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Fabian Herrmann

Venture Builder | Growth Lead | Startup Mentor

Fabian Herrmann - iknowly Consultant

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(Fractional) Growth Executive at Diverse

Innovation Management at University of Southern Denmark

10 years experience

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About me

iknowly mentor since Jan 2026

Hi, I'm Fabi. I'm a founder & ex-CCO ready to share everything I've learned from my own journey in tech and startups. I have over seven years of experience in E-commerce and venture building and have a passion for startups, both having founded myself and consulted early stage ventures. I've worked in the DACH region & East Asia, in startups, agencies & venture studios. I can help especially with business planning, funding & finances, product development, and growth specifically for early-stage startups. You can talk to me about: Startups - How to validate business ideas in a structured way - How to model business cases and unit economics - How to use experimentation to de-risk ideas and find PMF Marketing / Growth - How to go to market and build a marketing strategy from Day 0 - How to overcome stagnating growth by finding your growth loops - How to use digital marketing (PPC) for customer acquisition Career and leading teams - How to lead teams and peers through facilitation and strong workshop design - How to transition from individual contributor to manager - How to hire for growth and commercial roles Reach out for a chat to get started. I'm here to help you tackle your challenges.

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What I Can Help You With?

Market Entry Advice

I can help you validate and de-risk your Go to Market Strategy with a methodic and framework driven approach.

Pitch Deck Review

Having validated many startups as a venture builder and raised XXm € for my startup, I can help you challenge and refine your pitch deck.

Startup Advisory

As an ex-founder & venture builder, I advise founders on business model validation, growth strategy, and on how to navigate growing an org, from strategy and goal setting to structure and team.

Skills

Growth StrategiesEarly-stage StartupsTeam LeadershipBusiness Model InnovationEntrepreneurshipSocial EntrepreneurshipGrowth InitiativesGoogle Adwords

Work experience

2024/10 - Present

(Fractional) Growth Executive – DiverseBerlin, Germany

Working as a fractional growth executive for different clients. Including: - Leading rebranding & growth strategy for a boutique Swiss innovation consultancy - Managing digital marketing & e-commerce ...

2021/12 - 2024/10

Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) – YunoZurich, Switzerland

Co-founded Yuno, offering consumer electronics via subscription, leading commercial strategy and scaling the company to 20+ people and 2'000 customers.

2021/03 - 2023/10

Venture Architect – Sparrow VenturesZurich, Switzerland

Building startups in the Venture Building unit of the Migros Group in Switzerland. screened 200+ models, validated 10+, and launched several to revenue using hypothesis-driven validation.

Education

2018/10 - 2020/10

Masters Degree – University of Southern Denmark – Innovation Management

Odense, Denmark
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