Startup
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Meet 50 startups in Lausanne!
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FORUM EPFL (a recruiting fair organized by a dynamic student organization). Idea is to startups recruit their next employees and show students that startups are a viable career path. On October 10th, a special keynote will take place (with me speaking about “Why to start-up”) and with a successful serial entrepreneur sharing his startup stories…
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Startup competitions, don't waste entrepreneur's time!
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chances of getting selected; return on investment (does this money bring you any step forward?) press coverage you could get if you’re nominated or awarded. But please, startup competitions: don’t waste entrepreneur’s time! Fortunately, there are clever guys out there who have already recognized this problem. Have you ever heard about f6s? It’s a web…
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The Startup Kids – a film that any wannabe founder should watch!
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[/x_video_embed]In April 2011, I stumbled upon a film project published 5 days ago on Kickstarter by 2 Icelandic girls. A documentary on young entrepreneurs’ stories from around the globe. They were looking for $ 7’000.- to be able to shoot the film and publish it. If you know my passion for startups, you know that…
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De Vigier Award ceremony, with Nick Hayek!
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De Vigier foundation organizes its award ceremony in Solothurn. This foundation was created by the famous William A. de Vigier to support young entrepreneurs on their way to success. This edition was the last year as president of Moritz Suter (you know, the business man who founded Crossair). To celebrate the end of his engagement…
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How can I help?
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Both sides of the Table. BTW, you should definitely follow him if you’re an entrepreneur! Mark had a great post last week named Why you should give before you get. And Brad Feld, entrepreneur, angel and VC that you’ve certainly have heard about, even made “give before you get” his life motto. It sounds to be…
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Hardworking sunny holidays
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If you’ve not planned anything and were planning to continue hardworking, you may consider SunnyStartup, a 15 days bootcamp in Marrakech (!) to boost your project. Or have new ideas. Or simply to learn lot of things. Surrounded by IT, design, communication and marketing professionals, among other one by the famous Bill Carney (entrepreneur, marketing guru and…
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21 ICT startups to meet on June, 18th
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Scientific Park. There are also big names of the industry to find there (Samsung, Nokia, Logitech, to name a few). On June, 18th, Lausanne will welcome for the second time a one day-event gathering selected tech startups from the Alpine region (from southern France to South Germany) and investors from around the world. The Alpine…
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The Swiss Ice Hockey national team – a role model
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It’s an authentic exploit for Switzerland and will remain in mind of everyone during years… or not. Because what we have been able to observe is a deep mentality change. Some years ago, everyone would have been more than happy with a quarter final. This year, everyone is disappointed not having won the gold medal!…
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Where to find new startup talents?
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Linkedin (for every kind of profile). Or GitHub or Geeklist, for software developers. Or Dribbble for designers. Or even headhunters or work agencies (but they are mostly too expensive for startups). Or you can also go to unemployment offices… yes, it’s less glamorous, but that could be a great (and potentially cheapest!) way to recruit talents you can boost! Even…
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10 questions to the founder of the Festival of Media's Hot Company of the Year… 2012!
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Last week, the Festival of Media Global 2013 happened in Montreux. I was fortunate enough to be invited as an official blogger (again!) and I had the chance to interview Mr. Risicato, winner of the startup competition M.A.P. (but in 2012) with his startup VideoHub. Many thanks to Anthony to answer my few questions. Here…