INSIGHTS
Tobias Rein


PnL TALK (24.08.2020)

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Tobias Rein is one of the founders of the travel platform GetYourGuide. Born in Uster, he attended school at the cantonal school in Wetzikon before he started studying electrical engineering at the ETH. He broke off his subsequent PhD under Professor Lothar Thiele after a year and plunged into the adventure of young enterprise. Together with ETH students Johannes Reck, Tao Tao, Martin Sieber and Pascal Mathis, Tobias founded the start-up GetYourGuide.

Since 2009, GetYourGuide has grown into one of the world's largest platforms for booking tours and activities. Over 30 million tickets have already been sold. Today GetYourGuide is headquartered in Berlin and employs more than 600 people worldwide, 50 of them in Zurich. Over 650 million dollars have already been invested in GetYourGuide. The last round was one of the largest financial injections into a European startup in the travel industry with almost 500 million dollars. It also pushed the Swiss startup into the Olympus of the rare Unicorns.

Focus topic: My point of no return
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TOBIAS' FAVORITES

BOOK

Getting Things Done (David Allen)
"Uf, caught on the left leg. I guess I haven't read a book completely since "The Little Bear" in the second grade. Yeah, somehow I also cheated myself through the German and French classes at the high school. But if I had to recommend one, it would be "Getting Things Done" by David Allen."

ENTRPRENEURIAL LEADER

Simon Sinek
"Not directly an entrepreneur, but his holistic way of thinking and the inclusion of people and emotions in the business world fascinates me."

MOVIE

Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis
"Again a bad topic. I prefer to spend evenings actively in front of the computer rather than passively in front of the TV. But to name one: Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis. It really made me laugh tears."

TED TALK

If You Don't Understand People, You Don't Understand Business (Simon Sinek)
"Oh, I love Ted Talks. There are some super exciting ones like How not to be ignorant about the world (Factfulness) or The art of misdirection. But one of the best talks (of course by Simon Sinek) is unfortunately no Ted Talk, but definitely "worth watching": If You Don't Understand People, You Don't Understand Business."

KONTAKT

INSTITUT FÜR INNOVATION UND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ZHAW SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND LAW
THEATERSTRASSE 17
8400 WINTERTHUR
T: +41 (0)58 934 65 00
M: entrepreneurship@zhaw.ch
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