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Swisscom supports start-up founders in launching their ventures. Every new customer whose start-up was founded within the past year receives a welcome bonus along with their communication solution. more…

A very weak April followed a strong March. Only 3247 new legal forms were registered in commercial registers throughout Switzerland. This corresponds to a decline of 8.02% compared with April of last year. Compared to the previous month, this even represents a decrease of 22.10%. Especially Ticino recorded a sharp decline. more…

A non-competition clause is often included in an employment contract if an employee is of particular importance to the company. To ensure the employee’s compliance with this clause it often also stipulates a contractual penalty. This penalty should, however, not be excessively high, as otherwise the court may reduce the amount. more…

When creating a business many questions may arise. Regardless of whether it concerns the choice of a company name, the drafting of a business model or the necessary registrations, the Business Easy platform from Credit Suisse answers all your questions. You can also take advantage of the Startup Easy Package for new companies and remember […] more…

A total of 11,023 new legal entities were recorded in the Swiss Commercial Register in the first quarter of 2017. During the same period the previous year the number was 10,356. This corresponds to a growth figure of 6.44%, as revealed in the latest surveys published by STARTUPS.CH. more…

On 1 February 2016 STARTUPS.CH entered into a partnership with AbaFin Treuhand AG in Zug, which means that new entrepreneurs now have the possibility to receive personal advice in Zug. more…

Do you have a prototype you would like to commercialize? Are you ambitious to bring it to the rest of the world? If this is the case, the EU’s SME Instrument might be for you – a program Switzerland has just joined as of this year. more…

In February 2017, a total of 3,552 new companies were entered in the commercial register. This is 40 fewer than for the same month last year – a decrease of 1.11%. But in comparison to the previous month, it represents a welcome growth of 7.54%. more…

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 of communication and infrastructure. The experienced team members are as diverse as the start-ups that they advise – here we introduce four of them. more…

In the era of Big Data analysis, it has been long debated whether market research still represents an effective means of data collection. The question is a justifiable one, especially since comprehensive consumer profiles can be drawn up quickly based on online behaviour patterns, and we know that consumers find it difficult to describe their […] more…