CHF 150,000 for the best business ideas in Switzerland

A chance for Swiss entrepreneurs: STARTUPS.CH, AXA, Winterthur, and newly also Axpo, are presenting awards to the best business ideas in Switzerland. There awards come together under the header of the Swiss Startups Awards. Aside from the STARTUPS.CH AWARD, which is being given out by the online incorporation service of the same name, AXA insurance will be giving away a special innovation awards and the power company Axpo will, for the first time, be giving away its Energy Award. Each award comes with a sum of CHF 50,000. (more…)

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Partial self-employment: Owning your own business and unemployment insurance

Principally it is not possible that one is self-employed and unemployed at the same time. It is, however, possible to be partially self-employed, where one is only part-time self-employed.

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The path to becoming your own boss: choosing your company’s legal entity type

After you have decided to go into business for yourself, very early on you must already think about what kind of legal entity would be best suited for your company. To that end it is important to inform oneself early about the advantages and disadvantages of the different legal entity types.

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Lucerne’s low tax rate make it attractive for registered offices

The canton Lucerne has a very low tax burden for companies that have their registered offices there. From an intentional viewpoint, the tax rate on profits is extremely competitive.

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New entries into the commercial register in Q1 2013: Thurgau on the rise – Zurich remains stable

The number of new companies entered into the Swiss commercial register has remained stable for Q1 2013. When compared to the same quarter one year prior the numbers indicate an increase of 0.4% to a total of 10,105 entries. The clear sinner in terms of gains is the canton of Thurgau with an increase of 26%. The canton of Zurich, an important market barometer, lost 0.4%. These are the results of the latest analysis carried out by the entrepreneurship experts at STARTUPS.CH.

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New entries into the commercial register for March 2013 compaered to last year’s numbers

Do the number of commercial register entries for March exceeds the numbers for the same month last year? The following entry gives insight.

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LanzateSolo.cl is online!

Our Chilean branch, LanzateSolo.cl, is now online following more than half a year of planning and development.

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Legal charges against Startplace – the district attorney for Zug has decided not to invesitgate

The distirct attorney’s office for Zug came to a decision on April 5th 2013 in regard to the criminal complaint filed by STARTUPS.CH against the operators of www.startplace.ch (see our blog post from March 1st, 2013).

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How will customers pay in the future? The influence of Aduno

Aduno, one of the partners of STARTUPS.CH, has a significant influence on the above question. This blog entry should be able to give some insight. (more…)

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Consumer prices rise slightly

The Swiss Federal Department for Statistics (BfS) recorded a slight rise in consumer prices in the month of February. It was found that prices had increases 0.3% that month.

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