Startup
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Startup Weekend Biel/Bienne is back on March 18th!
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Startup Weekend is coming back to Biel/Bienne, the biggest bilingual city of Switzerland. And again, I’m deeply involved in the organisation, as Biel/Bienne is kind of my home city. You may have heard that Startup Weekend Lausanne just happened, on EPFL campus. Startup Weekend Biel/Bienne is different. Less students, more people active as manager, developers,…
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My 2015 wrap-up
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startupolic.com turned 4 on January 12th. Already 4 years! It has gone so quickly and it is such a long time ago in the same time. I have lived so many amazing (and less amazing, true!) experiences: what I can say is that I don’t regret at all to be a real entrepreneur (and not…
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Apply to the Swiss Fintech Award until Nov 30th!
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explained earlier this year, the Swiss fintech scene is growing rapidly. And even more since then! A new award was launched end of September: « The Swiss FinTech Award ». The idea is to build a national ecosystem that helps Swiss fintech companies going forward, and gaining international attention. Initiated by Finanz und Wirtschaft Forum, the initiative…
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The Seed Round Guide: Finding & Leveraging a Lead Investor (II/III)
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This is a guest post by Penny Schiffer a Zürich-based energetic woman, passionate by the startup and investment world. She’s currently managing the startup initiatives of Swisscom and in charge of the « Swisscom Startup Challenge » and also part of Swisscom Ventures and a member of the business angel club Go Beyond. Are all…
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Do’s and Don’ts for Startups Going International
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Switzerland Global Enterprise (thank you Gioia for recommending me!) to Sao Paulo & Porto Alegre for a « SwissICT Roadshow ». The goal of the roadshow was to promote Switzerland among Brazilian startups as a key location to expand to Europe. Like most European countries, Switzerland is investing in fast-developing countries to attract them and…
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The Seed Round Guide: Is Big Always Better Than Small? (I/III)
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This is a guest post by Penny Schiffer a Zürich-based energetic woman, passionate by the startup and investment world. She’s currently managing the startup initiatives of Swisscom and in charge of the « Swisscom Startup Challenge » and also part of Swisscom Ventures and a member of the business angel club Go Beyond. In my…
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10 great things I did (not) see at TechCrunch Disrupt SF
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This is a guest post by Penny Schiffer a Zürich-based energetic woman, passionate by the startup and investment world. She’s currently managing the startup initiatives of Swisscom and in charge of the « Swisscom Startup Challenge » and also part of Swisscom Ventures and a member of the business angel club Go Beyond. Have you…
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Apply to SICTIC Investor Day Lausanne!
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APPLY before Sunday 11th of October 2015, at 23:59:59! [button shape= »rounded » size= »regular » float= »none » href= »http://www.sictic.ch/#!sid22/c74u » title= »APPLY to pitch at SICTIC Investor Day » info= »none » info_place= »top » info_trigger= »hover »]APPLY to pitch at SICTIC Investor Day[/button] Investors and other people who want to participate can register until Friday 6th of November 2015, at 17h00.]]>
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2 Interesting (Swiss) Startup Awards
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The UBS Future of Finance Challenge The UBS Future of Finance Challenge is for (fintech) startups transforming the banking industry. UBS is looking for early stage fintech companies (<5years old, <3M turnover) disrupting the finance industry or at least, changing how banks fill the needs of their customers. Applying…