From Hospital Bed to Building a Company

Name: From Hospital Bed to Building a Company
Uploaded: 2026-05-21T10:28:35+00:00
Duration: 35 s
Channel: Sergio Hicke
Description: In this brief first‑person narrative, Sergio Hicke explains how his inaugural venture, Fix Switch, originated while he was recuperating from knee…

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In this brief first‑person narrative, Sergio Hicke explains how his inaugural venture, Fix Switch, originated while he was recuperating from knee surgery. A film producer friend called for help structuring the financing of her movie. Hicke applied his finance background, satisfied the investor, and was invited to continue working with that investor. This initial project evolved into the formation of his company, Fix Switch, which he later sold in 2016. The story highlights the serendipitous start, the transition from a single financing task to a full‑scale business, and the eventual exit.

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So my first company actually started from my hospital bed. I was receiving surgery on my knee and a friend of mine called me up. She was a film producer and director and she said, I'm making this movie and I've got this investor and I have no idea to do or what to do about the finance. You're the only person I know who has finance background. Can you help me? So I said, yeah, sure, why not? And so I structured the finance for her movie. The investor was really happy and the investor said, will you continue to work with me? I said, yeah, sure. So that's how my first company, Fix Switch was born, and then we sold that company in 2016.