Startup Learnings
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Startup competitions, don't waste entrepreneur's time!
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chances of getting selected; return on investment (does this money bring you any step forward?) press coverage you could get if you’re nominated or awarded. But please, startup competitions: don’t waste entrepreneur’s time! Fortunately, there are clever guys out there who have already recognized this problem. Have you ever heard about f6s? It’s a web…
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The Startup Kids – a film that any wannabe founder should watch!
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[/x_video_embed]In April 2011, I stumbled upon a film project published 5 days ago on Kickstarter by 2 Icelandic girls. A documentary on young entrepreneurs’ stories from around the globe. They were looking for $ 7’000.- to be able to shoot the film and publish it. If you know my passion for startups, you know that…
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How can I help?
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Both sides of the Table. BTW, you should definitely follow him if you’re an entrepreneur! Mark had a great post last week named Why you should give before you get. And Brad Feld, entrepreneur, angel and VC that you’ve certainly have heard about, even made “give before you get” his life motto. It sounds to be…
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And so suddenly, your startup is “on the map”
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This is a guest post from Christophe, CEO and co-founder of the the e-commerce startup Kireego. A couple of weeks ago, we participated to the London WebSummit, where our little venture was nominated amongst the 25 Startup Award finalists. The news came quite as a nice surprise in January, while we had still our hands…
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London – some learnings
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London is the older European startup hub that everybody is talking about, even if Berlin, Dublin and Stockholm are gaining a good reputation to launch businesses. As well I’ve heard and read a lot about London, I’ve never been there (except half a day as I was in language school in Brighton!) and I’ve seized the opportunity of London Web…
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My take-aways from DLD Conference
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next week some of my thoughts about how we could transform the startup landscape in Switzerland. In the meantime, I wanted to share with you some of my notes taken during DLD Conference last month in Münich (which I was lucky enough to be invited to – but that’s another story). One of the highlights…
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HOW TO win over your co-workers
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co-workers (unfortunately, I’ve not found who has written this). Here is what was in this excellent piece (I’ve not credit for this!): Make sure your desk is as messy as possible (others will read it as a sign of productivity) Always send emails at random times (22:45, 07:00) and on important public holidays Nothing good ever…
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Does Switzerland exist on the European tech startup scene? (Part I)
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Global Innovation ranking index puts Switzerland at the first place worldwide, but how relevant is this index? You have to know that it is based on the number of patents regarding to the country population. Maybe it’s a good indicator of patentable innovation like in pharma, mechanics, etc. But what’s about the ICT sector? By…
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HOW TO Make The Perfect Pitch (Part III/III)
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first and second post, give them a look! This week, we’ll discuss more about soft skills (or Emotional Intelligence Quotient). But maybe some of you have never heard of what soft skills are, According to Wikipedia, they are behavioral competencies, which are also known as interpersonal skills, or people skills, which include proficiencies such as…