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Is Switzerland the next big tech hub?

The Startup Magazine

When you think about Switzerland, there are usually three things that come to mind: fantastic watches, beautiful mountains, and gigantic corporate banks. The Global Innovation Index places Switzerland as the most innovative country in the world. Switzerland has a fantastic infrastructure that drives this new tech.

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Switzerland As A New Entrepreneur Hub

YoungUpstarts

In spite constantly catching global attention as far as quality of life, safety and being a forerunner in the pharmaceutical field for many years is concerned, Switzerland’s role as an entrepreneur hub has mostly been overlooked. Switzerland also happens to be one of the most livable country in the world.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

The idea sat there for a decade until a naval officer named Deak Parsons discovered it, went around to every bureau chief, pounded the table on why it mattered, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, until he got them to cough up a check for $5,000 to fund the project. They were great inventors, but lousy champions.

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The Magic of the Irish – Dublin’s Resurgence on the Global Tech Scene

Both Sides of the Table

We heard first-hand just how close it was that Facebook had considered locating its headquarters in Switzerland and how the Irish rallied and now host more than 400 jobs locally and growing. I had no idea who Paddy was but I kept hearing his name from different people so I’m guessing he was politely persistent at scale.

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Transcript of Advice for Entrepreneurs Who Want to Sell Their Companies

Duct Tape Marketing

And the SBA is basically a government-guaranteed loan that a bank will offer, and it will allow an acquirer, an individual, to buy a business that they couldn’t ordinarily afford. It’s developed by a guy named Fred Reichheld, made famous by Scott Cook at Intuit. Michael Dell at Dell uses it. John Warrillow: So interesting.

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Austinites represent at SXSW 2018

Austin Startup

Despite regularly being named the “Best City to Live” and attracting 150+ new residents every day, Austin’s tech community lags its coastal peers in both investment dollars and successful exits. Salon DE Third Coast: Can Austin Be The Next Big Tech City? with Aceable CEO Blake Garrett and BigCommerce CEO Brett Bellm Austin, we have a problem.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The IMD, which is a leading business school located in Lausanne, Switzerland, examines the level of developed nations’ competitiveness based on some 330 different parameters. Eureka was set up in 1985 as a legal framework allowing European companies to collaborate and receive government funding. citations per paper.

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