Confessions of 2 Dinosaurs

Thomas Andersen studied business administration with a focus on marketing and organization at the Free University of Berlin and wrote his master thesis on comparative advertising. After a career in marketing and sales in the confectionery, household goods, cheese and cosmetics industries, he founded his startup consultancy Andersen Marketing KG in Berlin in 2004. He is a passionate networker, coach and mentor for startups and since 2005 a lecturer at the HTW Berlin for marketing and soft skills. Thomas lives in Berlin/Germany and enjoys the multinational startup scene there.

Sal Hatteea is a highly experienced business leader and senior advisor with a strong marketing and strategy execution background. He has been CEO of two international companies and non-executive director and chairman of several organizations in different sectors in Europe and the USA. He founded his own consultancy and later sold it to a US company where he was the European CEO. He is now an independent consultant and has been a speaker at several marketing seminars and has given video link presentations to international companies providing strategic guidance on marketing and innovation. Sal lives in Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK.