Startup Scene
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Book your booth at Startup Day!
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For the sixth time in a row, the student association FORUM EPFL is organizing a special day dedicated to startups on October 8th 2014, in Lausanne. The Startup Day at Forum EPFL aims to connect EPFL young engineering talents with promising startups from across Switzerland (and abroad!). Last year, more around 80 startups were present and some…
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Western Switzerland startup scene is lively – discover 8 ICT startups
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ICT Investors Day in Western Switzerland (happening on May 12th in Lausanne), we will have 8 startups (duly selected by a jury committee comprising Deep Parekh, Patrick Barbey, Philipp Steinberger, Pierre Bordry and Alexandre Peyraud) competing with an elevator pitch of 90 seconds to win a seat in the final, that is, presenting their concept longer.…
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10 solutions to transform Switzerland into a real startup nation
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Bilan and Le Réseau (an association fostering innovation – why only in French?) published a Startup Manifesto. Based on a survey among startup entrepreneurs (launched by Raphael Briner and venturelab), the Manifesto comprises 10 ideas. Most of them won’t surprise much people active in the startup world, but these ideas need to be spread as…
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10 days left before START Summit!
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End of next week on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th, the student association START from University of St. Gallen is organizing a 2-days startup conference. More than 400 students, founders and investors from 18 countries will gather to listen to big names of the tech scene like Klaus Hommels or Morten Lund. Workshops, speed-pitching and…
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Switzerland needs a startup visa. NOW!
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Switzerland is not part of the European Union (Switzerland rejected it in 1992). As well as the country is politically independent, Swiss economy is massively oriented on exportation and therefore, has strong links with countries of Europe. Swiss government has done a pretty good job in negotiating win-win agreements with EU and in 2002, Switzerland…
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"Le miracle suisse"… or why Switzerland is out-performing its neighboring countries
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Swiss companies perform in exporting their products and services, even with high salaries in international comparison The education system, and why young people can find a job. It makes a great job on explaining that the social elevator still work in Switzerland (you don’t need to be the “daughter/son of…” to get a good work position…
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Startup events you cannot miss early February
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Venture Night, gathering 8 Swiss startups). But this year, there are 2 new, startup-oriented, events happening alongside Lift Conference. You cannot afford to miss these 2 new events if you’re interested by startups. Here they are! SEEDSTARS WORLD On 4th of February, it will be the grand final of this worldwide startup competition, which took…
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Fostering Swiss startup scene: for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs!
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Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation) and regional level (launched by technology parks, cities or cantons). The major problem (if any), is that all of these programs are often managed and powered by non-entrepreneurs. Of course, you don’t need to be entrepreneur to be smart. But once you have a bit of startup experience, you…