CEO: Behind the Scenes The real reason groundbreaking innovations never get seen
Dec 8, 2025
Maximilian Werner, Founder and CEO of INSPIRED, a platform democratizing access to innovations, discusses the hidden challenges innovators face. He reveals that lack of visibility often outweighs funding issues in bringing ideas to life. Maximilian emphasizes the power of visual storytelling in attracting support and how community-driven approaches can accelerate solutions to global problems. He also highlights the importance of showcasing prototypes to engage supporters while maintaining essential secrets.
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Visibility Kills Breakthrough Ideas
- Many breakthrough ideas die because they never meet the right supporters at the right time.
- Maximilian Werner realized visibility, not lack of ideas, is the main bottleneck to solving global challenges.
Private Equity Inbox Taught A Lesson
- At his private equity desk Werner saw founders sending letters and calls that rarely matched investor needs.
- He learned founders couldn't scale outreach and often failed to get a real meeting with relevant backers.
Prioritize Visibility Before Micro Investing
- Focus first on making founders visible to the right people before tackling fractional investing complexities.
- Build a global stage where relevant stakeholders meet, then layer micro-investment features later.