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This anniversary book published to mark the tenth edition of >>venture>> celebrates Switzerland's most important start-up competition - and Swiss entrepreneurialism. From fledgling firms based in student dorms to companies with over 600 employees, sales above a hundred millions, and IPOs, the book lets successful >>venture>> graduates tell their own stories, thereby providing advice and encouragement to the next generation of founders. How did they come to start a company? What were the greatest obstacles? And why can failure be a blessing? Looking for role models? Here they are!«To date, 2,500 teams have participated in >>venture>>, 650 businesses have been founded, and over 6,000 jobs created. And, as this book shows, some of these new companies have been enormously successful.»Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard
A propos de l'auteur
Thomas Knecht comes from a family of Aargau entrepreneurs. After receiving an engineering degree from ETH and an MBA, he worked for McKinsey & Co. for 30 years, where he was head of the Swiss branch and sat on the consulting firm’s international governing board. In 1996 he came up with the idea for >>venture>>, and the first competition was held one year later. Today he directs Knecht Holding, a travel and transportation company with 1,000 employees. He is married to the entrepreneur Danielle Knecht-Lanz, co-founder of the advertising agency Ruf-Lanz.
Résumé
This anniversary book published to mark the tenth edition of >>venture>> celebrates Switzerland’s most important start-up competition – and Swiss entrepreneurialism. From fledgling firms based in student dorms to companies with over 600 employees, sales above a hundred millions, and IPOs, the book lets successful >>venture>> graduates tell their own stories, thereby providing advice and encouragement to the next generation of founders. How did they come to start a company? What were the greatest obstacles? And why can failure be a blessing?
Looking for role models? Here they are!
“To date, 2,500 teams have participated in >>venture>>, 650 businesses have been founded, and over 6,000 jobs created. And, as this book shows, some of these new companies have been enormously successful.”
Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard
