Equity split is one of the most important decisions every founder who considers having a cofounding team needs to make. It is also one with a very significant impact. Not only does it determine the ownership of the business – it also has direct impact on the decision making and has a significant – or […] more

If you have enough funds, making voluntary contributions to your pension fund could be quite lucrative. On the one hand, you can thus strengthen your old-age plan, and on the other the privileged contributions can bring you tax savings. Whether to make such contributions or not should be well thought out, however. more

The annual Global Entrepreneurship Index ranks the Swiss economic system as the second best for start-ups. This is good news for our business hub and for motivated young people who are going to launch their own business. A closer look, however, reveals that there is still much potential for improvement. more

STARTUPS.CH, a leading specialist in online company formation, is encroaching new customer segments while substantially expanding its product range. STARTUPS.CH is thus aiming at 3000 new companies having been registered via its eponymous web platform. more

In November, the number of new company formations was going up unchecked. The decreases, which were at times strong, could be compensated by growth recorded in the cantons where the number of new registrations is usually the highest. Fortunately, also Ticino could show growth in November. more

In October the willingness to start up new businesses in Switzerland continues to grow unabatedly. As shown in the latest start-up report by STARTUPS.CH, last month as many as 3,576 new organisations were registered with the Commercial Register. This represents a growth of 12.59% compared with the same period of the previous year. more

Since 1999, the Swiss Economic Award has been assigned at the Swiss Economic Forum. This is the most prestigious young entrepreneur award in Switzerland. The prize is awarded for three categories. Each winner will receive CHF 25,000 prize money, well-founded expert feedback and the chance to introduce themselves to the general public through the media […] more

Late this June the starting gun was fired to bring the Swiss Entrepreneurs Foundation into being. The project is advocated by well-known politicians and businesspeople, with Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann leading the way. The purpose of the new fund is to complete what is offered now, to improve the framework conditions for start-ups in Switzerland […] more

The #FRAUENARBEIT foundation was brought into existence in 2017. Both founders, Regula Bührer Fecker and Judith Weber Günter, are two absolutely powerful women. In 2017 Regula Bührer Fecker published a book with the same title. The #FRAUENARBEIT initiative is meant to further exchange amongst young committed women. Having contact with experienced and successful female professionals […] more

With E-GUMA, Idea Creation GmbH has specialised, as one of the first companies in Europe, in software solutions for vouchering. What started with first projects in 2005 resulted, via STARTUPS.CH, in the 2009 foundation of an official company. With more than 600 successfully implemented projects and several thousand companies using the system on a daily […] more