Startups
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Starting up @La Forge – Discover the Startups!
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The EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute for Technology) is one of the best engineering school in the world. In the last 10 years, I’ve been seing the massive change happening…
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The 50 Best-Funded Startups in Switzerland in One Map (and What It Means For The Startup Ecosystem)
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as I’ve launched startupolic.com, I remember that almost nobody was blogging on the Swiss startup scene. Or most were abandoning the effort after a few posts. Fortunately, this has…
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Get The Money!
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Startups and money. It’s a secret for nobody that money is scarce when you’re launching your startup. Even if the Swiss Venture Capital Report shows an interesting growth in startup funding…
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Why Switzerland needs the Swiss Investment Fund
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Daniel Poffet, now graduated (congrats, btw!), did a great research in explaining what the European Investment Fund (EIF) is. Basically, the EIF is a public-private partnership founded in 1994…
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Time for a break, no?
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Everyone wants to get things done before the holiday season (so they can free their mind and find a clean desk back from vacations); People tend to be tired,…
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The Importance of Startup Board Members
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What do often lack young (or less young) entrepreneurs in the first phases of their startup journey? Industry experience and an extended network! You may have a great idea….
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The Waking Up of FinTech in Switzerland
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advantage is definitely over. And that they are now forced to innovate, if they want to continue to compete with financial hotspots like New York, London or Singapore. To…
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"Am I Wrong?" A question that you probably ask yourself (more or less often) as an entrepreneur!
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[/x_audio_embed] Some entrepreneurs will tell you that they never have any doubts on what they are doing. In my humble opinion, if you never question yourself, you may…
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Western Switzerland startup scene is lively – discover 8 ICT startups
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ICT Investors Day in Western Switzerland (happening on May 12th in Lausanne), we will have 8 startups (duly selected by a jury committee comprising Deep Parekh, Patrick Barbey, Philipp Steinberger,…
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Entrepreneurs… Beware!
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Coteries. As everything in life, what is paying is to be proactive. You are contacting investors to present them your investment opportunity. Sometimes, you have people contacting you (after…