Hi! My name is Michael Bist,

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I have always been am looking for a new professional challenge, since I am closing down my own social impact startup The Tailor Network due to the ongoing impact of COVID.

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For The Tailor Network I managed without prior industry knowledge to bring together a team of experts from different fields and empower them to create something they believed for a long time not to be achievable. 

 

We entered the market in summer 2019 with a unique in-house event concept, acquiring events with major partners including BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, EY, UBS and Falcon Private Bank in Switzerland and Hungary, when COVID hit in 2020.

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I managed to keep the team together on a freelance base, our end-customers showed great loyalty in buying gift vouchers, we cut costs drastically, developed a new streetwear product with the brand SONDER.fashion and opened new channels. But with the continuing waves of COVID it became clear that we would not be able to achieve sufficient scale in the short-term. So with the occurrence of the 4th wave our investors stopped their support and I started the process to close down the company and transform The Tailor Network into a profitable side business.

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Now I am looking for a new professional challenge, where I can assist a great company to grow successfully with my entrepreneurial spirit, my motivational leadership, my experience in B2B sales on international c-suit level and my skills in building and optimising processes.