Volker Hartzsch

Volker Hartzsch is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and sold 19 companies to date and invested in more than 23 other start-up businesses. 

When deciding which new businesses to support, if he doesn’t understand a business he won’t invest in it.  For Volker, it’s critical that a business’s founders have the drive and passion to make their dream a reality.

Volker is also an experienced leadership coach and has personally assisted more than 180 people to achieve an annual seven-figure income. A key part of his coaching revolves around what he calls the ‘Big 3’ principles. First, if a leader says they’ll do something, they should always keep their word. Second, he stresses that leaders should never ask others to do anything they’ve not done themselves or have stopped doing. Finally, Volker says it’s vital for leaders to tell people what they need to hear, not what they want to hear.