I had my first touchpoint with entrepreneurship during high school, when I came across videos on how to make money online by developing a cool skill.
I always liked being creative, so I dug into web design, cold-called local craft businesses, and closed my first clients. It was a pretty exciting experience, but also showed me that I needed more experienced entrepreneurs around me to build something real.
My first intuition was to do a gap year at a German hidden champion, but inputting receipts into SAP turned out didn't really help me found a company. I quit and moved to Mannheim to study business.
Thankfully, I joined Q-Summit, which really sparked my interest in startups. Besides hosting a large startup conference, I also did internships in commercial functions at Mercanis, inca, and Zauber.
These last two years of my studies have really sharpened my vision to found my own company in the next 12-16 months, and given me way more ideas than I can build.