The CEO of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce has received an honorary doctorate from the Institute of Agroecology and Natural Resources in Kiev for his outstanding contributions to business development. The ceremony was attended by an international audience. Visiting Kiev On 25 November 2021, an international delegation visited the Institute…
Category: Women in Business
CBS investigates imports of digital services
The past decade has seen our economy undergo a metamorphosis thanks to digitisation. Phenomena such as globalisation, digitisation and the shift in the economy towards services are causing completely new business models to emerge. This begs the question of whether CBS’ existing measurement and registration methods are still sufficient for…
Our free business directory listing | A golden opportunity to reinvent your business (before it’s too late)
Faced with the unpleasant reality of the Coronacrisis, you are compelled to reinvent your business. The ability to pull off this difficult feat—to jump from the maturity stage of one business to the growth stage of the next—is what separates high performers from those whose time at the top is…
Our upcoming events at CNNMoney Switzerland
The Digital Future Board Room is a problem-solving roundtable for experts to provide key direction, perspectives, and solutions to pressing global issues that shape our digital future. All events are televised by CNNMoney Switzerland, digitally distributed, and open to an invited audience. At our events, you can be interviewed by CNNMoney Switzerland in…
Digital Future Board Room during the World Economic Forum in Davos
The European Chamber of Digital Commerce provides leading solutions for leaders. Our partners enjoy world-class management and technology advisory, global investor and client introductions, authoritative industry whitepapers, and an international Court of Arbitration. The Digital Future Board Room is a problem-solving roundtable for experts to provide key direction on critical issues shaping…
Demystifying Valuation: What Is My Tech Company Worth?
There are at least 12 different ways of assigning a valuation to a company. In simple, common-sense terms, what are these 12 methods? 1. Your revenue. Not the best for early-stage startups, but after a company has been in business for a few years and has a stable customer base, an investor…
Intermediary commission percentages to raise money from investors
Investment banks and other consultants can plan and execute a fundraising campaign for startups and for companies in the growth phase. A reputable fundraising intermediary will likely speed up the process, reduce the legal risks, and negotiate a better deals. Most brokers will take a monthly retainer plus 5 percent…
Important Message to Cleantech Companies
How Do Tech Companies Cross “The Valley of Death” into Profitability? Engerati covers how the European Chamber of Digital Commerce helps tech companies with the #1 issue confronting them: how to go from innovation to making money. Technology innovators need to understand the markets in which they are operating and…
ECDC Cooperates with Research on Startups at King’s College London
CEO of the European Chamber of Digital Commerce Cooperates with Research on Italian Startups at King’s College London “Made in Italy”–does this label have a negative or positive effect on investors making decisions to fund biotech and medical technology startups in Italy? How is Italy perceived as a country? Does…
The #1 Problem Tech Companies Face
The #1 problem that tech companies face, simply put, is making money. We might have a trailblazing innovation, but who will buy it? And how do we get those people to actually BUY it? The first 15 years of my career, I was building technology within the corporate and government…
Statistics Show Women Are Better Entrepreneurs Than Men
Entrepreneur Magazine (Europe) found that 98% of venture capital funding goes to men although women own about 1/3 of all businesses in both the U.S. and Europe. However, Boston Consulting Group published in the report, “Why Women-Owned Startups Are a Better Bet”, that businesses founded by women deliver more than twice…
The intriguing history of IT showcased by the Hellenic IT Museum
The European Chamber of Digital Commerce endorses the Hellenic IT Museum for its rich collection of milestone computers and peripherals that have led to the progress of information technology. This special IT Museum in Greece started its operations in 2009. Since 2012, the Museum constitutes the first official Greek organization…
Becoming an International Offshore Centre – Steps to be taken by African nations
Introduction A number of African countries have began the process of moving away from being a tax haven to being an international finance centre, offering financial products to take advantage of the increasing international mobility of capital and labour. Legislations are continually being written with this goal in mind. It is…
SwissMate Archive
SwissMate is a publication of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in The Netherlands (SCCN), formed in 1933. SwissMate is the predecessor of Digital Future Magazine, published by the European Chamber of Digital Commerce, an activity of the SCCN.