Archive for the ‘business ideas’ Category
Yesterday’s Sunday press summarized latest statistics about the mobile and web market in Switzerland. I thought this is quite good information and worth to be translated in English. If you need in depth information about statistics from Switzerland check out these source:
Swiss Federal Statistics Office, Eurostat, Comparis, Net-Metrix, Wemf, Public Data
Some cherry-picks:
(Switzerland has approximately 7.5 million people)
Print media
71.1% read newspapers
10.0% watch tv for at least 3 hours a day
Web media
0.56% watch television online once a week
20.5% download music online
Social Media
20.2% use instant messaging
0.1% use twitter
51.0% have a profile on a social network
21.3% are on Facebook
Mobile
13.0% own a mobile gaming console
4.0% connect to internet with a mobile phone
Love
31.9% have searched for a partner online
14.3% have met their current partner online
More stats
His speech is over. He’s proud. What a great chance to pitch his new start-up in front of all these people. His elevator pitch was the last one of this session. All guests leave the sticky room quickly. Outside, selected drinks are offered. Food is set on several smaller tables throughout the room. Business angels, journalists, and businessmen wander about the area; drink in one hand, trying out delectable nibbles with the other. He gets a glass of white wine and approaches a group of gray-haired men. As he joins the group and politely greets them, the man standing opposite to him says: “Ah, you did the last presentation, right? Good speech! Your company name sounds funny… hyzloo. So, tell me, what do you do again? ” Read full story »
Starting a venture is like having a baby: it gets very frightening as soon as you realize that you’ve taken over responsibility for something you’ve never had before. Will I be a good father? What if the baby gets sick? How do I know that it’s sick? How do you do this? Do that? Am I gonna kill it like the hamster I had? … omg, will I be a good father?
If you’re asking these questions as a father-to-be, I suppose it’s too late to pull back. As an entrepreneur-to-be your live is still a bit more maneuverable. Last Friday, I had the pleasure to speak in front of a group of exchange students about entrepreneurship and our company Cassiber. Nextech Venture, a venture fund in early-stage healthcare, and Télésonique, a Swiss telecommunication operator, presented as well. During the Q&A sessions and the subsequent panel discussion, the students’ questions remembered me of the time when we started.
I’ve put together a list of useful links and advices you might find interesting.
Heureka! ...
What is your business idea? What was your reaction to it, when you had your idea? Was it “Heureka! Halleluia! Wow, why has nobody else thought of this before?” Or was it “I think if we do it this way, it might add additional benefit to our potential customers.” The more you force yourself to find a business idea, the higher the chance you will fail. What is a good business idea? A new business model? A new way of doing something cheaper than competitors? A new rocket-science technology to search the internet? I guess they all might be… or might not. Read full story »
