Interview

October 1, 2019

“I couldn’t take a routine project"

Sennheiser's entrepreneur in residence describes how she gets the 74-year old company to try new things


Maija Palmer

5 min read

“I couldn’t take a routine project. Uncharted territory is where I perform best,” says Veronique Larcher, entrepreneur in residence at Sennheiser, the privately-owned German maker of headphones and microphones.

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