Venture Challenge #3: Sales for startups

Accelerate your startup project with the support of successful founders and industry leaders!

The series of six workshops is based on a mission and challenge approach to enhance the validation and execution of your business case. Our goal is to support the best startup talents in Switzerland in order to build world-class startups the fastest way possible.

Apply if you have an innovative startup project and the ambition to conquer the world. Student, doctoral candidate, postdoc, recent graduate, member of staff at ETH Zurich, or any other Swiss university carrying a solid high-tech startup project are also more than welcome to join the program, please don't hesitate to contact Raffael: raffael.kellner@venturelab.ch.

The Venture Challenge workshops will:

- Inspire your entrepreneurial journey
- Shape your entrepreneurial proposal
- Start networking in the Swiss startup ecosystem

Venture Challenge #3:  Sales for startups

- How to do sales for startups
- Distribution channels
- Close the deal


Proud to welcome    Dominik Tarolli
   Co-Founder of Procedural, Director at Esri
   Author of Startup Secrets Blackbook


About: Dominik Tarolli is the director of smart cities at Esri. He was named a Top 100 Digital Shaper in 2018 and co-founded ETH Zurich spin-off Procedural AG, the maker of CityEngine software, which was acquired by Esri. Esri’s Smart Cities team is working with forward-thinking cities and communities around the world to make them more livable and resilient every day.

Dominik was one of Venturelab's first employees and now acts as an investor and advisor to a number of tech startups. He is a strong advocate of the crucial role of sales excellence for the success of new ventures. Summarizing the learnings from 25 years in the startup world, he published the book "Startup Secrets Blackbook" to help founders test any business idea fast. Born and educated in Switzerland, Dominik today lives with his family in California. 

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Get ready! Watch and get inspired:

Esri CityEngine



The Story of ETH Zurich Spin-off Procedural




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