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Seedstars Summit 2018 - Congratulations to the Education Price Winner! 12 Apr 2018

Thought leaders, successful entrepreneurs, investors, corporate and community leaders in the tech industry came together from 10 to 12 March 2018 at the Seedstars Summit held at the Swiss Tech Convention Center (EPFL) to share their experience, skills and...

Barometer on social & business Co-creation Switzerland 2018 15 Mar 2018

One of today’s key development is social-business Co-creation. Companies are responsible for their business activities - both internally as well as towards the environment and society, in the short and in the long term. Although growth and profit decide whether to be or not to...

A digital tsunami is on its way: Insights from Hansjürg Inniger 24 Jan 2018

Digitalization is spreading broadly across all the different layers of society. It has led to changes in many businesses in every sector of our economy; and forced people to adapt to survive. Yet, digitalization is not a threat to those who are prepared. It is the opposite. It...

Just published: The Concise Fintech Compendium 24 Oct 2017

A guide through the Fintech jungle. More than 130 Fintech terms, acronyms and abbreviations explained in plain...

Discovering Boston’s Innovation + Entrepreneurship Ecosystem with MBA students from Fribourg 13 Oct 2017

In October 2017, swissnex Boston welcomed 13 students from the School of Management Fribourg, accompanied by the School’s Director, Professor Rico Baldegger. The HEG Fribourg (HES-SO) offers a Master of Science in Business Administration with a major in Entrepreneurship...

MSCBA study trip to Boston 2017 06 Oct 2017

Currently, 13 Master Students in Entrepreneurship are in Boston, USA, for an intense entrepreneurship...

MSCBA study trip to Boston 2015 01 Dec 2015

Les étudiants Master en Entrepreneurship ont débuté leur 3e semestre par un «Study Trip in Boston». Ils ont d’abord été accueillis sur le campus du Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) par le Prof. Jerry Schaufeld. Ils ont ensuite passé leur deuxième semaine à Cambridge...

Innovation Lab - Nurturing creativity and inventiveness 25 Sep 2015

On September 24th, 2015, the school of Management Fribourg (HEG-FR) inaugurated its new Innovation Lab in the basement. School director, Rico Baldegger, and State Councillor Beat Vonlanthen opened the event. Afterwards, young entrepreneurs had the opportunity to exchange ideas...

GUESSS 2013 20 Dec 2013

What are students’ entrepreneurial intentions and activities across the world? This question is of highest social and economic relevance. Students represent the entrepreneurs of tomorrow; their entrepreneurial plans and activities will shape tomorrow’s societies and the overall...

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2012 13 Jun 2013

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Report 2012 on Switzerland illustrates national differences in entrepreneurial attitudes, activity, and aspirations between economies, revealing the factors that determine the nature and level of national entrepreneurial activity, and...