{"id":668,"date":"2015-05-25T18:03:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T16:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stefanvetter.com\/?p=668"},"modified":"2020-01-25T23:25:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T21:25:24","slug":"producthunt-zurich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stefanvetter.com\/en\/producthunt-zurich","title":{"rendered":"I Co-Organized the First Product Hunt Meetup in Switzerland &#8211; Here&#8217;s How It Went"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first Product Hunt Meetup in Switzerland took place on March 5, 2015. Over 70 people from the startup and marketing scene gathered in the crowded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colab-zurich.ch\/\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.colab-zurich.ch\/\">Colab coworking space<\/a> in Zurich-Wiedikon.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>The Start: Silicon Valley Live Call with Product Hunt Founders and Keynote David Griesbach<\/h2>\n<p>The event started with a live Skype call into the Valley with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eriktorenberg\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eriktorenberg\">Erik Torenberg<\/a>, Product Hunt founding team (accompanied for a moment by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rrhoover\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rrhoover\">Ryan Hoover<\/a>, founder of Product Hunt):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProductHunt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ProductHunt<\/a> dude talking to us swiss \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProductHuntCH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ProductHuntCH<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/HHCD3NGI6X\">pic.twitter.com\/HHCD3NGI6X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gustavo Salami (@gsalami) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gsalami\/status\/573546528234692608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProductHuntCH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@producthuntCH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/35kE6aYwiB\">https:\/\/t.co\/35kE6aYwiB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gianfranco Gaio (@giangy55) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/giangy55\/status\/573544811308908545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Skype session at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PHCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PHCH<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ICVoyXJLZT\">pic.twitter.com\/ICVoyXJLZT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christoph Hess | christophhess.eth (@christophhess) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christophhess\/status\/573544740332961792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After the live call, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidgriesbach\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidgriesbach\/\">David Griesbach<\/a> took over with a keynote on \u201c Lean Startup \/ Lean Innovation\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Key Note am 1. Product Hunt Switzerland Meetup &#8211; Griesbach Consulting &#8211; Strategie &amp; Innovation &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/bzJ9PKCpWi\">http:\/\/t.co\/bzJ9PKCpWi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Griesbach (@davidgriesbach) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidgriesbach\/status\/573139112846360577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The Products<\/h3>\n<p>Four products had the chance to demo their products to the audience\u200a\u2014\u200aall proudly Swiss made.<\/p>\n<h4>1. Alterniity<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tarnanas\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tarnanas\">Ioannis Tarnanas<\/a> started showing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alterniity.com\/\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.alterniity.com\/\">Alterniity<\/a> &#8211; a MedTech product for the early diagnosis of dementia.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/thaab63\/status\/573549932801605632<\/p>\n<h4>2. Niuws<\/h4>\n<p>Well anticipated, the second slot was filled by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phogenkamp\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phogenkamp\">Peter Hogenkamp<\/a> and the team from <a href=\"http:\/\/niu.ws\/\" data-href=\"http:\/\/niu.ws\/\">niu.ws<\/a>, a curated news service.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">well <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phogenkamp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@phogenkamp<\/a> isn&#39;t presenting a family album <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProductHuntCH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ProductHuntCH<\/a> but a nice overview of curator boxes from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/niuws_de?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@niuws_de<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/1H8Fj2NHq7\">pic.twitter.com\/1H8Fj2NHq7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andreas Von Gunten (@avongunten) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avongunten\/status\/573551904527097857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phogenkamp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@phogenkamp<\/a> announcing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProductHuntCH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ProductHuntCH<\/a> the newest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/niuws_de?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@niuws_de<\/a> box -curated by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/viktorgiacobbo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@viktorgiacobbo<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PHCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PHCH<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/95iBFAzHHJ\">pic.twitter.com\/95iBFAzHHJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stefan Vetter (@stefanvetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stefanvetter\/status\/573553344045846528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/phch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#phch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/niuws_de?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@niuws_de<\/a> Humans curate much better than algorithms<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Erich Althaus &#8211; noline.ch (@noline_ch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noline_ch\/status\/573554077784784896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>3. Battere<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/canolcer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/canolcer\">Can Olcer<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/battere.co\/\" data-href=\"http:\/\/battere.co\/\">Battere<\/a> shows off their concept of eco-friendly solar-powered power packs for take-away in bars and restaurants.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Battere am <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/phch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#phch<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/xeyX0QwQnE\">pic.twitter.com\/xeyX0QwQnE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Martin Sauter \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@msauter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msauter\/status\/573554009522442240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/phch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#phch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batte_re?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@batte_re<\/a> Solar-powered power packs on the go<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Erich Althaus &#8211; noline.ch (@noline_ch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noline_ch\/status\/573555530934976513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Charge your smartphone battery in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Z%C3%BCrich?