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SUMMARY:🚀 Elevator Pitching Contest 2025 by ImpactLab
DESCRIPTION:🚀 Elevator Pitching Contest 2025 \nDate: Thursday\, 5 June 2025 \nTime: 17:30 – 19:30\, followed by a networking apéro \nLocation: FHNW Campus\, Olten \nPitching: Room OVR A012 \nApéro: Atrium B \n  \n🗓️Event Agenda \n17:30 – Opening & Welcome \n17:40 – Keynote Speech \nSuccess\, Set-backs\, and the Stuff that Matters \nJacqueline Kartberg\, PhD \nGlobal Lead for Product Innovation and Development at Abbott \n18:10 – Student Startup Pitches \n19:15 – Jury Deliberation & Closing Remarks \n19:30 – Interactive Apéro & Networking \n  \n🌟 Ready to witness the next wave of entrepreneurship?\nJoin us for a high-energy evening as student innovators from FHNW’s ImpactLab take the stage to present their bold ideas and real-world solutions in front of a live audience\, expert jury\, and potential investors. Whether you’re a supporter of young talent\, a curious innovator\, or a future founder yourself\, this is an event you won’t want to miss. \n\nWhat to Expect:\n🎤 Student Pitch Presentations\nTalented students will present business ideas developed through the Startup Track in just 5 minutes per pitch. \n💡 Inspiring Guest Speaker\nHear insights and advice from a special guest sharing their entrepreneurial journey and tips for success. \n🤝 Interactive Networking Apéro\nConnect with students\, professionals\, and industry experts in a relaxed setting in Atrium B. \n📌 Ready to join? Register here:\n \nAlternative Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbeLoEqBlgLV79Bl2i-lrqFjazy4NI0kI7HUsvtaOBer2zEQ/viewform \nDon’t miss this chance to support emerging entrepreneurs and discover the ideas shaping tomorrow!
URL:https://impactlab.fhnw.ch/event/751/
LOCATION:FHNW Olten\, Von Rollstrasse 10\, Olten\, 4600\, Switzerland
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SUMMARY:Night of Failures 2024 - Embrace the power of failure and unlock your true potential.
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of honest storytelling at the Night of Failures organized by FHNW\, Neo Network and powered by Innosuisse. The three speakers will share their stories of failure and the lessons they learned from them. \nSpeakers: \n\nBenno Burkhardt (Partner Value 2go AG)\nLourdes Martins (Head of Swisscom Intrapreneurship)\nLorenz Pöhlmann (Founder & CEO Adretto)\n\nWe still don’t like to talk about our failures in Switzerland. The opportunities arising from making mistakes are vast though. How can we learn from them and improve ourselves on the way? At the Night of Failures\, the three speakers share insights into the mistakes they made\, the setbacks they faced\, and the tough decisions they had to make along the way. This event is all about celebrating failure as a natural part of everyone’s journey and learning from it to improve oneself. \nBut the Night of Failure isn’t just about learning from failure – it’s also about getting inspired to take action. These stories will inspire you to get out there and start your own thing\, knowing that failure is not the end\, but just a part of the process. You’ll learn that failure can be a valuable opportunity for growth and that with perseverance\, you can achieve your goals.
