# patben.com

> Personal site of Patrice Bendjouya ("patben"), Franco-Swiss, based in
> Switzerland. He helps entrepreneurs build companies that last, using finance,
> automation and first-principles thinking. The site is a terminal-style
> interface; this file is its plain-text version.

## About

- Studied economics in Paris: Université Paris Dauphine (banking economics),
  Sorbonne (industrial economics), HEC Paris (international finance). Self-taught
  in programming (Python, HTML/CSS, SQL, databases).
- In finance since 1995: Crédit Lyonnais, Rothschild & Cie, Close Brothers; fund
  management, M&A, co-founder of the first internet stock exchange.
- Founded Valmetrics in 2004 (business valuation methods, work with FactSet and
  Rothschild; valuation reports used by international private equity).
- 2017–2024: led the finance coaching practice at platinn and served as an
  expert for Innosuisse. Has coached more than 300 SMEs.

## Services

- Finance coaching for entrepreneurs: bootstrapping, fundraising, shareholder
  management. Usually weekly 75-minute sessions. Certified Innosuisse and
  platinn coach (subsidised coaching for innovative Swiss companies).
- Consulting in innovation, industry and infrastructure, for SMBs and public
  bodies (utilities): economics (pricing, business model, margins), finance
  (planning, equity, fundraising), governance (organisation, decision workflow,
  reporting).
- Coding: Python daily; front ends with Svelte, Solid, HTMX or Datastar. Can help
  with AI, automation, analytics and web projects.

## Contact

Contact details are given on the site itself (https://patben.com, command
`contact`). No unsolicited sales, please.

- X: https://x.com/patben_com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patben-com/
- GitHub: https://github.com/pat-ben