Like 88 likes Max the “hacker” Sitting in front of a laptop and programming for nearly 40 hours straight: why would someone do that to themselves? Max Eichenberger is one of…
Like 2121 likes StartUp Challenge 2018: Off to Silicon Valley The finalists of the Swisscom StartUp Challenge pitched their ideas in front of the Jury on Aug 14th. Watch the video to see how they…
Like 99 likes Founder interview: ‘Car was my first word as a child’ The digital vehicle assistant Autosense has been live for 50 days. CEO Jaap Vossen spoke with us about obstacles, pride and jitters during the founding…
Like 1313 likes “Signing a deal with three of the largest Swiss companies gave us a lot of credibility” Janis Graubins, CEO of Notakey hit the jackpot of last year’s Kickstart Accelerator: He got to do a PoC not only with one but with…
Like 1414 likes Big Data for Big Impact: Improving quality of life As we are enjoying summer, we are all frustrated when we plan to meet friends in the city centre and end up in a traffic…
Like 1919 likes StartUp Challenge 2018: 238 Startups Have Applied 238 startups have applied for our Swisscom StartUp Challenge 2018! In order to illustrate some of the key characteristics of our applicants, we summarized their…
Like 1010 likes 8 Smart-City Start-ups and 1 Intrapreneur team will join the Kickstart Accelerator in September This year’s Kickstart Accelerator boot camp took place in beautiful Zurich and Swisscom, as a partner of the Smart City acceleration program, is happy to…
Like 2525 likes «Running a start-up is a marathon» A year is a long time in the life of a start-up. There is not much opportunity for reflection, but the ability to adapt to…
Like 1010 likes EcoRobotix, AlgoTrader and 1Drop Diagnostics: the last business year in brief Although they work in completely different fields, Aurélien Demaurex (ecoRobotix), Andy Flury (AlgoTrader) and Luc Gervais (1Drop Diagnostics) had one thing in common in 2017:…
Like 1010 likes «Focusing on efficiency at an early stage helped us with scaling» They originally wanted to create a dating app for ETH students, but now their communication platform for non-desktop workers is being used in over 100…
Like 1212 likes 8 Smart-City Start-ups and 1 Intrapreneur team will join the Kickstart Accelerator in September This year’s Kickstart Accelerator boot camp took place in beautiful Zurich and Swisscom, as a partner of the Smart City acceleration program, is happy to…
Like 2525 likes «Think business with Penny Schiffer» Part 1: SME Sales To develop a scalable sales model for your own business, you need to know what kind of customers you’re dealing with. There are three main…
Like 1010 likes “Switzerland stands out because of its originality of content and the quality of its Virtual Reality productions” For two months, the Apelab startup presented its products at the first Startup Zone to be opened at the Swisscom Shop in Zug, where customers…
Like 55 likes Working together to shape the City of the Future Eleven weeks, eight start-ups, one vision: smart cities. Working together with cities and companies, the Kickstart Accelerator finalists tested concepts that will improve quality of life…
Like 66 likes Intrapreneurship vs. Startup Scouting – Do we want to make or buy Corporate Innovation? In my role as Head of Startup Initiatives at Swisscom I am not only responsible to scout the “right” startups for the different business units…
