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 Colab coworking space in Zurich-Wiedikon.
The Start: Silicon Valley Live Call with Product Hunt Founders and Keynote David Griesbach
The event started with a live Skype call into the Valley with Erik Torenberg, Product Hunt founding team (accompanied for a moment by Ryan Hoover, founder of Product Hunt):
the @ProductHunt dude talking to us swiss đ @ProductHuntCH pic.twitter.com/HHCD3NGI6X
— Gustavo Salami (@gsalami) March 5, 2015
@producthuntCH https://t.co/35kE6aYwiB
— Gianfranco Gaio (@giangy55) March 5, 2015
Skype session at #PHCH pic.twitter.com/ICVoyXJLZT
— Christoph Hess | christophhess.eth (@christophhess) March 5, 2015
After the live call, David Griesbach took over with a keynote on â Lean Startup / Lean Innovationâ.
Key Note am 1. Product Hunt Switzerland Meetup – Griesbach Consulting – Strategie & Innovation – http://t.co/bzJ9PKCpWi
— David Griesbach (@davidgriesbach) March 4, 2015
The Products
Four products had the chance to demo their products to the audienceâââall proudly Swiss made.
1. Alterniity
Ioannis Tarnanas started showing Alterniity – a MedTech product for the early diagnosis of dementia.
https://twitter.com/thaab63/status/573549932801605632
2. Niuws
Well anticipated, the second slot was filled by Peter Hogenkamp and the team from niu.ws, a curated news service.
well @phogenkamp isn't presenting a family album @ProductHuntCH but a nice overview of curator boxes from @niuws_de pic.twitter.com/1H8Fj2NHq7
— Andreas Von Gunten (@avongunten) March 5, 2015
.@phogenkamp announcing @ProductHuntCH the newest @niuws_de box -curated by @viktorgiacobbo! #PHCH pic.twitter.com/95iBFAzHHJ
— Stefan Vetter (@stefanvetter) March 5, 2015
#phch @niuws_de Humans curate much better than algorithms
— Erich Althaus – noline.ch (@noline_ch) March 5, 2015
3. Battere
Can Olcer from Battere shows off their concept of eco-friendly solar-powered power packs for take-away in bars and restaurants.
Battere am #phch pic.twitter.com/xeyX0QwQnE
— Martin Sauter đșđŠ (@msauter) March 5, 2015
#phch @batte_re Solar-powered power packs on the go
— Erich Althaus – noline.ch (@noline_ch) March 5, 2015
Charge your smartphone battery in #ZĂŒrich #PHCH pic.twitter.com/74EaVevEtQ
— Walter SchĂ€rer (@WalterSchaerer) March 5, 2015
4. Selfnation
Last, but not least, Andreas GuggenbĂŒhl presented Selfnation, a grown startup on the quest for the perfect fitting jeans, using award winning technology.
Now #selfnationjeans on the #producthunt Stage #phch pic.twitter.com/9BYHCQj11Q
— SELFNATION (@selfnationjeans) March 5, 2015
The Winner
For each of the products the applause from the audience was measured using Applaudometer. The proud winner of the first âProduct Hunt Zurich Winnerâ badge was⊠Battere!
Congrats to the winners of our first meetup: @batte_re! #PHCH pic.twitter.com/dMfOd1DMJc
— Product Hunt Zurich (@ProductHuntCH) March 5, 2015
Thanks
A big thanks goes out to the product makers who showed their work, to our sponsors IFJ, Colab and Drink.ch, and, of course, to our audience who gave us great support on our first meetup!
Whatâs next?
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!
Gert Christen, CEO of Blue Lion Incubator and Startzentrum Zurich, will hold a keynote about âGreat product. Now grow a great businessâ.
We will have five great products from Switzerland presenting live: YOOTURE (social recruiting), Swisscom Vidia (the virtual meeting room), Crowd (personal assistant for your social time), ProfitApp by Postfinance (simply earn points and benefit) and Velobar (the party on a bike that gets you fit fast). There are a few tickets left (free). Just sign up for our newsletter on zurich.producthunt.ch to get the registration link.
We hope to see you there!
Katharina, Roger and Stefan
Team Product Hunt Zurich
hei @canolcer cooler Vortrag im @ColabZurich đ danke @ProductHuntCH fĂŒrs organisieren âșïž #coolesache #vollfan
— Monah Sorcelli (@monah) March 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/batte_re/status/573876701589012480
Thank you for this #premiere @StefanVetter @katharinaiten @ColabZurich and @ProductHuntCH @ProductHunt #PHCH pic.twitter.com/FiBdAT3tAT
— Roger L. Basler de Roca (@rogerbasler) March 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/stgrubenmann/status/573558374605918209
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