#026 - Michele Matt - My Camper - How to become an entrepreneur
Todays guest is Michele Matt co-founder of My Camper. I know Michele from my mountain bike and cross country times in Switzerland were he stood out as the youngster that loved taking the risk and go downhill on a new path without fear.
This attitude and family dinners were his father and grandfather talked openly about their entrepreneurial work, new markets, products or similar made it a natural step for Michele to become an entrepreneur.
Colour: Blue. It reminds him of lakes, oceans, water and the sky. He enjoys the big space of possibilities when looking over the water or into the sky.
The My Camper story started in 2014 after Michele and his wife took a trip with their VW Bus and they realised that it stands around a lot, why not rent it like AirBnB.
Michele found Miriam and later Stephan and by spring 2015 a small version of My Camper started. For two years they worked evenings and weekends to keep the risk calculated and the cost low. By the end of 2017 the work grew so much that they couldn’t handle it anymore but it didn’t generate enough money to make a living from it. So they decided to go all in and quit their jobs.
In 2018 they got their 1st financial round. For Michele the decision to go full in was coming from the heart. He didn’t want to look back at his life and regret it. For him creating something that helps and leaves an impact was important.
Now the team needed to grow and 2.0 web version needed to be created. During that time the team got lots of strategic support from mentors, angle investors or from networking events. They also learned a lot through testing many things.
In 2020 My Camper expanded to Sweden. They looked at the marked in Europe and other parts of the world and realised that the Scandinavian’s are best fit for their product at the moment.
How much is a successful entrepreneur working?
It’s not about the hours you work but the output and delegation and automation help a lot.
What is your stress management?
By doing sports, walking or running in nature, meet interesting people during the day, meditate for 10min (deep breath) and read.
Advice
Links:
www.linkedin.com/in/mattmichele/
www.mycamper.ch and .se
Books:
John P. Strelecky - “The Big Five For Life : A story of one man and leadership's greatest secret”
Rhonda Byrne - “The Secret”
Tim Ferris - “The four hour week”
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