"Bootstrapping the preferred way of launching a new startup", believes Reinhold Baudisch, founder and managing director of Durchblicker.at

Reinhold Baudisch is the founder and managing director of Austria's largest independent tariff comparison portal, Durchblicker.at, since 2009. The company is Austria's largest comparison platform

Durchblicker currently offers 28 tariff comparisons for insurance, telecommunications, electricity and gas, as well as traditional financial products such as loans, current accounts and savings interest. With the user-friendly comparison calculators, consumers can find top offers in these areas without haggling, they can conclude online deals quickly and easily and thus save several thousand euros a year. In addition, durchblicker offers free advice and supports you when switching to a cheaper provider.

The Vienna-based start-up currently employs over 80 people.

In this Talk, Eugen B. Russ talks to Reinhold about his early career, how he came up with the idea of this business, but also what advice he has for young entrepreneurs.