MAS+ Workshop: Building a Business with Impact: Driving Transformation Through Technology and Finance
Thirty D-MTEC students and alumni attended an MAS+ workshop on “Building a Business with Impact” on 2 and 3 July 2021. The workshop, held on the ETH campus and at the Trust Square co-working space, was organised by MAS MTEC student Christine Szczepanski and Morgan Altman of Programme Operations. The workshop provided practical insight into “Driving Transformation Through Technology and Finance”.
Speakers and workshop leaders
- Professor of Entrepreneurship, D-MTEC, ETH Zurich
- Experienced teacher of executives in multinational corporations and founder of several high-tech start-ups
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- Co-Founder and CEO, Yova
- D-MTEC Alumnus
- Passionate technologist (mathematics and computer science), traveller and outdoor enthusiast
- Tinkerer, researcher and investor
- Co-Founder and Chairman, Kext Management GmbH
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- Co-Founder and Chairman, Trust Square
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- Postdoctoral researcher, Chair of Entrepreneurship, D-MTEC, ETH Zurich
- Geras Care Founder
- Samsung Impact Accelerator Alumnus
- Teaching Assistant, Chair of Entrepreneurship, D-MTEC, ETH Zurich
Workshop Organisers
MAS+ Talks and Workshops are co-organised with our MAS students.
external page Christine Szczepanski spent half of her life in the Philippines and half in Japan before coming to Switzerland. While still in school she created micro-enterprises, such as selling sandwiches, snacks, T-shirts and long-distance telephone cards on campus, producing outdoor tour packages for busy expats, and designing a system of low-cost digital money transfer using cryptocurrency.
She also co-founded an NPO that promoted multicultural interactions for families. She is currently interested in hybrid-organisation business models, and is searching for companies that are interested in hiring individuals with entrepreneurial drive.
external page Morgan Altman spent his youth in Finland and the U.S., and has been living in Switzerland since 2003. As part of his role in programme operations at MAS ETH MTEC he facilitates the creation of MAS+ Workshops and Talks together with MAS alumni and students.
Besides his work at ETH, Morgan enjoys expanding the scope of ReWinner, a company he co-founded that fosters the circular economy in facility management. He also enjoys gardening and spending time with his family in the natural world.