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Morning Sessions:

• Laurent Decrue: Fit to Thrive: Mastering the Art of Product-Market-Fit
• Patrick Griss: Neglecting Product-Market-Fit: a common and fatal founder mistake
• Thomas Dübendorfer: How to make your startup investable
• Michael Baier: Legal Lift-off: Ensuring that your Startup is investable from a legal perspective
• Dominique Gruhl-Bégin: How to develop a relationship with your VC
• Andy Schwarzenbach: From Startup to Scale-up: the importance of getting from a „founding Board“ to a high performing „Board 2.0“
• Charles Vaslet: Do’s and dont’s for your startup BoD
• Dominique Mégret and Lukas Reinhardt: Challenges and opportunities in scaling at the example of Ecorobotix
• Jan Lederhausen: Fundraising in challenging times

Afternoon Sessions:  

• Matthias Schranner: How to negotiate with investors
• Enzo Wälchli: Cracking the Commercial Code: Key Factors for Success
• Claude Aemisegger: Tax pitfalls in the start-up and scale-up phase
• Isabelle Nüssli: Leading Forward: Navigating Growth and Development as a Team Leader
• Pascal Bieri: A Startup’s Guide to Bold International Expansion
• Oliver Arber: Go-To-Market-Pitfalls (A real-life Swiss Startup Case)
• Diane Freymond: Do’s and don’ts from recruiting to engaging your employees
• Antonia Albert and Victoria Lietha: Things you wish you’d have known – particular requirements by investors for deeptech startups
• Felicitas Gartmann: Deep dive about going abroad with your startup.
• Further topics include: Alternative funding options – what’s there and how does it work? The Reality of the Entrepreneurship Rollercoaster: Managing the Highs and Lows, your mental health and sanity. How AI changes the approach for startups.