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My Top 4 VC Investors to Follow
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Venture Deals: be smarter than your lawyer and your Venture Capitalist » (which is a MUST-READ for everyone involved in a startup business – I’ve read it during Summer!). But you can also follow some prominent investors on twitter, mostly US-based (I don’t know many European investors who blog so regularly, but I’d be please to…
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Last days to register for CHF 100'000.-!
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Yearly since 1987, the W.A. De Vigier foundation awards 5 innovative startup companies with CHF 100’000.00 (à fonds perdus). Which is really not bad for a startup! You can read more about the 2012 winners here. William A. de Vigier was a successful Swiss entrepreneur, who has transformed the building industry. He started the foundation…
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Boost your networking and be hosted for free with StartupStay
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Are you often travelling to startup conferences and lacking the connection with local entrepreneurs? Then, StartupStay is there for you! StartupStay is an accommodation online service, where you can request to stay by a fellow entrepreneur. For free. When you’re preparing a travel to a startup conference (like Dublin Web Summit, which I have the…
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Get discounted tickets for 2nd Swiss Mobicamp
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Like so many British folks waking up this Monday, Martin Coul the founder and energy behind the Swiss Mobicamp (read my previous post) initiative is incredibly proud of the fantastic achievement London has reached over these past few weeks in delivering what is mostly recognized as the “best Olympic games and Paralympics ever”… Even though Switzerland…
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Creative Mornings – Swiss chapters
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Until this year, not much relevant startup’ events have been happening in Geneva in my opinion (except the yearly amazing Lift Conference). Mazala, a young entrepreneur on her way to revolutionize the bank industry, and Nelio, a web designer and entrepreneur, whom Startup Weekend participants already know, started earlier this year the local chapter of…
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HOW TO deal with your early stage valuation
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There is a recurrent question coming to me for really early stage startup, who haven’t incorporated: how do we get investors without giving the majority of shares in my startup from day one? For people who already have gone through the process, or for experienced people, that seems easy and obvious (so you can skip…
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Grab the opportunity to dive into Berlin's startup scene
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More and more, Berlin is seen as one of the most vibrant european startup scene. And it’s true: things are moving fast there! My fellow blogger Adelina invited me to a new kind of conference – Tech Open Air Berlin Festival – taking place on August 23rd & 24th. TOA is an innovative summer festival…
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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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Summer time – must read for holidays!
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Time is come to relax a bit… Most of you wont really relax, as startup work never ends. But take some time to recharge your batteries. You’re running a marathon, even if you run to the speed of a sprint! On my side, I wont publish new posts until mid August, so you can take…
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HOW TO choose a smart mentor
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As a startup founder, you’re alone. Or your have some co-founders, but who don’t have all the necessary experience and background to cover everything you’ll be confronted to. Alongside building your Minimum Viable Product and trying to convince people, I think that you have to surround yourself by smart people, who can boost your skills…