Field-specialized Training for Young Entrepreneurs

(admin.ch - The portal of the Swiss government, June 23, 2017)

From 2018 on, the Swiss Innovation Promotion authority Innosuisse – formerly known as the Commission for Technology and Innovation – will offer adapted training courses for young entrepreneurs. Newly, the two five-day classes on both business creation and development are going to be split up between and focused on ICT, Advanced Engineering, Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals, Medical Technology, and Social Entrepreneurship, instead of being jointly offered to startups from all fields. The public call for bids was won by the IFJ Institut für Jungunternehmen AG, which carries out the first four training courses, and the ZHAW School of Management and Law, which offers the class on Social Entrepreneurship. Each startup will also receive a coaching of three hours. The business creation and development training courses are completed by around 450 entrepreneurs each year.