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EPISODE #4 In this episode, we’re in San Francisco and we’re going to talk to Toni Schneider, the former CEO of Automattic (the company behind Wordpress.com) and Co-founder and Partner of True Ventures. He will tell us how he sold his first company to Yahoo!, some of the leadership challenges he faced being a CEO and how he became a world class venture capitalist at True Ventures. ABOUT SWISSPRENEUR.ORG Swisspreneur.org is a nonprofit organization focussed on promoting and advancing entrepreneurship in Switzerland. In Switzerland the common definition of success is completing university and getting a well paid, stable corporate job. Starting your own venture or joining a startup is typically not encouraged and starting a venture that fails is viewed as a black mark on your resume. As the global economy changes and as technology alters the kind of jobs that are available to people, we believe that it’s critical that young Swiss people have a more open and adaptable view towards their careers. We think helping to instill a more entrepreneurial mindset into Swiss youth is critical to Switzerland’s ability to compete in the global economy. More information at www.swisspreneur.org