summary:     I believe that Self Care, for example with self-determined treatment with over-the-counter medicines, can advance personal health and well-being and in addition, relieve the burden on the health care system.    And there is a lot of potential: our own Kenvue Self Care study found that 84 percent of consumers in Germany are confident they can treat minor ailments themselves. Within the last year, almost one in two respondents (44%) had already sought advice from a pharmacy, instead from a doctor, even though they felt that medical advice would have been appropriate.     It is essential to ensure access to over-the-counter medicines and maintain self-medication as a central pillar of the healthcare system, and to strengthen it further.    I am proud to work for a company that empowers and supports people to embrace their own health – for themselves and for the benefit of society. We call this: "Realizing the extraordinary power of everyday care".      Enjoy reading the full article on tagesspiegel online.  #WeAreKenvue #EmpoweringSelfCare

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🌟 Exciting Times at 4GAMECHANGERS Festival 2024 in Vienna! 🌟 Day #1 has already set the stage with riveting debates around #AI, sparking the essential question: "HUMAN OR MACHINE - Who is in control?" …. This and many other questions were addressed in numerous discussions 👉 https://lnkd.in/dzAde_2j The energy is palpable as over 5000 visionaries who gather daily, to dive into a wealth of knowledge through inspiring speeches and interactive panels. #4GAMECHANGERS4GAMECHANGERS is truly the nexus where innovation meets inspiration, bridged by digitalization and entertainment! A huge shoutout to the organizers and partners for making this possible! InnovaticGroup. Create the Future Now innovaticgroup.com #4Gamechangers #TechChange #FutureIsNow #SustainableInnovation #Innovation #Technology #Entrepreneurship #Investment #Networking #InnovaticGroup #BusinessGrowth #SustainableInnovation #GlobalImpact #Investors #BusinessAngels #VentureCapital #LPs #GPs #Innovation #DigitalRransformation #Digitalization #Startup #Scaleup

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Insightful research piece from our xdeck partner McKinsey with xdeck alumni Veylinx on consumers' willingness to pay - or not to - for green consumer products: 📶 Generally, there seems to be a willingness to pay a price premium, although consumers do not always walk the talk ↔️ Yet, whether that premium fully covers the extra cost for making a green product depends very much on the individual demand features and product composition ➡️ Thus, consumer-packaged-goods companies should move beyond the general question to engaging an actually analytical, fact-based approach on developing, manufacturing and marketing green products #consumerpackagedgoods #sustainability CC Sebastian Gatzer Marcus Keutel Frank Sänger Peter Breuer Dr. Markus Gick Dr. Robert Günther Anouar El Haji Georg Kühl Link to article in the comments

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🌍 Excited to connect with fellow innovators and explore scalable business models. See you there! InnovaticGroup. Create the Future Now innovaticgroup.com #BornGlobalAcademy #GlobalExpansion #Innovation #Technology #Entrepreneurship #Investment #Networking #InnovaticGroup #BusinessGrowth #SustainableInnovation #BusinessAngels #VentureCapital #LPs #GPs #Innovation #DigitalRransformation #Digitalization #Startup #Scaleup

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For the long and the short of it.

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Do you actively support your clients' products? I recently had the pleasure of visiting Hans Verweij, the CEO of Maxx Wellness GmbH, at Beauty 2024 in Düsseldorf. As the official partner of Italwax (waxing products for hair removal) in Germany, Maxx Wellness stands for quality and innovation. The idea that my journey in online marketing would lead me to a beauty fair to personally test a client's waxing products would have sounded funny a few months ago. Yet, it's exactly this aspect of the field that excites me. You're always discovering new topics and facing new challenges. I'm particularly looking forward to collaborating with Sarah Bojahr, our direct contact at Maxx Wellness. Together, we plan to scale the online presence in the DACH market in 2024 through performance marketing campaigns and seo strategies. Just like influencers, one should be aware of the products they are endorsing for their clients, don't you think? P.S.: The result of my eyebrow treatment speaks for itself 😉 – quality that convinces when the products are applied correctly. #performancemarketing #agencystories #googleads #metaads #onlinemarketing #beauty24

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Knowledge for a startup to find a good match with the right investors.

