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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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.
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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