Despite this success, Schr\u00f6ter can still walk down the street without being recognised, and he\u2019s clearly relieved that fans tend to focus their fervour on frontman and singer Stefan Buck rather than him. \u201cI\u2019m really grateful to Stefan for doing such an amazing job,\u201d says Schr\u00f6ter. Their friendship runs deep: the two have known each other since their schooldays in the Seetal region of Lucerne and have been making music together for almost 30 years. \u201cI\u2019m not a solo artist,\u201d says Schr\u00f6ter. \u201cWhat inspires me is being part of a team. There\u2019s no better feeling than working really hard on something as a group, and then everyone enjoying that success together.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A full suite of services\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Team spirit also plays a central role at his start-up. With sites in Zur\u00adich, Munich and Riyadh, Evoleen develops innovative health-tech solutions for pharmaceutical companies, doctors and public providers. Unlike conventional pharmaceutical products, which operate on cycles of several decades, these new technologies are all about speed. \u201cWhen you\u2019re dealing with such different timescales, it\u2019s difficult to drive both types of product forward within the same framework,\u201d Schr\u00f6ter explains. That\u2019s why Evoleen doesn\u2019t just develop products. It also offers a full suite of services \u2013 from ideation and clinical validation to market approval and commercialisation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m convinced that the only reason our projects have been so successful is because we have so many smart and dedicated people working here,\u201d he says. \u201cEveryone has their own area of expertise and contributes in their own way.\u201d And however much he values Evoleen\u2019s success, he adds, it\u2019s the people that matter to him most. The company\u2019s offices feel homely: the corridor leading to the kitchen is lined with postcards, birth announcements and wedding photos, and even the Wi-Fi password sounds suspiciously like \u201chome sweet home\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But for all his love of teamwork, Schr\u00f6ter also appreciates quiet, focused moments working on his own, mulling over ideas and fine-tuning technical details. It\u2019s a trait that dates back to his student days at ETH Zurich, where he did a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Mechanical Engineering, followed by a Master\u2019s in Biomedical Engineering. \u201cThe Master\u2019s was the perfect combination for me,\u201d he says, recalling his struggle to choose between engineering and medicine when going on to higher education. \u201cI\u2019d still love to work as a doctor,\u201d he admits. \u201cBut it would be tough combining that with my music.\u201d The current setup means he can pursue the band alongside the start-up \u2013 two worlds in which he feels equally at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite this success, Schr\u00f6ter can still walk down the street without being recognised, and he\u2019s clearly relieved that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5977,20011,6243,20023,5808,51],"class_list":{"0":"post-33839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zurich","8":"tag-d-mavt","9":"tag-globe-magazine","10":"tag-homehero","11":"tag-mechanical-engineering","12":"tag-spin-offs-and-patents","13":"tag-zurich"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116245133010566028","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}