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Heading back home to the golden ⭐️ city of Prague after three intense days connecting with the Startup/VC ecosystem during HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds Family Day and Hinterland of Things.  Here are my three my top insights I take home …  1️⃣ Start-ups are alive and kickin’ - I met great founders with promising ideas and made ample new connections with investors. My perception is, the downturn helped to bring the ecosystem back to focus on great products/solutions, rather than just closing the next round. 🙏 2️⃣ Excellent insights from a great keynote by Bjorn Tremmerie on the status of European 🇪🇺 Venture Capital & comparison vs. US 🇺🇸: European returns do not only hold up, but actually even exceed US returns 😮 💪. Also, emerging fund managers do very well return-wise - that’s great inspiration for Kamil Levinský and myself as we start to build the Jet Investment Venture Fund. 3️⃣ AI/ML reached an inflection point - it’s being integrated everywhere and helps strengthen all sort of products/solution. 🚀 ...and indeed "Bielefeld does exist” 😂 #venturecapital #startups

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I am more than excited to announce our brand new advertising tool for brand owners: Sponsored Brand Ads 🚀 With this onsite marketing feature from Kaufland Global Marketplace, you can put your brands into the spotlight and set them apart from the competition. Your advantages at a glance: 🔹Focus on your brand, not on the individual product: you can highlight several offers at the same time. 🔹Performance-based advertising: SBA works as an auction system with keyword targeting following the cost-per-click principle (= you don't pay for the ad, but only when it is clicked). 🔹Full control: You set a maximum budget for the campaign. As soon as the maximum is reached, your campaign will be paused and no additional fees are charged. 🔹Detailed analysis options: You can strategically optimize your campaigns at any time. You already know Sponsored Product Ads - now it's your brands' turn! Give them the reach they deserve! Discover all further information about SBA here and find out whether you are eligible to use this promising feature on the Kaufland marketplaces: 👉https://lnkd.in/gXy3eWG3 It pays to be quick: all advertisers will receive exclusive promotional discounts until September! 💸 #KauflandGlobalMarketplace #eCommerce #Marketplace #RetailMedia #SponsoredAds

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Always asked myself, if I can be happy …always? As an entrepreneur you are in the natural habit of optimizing all aspects of a project so why don’t optimize your life? After many years of learning about what makes us happy, I think it is only a transient state. But maybe we can feel even better … when we are in Flow! Flow is the state of consciousness in which we forget space and time, are maximally happy, motivated and efficient. In this state, we feel our best and achieve the most. What do we need to achieve this flow? Why is it so important for founders and managers? I talk about this in the podcast with editor Elena Todeva Listen in and share your best flow moments. #flow #flowmoment #success #performance #motivation #alignment #leadership #newwork #startup #vc #entrepreneurship

