Learning from experience

Roch Ogier, Michael Hilb, Virginie Verdon (Carniel): Start-up governance in Switzerland: practical guidelines for founders and board members

The potential of the board to help a start-up increase its chance of success and minimize its risk of failure is often overlooked and untapped. The board is a powerful tool, so powerful that it can make or break a start-up. A well-functioning and robust board can attract investors, add financial and strategic value, save time and money, facilitate decision processes, help avoid common pitfalls and identify risks early on, and bring a new or holistic view to the company.

The authors are offering guidance to ensure that boards are optimized so that they can realize their potential to fully benefit the start-up. In the first part, they address how founders can recruit the most suitable board and board members. Then, they describe how the board (among which will often be one or more of the founders) can best operate.

The 10-page booklet can be downloaded for free.

Phil Lojacono: Berglinde

Berglinde, initiated by Advanon CEO Phil Lojacono, is a blog in which learnings/experiences are shared that are part of the entrepreneurial journey. The website's aim is to shed a more honest, yet more exciting light on founding a company. The ultimate goal of Berglinde is to play a little role in bringing entrepreneurship to the next level by sharing learnings and hence creating a steeper learning curve for all of us. Two posts have been published already.

Matthias Zwingli: Survival Mode Podcast

The podcast run by Matthis Zwingli, Senior Project Manager Startup Enablement & International Connectivity at digitalswitzerland, explores how entrepreneurs navigate the COVID-19 crisis. So far six episodes have been produced.