Switzerland
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Switzerland needs a startup visa. NOW!
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Switzerland is not part of the European Union (Switzerland rejected it in 1992). As well as the country is politically independent, Swiss economy is massively oriented on exportation and therefore, has strong links with countries of Europe. Swiss government has done a pretty good job in negotiating win-win agreements with EU and in 2002, Switzerland…
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"Le miracle suisse"… or why Switzerland is out-performing its neighboring countries
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Swiss companies perform in exporting their products and services, even with high salaries in international comparison The education system, and why young people can find a job. It makes a great job on explaining that the social elevator still work in Switzerland (you don’t need to be the “daughter/son of…” to get a good work position…
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Startup events you cannot miss early February
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Venture Night, gathering 8 Swiss startups). But this year, there are 2 new, startup-oriented, events happening alongside Lift Conference. You cannot afford to miss these 2 new events if you’re interested by startups. Here they are! SEEDSTARS WORLD On 4th of February, it will be the grand final of this worldwide startup competition, which took…
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What is a Business Angel and where to find them (Part II)
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Business Angels Suisse How: 3 dinner meetings per month, on Wednesday (2nd of the month in Zürich, 3rd in Lausanne / 2nd Thursday in Lake Constance). 3-4 startups per meeting are invited to pitch their startup. Industries: all industries Portfolio: 78 startups financed so far (and around 30 where angels invested outside of the club)…
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A great news for Swiss startup scene!
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SublimeVideo, has been bought by video platform giant DailyMotion. The amount of the transaction has not yet been disclosed and seems to be both an acquisition of technology and talents. You can find more about the announcement here. The core team behind Lausanne-based startup Jilion started to work together long ago, in 2007. The initial project…
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Fostering Swiss startup scene: for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs!
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Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation) and regional level (launched by technology parks, cities or cantons). The major problem (if any), is that all of these programs are often managed and powered by non-entrepreneurs. Of course, you don’t need to be entrepreneur to be smart. But once you have a bit of startup experience, you…
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Why taking money from your family or your friends is a bad idea
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Founders Family Friends Fools Foundations Family Offices The fools are wealthy individuals who are ready to invest in your project quite irrationally – or are they the real superstars of a startup ecosystem, because they have guts to fund a team of other fools (entrepreneurs are hungry and foolish, as Steve Jobs greatly said years…
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What are you doing early February? Register to Lift Conference now and save 20%!
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We are 3 months away from the famous biggest innovation conference in Switzerland: Lift Conference. Lift will happen early February 2014 (5-7th) in Geneva. The conference keeps the same format: workshops, Venture Night (startup pitch session), inspiring talks from top speakers (on the future of work, the sharing economy, managing innovation cycles, markets becoming conversations, and so…
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Hot or not: top 10 European's startup capitals. And Switzerland?
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its selection of the 10 hottest startup capitals in Europe. London, Berlin, Paris and Stockholm are on the map, of course. Tel Aviv, Amsterdam and Barcelona are also there. More surprising (no, it’s not really a surprise for me) are Moscow, Helsinki and Istanbul in the top 10. Yes, Moscow is a startup capital, with a large…
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What are you doing end of October?
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As Summer is quietly over, the season of startup conferences is starting again. Of course, as an entrepreneur, you cannot go to every conference and you have to select carefully where you would like to invest your time. Because as well as you can do (extremely) interesting contacts for the future of your business, most of…