Paperlike
Jan Sapper is a seasoned entrepreneur and product manager with extensive experience in the tech and consumer electronics sectors. As the Founder and CEO of Paperlike since January 2017, Jan has successfully established a global brand focused on enhancing digital creativity through innovative tools. Prior experience includes serving as a Product Marketing Manager at etracker GmbH and as a Product Manager at Protonet Inc., where Jan led various projects from 2013 to 2017. Jan also founded Sapper Ltd., concentrating on consumer electronics development and market research from 2012 to 2013. An early career internship at TridonicAtco provided valuable insight into product management and market analysis. Jan's educational background includes advanced degrees in Entrepreneurial Management, Marketing & Sales, and Business Engineering from esteemed institutions.
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Paperlike
Our founder, and the creator of Paperlike, Jan, loved working in a paperless environment. He was so excited about using an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil together. But then he tried them. The feeling of hard rubber writing on glass was awkward and the Apple Pencil would slide over the screen without resistance, or get stuck on patches of oil or sweat from the palm of his hand. Trying to control the Apple Pencil with no resistance gave him hand cramps and the whole experience was a giant disappointment. So Jan went looking for a solution. And when he couldn’t find one? He made it. In 2017, over 2000 backers joined the Paperlike Kickstarter campaign to help bring a new iPad screen protector, one optimized for artists and notetakers, into the world. Since then we haven’t looked back. Paperlike is now a small, passionate team working alongside Jan to ignite our customers’ love of sketching and writing on an iPad that feels like just their notebook.