My name is Christopher Obereder and I have been an entrepreneuer for all my life. I have been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Tech Crunch, VentureBeat, USA Today, Financial Times and many more magazines by now 🚀

Watch my recent keynote at Europe's largest tech event: https://youtu.be/VOe3gGxsMqc

Rising Star

(published in Crypto Investment Times, largest crypto magazine, shortened)

Christopher Obereder is a serial entrepreneur with a Midas touch. He programmed his first website at the age of 13 and started his first company less than three years later. Now, just 27 years old, the Munich-born tech prodigy is already something of a household name among celebs and founders in Silicon Valley. He joined the blockchain space in 2017 and has become one of the key figures in the European tech scene.

How it all started

Christopher Obereder’s journey as an entrepreneur began early. He got his first start delivering newspapers every week in his little hometown when he was only twelve. After a tough winter distributing newspapers in the cold, he made a move to warmer work, and got a job selling golf clubs during the summer.

Shortly after, Christopher became fascinated with the tech space when a good friend began learning programming. He started building websites and Facebook fan pages when he was 13, and a few of these fan pages went viral. Soon he was managing and interacting with more than 25 million Facebook fans. App and gaming companies took notice and approached Christopher to help move their products up the app store charts. “When people started approaching me to promote their games, I knew that one day I wanted to launch my own game,” Christopher said.

My first major startup was "Inlope": https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/26/inlope/

How I got into the gaming space

During his time at university he was able to launch several wildly popular games including Psych, Okay?, and as a result, began working with some of the largest influencers in social media. Big names like Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, Skrillex, King Bach and others promoted his products, and his game Steve - The Jumping Dinosaur was later acquired by Genera Games.

Acquisition: https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/23/steve-the-jumping-dinosaur-lands-on-his-feet/

1M player in one week: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/psych-game-1m

Following his studies in finance, Obereder tried his hand at banking in London, and discovered corporate life wasn’t the right place for him. “I knew that this was not my dream, and I wasn’t really passionate about it, either. So it was just a matter of time until I tried something else.”

My move to Silicon Valley

So, after finishing university, Christopher decided to move to Silicon Valley. “This was one of my best decisions ever, I am so happy that I packed my bags and jumped on that plane,” he said.

Once there, he landed roles with the marketing teams of some of the world’s leading tech firms. It wasn’t long before his colleagues were calling him the “social media black magic artist.”

“I know how to get apps into the top charts with relatively low costs, and this opened a lot of doors in Silicon Valley,” Christopher explained. Many of the largest tech startups sought him out to promote their apps, and his work eventually landed him on the prestigious Forbes “30 under 30” list in 2017, after which he moved back to Germany.

Forbes 30 under 30: https://www.forbes.com/profile/christopher-obereder/

Social Music Platform “Playlist”: https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/27/social-music-app-playlist-lets-you-listen-to-music-with-others-in-real-time/

Moving into the crypto space

Back home in Germany, Christopher started to become curious about the crypto space and was eager to learn more about it. Luckily, he entered the game early, and was able to connect with many crypto legends, including Roger Ver and John McAfee. He helped with several well-known initial coin offerings, and then began marketing one of the largest crypto apps, called Coin Stats.

Christopher was able to build one of the largest crypto influencer networks in the space and this gave him the necessary reach to launch more successful projects. “I was always very interested in the blockchain space and its implications. When I saw that there wasn’t anyone doing influencer marketing in the crypto space in mid-2017, I started talking to all the major players and this was the perfect opportunity to enter the market.” Now he works with more than 150 of the largest crypto influencers in the world and his sphere of influence extends to millions of people interested in crypto technology.

His app Coin Stats became one of the top 3 crypto apps on the market, and tracks more than $5 billion in crypto today, with more than 400,000 monthly users and 18,000 paying customers. “I am very proud to be part of this success story and I am excited to see what comes next.”

In his most recent pursuit as an international speaker on the blockchain circuit, Christopher speaks at the largest tech and crypto events around the world. “I want to inspire young tech entrepreneurs to live their dreams and follow their passion.”

You can also follow me here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startup_chris/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecreativchris

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ChristopherObereder

Comments: 104 • Responses: 9  • Date: 

sh1nes102 karma

When I worked for a VC firm all the guys would write their bios in the 3rd person like you did here, what's up with that?

christopher_obereder-68 karma

When I worked for a VC firm all the guys would write their bios in the 3rd person like you did here, what's up with that?

Good question. This was an article that was written about me ;) so I basically reused that.

sg1ooo8 karma

So how do I get funding once I've made my own indie game? Or should I publish in play store and steam for free and earn out of the download revenue?

christopher_obereder-43 karma

So how do I get funding once I've made my own indie game? Or should I publish in play store and steam for free and earn out of the download revenue?

Investors rarely invest in indie games (either it turns into a hit or it flops), you could look for a publisher that you can collaborate with. They might also give you good advice on monetisation, because that is very difficult. 📈

JudgeHoltman4 karma

Is there an investor marketplace for non-app based companies trying to get started?

Say I wanted to start a steel fabrication company in the midwest because I know the local guys suck. I'm going to need several million to get started and fill the first order. Where could I go that isn't a bank?

christopher_obereder-25 karma

Yes, there are investors for all areas. Tech is just one niche. You have to check what the focus of the VC firm is and what they invested in over the last years, that will give you a good impression if they are the right fit.

demar4551 karma

How did you manage to get funding for your first idea?

christopher_obereder-16 karma

Very good question. To get funding for the first time is by far the hardest: You have no VC contacts yet and you are so new to the process. I have to say it took us very long for the first time, because you need to build up your network first. Are you currently in the process? Then I would suggest to look for some angel investors first and start with a pre-seed round 🙌

demar4553 karma

Yes I'm currently in the process of looking for investors willing to invest in a solid idea.Angel investors are hard to come by would you recommend me to any platform where i could network with potential investors? And congratulations on the good work.

christopher_obereder-9 karma

Yes I'm currently in the process of looking for investors willing to invest in a solid idea.Angel investors are hard to come by would you recommend me to any platform where i could network with potential investors? And congratulations on the good work.

I would look through AngelList 🚀. Do you already have a prototype/beta version? It is very difficult to raise funding with an idea nowadays.

elusiveoddity0 karma

Which country is better to launch a startup in: Germany or USA?

christopher_obereder-1 karma

Depends on where in the US and where in Germany. I feel like Berlin is quite awesome for startups, San Fran is quite expensive for a small startup.

drwiki0074-1 karma

How does someone who has some really great ideas for an app, knows nothing about programming, and feels the idea is viable go about creating an app?

christopher_obereder-6 karma

How does someone who has some really great ideas for an app, knows nothing about programming, and feels the idea is viable go about creating an app?

That was me back in the day. Well in that case it is best to know a programmer and try to convince him of the concept. I always tried to convince others, if nobody seemed to like the idea then I let it go. I would openly talk about the idea with people you know and ask them for honest feedback.

lilbeachnymph-1 karma

Do you use different marketing strategies for apps versus physical products?

christopher_obereder0 karma

Do you use different marketing strategies for apps versus physical products?

Oh yes, there is a massive difference: Apps you can easily distribute worldwide (just need to localize it), while products face a lot of challenges. Shipping, production, storage... are all challenges that you have to overcome if you launch a product. The barriers to entry in the app market are really low, so you will face a lot of competition. If you established a product with a loyal userbase, then you might be able to keep them for a long time.

wallfacerdasrem-8 karma

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christopher_obereder-11 karma

Great to hear that you liked my presentation at AWS, it was a lot of fun as well.

The best would be if you message me on LinkedIn (Christopher Obereder), I am currently also working on my own online courses around app marketing.

They will be launched within the next 2 weeks.