Get on Full Speed with Your Startup Innovation Project | Raymond J. Chow | TEDxMPIStuttgart

Ever wondered how an idea is nurtured and developed into an actual company? Raymond J. Chow, the architect of Startup-Autobahn, takes us to the point were great innovative ideas meet with the champions of industry. Discover how the platform that has started as a bold idea to support young and innovative start-ups grew up to be one of the largest acceleration and incubation platforms in Europe. Raymond Chow is a Senior Manager at Daimler Trucks AG, supporting Cyber Security issues globally. In his previous function at Lab 1886, initiated -with RD/RTF colleagues- STARTUP AUTOBAHN – aiming to establish Stuttgart as the leading ecosystem for mobility and tech startups.

Being at different positions within Daimler, Raymond Chow’s careerpath has a very global footprint about it. Starting as a trainee in Daimler Financial Services, he soon moved to Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Taiwan to work as a General Manager for Finance & Controlling, later as GM in Sales. After being GM of Strategic Business Development in Australia, he returned to Germany to Daimler Business Innovation.