In 2014, when Hartmann stepped down as CEO of KupiVIP, he co-founded the online car valuation and sales service CarPrice. And in 2016, he invested €1 million in the car repair service CarFix.
CarPrice
Oscar saw opportunities where others saw problems. After trying out several business models, the entrepreneur decided to create a fixed-price car repair service. The idea was so successful that other partners joined Oscar immediately after the launch.
There was no advertising, but more than 500 car repair shops immediately connected to the service, and the number of clients reached 1,000 car owners per day.
"Customers don't care about truemoney data package a discount: they care about not feeling cheated . Users don't care about it being cheaper; they care about not overpaying."
This philosophy, Oscar believes, helps to move and develop business in any industry.
But CarPrice had its failures too. At first, the company's first team decided to create a different business model, and left CarPrice under the Autospot brand.
Then Oscar assembled a second team, but after a couple of months its leader also decided to leave. Oscar did not give up this time either. He assembled a third team. At the same time, there were people who themselves took the initiative and expressed a desire to cooperate.
Oskar Hartmann's life strategy is to achieve everything through active action and not to be afraid to try new things all the time.
"You just keep going. I'll keep going as long as I have the energy. No matter what happens to you, you just stupidly keep going , and that's all, and that's the only answer I have."
The main investment is in health
At the age of 19, Oskar Hartmann learned that he had Bechterew's disease. This is an inflammation of the intervertebral joints, due to which over time the spine fuses and ossifies, and a person risks becoming completely paralyzed.
As often happens, the entrepreneur did not believe that this could happen to him and continued to work himself to the point of exhaustion. There was no talk of any normal sleep pattern, physical activity or healthy eating. And as a result, Oscar ended up in the hospital.
It was only after his recovery that he realized how important it is to invest in his own health, and why it is the most important project in his life, on which everything else depends.
The disease is incurable, but there is one sport that can slow its progression and even eliminate some of the symptoms. It is rowing.
Oskar Hartmann rowing
And with the same passion as in business, Oscar set himself a new goal. In October 2019, during the Synergy Global Forum, Oscar set a world record in indoor rowing - 13.3 seconds for a 100-meter distance.
"Illness is my super motivation. Rowing allowed me to cancel all medications when I made this sport my main treatment. I got the excitement and hope that everything can be fixed"
Another sport that allows Oscar to keep himself in excellent working shape is track cycling. In 2021, Oscar successfully completed a test called "Everesting". In just one attempt, he had to overcome the same elevation several dozen times until the sum of such ascents reached the height of Everest at 8848 m.
“On the track I reach 70 km/h and my brain experiences a different reality, creating new neural connections,” says Oscar.
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