Patrick Hypscher
Circular Business Strategist
Experience
Mar 2025 - Present
11 monthsSenior Business Designer
HolyPoly
- Support responsible brands to keep plastic within the circular economy as a full-service partner.
- Craft take-back and recycling schemes that drive revenue and profitability.
Oct 2024 - Present
1 year 4 monthsBerlin, Germany
Interim Team Lead Waste & AI Hub
NEEW Ventures
- The Waste & AI Hub helps EEW to benefit from AI's potential by sourcing existing solutions (venture clienting) and building individual AI solutions.
Apr 2024 - Dec 2025
1 year 9 monthsBerlin, Germany
Project Lead InDiCE
Circularity
- Led event series to support Berlin-based industry companies to unleash the circular economy's potential.
Nov 2023 - Jun 2025
1 year 8 monthsCo-Founder & Steward
Green PO
- Built a network, movement, and academy to turn product owners into Green Product Owners by providing know-how, exchange, and inspiration.
Jun 2022 - Dec 2024
2 years 7 monthsMunich, Germany
Jury Member
CIRCULAZE by CURAZE
- Part of the jury awarding the CIRCULAZE Startup Awards in 2022, 2023 & 2024.
Jul 2020 - Present
5 years 7 monthsBerlin, Germany
Podcaster
Circularity.fm
- Host of the podcast about understanding, building and managing circular business models.
- Produced series “VC for Circularity” (May 2025 – June 2025) describing how venture capital funds are looking at circular start-ups and the circular economy.
- Produced series “PaaS Decoded” (August 2024 – December 2024): 16 conversations about the fine details of product-as-a-service.
Aug 2018 - Aug 2023
5 years 1 monthGermany
Intrapreneur / Head of BlueMovement
BSH Home Appliances Group
- Joined the Digital Business Unit to test, scale and support new business models for BSH globally.
- Grew the circular product-as-a-service section BlueMovement into a business division with 5-digit customer base and millions in revenue.
- Recruited, inspired, and managed the team.
- Acted as interim product owner, owning the product backlog and planning sprints.
- Acted as interim country manager, deciding on portfolio, price, channels, and campaigns.
- Introduced OKRs and created an environment for organizational learning.
- Secured support and buy-in of the corporate board.
Mar 2015 - Dec 2019
4 years 10 monthsGermany
Founder & CEO
Skill Hero GmbH
- Enabled personal and organizational development by providing mobile apps.
- Supported people and organizations in strengthening their digital skills with coding workshops for non-experts.
Feb 2015 - Present
11 yearsOwner & Managing Director
Hypscher GmbH
- I work with startups, family businesses, corporates and associations to create and scale impact, with a focus on circular economy and digital sustainability.
- My expertise is integrating the commercial and environmental perspectives to create customer and business value.
- Selected past projects:
- Validating a value proposition for plastics recycling in the automotive industry
- Reviewing the product roadmap from a circular business perspective
- Developing a framework to spot business opportunities in current and upcoming legislation
- Creating a business case for a B2B product-as-a-service
- Identifying use cases to apply AI solutions in the waste incineration industry
Jan 2012 - May 2013
1 year 5 monthsFrankfurt, Germany
Team Manager Key Accounts
Arvato Supply Chain Solutions
Mar 2011 - Dec 2011
10 monthsGütersloh, Germany
Executive Assistant
Arvato Supply Chain Solutions
Jan 2008 - May 2008
5 monthsThailand
Management Intern
Merck
Summary
Do you want to build more competitive products, design circular business practices or reduce digital product carbon emissions?
My mission is to help people build businesses that are profitable and regenerative.
Responsible business models will be the future: more competitive, compliant, and commercially successful while supporting people and the planet.
I support companies as
- freelance expert
- interim manager
- venture partner
Send me your question and we can have a chat.
Skills
- Sharing Economy
- Food Waste Reduction
- Recycling
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedEducation
Oct 2009 - Sep 2010
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
MSc · Philosophy of the Social Sciences · London, United Kingdom
Oct 2005 - Sep 2009
Universität Witten/Herdecke
BA · Business Economics · Witten, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Blockchain Basics
Green Software For Practitioners (LFC131)
Shifting From Human To Life-Centered Design
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