istoria podcast ep4: Gernot Sümmermann's story
<p>In our fourth episode, we navigate the story of Gernot Sümmermann, his entrepreneurship journey, and his passion for co-founding not one but three very impactful Startups, he turned his passion and skills into high-value business model co-founded by a team of University students in RWTH Aachen University, Germany.</p><p>to reach out to Gernot Find him on:</p><p>Linkedin, and all social media:</p><p>Gernot Sümmermann</p><p>His 1st Startup: Cynteract (Gamification in Rehabilitation Glove)</p><p><a href="https://cynteract.com/en/">https://cynteract.com/en/</a></p><p>2nd Startup RefresherBoxx: The future of hygiene and washing</p><p><a href="https://refresherboxx.com/">https://refresherboxx.com/</a></p><p>3rd Startup: Autak wheelchair</p><p><a href="https://autak.org/">https://autak.org/</a></p><p>Chapters:</p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>03:31 How did helping a friend who had a stroke at age of 15 years old inspired him to build a VR rehab glove?</p><p>08:38 How he started figuring out Business Plan and Funding, and make the team?</p><p>13:53 Getting over major obstacles in product certification, obstacles, and bringing the glove to patients?</p><p>20:05 How the glove helped patients to get rehab glove at home instead of revisiting hospitals?</p><p>28:41 What is the story behind naming the Company "Cynteract"?</p><p>32:23 How and where to get the rehabilitation glove?</p><p>36:55 intermission: How he has 3 startups and what "istoria.podcast" mean?</p><p>39:05 The 2nd Startup story RefresherBoxx, The future of hygiene and washing.</p><p>45:00 Refresherbox product philosophy, reducing water waste and practical environment initiative</p><p>1:00:50 Why replace current washing machines with RefresherBox? Fridays for the future?</p><p>1:02:52 How to Bring ideas to life, change the world and overcome obstacles innovatively?</p><p>1:05:43 How did being open changes and to criticism improved one startup and lead to more?</p><p>1:08:59 The story of the 3rd Startup Autak wheelchair, and what the German word Autak means?</p><p>1:20:00 How to manage life, 3 startups, money expectations vs reality, studying and motivation resources, books, and more</p><p>istoria, Entrepreneurs' stories from all walks of life, suckers for financial and self-growth. the word istoria is derived from the old Latin and Greek which means “learning through research”.</p><p>Hosts:</p><p>Hanan and Najah</p><p>@istoria.podcast</p><p>check out @istoria.podcast on all platforms:</p><p>Instagram, Spotify, apple, and google podcasts.</p><p>subscribe and enjoy.</p>
