A cool new service in order to find an appropriate ADSL provider in Switzerland is offered by adsl.vergleiche.ch.
The service is part of Switzerlands Comparison Portal: www.vergleiche.
It allows you to compare Sunrise Free Internet, Orange ADSL, Cablecom Hispeed Internet, VTX and many other broadband internet providers in Switzerland.
So it’s been a couple of days, since my Team and I had launched our Swiss Blog directory. (Press release: www.idealizer.ch)
We got quite some media review and a lot of new traffic. 🙂 Actually the press release and coverage has led to a flood of new blog registrations, which of course we highly welcome, as our Blog Directory is completely free to any Swiss related blog.
In order to keep up with the media coverage, I figuered, I would post all articles I am aware of over here in chronological order, as noticed by us:
– KleinReport: Hilfe bei der Suche nach Weblogs
– NetzWoche: Neues Blogverzeichnis soll Finden von Blogs erleichtern
– Radio Toxic: Schweizer Blog Verzeichnis – Radio Interview Radio: Toxic.fm
– PCTipp: Schweizer Blog-Ãœberblick
– InfoWeek: Neu: Schweizer Blog-Verzeichnis
– Bluewin.ch Schweizer Blog-Ãœberblick
– ITnewsbyte: Schweizer Blogs einfach und übersichtlich finden
– SwissStartups.com: Geburt von Blogverzeichnis.ch
– Heute: Eine Chance für “Blogverzeichnis”?
Last december, my uncle from the finish side of the family, Kalervo Kaipio was visiting in Switzerland. We unfortunately only met for a short time at the airport in Zurich, just prior of him flying back to finland.
Nonetheless we spent about an hour updating ourselves about what we do in life. And took the following picture.
In early January, Kalervo died of a hear attack in Helsinki.
I’m glad I seized the opportunity to meet with him and it reconfirms me, that when given the opportunity and gut-feeling, that you can meet someone, one should not postpone it for a matter of lazyness or inconvenience, for it might be, that the opportunity does not re-arise.
You know, growing up in St. Gallen, you tend to have a thing about St. Galler-Bratwürste. They sort of represent the hart and soul of St. Gallen. Going through old Family pictures and finding a picture of your grandparents out in Eggersrieter-Wald (a local forrest) grilling a St. Galler Bratwurst on a stick, will instantly put a smile on your face and a glow in your heart.
So I decided to share. If you ever are in Switzerland, don’t leave without tasting a St. Galler-Bratwurst (and don’t try any other)…
In Sept. 1986 my grandparents, Roger and Hazel Price, celebrated their Golden Wedding. Among many of their friends attending, were also the President of the Mormon Church, Ezra Taft Benson and his wife.
The event was covered in the Lehi Free Press, which my great-grandfather helped found. So you see, I come from a media family 😉 Just kidding.
As I am cleaning up some of my old files, I have come across a bunch of old phots, that I will be publishing here in the near future.
One thing, I am especially happy about in my life, is fishing.
My grandpa was a big fisherman in Utah, and taught a ton of people the pleasure of fishing, including my Dad and my brothers. During my visit in July 2002 I had the honor and fortune of taking my grandpa on his last fishing trip, as he passed away in September of 2002. I have some of that on video, and will be publishing once I get around to it.
This one picture though shows, what my grandpa and fishing are all about! 🙂
My Dad was in the news a few times as well, as a young kid. My grandma left these clippings for me, so I decided to share them.
My grandmother, Hazel Price, left me some newspaper clips, before she died in 2001. So I decided to scan them in and share them with the rest of my family, before they get lost or anyting else.
Ezra Taft Benson was the President of the Mormon Church, during the times of my grandparents. My grandfather, George Roger Price, was Ezra Taft Benson’s barber for many years.
Personal information
Work Experience
2007 – present
Idealizer AG | Zurich / Switzerland
Chief Executive Officer / Founder
Projects:Â Â Â – www.netznews.tv
2004 – 2007
Scout24 Schweiz AG | Flamatt, Switzerland
Chief Commercial Officer
2001 – 2004
Scout24 Schweiz AG | Flamatt, Switzerland
Head of Business Development
Chief Marketing Officer
Member of the Executive Board
2000 – 2001
Scout24 Schweiz AG | Flamatt, Switzerland
Assistant to the CEO
1996 – 2000
Price – Comtrade | St. Gallen, Switzerland
several Internet projects for small and medium sized companies
1997 – 1999
Credit Suisse | Zurich, Switzerland
Retail Banking (part time employment)
1994 – 1995
UBS | Glattbrugg, Switzerland
Private Customer Advisor
1993 – 1994
Credit Suisse | Zurich, Switzerland
Assistant Corporate Banking Zurich
1990 – 1993
Credit Suisse | Zurich, Switzerland
Banking Apprenticeship
(accomp. Administrative Apprenticeship)
Education
1995 – 2000
Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft | St. Gallen, Switzerland
University of Applied Sciences, School of Business
Administration
1990 – 1993
Kaufmännische Berufsschule | Zurich, Switzerland
( Commercial Business School of Zurich )
Administrative Apprenticeship
1987 – 1990
Sekundarschule Schützenmatt | Hirzel, Switzerland
(High School)
Languages
English Mother tongue
German Mother tongue
French DIPRO (Diplôme Professionnel de Français d’Entreprise)
Political Experience
2000 – 2001
Europäischer Kartelverband | Bruxelles, Belgium
Vice-President
1999 – 2000
Schweizerischer Studentenverein | Switzerland
Member of the Executive Committee
1993 – 1994
Jung Freisinnige Adliswil Langnau | Adliswil, Switzerland
President
1992 – 1994
Jungliberale Kanton Zürich | Zurich, Switzerland
Member of the state Executive Committee
1990 – 1994
Jungliberale Thalwil | Thalwil, Switzerland
Member of the Executive Committee