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Z\u00fcrich<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PHCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PHCH<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/74EaVevEtQ\">pic.twitter.com\/74EaVevEtQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Walter Sch\u00e4rer (@WalterSchaerer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WalterSchaerer\/status\/573561807316643840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>4. Selfnation<\/h4>\n<p>Last, but not least, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/andreas-guggenb%C3%BChl\/64\/550\/690\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/andreas-guggenb%C3%BChl\/64\/550\/690\">Andreas Guggenb\u00fchl<\/a> presented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.selfnation.ch\/en\/\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.selfnation.ch\/en\/\">Selfnation<\/a>, a grown startup on the quest for the perfect fitting jeans, using award winning technology.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/selfnationjeans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#selfnationjeans<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/producthunt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#producthunt<\/a> Stage <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/phch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#phch<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/9BYHCQj11Q\">pic.twitter.com\/9BYHCQj11Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SELFNATION (@selfnationjeans) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/selfnationjeans\/status\/573559075520319488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The Winner<\/h3>\n<p>For each of the products the applause from the audience was measured using <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/nl\/app\/applaudometer\/id963524396?l=en&amp;mt=8\" data-href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/nl\/app\/applaudometer\/id963524396?l=en&amp;mt=8\">Applaudometer<\/a>. The proud winner of the first \u201cProduct Hunt Zurich Winner\u201d badge was\u2026 Battere!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats to the winners of our first meetup: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/batte_re?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@batte_re<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PHCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PHCH<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/dMfOd1DMJc\">pic.twitter.com\/dMfOd1DMJc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Product Hunt Zurich (@ProductHuntCH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProductHuntCH\/status\/573564225836216320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Thanks<\/h3>\n<p>A big thanks goes out to the product makers who showed their work, to our sponsors <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifj.ch\/\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.ifj.ch\/\">IFJ<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colab-zurich.ch\/\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.colab-zurich.ch\/\">Colab<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drink.ch\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.drink.ch\">Drink.ch<\/a>, and, of course, to our audience who gave us great support on our first meetup!<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s next?<\/h3>\n<p>The evening was really well received by the audience, so we are really looking forward to our next event on May 28, 2015 at Blue Lion Zurich!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gertchristen\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gertchristen\">Gert Christen<\/a>, CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluelion.ch\/\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.bluelion.ch\/\">Blue Lion Incubator<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startzentrum.ch\/\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.startzentrum.ch\/\">Startzentrum Zurich<\/a>, will hold a keynote about \u201cGreat product. Now grow a great business\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We will have five great products from Switzerland presenting live: <a href=\"http:\/\/yooture.com\/\" data-href=\"http:\/\/yooture.com\/\">YOOTURE<\/a> (social recruiting), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swisscom.ch\/en\/business\/sme\/business-solutions\/communication-and-collaboration\/vidia.html\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.swisscom.ch\/en\/business\/sme\/business-solutions\/communication-and-collaboration\/vidia.html\">Swisscom Vidia<\/a> (the virtual meeting room), <a href=\"http:\/\/gimalon.com\/\" data-href=\"http:\/\/gimalon.com\/\">Crowd<\/a> (personal assistant for your social time), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profitapp.ch\/en\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.profitapp.ch\/en\">ProfitApp<\/a> by Postfinance (simply earn points and benefit) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.velobar.ch\/\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.velobar.ch\/\">Velobar<\/a> (the party on a bike that gets you fit fast). There are a few tickets left (free). Just sign up for our newsletter on <a href=\"http:\/\/zurich.producthunt.ch\" data-href=\"http:\/\/zurich.producthunt.ch\">zurich.producthunt.ch<\/a> to get the registration link.<\/p>\n<p>We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katharinaiten\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katharinaiten\">Katharina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rogerbasler\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rogerbasler\">Roger<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StefanVetter\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StefanVetter\">Stefan<\/a><br \/>\nTeam <a href=\"http:\/\/zurich.producthunt.ch\/\" data-href=\"http:\/\/zurich.producthunt.ch\/\">Product Hunt Zurich<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">hei <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/canolcer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@canolcer<\/a> cooler Vortrag im <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColabZurich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ColabZurich<\/a> \ud83d\ude04 danke <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProductHuntCH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ProductHuntCH<\/a> f\u00fcrs organisieren \u263a\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coolesache?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coolesache<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/vollfan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#vollfan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Monah Sorcelli (@monah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/monah\/status\/573569166709514240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/batte_re\/status\/573876701589012480<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you for this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/premiere?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#premiere<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stefanvetter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StefanVetter<\/a> @katharinaiten <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColabZurich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ColabZurich<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProductHuntCH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ProductHuntCH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProductHunt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ProductHunt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PHCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PHCH<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/FiBdAT3tAT\">pic.twitter.com\/FiBdAT3tAT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Roger L. Basler de Roca (@rogerbasler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rogerbasler\/status\/573586587503689728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/stgrubenmann\/status\/573558374605918209<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Product Hunt Meetup in Switzerland took place on March 5, 2015. 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