Founder
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Startup competition @NEXT12: discover the 12 finalists
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As every good tech conference, NEXT Berlin hosted a startup competition. The 12 finalists (selected among 800) presented Tuesday afternoon to a mixed jury panel componed of investors like Charlie O’Donnell, Patrick Meisberger or TechCrunch Europe editor Mike Butcher. Flakka is a startup developing a P2P (peer-2-peer) technology to synchronize functionalities across devices (rather than…
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What we still need to change (in Switzerland)
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Earlier this week, I talked with a journalist inviting me to a radio debate… unfortunately, this was finally postponed due to more important news. But he asked me what I think about the swiss startup ecosystem: Is it going in the right direction? Do I feel something happening? What do we still lack? I gave…
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Why you should register for The Founder Institute… NOW!
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The Founder Institute Bootcamp took place last night in Bern, at Swisscom Innovation offices. Initial thought that Steffen Wagner and Jasper Bouwsma, initiators of FI in Switzerland, had some months ago was: “Switzerland does well… OK, but does it well enough?” Switzerland is on top for innovation and has a lot of support programs for…
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Startup Weekend Jura – amazing opportunity to work on (your) startup project!
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First Startup Weekend Jura will take place on 11th to 13th May in Saignelégier. This event will be the first of this kind to take place outside of a city, at least in Switzerland. The concept of the event is dead simple: from Friday to Sunday night you’ll have the opportunity to work on an…
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The Founder Institute is finally coming to Switzerland – WELCOME!
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As another proof that Switzerland is a strong (ICT) entrepreneurial scene, The Founder Institute is opening its program in May 2012. 3 years after launch, this global accelerator for founders by founders is opening its 32nd location in Bern (Europe has 7 other locations like THE tech hot spot Berlin). During 15 weeks, wannabe entrepreneurs…
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My First Steps on Swiss Startup Scene
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Biel/Bienne, I moved to Lausanne to study business at HEC and finalized my Master abroad, in German city Karlsruhe. There, I discovered my entrepreneurial mind in an interesting – but really basic – lecture about starting a business. My brain worked like crazy and I found some interesting ideas (the best one was a web-based…