URL:https://impactlab.fhnw.ch/event/night-of-failures-2024-embrace-the-power-of-failure-and-unlock-your-true-potential/
LOCATION:FHNW Olten\, Von Rollstrasse 10\, Olten\, 4600\, Switzerland
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240529T170000
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SUMMARY:Elevator Pitching Contest by ImpactLab
DESCRIPTION:🚀 Ready to witness the next wave of entrepreneurship? Join us for an exciting showcase of student brilliance at our Elevator Pitching Contest! 🌟 Students participating in ImpactLab Company track and Startup track will present their solutions to challenges on stage. 🎤 Don’t miss out! \n📌Register here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.ch/e/elevator-pitching-contest-tickets-890700969577?aff=oddtdtcreator \nAbout the Event\nWe’re delighted to invite you to our upcoming Elevator Pitch contest on May 29\, 2024. where students\, fostered at ImpactLab\, at FHNW University of Applied Sciences\, will compete and showcase their exciting business ideas! \nThis is a great opportunity to witness the future of entrepreneurship and innovation in action and to support these bright young minds as they present their ideas to a panel of judges and potential investors. The competition promises to be exciting\, as students will have only 10 min to pitch their ideas in front of a live audience. \nWe look forward to seeing you there and being a part of this exciting event!!! \nEvent Agenda: \n\n17:00 – 17:05 Introduction\n17:05 – 18:05 Startup Track\n18:15 – 18:45 Company Track\n18:55 – 19:00 Closing and Apéro
URL:https://impactlab.fhnw.ch/event/656/
LOCATION:FHNW Olten\, Von Rollstrasse 10\, Olten\, 4600\, Switzerland
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SUMMARY:Impact Driven Community Building
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 2024 Community Building Event featuring four distinguished speakers from diverse industries. This event is an opportunity to gain valuable insights and inspiration for creating stronger\, more connected communities. Let`s deep-dive into this topic\, network with like-minded people and learn about innovative community-building strategies making a positive impact worldwide. \nOur guests: \n\nMaria-Gabriela Sarmiento Founder &VP Save my Identity\nLidia Zabala Head of Marketing and Community building\, Lean in Switzerland\nBen Kiss Co-Founder Cloudburst.ch\nMonika Moldovan Community Building Catalyst\n\nRegister HERE
URL:https://impactlab.fhnw.ch/event/impact-driven-community-building/
LOCATION:FHNW Olten\, Von Rollstrasse 10\, Olten\, 4600\, Switzerland
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240328T120000
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SUMMARY:VENTURE BRIEFING @ FHNW MUTTENZ
DESCRIPTION:Target audience:\n\nStudents\, PhD\, Postdoc\, Academic Staff & Alumni\, Entrepreneurs\, Interested in Entrepreneurship\n\nWhy attend?\n\nCoaching\, Inspiration\, Networking\n\nProgram\n***Note – as this is an event over lunchtime\, we will offer food and drinks for all registered participants (free of charge)*** \nTake a startup deep dive an join us for lunch! The Venture Briefing event series is designed to help students with an intent to pursue entrepreneurship take their first steps towards building a successful company. \n \nThe event features a keynote speech from successful entrepreneur Frédéric Schuind\, CEO and Founder of Spirecut SA. \nFrédéric Schuind\, MD\, PhD\, is an academic orthopaedic surgeon with double citizenship\, Swiss and Belgian. He was head of the department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of Erasme academic hospital (Universite? libre de Bruxelles) and full professor of orthopaedics and of surgery in Brussels\, until he became emeritus in October 2020. Having relocated in Switzerland\, he has founded Swibrace AG to develop a new paradigm of treatment of fractures using 3D-printed braces. F. Schuind believed that with improved anatomical bracing\, it could be possible to achieve equivalent or better results than after surgery to fix the fracture\, avoiding the pain and complications of the operation. Swibrace has developed and validated its products with Swiss academic partners\, through the support of Innosuisse\, till the present stage of a design-protected light brace\, now on the Swiss market\, with a patent covering an original method of production\, granted in Europe and in the USA\, and the necessary regulatory in place. When F. Schuind was still professor in Belgium\, one of his collaborators came with the idea to operate common indications of hand surgery under a pin hole skin opening\, under ultrasound guidance. Spirecut AG\, a spin-off of Swibrace\, was then founded and has developed\, patented and certified Spirecut’s Sono-Instruments\, which are now internationally sold\, after having received CE-marking under MDR and FDA-listing. F. Schuind\, coming from a family of successful Swiss entrepreneurs established in Belgium\, will explain the challenges that faces an academic doctor\, after a long surgical career\, to develop a company\, and will insist on the supports he founded to achieve his projects in Switzerland – academic support\, and daily support of his young and dynamic collaborators. \n  \nAbout Spirecut: The Muttenz-based company’s focus is the treatment of trigger finger and carpal tunnel syndrome\, which affect one in seven in their lifetimes. With Spirecut’s patented instruments\, surgeons achieve greater accuracy\, leading to better patient recovery and results. The company has been a 2021 winner of of Venture Kick\, as well as of support by Innosuisse\, swissnex\, Switzerland Innovation\, MassChallenge\, Basel Landschaft\, HEIA-FR\, Innovate UK\, Swiss Innovation Challenge\, SITEM\, Basel Area\, and global nerve foundation. \n  \nFrédéric will talk about his startup and share details about his journey building a successful company. He will also help answer some of your questions during the Q&A session: \n\nHow to become an entrepreneur?\nHow to validate my idea?\nHow to fund my idea?\nHow to find help to bring my idea to life?\n\nYou will also be introduced to different support programs available to new entrepreneurs: \n\nVenture Kick: up to CHF 150\,000 pre-seed capital for business development\nInnoBooster: up to CHF 150\,000 grant to accelerate market entry\nFirst Ventures: up to CHF 150\,000 financial support and tailored coaching program for University of Applied Science students\n\nThank you to the Gebert Rüf Stiftung for supporting this event.
