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“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
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Please don’t close Red Herring offices in Zurich!
Yesterday evening I heard rumors that Red Herring International wants to close down the European offices at Technopark in Zurich.
Alex, please don’t do that!
Some Reasons:
#1: Farley Duvall is doing a great job there
#2: There were 7 Swiss companies among this years Red Herring 100.
#3: There is a good reason why Google is investing a lot of resources in Zurich
#4: Switzerland is a good test market for expanding Red Herring 100 companies
#5: Entrepreneurship is getting rapidly more popular in Switzerland because of initiatives like venturelab (a great partner for Red Herring)
#6: We’re going to organize a regular Red Herring roundtable for Swiss entrepreneurs in Zurich (some Swiss entrepreneurs, Farley and Elizabeth had the idea yesterday evening)
I’m sure there are another GOOD reasons to not close down this office!
Alex, please think about it!
Chuchichäschtli meets Supertext
Yesterday I met the guys from Supertext in the Technopark Zurich, the probably most famous and best business incubating building in Switzerland.
As you can see, we had good fun :-).
Learnings about the Technopark:
#1: It’s probably the best place where you want to start your business
#2: It’s quite expensive (about 1000-1500 CHF per month for a small office). Tip: Subleasing is cheaper! Many companies have more space than they need.
#3: The furniture problem is solved. You just bring your laptop and start building your business. Alternative: You spend 2 weeks with Ikea and OBI (like we did).
#4: The eating problem is solved. There is a canteen and a bar inhouse. Alternative: Pizza, sandwiches and Kebab for the rest of your life (like we do)
#5: You have a great postal address!
#6: You have a receptionist!
#7: You have great people (entrepreneurs, investors, coaches) around you all the time.
Why the heck isn’t there a Technopark in Basel? Basel, are you sleeping? Wake up! Now!
Grundstein für Schweizer Silicon Valley gelegt?
Die Zürich-Expansion von Google ist ja mittlerweile ein alter Hut (wer schon immer mal bei Google arbeiten wollte, hat wohl jetzt seine grosse Chance).
Was mich aber viel mehr interessiert, ob das Hürlimann-Areal bzw. Zürich im allgemeinen nun zu einem Hightech-Hub – einem Schweizer Silicon Valley sozusagen – aufsteigt. Das Hürlimann-Areal, der Technopark und die ETH sind ja schon mal gute Voraussetzungen dafür. Wenn es jetzt noch mehr Technoparks in Zürich gäbe, würde ich die Initiative "Wir ziehen ins Schweizer Silicon Valley um" starten (auch wenn ich die Hoffnung noch nicht ganz aufgegeben habe, eines Tages in Basel den Grundstein für das Schweizer Silicon Valley zu legen :-).
Wie dem auch sei:
Hightech-Unternehmen aller Kantone, vereinigt Euch!
