Founder, Neumorgen Ventures
Marketing and Advertising | Cologne Area, Germany, DE
Jan is an Entrepreneur, Innovation Consultant and Seed Investor.
Specialties: Brand Positioning, Brand Architecture, Consumer Insights, Innovation Support, Venture Support.
Jul
2009 - Present
Founder / Neumorgen Ventures GmbH
Neumorgen helps clients launch new companies, develop new products, decode consumers, and revitalize existing brands.
2007 -
2009
Founder / Neumorgen Capital
Developed crowd-funding model based on German incorporation (AG): Investors as co-entrepreneurs who can invest in a fund and make direct investments in portfolio companies.
2005 -
2005
Brand Management, München / LVMH
Moet & Chandon, Dom Perignon, Hennessy
2003 -
2004
Corporate Development, New York / Bertelsmann
Post Merger Integration of Bookspan (Bertelsmann & Time Warner): Integration of Marketing processes,
Collab "Future of the Book" with Parsons School of Design
2003 -
2003
Brand Management, Düsseldorf / L'Oréal
Redken 5th Avenue NYC
2000 -
2000
New Ventures, Frankfurt / Deutsche Bank
New Ventures & Board Assistance
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2001
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2007
Universität zu Köln
MBA
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Marketing, Market Research, Social and Economic Psychology, Corporate Development
Activities: Moderator at 8th, 9th and 11th World Business Dialogue
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1990
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1999
Kolleg St. Sebastian
Abitur
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Art, English
Activities: Bilingual route (English - German)
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Websites:
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Honors:
GWSF award for best empirical thesis 2007
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Interests:
Innovation, Art, Architecture, Design, Fashion, Psychology, Technology, Traveling, Martial Arts, Functional Fitness, Venture Capital, unconventional people and ideas.