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The Network Startup Women supports businesswoman who venture into self-employment. The next event for the courage maker takes place during a week at Modissa in Zurich. STARTUPS.CH will be with an office on site and provides free legal and business plan advice for young entrepreneurs.  more…

A business model haunts the thoughts and you can’t get rid of it? Have you ever experienced this feeling? And? Have you established a company? Besides your technical expertise, do you need knowledge on different business topics? You get the possibility to learn about business tools on the 3rd November 2016 at the Young Entrepreneurs […] more…

The year 2016 is triggering movement in the market. Many users are managing their businesses as well as their private lives remotely via smartphone. Startup marketing also has to align itself to this trend. Below are the most important marketing trends from a start-up standpoint. more…

Founder Marc P. Bernegger, in 2010 named the SwissICT „Newcomer of the year“ is founder of usgang.ch (bought from Axel Springer in 2008) and amiando (bought from XING in 2010). Red in the Interview how the jurist and investor sees the Swiss Fintech branch and what he focuses on investing. more…

The data from public records such as the Central Business Name Index (Zefix) give a first overview of a company. The data comes from the cantonal commercial register and is free. Commercial business information portals have mostly specialized on specific branches and have detailed information. more…

Swiss Trade Associations represent the interests of its members in business and politics. The databases  can be very useful for a market analysis in a business plan. more…

Startup Report shows in August 2016, a total of 2,781 new companies were entered in the commercial register. This represents a growth of 6.8% compared to August last year.  You can find further details in our Business Start-Up Report for August 2016 (Gründungsbericht August 2016). more…

Kickstart Accelerator a Start-Up support programme started in Zürich. Target of the workshop is to position Switzerland in a top position in the international Start-Up areas. more…

Swiss Sales Forum in Switzerland says Internet Shopping is booming and there is no end in sight. Statistics show that by 2020 more than 95% of adults will buy frequently through internet. Already today more than 1/5 of our generation spends more money online than through conventional commerce. more…

Venture Capital in Switzerland is offered by some organisations. It is institutional equity, which is provided by specific funds. Venture Capital is provided mostly in the early Start-up-phase. Venture Capital funds finance Start-ups and offer higher amounts than Business Angels. more…