{"id":17863,"date":"2022-06-27T13:07:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T11:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/team\/member\/tom-rausch\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T13:21:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T12:21:50","slug":"tom-rausch","status":"publish","type":"members","link":"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/en\/team\/expert-en\/tom-rausch\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Rausch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <div id=\"stage-default-profileblock_6dafe97ba2be82add93d9c88b01065be\" class=\"container-fluid stage-default with-user-profile with-backlink stage-default-profile\">\n                                                                                                                                                        <div class=\"container-fluid top\">\n                                                    <div class=\"user-profile\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"user-avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/87d0e9f19c8d8b8f317981b1d63b167b976019dd-1024x677.jpg\" >\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"main-content top\">\n                                                                    <a class=\"back-link\" href=\"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/de\/ueber-uns\/highest-experts\/ \" title=\"HIGHEST Experts\" ><span class=\"icon icon-arrow-line\"><\/span><\/a>\n                                                                                                    <div class=\"row headline-line-to-end\">\n                                        <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-7 offset-xl-2 col-xl-6 col-xxl-10\">\n                                            <header>\n                                                                                                    <div class=\"subheader categorie-label\"><span>Mentor:in<\/span><\/div>\n                                                                                                                                                    <h1 class=\"headline\">\n                                                        Tom Rausch                                                    <\/h1>\n                                                                                            <\/header>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                    <div class=\"row intro\">\n                                        <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-7 offset-xl-2 col-xl-6 col-xxl-8\">\n                                            <div class=\"copy\">\n                                                <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Motivation zum Mentoring:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an entrepreneur, I always wondered how to most effectively approach and work with large industry players. I now have those insights and like to pass them on to emerging, high-growth companies for their benefit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sans-body\"><span lang=\"DE\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                \n                                    <div class=\"container-fluid text-columns\">\n                        <div class=\"main-content\">\n                            <div class=\"row\">\n                                                                                                                                            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4 col-xl-3 offset-xl-2 text-column\">\n                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n                         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                                                                                                                                                                                                                     <div class=\"list-item\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                <div class=\"content\">Prior to leading AgroStart I stood up and managed a global innovation unit within BASF\u2019s Digital Division<\/div>\n                                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        <div class=\"list-item\">\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                <div class=\"content\">experienced as an entrepreneur, I took my second company (based in San Francisco, CA) from pre-seed to successful exit.<\/div>\n                                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                        <\/div>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"quote-slider-block-block_2d0028dfe4761a82d149a8e5960d04f1\" class=\"quote-slider quote-slider-block\">\n    <div class=\"container-fluid outer\">\n        <div class=\"inner-container\">\n            <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n                <div class=\"main-content quote-slider-container\">\n\n                                                                        <div class=\"slide\">\n                                <div class=\"row\">\n                                    <div class=\"col\">\n                                        <div 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src=\"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/87d0e9f19c8d8b8f317981b1d63b167b976019dd.jpg\" >\n                                                                                                                                                        <div>\n                                                                                                                                                                    <h5>Tom Rausch<\/h5>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <p>AgroStart at BASF \u2013 an open innovation platform to identify and partner with digital AgTech start-ups <\/p>\n                                                                                                                                                            <\/div>\n           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Buckminster Fuller <\/h2>\n                                                        <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3\">\n                                                            <span class=\"icon icon-quote\"><\/span>\n                                                        <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                            \n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"main-content\">\n                    <div class=\"row\">\n                        <div class=\"col-12 custom-arrows\">\n                            <div class=\"pagination-info\">\n                                <a 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                   <button class=\"accordion-button\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse1-6a674886d027e\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"collapse1-6a674886d027e\"> Where and what did you study:                                                        <\/button>\n                                                    <\/h3>\n                                                                                                                                                    <div id=\"collapse1-6a674886d027e\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse show\" aria-labelledby=\"element1\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordionElement-6a674886d027e\">\n                                                        <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                                                            <div><span lang=\"EN-US\">Politics as an undergrad at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (US), and Development Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK). \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n                                                        <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n\n                                        \n                                            <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                                                                                                    <h3 class=\"h4 accordion-header\" id=\"element2\">\n                                                        <button class=\"accordion-button\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse2-6a674886d027e\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"collapse2-6a674886d027e\"> Your favorite books:                                                        <\/button>\n                                                    <\/h3>\n                                                                                                                                                    <div id=\"collapse2-6a674886d027e\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"element2\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordionElement-6a674886d027e\">\n                                                        <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                                                            <div><span lang=\"DE\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Time Machine <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2013 H.G. Wells<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n                                                        <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n\n                                        \n                                            <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                                                                                                    <h3 class=\"h4 accordion-header\" id=\"element3\">\n                                                        <button class=\"accordion-button\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse3-6a674886d027e\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"collapse3-6a674886d027e\"> Your expertise                                                        <\/button>\n                                                    <\/h3>\n                                                                                                                                                    <div id=\"collapse3-6a674886d027e\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"element3\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordionElement-6a674886d027e\">\n                                                        <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                                                            <div><span lang=\"DE\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">I have sector knowledge in several areas of BASF\u2019s business, but especially re: agriculture, care products and nutrition. More generally, I understand the typical problems BASF faces in its office, R&amp;D and manufacturing environments. I also built several successful products within the Corporate Social Responsibility sector, which I launched in 30+ countries across 5 continents.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n                                                        <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n\n                                        \n                                            <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                                                                                                    <h3 class=\"h4 accordion-header\" id=\"element4\">\n                                                        <button class=\"accordion-button\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse4-6a674886d027e\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"collapse4-6a674886d027e\"> Expectations towards HIGHEST and the metees                                                        <\/button>\n                                                    <\/h3>\n                                                                                                                                                    <div id=\"collapse4-6a674886d027e\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"element4\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordionElement-6a674886d027e\">\n                                                        <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                                                            <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please come prepared to our conversations, and I promise to do the same!<\/p>\n                                                        <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n\n                                        \n                                            <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                                                                                                    <h3 class=\"h4 accordion-header\" id=\"element5\">\n                                                        <button class=\"accordion-button\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse5-6a674886d027e\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"collapse5-6a674886d027e\"> What are the three skills an entrepreneur should have:                                                        <\/button>\n                                                    <\/h3>\n                                                                                                                                                    <div id=\"collapse5-6a674886d027e\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"element5\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordionElement-6a674886d027e\">\n                                                        <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                                                            <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focus, resilience, and curiosity<\/p>\n                                                        <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n\n                                        \n                                            <div class=\"accordion-item\">\n                                                                                                    <h3 class=\"h4 accordion-header\" id=\"element6\">\n                                                        <button class=\"accordion-button\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse6-6a674886d027e\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"collapse6-6a674886d027e\"> Personal advice for aspiring founders:                                                        <\/button>\n                                                    <\/h3>\n                                                                                                                                                    <div id=\"collapse6-6a674886d027e\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"element6\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordionElement-6a674886d027e\">\n                                                        <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n                                                            <div><span lang=\"DE\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Success is based on surrounding yourself with the very best people. So don\u2019t underestimate the importance of your culture, co-founders and initial hires. It will make or break your venture. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n                                                        <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n\n                                        \n                                    <\/div>\n\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n        <section id=\"teaser-block-block_63f718b4a4d2942fc301a7b6ace49ebf\" class=\"container-fluid teaser-text teaser-block\">\n        <div class=\"main-content\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col\">\n                    <div class=\"content bg-medium-blue\">\n                                                    <header>\n                           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