Like 1414 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 3232 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 1212 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 66 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 77 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…
Like 55 likes A fast jump into Silicon Valley For its fifth time in a row the Swisscom StartUp Challenge brings five Swiss startups to the Silicon Valley for a tailor-made acceleration program. Today…
Like 55 likes Swisscom StartUp Challenge: Off to Silicon Valley! August 17th, a hot, sunny day in Biel. While others were enjoying the sun, the ten finalists of the Swisscom Startup Challenge were preparing their…
Like 33 likes 8 Smart-City Start-ups and 1 Intrapreneur team will join 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 22 likes “The angel community is still incredibly monolithic” Brigitte Baumann is the Co-founder of Go Beyond Early Stage Investing and part of this year’s jury of the Swisscom StartUp Challenge. In the interview…
Like 33 likes “We need a new image for coffee” Coffee connoisseurs are hardly in short supply. One who has completely devoted himself to the subject is Benjamin Hohlmann. The 34-year old is a barista,…
Like 1212 likes The Power of Communities in the Digital Age From Kelly Hungerford to Alisée de Tonnac, 8 incredible women have been invited to talk about their role as a community builder in the digital…
Like 44 likes One year later: Nanolive, Winner of the StartUp Challenge 2016 It’s been one year since the startup Nanolive applied for the Startup Challenge – had the chance to go to Silicon Valley and got an…
Like 44 likes A success story: Startup Challenge winner Advanon As one of the most successful fintech startups in Switzerland, Advanon closed its second financing round in January 2017, including an investment of Swisscom. Recently,…
Like 1616 likes “When the start-up adviser becomes a regular customer” Swisscom employs a nine-person advice team specialising in new businesses. The team helps customers in the exciting start-up phase and advises them about all aspects…
Like 1515 likes “Come with a product or even revenues – not just slideware” These days, many large corporates work with start-ups. From the start-ups’ point of view, these opportunities raise numerous questions: What do I gain from working…
