Startup Scene
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Startup Weekend Biel/Bienne – March 20-22nd!
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things are moving in Biel/Bienne and that the city is back on the Swiss Startup map. After successfully holding a bunch of monthly events, we are moving to the next step: organizing the first Startup Weekend Biel/Bienne on March 20-22nd! (disclosure: I’m the driving force behind it!). As crazy as it sounds, Biel/Bienne didn’t hosted…
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Discover the 10 (+26) startups from Seedstars World Competiton
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6 degrees (Singapore) is a connected, self-updatingphonebook that helps you search your friends’ networks, get introductions to new people, shops & businesses. Busportal (Lima, Peru) is a online tool helping customers to find, compare and buy bus tickets in Latin America in a efficient way. Krowdpop (Seoul, South Korea) is the world’s first concert crowd…
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Get Free Funding and Mentoring: the Hello Tomorrow Challenge
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Founded by French entrepreneurs Xavier Duportet and Arnaud De La Tour in 2011, Hello Tomorrow is a non-profit organization aiming at creating bridges between scientists, investors and entrepreneurs in all major technological fields. The challenge is open to anyone trying to solve major problems with technology in the following categories: Foods & Agriculture Materials &…
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Share this post and win a FREE ticket to Lift Conference 2015!
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The Lift Conference in Switzerland. 2015 is already the 10th edition of this international conference, where 1’000 people from around the globe gather in Geneva to experiment innovations, learn about new business models and get inspiration. The 3-day conference is a lot about connecting with people, learning new things and being creative (you’ll leave the…
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How to leverage humor to build and develop a business?
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Swiss Tech Talk Biel/Bienne, will take place at INNOCAMPUS. [image type= »none » float= »none » src= »http://www.startupolic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Image-Pascal-Meyer.png » info= »none » info_place= »top » info_trigger= »hover »] Pascal Meyer, atypical, funny founder and “Loutre-in-Chief” of successful e-commerce platform QoQa.ch, will tell us about his journey. Pascal will notably explain us how he has developed his concept, leveraging humor and fun things, what he learnt from it,…
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Financing Your Startup: Use the Power of the Crowd
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Financing your startup: use the power of the crowd » in Biel/Bienne. It will take place at the local technology park INNOCAMPUS (it’s 5min walk from train station!). We will have two speakers presenting 2 aspects of the crowd-funding: Julien Pache: Managing Director of the participative investment platform investiere.ch; Marie-Sophie Pocha: responsible of crowd-funding and special…
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The 6 Startup Events To Attend In Switzerland (in Q4 2014)
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Startup Day @Forum EPFL, October 8th, Lausanne The student association Forum EPFL is organizing its traditional recruitment fair, with many big companies inviting young graduates to discover why they should apply for a job in their company. There’s also one day dedicated to startups (beware: it’s happening on Wednesday this year), as already reported here.…
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Biel/Bienne is back on the Swiss startup map!
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Swiss Tech Association, which has the goal to foster entrepreneurship and networking across Switzerland. The first initiative of the association was to launch an event serie named Swiss Tech Talk. After successfully testing the concept in Fribourg, the association is extending across (Western by now) Switzerland, with Biel/Bienne, Neuchâtel, Geneva and Sion. Each of this city…
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Demystifying Entrepreneurship
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Ivan Orlov, Eric Lucien, Vincent Renevey, Alejandro Salcedo and Tommy Stefanelli) of Western Switzerland. The panel was part of a 2-days workshop (Rencontre Romande de Formation et Entrepreneuriat) where startup coaches and mentors of the Western Switzerland region were present to discuss how to best support entrepreneurs. As I’ve been on their side (I used…
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4 startups events in Europe you should attend
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Pioneers Festival (Vienna, October 29-30th 2014) This 2-days festival (with an extra additional day before, for investors only) is gathering year after year a great panel of speakers and investors in the city. Pioneers is inviting super smart speakers like Fred Destin (former Atlas Ventures, now Accel in London), Neil Patel (Kissmetrics, etc.) or Dave McClure (500…