URL:https://impactlab.fhnw.ch/event/venture-briefing-fhnw-muttenz-2/
LOCATION:FHNW Muttenz\, Hofackerstrasse 30\, Muttenz\, 4132\, Switzerland
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20231116T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20231116T190000
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SUMMARY:Starting up: Stories of sustainable start-ups
DESCRIPTION:Successful role models are the best motivation for anyone wanting to take the plunge into self-employment. At our module 1 «Business Ideas» motivational event\, you will meet interesting entrepreneurs that focus on sustainability and be inspired by their success stories and their efforts towards the SDGs. \nThe event is addressed to members of higher education institutions: students\, doctoral students\, PostDocs\, researchers\, lecturers\, and professors from FHNW. Other guest are also welcomed. Registration is mandatory to take place in the event. \nThe «Business Ideas» motivational event will be held in English.
URL:https://impactlab.fhnw.ch/event/starting-up-stories-of-sustainable-start-ups/
LOCATION:FHNW Olten\, Von Rollstrasse 10\, Olten\, 4600\, Switzerland
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230601T170000
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CREATED:20230418T202146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230528T175552Z
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SUMMARY:Elevator Pitch Contest ImpactLab @FHNW
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to invite you to our upcoming Elevator Pitch contest\, where talented students incubated at ImpactLab\, the first incubator at the FHNW University of Applied Sciences\, will compete to showcase their innovative business ideas. \nThis is a great opportunity to witness the future of entrepreneurship and innovation in action and to support these bright young minds as they present their ideas to a panel of judges and potential investors. The competition promises to be exciting\, as students will have only 5 min to pitch their ideas in front of a live audience. \nThe winner will be invited to pitch at the Swiss national pitching event Talent Pitch (https://talent-pitch.org/). \nWe look forward to seeing you there and being a part of this exciting event!!! \n 
URL:https://impactlab.fhnw.ch/event/elevator-pitch-contest-impactlab-fhnw/
LOCATION:FHNW Olten\, Von Rollstrasse 10\, Olten\, 4600\, Switzerland
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230516T180000
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SUMMARY:Night of Failures - NEO & ImpactLabFHNW
DESCRIPTION:We still don’t like to talk about our failures in Switzerland. The opportunities arising from making mistakes are vast though. How can we learn from them and improve ourselves on the way? Join us for a night of honest storytelling at the Night of Failures organized by NEO Network and ImpactLab at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland in Olten! \nAt the Night of Failures\, the three speakers Alice Dal Fuoco (Head of Innovation\, VNTR Postfinance)\, Alan Frei (Co-Founder\, Amorana) and Michele Matt (Founder & VRP\, MyCamper) will share their stories of failure and the lessons they learned from them. You’ll get insights into the mistakes they made\, the setbacks they faced\, and the tough decisions they had to make along the way. This event is all about celebrating failure as a natural part of everyone’s journey and learning from it to improve oneself. \nBut the Night of Failure isn’t just about learning from failure – it’s also about getting inspired to take action. These stories will inspire you to get out there and start your own thing\, knowing that failure is not the end\, but just a part of the process. You’ll learn that failure can be a valuable opportunity for growth\, and that with perseverance\, you can achieve your goals. \nDon’t miss out on this great opportunity\, be prepared to be inspired\, educated\, and motivated to take action!
