Generation Startup (Swiss Press Text 2017, by Andres Eberhard)

Generation Startup

Coup-Magazin

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2017

Andres Eberhard

For the story "App am Launch," I accompanied a startup for several months during its founding phase. It's about a German ex-ETH engineer who founded an art app—a career changer, in other words. My goal was to illustrate the mechanisms at work, as well as to provide a realistic portrayal of the reality of founders in the startup scene, which is quite hyped up due to digitalization.

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Andres Eberhard / Swiss Press Award

Andres Eberhard

Reporter, Zürich, 1983

Andres Eberhard, 38, Reporter beim Strassenmagazin Surprise mit Schwerpunkt Sozialpolitik. Ausbildung an der Reportageschule in Reutlingen (D). Davor Studium an der Universität Zürich, Redaktor bei Tages-Anzeiger und Zürcher Oberländer, Mitgründer des Online-Magazins Coup und Reportagen als freischaffender Journalist für diverse Magazine und Zeitungen.

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