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From ambitious founder to confident entrepreneur.

I help you develop a positioning that makes you unmistakable in the market.

Marius Jost

Companies I have worked with

  • Fujitsu
  • Microsoft
  • T-Systems
  • STADA
  • ZOOM
  • Huawei
  • SAP
  • HCL Technologies
  • IBM

Two restaurants sit side by side on the same street, pay the same rent, and compete for the same guests. The first is covered with signs packed tightly together: burgers, pizza, fries, sushi, Thai curry. Every free spot on the storefront promises something different. Next door, there is only a single sign:

"Romano – Since 1987 – Neapolitan wood-fired pizza."

Which one would you choose?

Romano pizzeria with a single sign

The trap almost every founder falls into

Anyone who wants to start or build a business doesn't want to miss any opportunities. So they expand their offer, add another target group, make their message a little more general. Step by step, they create a profile that doesn't put anyone off — but doesn't excite anyone either.

Seth Godin sums it up perfectly: "If you try to be everything to everyone, you'll end up being nothing special to anyone."People don't remember the provider who can do a lot of things moderately well. They remember the one who stands for something specific.

But this is exactly where it gets difficult: when you work in your own business every day, it's like looking through a fogged-up windshield. You can still see the road, but not every detail. What makes you special is often right in front of your nose — and still remains invisible.

Let's uncover what sets you apart.

You don't need motivational slogans. You need a clear perspective.

That is exactly what entrepreneurial coaching is about: in a protected space, we can look at your self-employment or your business from a distance. Everything we discuss remains confidential.

As a business coach, I ask the questions that often get lost in day-to-day operations. In systemic coaching, we look not only at your offer, but also at the connections between the market, customers, leadership, and your role as an entrepreneur.

Together, we uncover what others may have overlooked for a long time. Step by step, we bring out what makes your business distinctive. Then we translate those strengths into language your customers immediately understand: a message that sticks.

The result: you no longer have to win people over on price, because your customers understand why they should come to you specifically.