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The Sunday hike for Zurich-based builders, founders, and operators. Hosted by Simon, builder and future founder, the Builders Hike series is about swapping the desk for a day in the mountains: long enough to get past small talk, easy enough that nobody is out of breath while doing it. The vibe: No summit to conquer, no pace to keep up with, nowhere we need to be in a hurry. Just a long, easy day in the mountains with good company and time to actually talk. Some of the best conversations and thoughts happen away from screens when contemplating life and staring at the beautiful Swiss mountains. The route: We are heading into the Schwyz pre-Alps: a traverse over the Ibergeregg to Holzegg, right at the foot of the Grosser Mythen, with wide views over Lake Lucerne and the Mythen most of the way. Roughly 14.5 km and 750 m of climbing on well-marked, well-cleared trails, nothing technical and no scrambling. Trail shoes or sturdy trainers and you are set. Full route on komoot. We leave the city by train (two connections and a postbus), spend the day up top, and roll back into Zurich HB in the early evening. A couple of mountain inns along the way from around km 9 if we feel like a stop, but plan to carry lunch so the day stays on nobody's schedule but ours. Meeting point: Zurich HB, platform 12, at 07:00. Our train leaves at 07:12 and will not wait, so come a few minutes early. We are back at Zurich HB likely sometime between 17:00 and 18:00. Don't buy your train ticket yet; we may have to grab a group ticket to reserve space on the postbus. ⚠️ Important: Bring water, snacks, layers for the weather up high, and proper sun protection (Sonnencreme nicht vergessen, the sun is no joke up there). If you're daring, leave your phone and all other tech behind.

Moritz Baier-Lentz has been investing millions into games – and ETH Game Dev Club is wiring him into the halls of ETH Zürich live from California for a remote talk on Zoom to explore the rather unique intersection of video games and venture capital, and another perspective on video games very different from the indie game dream. We will cover how a gamer ends up in finance, what makes a multi-million dollar idea in gaming, and what new opportunities emerge through the developments in generative AI. Moritz Baier-Lentz started out as a competitive gamer in his youth. He then moved on to work at Goldman Sachs, Bitkraft and then Lightspeed, where he established and headed the gaming practice. He is part of the founding team of General Intuition, and now works as an advisor for OpenAI, McKinsey and TPG Capital. If you are curious in current technological trends in video games or a new perspective on entrepreneurship and games you didn't know existed, this talk is for you! ℹ️ Room reservations at ETH are frozen until September 8. We will publish the exact location as soon as we get it confirmed.