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In Memorium PD Dr. Bernhard Kreymann

Mental Strength for Founders 

10 Week Online Training, Coaching, Networking and Peer Support

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A Welcome from Catherine Schreiber, Founder

Together with the founder Bernhard Kreymann, I developed the ADVOS device from idea to EU market approval, but also built-up ADVITOS from a research start-up to a now fully compliant medical device company with more than 75 employees. The entrepreneurial journey over these 17 years has been an exciting roller coaster ride– filled with many challenges, setbacks as well as successes and achievements.

More and more great accelerator programs support start-ups in business development, organisational growth and fundraising. However, one crucial aspect of founder life remains a taboo topic: Keeping your mental strength despite being under-resourced and highly committed to make your dream work. That is why, it has been my desire to not only raise awareness about the mental stress of founder life, but also hand practical guidance on how to cope with it.

I, myself have tried different methods before, and strongly benefited from taking part in one of Kim van Niekerk’s trainings in 2022.

So, I together with Kim, we have designed this program, offering founders online training, coaching and peer support, that they can fit into their busy schedules.

This is a space to build up your emotional and mental strength to deliver at the pace, your start up requires and create a network of support with other remarkable founders.

I dedicate this program to my dearest friend and soulmate PD Dr. Bernhard Kreymann, founder of ADVITOS, who died far too early from a heart attack in July 2022. Bernhard’s support as well as our team spirit based on mutual trust and appreciation were major factos for my own resilience all these years. I will be forever grateful.

 

1:1 Entrepreneurship Mentoring Provided by Catherine Schrieber

 

Catherine will kick start this programme in the first two weeks with a 60-90min call for assessment of your situation and operational challenges/needs and topics of interest. Following this time together you will have bi-weekly 30-60min mentoring calls. The programme will end with a final assessment call.

Based on Catherine's experience, founders encounter similar challenges. She started coaching and mentoring startup founders in 2020 and learned that she can help each founder individually with her experience and large network.

 

 

8 Week Online Training to Strengthen Your Mental and Emotional Resilience

 

with Kim van Niekerk

 

Content

Following Catherine's opening coaching calls, you will be introduced to some of the most exciting concepts in neuroscience and personal development in this online course with Kim. Prepare to deep dive into YOU! With the ability to reflect on your nervous system and how it is impacting on your day to day mindset, you will be given tools and techniques to explore more balance, calm, clarity, creativity and energy as a founder.

 

Structure

Watch short video content to learn key tools on how to better cope with overstraining situations and pressure you encounter as a start up founder. Join online group coaching sessions at 4 points over the 8 weeks and perform 5 minute daily check-ins with an assigned partner from the group.  

 

 

 

First 4 Weeks

We explore the neuroscience behind why we feel the way we feel and begin to deeply understand why we think, communicate, strategise and make decisions the way we do. Not only this, but we begin to deeply see the impact of our nervous systems on our leadership and performance as founders. 

Second 4 Weeks

We play with different techniques to deepen your familiarity with a balanced mindset - the often unfamiliar combination of feeling calm and certain and at the same time alive and full of appetite for your work. We explore how to move into this state and the remarkable affect of it on your mindset, bringing clarity, focus, decisiveness and creativity without the burnout!

Your Trainer & Coach

Kim van Niekerk will be guiding you over your 8 weeks of training and then offers you 1:1 support as you embed your learning. It is her mission to make complex ideas simple and fit them into your busy schedules.

Kim has been teaching, coaching and speaking on mindsets and communication for 20 years and specialises in building founder and leadership performance.

" Kim is a brilliant facilitator, gets the best out of people, and is so open, so incredibly transparent, that I wish I could do this for ever. " - Jenny Romano, CEO, The NewsRoom

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