{"id":12673,"date":"2024-08-27T18:12:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.finance-yard.com\/?post_type=team&#038;p=12673"},"modified":"2026-03-13T06:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:01:16","slug":"michael-wutzke","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.yard.global\/team\/michael-wutzke\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Wutzke"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12673\" class=\"elementor elementor-12673\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c1e77a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c1e77a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-392249b\" data-id=\"392249b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f161a90 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-bootstrap-013\" data-id=\"f161a90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bootstrap-013.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<section  id=\"michael-wutzke\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"row bootstrap-elementor-featurette d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center\">\r\n        \t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h1 mb-4\">Michael Wutzke<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"featurette-lead\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"431\">Michael Wutzke (\u201cMike\u201d) is the founder of YARD and has attended more than 200 business events in the past three years. Along the way, he noticed two recurring problems: people struggle to <a href=\"\/calendars\/\">find the right events<\/a>, and they often have challenges to build or maintain <a href=\"\/products\/cards\/\">meaningful connections<\/a>. The result is a fragmented experience where valuable opportunities get lost.<\/p><div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\"><article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:aae570e1-4e37-491c-b039-01c544add57e-5\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-12\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\"><div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"><div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"><div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"f9578ac3-fc46-4d84-9c3d-2e92d5ebdcf1\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2-thinking\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"><div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\"><p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"188\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">While creating YARD, Michael has researched how thousands of events are managed across industries, including event lifecycles, organizer and attendee challenges, and how one <a href=\"\/platform\/\">platform<\/a> can be used to ease everything.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"d-block mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michael-wutzke\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg me-3 mb-1\">Michael on LinkedIn<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stack-top-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yard.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/frankfurt-chief-growth-officer-it-innovation-leader-c-level-outreach-expert-sales-germany-freelancer.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Michael Wutzke\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- row -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spacer-5\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div >\r\n\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"bootstrap-elementor-featurette-divider\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a653cb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-bootstrap-013\" data-id=\"4a653cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bootstrap-013.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<section  id=\"helping-to-build-the-digital-rails-of-tomorrow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"row bootstrap-elementor-featurette d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center\">\r\n        \t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7 order-md-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h1 mb-4\">Helping to Build The Digital Rails of Tomorrow<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"featurette-lead\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Michael believes people should decide what personal information they share, maintain afterwards, and what they receive from others across channels. <a href=\"\/business-events-are-the-missing-link-in-startup-corporate-collaboration\/\">Events are a practical starting<\/a> point for this, such as receiving <a href=\"\/products\/alerts\/\">notifications about upcoming events<\/a>. Around events, relationships are created, and contact details often end up scattered across tools: outdated, shared without consent or context, or unintentionally lost over time.<\/p><p>Event organizers need reliable ways to reach audiences across multiple contact channels while still respecting permissions. For users, this means setting clear rules for which information they like or want to receive. Users should be able to define how and when they can be reached across channels, if at all.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5 order-md-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stack-top-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yard.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cac-2025-crypto-assets-conference-frankfurt-fsbc-frankfurt-school-blockchain-center.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Helping to Build The Digital Rails of Tomorrow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- row -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spacer-5\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div >\r\n\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"bootstrap-elementor-featurette-divider\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-add307a elementor-widget elementor-widget-bootstrap-013\" data-id=\"add307a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bootstrap-013.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<section  id=\"creating-value-for-users\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"row bootstrap-elementor-featurette d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center\">\r\n        \t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h1 mb-4\">Creating Value For Users<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"featurette-lead\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>In recent years, Michael Wutzke has worked with a broad spectrum of startups and institutions. 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Through this work, Michael noticed how difficult it is for most people to find the right business events and build meaningful business relationships.<\/p><p>His conclusion: we are somehow <a href=\"\/doc\/disconnected-in-a-connected-world\/\">disconnected in a connected world<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"d-block mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michael-wutzke.com\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg me-3 mb-1\">Visit Michael's blog<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stack-top-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yard.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/digital-asset-price-data.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Creating Value For Users\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- row -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spacer-11\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"featured_media":35458,"template":"","class_list":["post-12673","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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