Kim Oguilve, marketing and communications lead for Finnish energy startup Synergi. 

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July 4, 2024

How to manage comms in a crisis

The key is to be prepared for if and when a crisis strikes

Think this advice might not be for you? Think again. “Smaller companies are not exempt from crisis situations,” says Kim Oguilve, marketing and communications lead for Finnish energy startup Synergi.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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