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KRYSTYNA WINCKLER FOUNDER OF CULTURE SECRETS
WAKING UP TIME
I wake up at 7 a.m. for my box lessons with my personal coach (find his contact in my beauty addresses) in the company of my neighbour.
MY RESUMÉ
I didn't do art studies but economics, political sciences and global relationships.
I began my career in very "serious" field especially at the European Commission. Then I spent ten years in investment for the Caisse des Dépôts.
BUSINESSWOMAN
I have always dreamt about being one, I wanted to created.
I started at 40 with the need to produce something that is in line with me, who I am. I wanted to work in the field that passionate me : culture and digital.
It's a very rewarding job, full of meetings, stimulating and creative.
With CultureSecrets I had created the tailor-made job !
CULTURE SECRETS
I worked on the Culture Secrets project for a year in parallel with my old job. I use to spent too much time planning my cultural activities. I found that too complicated, moreover it's very difficult to hang out in Paris without reservations.
That's why I had the idea to create a service that enables culture lovers to have easily the access to all the cultural unmissable events.
Culture Secrets is at the same time a media and a pass : it offers access to event selected for their quality, originality, exclusivity, in a simple click on the website or the app.
30 event are proposed every month : concerts, theatres, private views in galleries. And we propose our events : meetings, visits, backstage etc...
A CLASSIC DAY
On mornings I try to stay at the office with my team. On afternoons I have a lot of meetings. And on evenings i follow the rhythm of the private views and the CultureSecrets events.
BEING A WOMAN IN BUSINESS
In a general way it is a complicated thing, even if it's a bit easier when your own your business then when you work in a big company.
MY ADVICES TO GO FOR IT
I think that a good concept has to answer to a real need. Be aligned with the "must have" none with the "may have".
You have to listen to others advices but at some point just go and trust yourself.
Moreover you have to be capable of absorbing failure. You have to focus on what's working.
SACRIFICES
I just can't stop even for a minute.
FROM MY MISTAKES I HAVE LEARNT
It is good to have good to have a lot of ideas but it's even better to focus on one of them at the time.
A SATISFACTION
When cultural institutions, galleries, artists or talents contact us so that we can publish their events.
But also when companies like the Paris Airports think about us to create their cultural loyalty cards.
CHILD I USE TO DREAM ABOUT BECAMING...
... Singer or TV speaker !
NEXTS STEPS
Developp an offer for luxury companies and foreign tourists visiting Paris. I also want to developp Culture Secrets somewhere else, to give access to culture in different capital cities.