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What an interesting company! Have you ever heard of Kisag? 56% of Swiss households have. 🤔 But why is it interesting and different? Behind the foundation of Kisag AG was a creative mind with a strong pioneering spirit. When Walter Kissling founded Kisag AG in Bellach, Switzerland in the year 1945, he had no idea that his innovative ideas would have a lasting impact on life in many Swiss households over several generations. Walter Kissling started out recycling aluminium waste. He used this, in turn, for product developments. In the adjoining foundry, the entrepreneur manufactured cutters for French fries, fruit presses, potato peelers and thin-walled cast aluminium pans. At that time, this was a real high-tech product. 🤔 OK. Very innovative: 🔥 Pressure cookers with patented pressure relief valves (early 50s). 🔥 This was followed by frying pans with built-in thermometers. 🔥 The Kisag whipper, which was patented in 1958 for the production of whipped cream with a charger system. 🔥 A patented gas burner for rechauds (think Fondue!). Kisag is now a leading Swiss brand and OEM supplier into more than 20 countries. 🤔 But why is it interesting? Because Kisag was sold to VEBO in 2017. VEBO is an occupational and social inclusion co-operative for people with health impairments. To my knowledge Kisag is the first commercial company that was taken over by such a co-operative in Switzerland with many jobs created in its sheltered workshops. While Kisag remains a profit oriented commercial company, the social responsibility of its mother is deeply embedded. Kisag creates jobs at VEBO. VEBO gives Kisag the stability to prosper. Symbiosis. Since 2020, I’m a proud member of the advisory board of Kisag. We’ve come a long way and there is still a lot to do. Where innovation meets social responsibility, success is guaranteed! Go Kisag! Thanks Marc Eggimann Johann Hirschi Adrian Von Kaenel Christina Balz and the whole team around Kaspar Kellerhals for a great collaboration. #socialresponsibility #kisag #vebo #rahmbläser 

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A tale of two strategies: Transparency vs. Cost Efficiency in Swiss Retail At the forefront of enhancing customer transparency, Valora Group sets a new benchmark by being the first retailer in Switzerland to label its own-brand products with both Nutri-Score and Eco-Score. Starting in June, customers at avec, Kkiosk and Press&Books will benefit from clear information on health and sustainability, enabling informed purchasing decisions. Valora's initiative reflects a strong commitment to customer education and sustainable practices, covering over 1,100 outlets across Switzerland. In stark contrast, Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund has decided to discontinue the Nutri-Score, despite previous endorsements from their own health experts. This decision is driven by a reassessment of its customer value and cost considerations. While previously hailed as a tool for transparent, health-conscious shopping, Migros now views the Nutri-Score as confusing and costly to implement. This move aligns with their new focus on price image over sustainability, as highlighted by recent statements from their new sustainability head and structural changes within the company. Future will tell who is right and until then, let the customer be the judge. #Transparency #Sustainability #Health #NutriScore

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VCs looking for mega trends? Watch this +8% CAGR market with „Sandwich-Effect“… 7 x unecpected patient growth (+ 8% CAGR) in 2023 by Bundesministerium für Gesundheit to almost 5,5 M patients in (home) care. Growing another +30% by 2050. Soon to be the largest piece of the pie in Germanys national Rx medication market 💊 with a SOM of +10BN p.a. (30BN TAM). Yet overlooked by e-pharmacies and widely non digitized, nore meeting home care needs by local pharmacies, owning the market segment. Pssst! Close to watch what hellomed.com e-pharmacy is cooking with hellomedOS in home care this summer… Tim Bogdan Felix Morawski Paul Bendzko Oliver Knoblich

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Ever wondered what goes into making your clothes or how those vibrant colors are achieved? 🎨👚 In the latest Fritz For Future podcast episode, Janine Steeger chats with Renana Krebs, the visionary co-founder and CEO of Algaeing. Discover how algae could revolutionize the fashion industry! 🌿 After witnessing the harmful effects of conventional textile production, Renana took action. Her company uses algae to create and dye fabrics sustainably and safely. 🌱👗 Join in as she unveils the innovative processes behind algae-based textiles and dyes. Tune in to learn: 🔹 Why the fashion industry needs a detox 🔹 How algae can be transformed into textiles 🔹 The potential impact of algae on fashion’s future Don't miss out on this enlightening conversation! https://lnkd.in/ecXq5Syj #SustainableFashion #Innovation #Podcast #EcoFriendly #FashionRevolution

