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March 13, 2019

Waldemar Zeiler on condoms, menstruation and self-ownership

Entrepreneur Waldemar Zeiler wants transparent supply chains, employee-owned startups and to “unfuck menstruation”.


Condom-entrepreneur Waldemar Zeiler, the bearded founder of Berlin-based Einhorn Kondome, recently dressed up as a giant vulva to announce his company’s next goal to “unfuck menstruation”.

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