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  • Swiss investors start to think mobile!

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    In tech industry, it’s traditional to observe massive disruptive change. Before the rise of internet, the tech cycle time was often lasting decades. Change cycle times are happening more and more often. The last one was the web 2.0, also called the social web. You also hear web 3.0 for some years. It’s not a…

  • The mobile ecosystem: get insights and learn tips and tricks!

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    You’re an entrepreneur, an investor, a developer or simply a guy passionate about new technologies? So get the opportunity to attend the 2nd Swiss Mobicamp, taking place on 1st November 2012 in Bern. Absolutely unique in Switzerland (and maybe also in neighbouring countries? I’d love to be aware of similar events abroad!), the organizers have prepared a serie of interesting…

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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…

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    HOW TO Make The Perfect Pitch (Part II/III): the 10 (+1) slides you need

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    here it is. This week, we’ll discuss more about the Pitch structure. As you already know, you just have limited time to make the investor enthousiastic on you or your project. On average:, you just have 5-7 minutes to present your project. That’s quick so you’d rather be effective and not wasting any pitching opportunity.…

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    HOW TO Make The Perfect Pitch (Part I/III)

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    Jean-Pierre Vuilleumier (who I’d like to thank for his energy at helping Swiss startups and what he taught me) in mind, I thought that some tips on how to pitch your startup could be helpful. I’ve also recently observed that the need for pitch coaching/training is really present, for first time entrepreneurs as well as…

  • 8 web startup unveiling the Blue Lion Incubator in Zürich

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    Monday was time for the 6th ICT Investor Day, organized by Business Angel Switzerland‘s president Jan Fülscher. The concept is rather interesting: 8 startup pitch their idea in 90 seconds (with or without slides), and investor’s crew then select the 4 ones they’d like to see in 7 minutes presentation. Host of the event was…

  • NEXT Berlin 2012: a great event for web startups

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    On 8th and 9th of May, I’ll be attending for the first time the web conference NEXT BERLIN, taking place in a charming location: an old train station! I’m very excited to be invited as an official blogger and have a chance to be guided in the now famous Berlin startup scene (during this week,…

  • Unique (swiss) opportunity to pitch VC's

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    A wonderful opportunity for swiss tech startups will take place on Wednesday 23rd May 2012 in Lausanne: the Swiss Venture Forum (SVF) The event will allow the most promising Life Sciences, Clean Technology and Information Communication Technology entrepreneurs from Switzerland to meet and pitch active international investors and corporations. 30-40 early stage companies from Switzerland…

  • 7 (+1) startups presenting at The Hub Zurich

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    On Monday, I attended the 5th ICT Investor Day in coworking space The Hub Zürich, organized by Swiss ICT. First, an institutional investor can present its company and this time, it was c-crowd, a crowdfunding platform started in 2011 in Zürich. Concept is to leverage internet to get a plenty of private investors, who can…

  • Venture Night @Lift Conference: 8 startup pitching!

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    AlpICT Venture Night took place Thursday evening at Lift Conference in Geneva. Successful entrepreneur Christian Wanner, founder and CEO of online supermarket LeShop, pitched quickly about the journey of his venture. He started in the web early days, in 1997, at 27. He and his team experienced the entrepreneurial rollercoaster so extremely that he was…