URL:https://impactlab.fhnw.ch/event/neo-impactlabfhnw-night-of-failures/
LOCATION:FHNW Olten\, Von Rollstrasse 10\, Olten\, 4600\, Switzerland
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230427T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230427T181500
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SUMMARY:First steps on the way to your start-up
DESCRIPTION:Are you thinking of starting your own business? Do you want to hear first-hand\, what steps you can take to get started? This event will provide you with inspiration\, know-how and networking opportunities. We will focus on the first steps that you can take to build your own business. After the event\, we will move to the Technopark (3 minutes by foot) for the evening event of the “Tag des Gründens” by Aargau Services\, which will include speeches\, discussions and an Apéro (Details: Abendanlass Tag des Gründens). \nOur speaker: John Klepper  is a serial entrepreneur with 16 years experience in founding and growing technology-based companies. He also holds several board positions. He is experienced in lean startup\, operational management\, structuring\, strategic planning and raising capital. He has led one successful exit and is currently involved in three ventures at various stages of growth. \nPlease register here or via the QR code and let us know\, if you will also join us for the evening event at Technopark. \n\n\nRoom:  6.0D09 in building 6 (first building after the station)\n\nNetworking & Apéro at Technopark from 18.30 onwards
URL:https://impactlab.fhnw.ch/event/first-steps-on-the-way-to-your-start-up/
LOCATION:FHNW Brugg-Windisch\, Bahnhofstrasse 6\, Windisch\, 5210\, Switzerland
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SUMMARY:Venture Briefing @ FHNW MUTTENZ
DESCRIPTION:Note – as this is an event over lunchtime\, food and drinks will be offered for all registered participants (free of charge) \n\nTake a startup deep dive an join us for lunch! The Venture Briefing event series is designed to help students with an intent to pursue entrepreneurship take their first steps towards building a successful company. \n \nThe event features a keynote speech from successful entrepreneur Greg Gonciarz\, COO and Co-Founder of Resistell. \nGreg leads the company’s operations\, including high level supervision and planning of the product development\, IT infrastructure and company’s finances. Greg is an IT engineer by education and a serial entrepreneur. Since 2007\, he has co-founded\, managed and coached multiple technology-based start-ups in different sectors. Greg is also a startup coach and teaches other younger entrepreneurs how to build and keep motivated cross-functional teams. Outside of work he enjoys mountain biking\, skiing and most of all cooking. \nAbout Resistell: The EPFL spin-off based in Muttenz is a clinical stage company with its own testing device\, Resistell Phenotech\, based on first in class nanomotion technology platform. Resistell proposes an alternative to culture based antibiogram\, the current gold standard in antibiotic susceptibility testing. The company has been a winner of all three stages of Venture Kick and the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award for four consecutive years. In late 2022\, Resistell raised CHF 8.5 million from investors including EIC Fund\, TRUMPF Venture\, OCCIDENT\, Zürcher Kantonalbank\, Launchpad. \nGreg will talk about his startup and share details about his journey building a successful company. He will also help answer some of your questions during the Q&A session: \n\nHow to become an entrepreneur?\nHow to validate my idea?\nHow to fund my idea?\nHow to find help to bring my idea to life?\n\nYou will also be introduced to different support programs available to new entrepreneurs: \n\nVenture Kick: up to CHF 150\,000 pre-seed capital for business development\nInnoBooster: up to CHF 150\,000 grant to accelerate market entry\nFirst Ventures: up to CHF 150\,000 financial support and tailored coaching program for University of Applied Science students\n\n 
URL:https://impactlab.fhnw.ch/event/venture-briefing-fhnw-muttenz/
LOCATION:FHNW Muttenz\, Hofackerstrasse 30\, Muttenz\, 4132\, Switzerland
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