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Patrick has a very diverse background of experience. During and after his studies, he worked for leading companies in consulting and international FMCG. He has founded, managed, built and turned around companies. Since 2006, he has been enabling companies in the area of sales, marketing and business strategy. His clients include leading companies from various industries across Europe such as SAP, TX Markets, Mövenpick, Schwyzer Kantonalbank and WWF.
He has also accelerated startups and scaleups like Bring! Labs, Lunchgate, Testingtime, Flex Suisse or Swiss FTS. With far over 300 implemented projects, Patrick has an excellent network including top executives in almost all industries.
Patrick grew up in a family of entrepreneurs. Both his grandfather and his father built up their own businesses. Therefore, entrepreneurial challenges were always part of the conversations at family gatherings. During his studies, Patrick supported his father in the further development of his business (production, trade and distribution of technical products).
After some years of travelling and working in strategic roles in several international companies, Patrick co-founded The Lateral Company (a marketing strategy consultancy) with two friends. After building the company and collecting valuable learnings about co-founding, Patrick went on to found Salesgenerator. It quickly developed into a successful business and they soon worked with leading companies throughout the DACH region, supporting them to improve their sales effectivity.
Patrick sold his shares in Salesgenerator in 2019 and have since been on the road with his own concept patrickutz.com.
Experience in most industries
In his work as sparring partner to founders and C-levels, Patrick creates clarity for the next entrepreneurial steps. And as a business consultant, Patrick has mentored and coached many founders, being deeply engaged in their businesses. His focus is in the area of business development, sales, marketing and strategy.
He has been coaching young entrepreneurial projects at UZH within the Digital Entrepreneurship Bootcamp since 2019. In this work he has supported the teams by bringing another perspective on their business case, helped them to develop strategies for commercialization and develop solutions for business to business (B2B) business models.
