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On-Site Blog 2017

2017, Blog, News, On-Site 2017

Final wrap-up

It’s sad to say, but connectUS 2017 is already over. With the Closing Event on May 8, it officially came to an end. But we had a wonderful year with lots of interesting and amazing moments.   Everything started in summer 2016 with the planning. The first official event then was the Kick-Off Meeting for […]

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11/05/2017/0 Comments/by Fabienne Galli
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On-Site 2017

Second NeXus newsletter 2017

We are very happy to announce; we published our Nexus Newsletter today! The FHNW International Student Projects Insight China, Focus India, connectUS, and exploreASEAN have created a corporate newsletter to share the highlights of the On-Site Seminar. There are very interesting articles about Swiss companies around the world, innovation and many insights into the On-Site Seminar 2017! You can download the newsletter […]

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02/05/2017/0 Comments/by Julien Weil
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On-Site 2017

Wrap up New York

New York – established and still growing business hub With a meaningful historical background (e.g. the wall street etc.) New York is already well known and one of the most famous (business) cities in the world. Anyways, there is still a lot of demand for office spaces in that area. Corporates still consider it as […]

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23/04/2017/0 Comments/by Raphael Civatti
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2017, Blog, On-Site 2017

Day 15 – New York

This is actually our last day of our On-Site Seminar. We enjoyed this day with two interesting visits.   Livestream We were warmly welcomed at Livestream by Matt O’Leary and Dave Yeu. This company exists since 10 years and has over 120 employees here in Brooklyn. They also have teams in India and Ukraine, but […]

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21/04/2017/1 Comment/by Fabienne Galli
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2017, Blog, On-Site 2017

Day 14 – New York

We had this day, actually our second last day in New York, two different visits and a bit of leisure time.   Consulate General of Switzerland In the morning, we met André Schaller, the Ambassador, at the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York City. First of all, he told us some facts about the […]

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21/04/2017/0 Comments/by Fabienne Galli
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2017, Blog, On-Site 2017

Day 13 – New York

Today, we had two interesting and absolutely different visits. Both of them were really exciting.   Alex Goldberg He is a venture capitalist and the Managing Director of Canary Venture. The focus of his company lies on seed-stage as well as B2B enterprise and infrastructure software start-ups. Alex Goldberg does not only invest in these start-ups, he […]

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20/04/2017/0 Comments/by Fabienne Galli
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2017, Blog, On-Site 2017

Day 12 – New York

Our twelfth day was fully booked with a visit at Google in New York city. Chantrelle Johanson, Caitlin Boston and Maria Grach welcomed us at their huge office. An incredible fact is that the office has the same space like the Empire State Building. Furthermore, about 7’000 employees work for Google in New York. First […]

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19/04/2017/0 Comments/by Fabienne Galli
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2017, On-Site, On-Site 2017

Wrap up Boston

Boston – the Silicon Valley of the east coast! Well known for it’s universities, Boston is way more than only a student city. Very fast one considers that there is a high business potential. In more detail it is the health care and tech hub of the United States (or even the world). Of course […]

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18/04/2017/0 Comments/by Julien Weil
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2017, Blog, On-Site 2017

Day 11 – New York

On this Easter Monday, we had no company visits. So, each delegation member could do what he or she wanted. Some of us went to a shopping outlet and others did some sightseeing.   Here, you find some impressions of the sightseeing tour.                         […]

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18/04/2017/0 Comments/by Fabienne Galli
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2017, Blog, On-Site 2017

Day 10 – New York

This day, we were travelling from Boston to New York with the bus. The journey was longer than we thought due to the huge traffic in the city. Nevertheless, we were all really excited to arrive in New York and enjoyed a great evening.  

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18/04/2017/0 Comments/by Fabienne Galli
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2017, Blog, On-Site 2017

Day 9 – Boston

Today, we had the chance to go to the Cambridge Science Festival. It was a pleasure to see all the different types of sciences. For example, we could drive electronic bikes, see a robotic doc or use a 3D printer.   After having fun at the festival, everybody could do what they wanted to do. […]

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16/04/2017/0 Comments/by Fabienne Galli
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2017, Blog, On-Site 2017

Day 8 – Boston

Our eighth day or our On-Site Seminar. We had a full program with lots of impressions.   Proclara Biosciences Hampus Hillerstrom, the CFO and Executive Vice President as well as Co-Founder, welcomed us at the office of Swissnex. Proclara produces alzheimer medicine that decelerate this illness. Their goal is to reach all molecule and not […]

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14/04/2017/0 Comments/by Fabienne Galli
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Day 7 – Boston

Today we had our first day in Boston! Swissnex Boston Dr. Felix Moesner, the CEO and Consul of Swissnex Boston welcomed us at their office in Cambridge. He told us that networking is essential and you should prepare yourself for every single event. After the introduction of Felix Moesner, Jonas Brunschwig and Francesco Bortoluzzi – both are Swiss –told […]

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14/04/2017/0 Comments/by Julien Weil
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News, On-Site 2017

Wrap up San Francisco

The Bay Area – The place where innovation comes from. No matter what company we visited in San Francisco or the Silicon Valley, we always had the impression to have arrived in the future. Either a company’s product, business model, process or employees seem to strive for innovation. We were lucky enough to be given […]

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14/04/2017/0 Comments/by Raphael Civatti
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2017, Blog, On-Site 2017

Day 6 – Boston

This day we were travelling the whole day from San Francisco to Boston. We had to leave really early in the morning and arrived in the evening at our hotel in Boston. The whole delegation enjoyed together a first dinner in a typical American restaurant.

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13/04/2017/0 Comments/by Fabienne Galli
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2017, Blog, On-Site 2017

Day 5 – San Francisco

Our fifth and last day in San Francisco was splitted in two parts. In the morning, the delegation had time for them-selves and do what they wanted. In the afternoon, we had a last visit here.   Xamarin Karina Ung from Xamarin organised together with Paul Singh from Microsoft this visit. David Hathaway presented us the […]

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12/04/2017/0 Comments/by Fabienne Galli
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2017, Blog, On-Site 2017

Day 4 – San Francisco

We spent our fourth day in the Silicon Valley. So, everbody was really looking forward to this day.   Swisscom Outpost Our first stop was at the Swisscom Outpost. Lukas Peter, CEO of this outpost and a Swiss guy, welcomed us at their office. It was founded in 1998 and has nowadays 10 employees. He […]

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11/04/2017/0 Comments/by Fabienne Galli
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2017, Blog, On-Site 2017

Day 3 – San Francisco

Leisure time – this was the motto of our third day. Everybody could do what he or she wanted to.   But the delegation had the opportunity to explore Alcatraz, the prison of San Francisco. Most of them joined this trip. It was really interesting to see how the prisoner had to live there. With […]

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10/04/2017/0 Comments/by Fabienne Galli
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2017, Blog, On-Site 2017

Day 2 – San Francisco

The second day of our On-Site Seminar stood for exploring San Francisco. Therefore, we had a big bus tour across the whole city. We did a first stop by the Alamo Square. From there, we had an amazing view over the city.                     Afterwards, we headed to […]

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10/04/2017/0 Comments/by Fabienne Galli
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2017, Blog, On-Site 2017

Day 1 – San Francisco

Our On-Site Seminar started today with three absolutely interesting visits in San Francisco City.   DocuSign This company manages contracts electronically and not on paper. So, you are able to sign, send and manage documents anytime, anywhere and on any device. About 2’000 people are working for DocuSign worldwide. 2005 was the foundation in Seattle and […]

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08/04/2017/0 Comments/by Fabienne Galli
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