Philipp holds a Masters Degree from Humboldt University Berlin and an MBA from IE Business School in Madrid. In 2005, he joined Deutsche Telekom where he became Executive Assistant to the Managing Director of T-Mobile Germany 18 months later. In 2008, Philipp left T-Mobile for his MBA in Madrid after which he founded CityDeal´s operations in Spain (early 2010). CityDeal was bought by Groupon whose Spanish and Portuguese operations Philipp ran until August 2011. In September 2011, Philipp co-founded Saluspot.com - a service that provides online answers by medical experts to any health related question for free, anytime and anywhere. Doctors gain visibility and reputation online in order to better market themselves.