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That’s the business case (I am impressed by the insights on supporting female employees during menopause in the US!) It's high time that we in the DACH region take this issue seriously and address it proactively. Here are my key learnings for our market: 1️⃣ Demographic change With an ageing workforce, we need to pay more attention to the needs of women 45+ in order to remain competitive. 2️⃣ Management development Many women reach management positions precisely during the menopause phase. Without support, we lose valuable potential. 3️⃣ Employer branding Companies that offer menopause support are perceived as attractive employers. A clear competitive advantage! 4️⃣ Productivity Targeted support enables us to reduce absenteeism and maintain performance. 5️⃣ Legal risks By taking appropriate measures, we prevent potential discrimination claims. ➨ My appeal to all managers and HR managers Let's put this topic on the agenda! We can make a big difference with relatively simple measures such as flexible working hours, training and adapted health benefits. What are your experiences? How do you tackle the issue in your company? ~~~ ✍️ Write it in the comments. ♻️ Repost to support women 45+

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Nothing is better than meeting in person. I believe. Most inspiring in my life is, to speak to as many entrepreneurs as possible. The companies of tomorrow will shape our future. This is precisely the reason why I (XAnge) will speak at the Hinterland of Things -Conference (organized by the Bertelsmann Stiftung Founders Foundation gGmbH ) on June 13. The tech scene meets investors and decisionmakers from the SME sector - thats a unique mix. StartupValley Magazine already gives an idea of what everyone can expect. #hinterlandofthings #bielefeld #techscene #startupscene #innovation #germany #smesector

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This Innovations Conference was different for me. Maybe I missed most of Thomas Kirchner's podcast. 😊 It took me only a minute to sit down and find myself on the stage, but in true YETI style. 😎 But one thing remains constant: connections are currency. 🧲 Here is the wisdom I have gleaned from talking to people: ➡ It is never too late to start. Do not let age or experience hold you back. The startup world thrives on fresh perspectives. 🧠 ➡ Support is closer than you think. Surrounding yourself with the right people can make all the difference. That next groundbreaking idea might be brewing right next to you at a conference snack table. 🤝 ➡ The journey is as important as the destination. Look around you. These founders? They were not all overnight successes. There is a whole lot of hustle and heart behind every growth-stage company. ⭐ The most important takeaway: It is never too late to jump into the innovation game! Whether you are a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting your journey, the YETI program can be your launchpad. 🚀 🚀 🔥 Here's the deal: Want to be part of the next generation of innovators? 💪 Don't wait for the perfect moment. Seize the opportunity! Secure your spot in the YETI scholarship program now: https://lnkd.in/gBqSpUcm It's your chance to learn from the best and build your net worth. Mark your calendars! Join us for Demo Day on July 11th to see YETIs in action. ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ https://lnkd.in/gwTRU55S #YETIScholarship #InnovationSaxony #YETIDresden #DesignThinking

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🌟 "We have successfully demonstrated our proof-of-market“🌟 A truly valuable milestone for us that I was able to discuss in an interview with Maximilian Feigl from Munich Start-up. Thank you for the interview, in which we talk about our journey and vision at Pepper. From my personal challenges in management consulting to an innovative start-up that is revolutionizing home training – our mission is clear: effective, location-independent training for everyone! You can find the full interview below (German only)! #Pepper #Startup #Fitness #Innovation #EMS #Entrepreneurship 

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Organizing a big photo shooting, working with Art Directors and Photographers is not part of my job? Yesterday it was. As Head of Employee Experience, Employer Branding is also part of my role. With Employer Branding, you need to find a creative but also very well-structured approach. I love this combination. So, I thought it was time to get some great new pictures of our Executive team at Freeletics. Maybe you ask yourself: 📸 Is it typically part of an HR Leader's role to organize photo shoots? - No 🗓️ Have I ever organized a professional photo shoot before? - No 👩🏼‍🏫 Was there someone to tell me how to do it? - Yes! I was supported by our Freeletics Brand Marketing team, and it was a big learning opportunity for me. (Thank you Janina Posch , Lixing Yang and Yujeong Jo!) ❓Why did I do it? - Because I wanted to learn something new, I was very excited about it, and I knew it would be fun. The results aren't there yet, but I want to show one of my many “behind the scenes” picture. When was the last time you did something that wasn't part of your job description?

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