5 hours of sleep and 12 meetings – this is how Sophie Chung manages her time

Busy? Yes, of course, we are all female founders in some way. But Sophie Chung is busy at the next level. A practically gap-free calendar? There are bedtimes listed, very short ones, mind you, and work groups that start at 6am? This can’t work.

We asked and reached out to Chung while driving from one appointment to the next. She looks very happy and relaxed, not at all like someone who’s in the middle of a day of eight meetings. What is the secret to managing your time and energy?

Doing a lot and wanting a lot runs through Chung’s CV: The Austrian studied medicine, philosophy and Sinology in Vienna, was a consultant for McKinsey and worked at a health startup in New York. In 2015, she founded Qunomedical in Berlin, a company that provides software as a service to clinics and medical practices.

This is what a real week looks like in the Founder’s Calendar: