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Author: Alexandra Alexandru

i²c Founder & Investor Talk on March 7th: “Learnings from mySugr to make your life as a start-up founder suck less” by Fredrik Debong

Success not guaranteed, long hours, uncertain outcomes, probably a severe lack of personal time and vacation – welcome to the life as an entrepreneur. Fredrik Debong has been fortunate to…
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i²c Founder & Investor Talk on April 11th: “Everyone said it was impossible, but I did not know that and did it” by Andreas Kern

Prior to founding wikifolio.com in 2012, Andreas Kern gained his professional experience in the Financial and Payment Industries. As COO of paybox Austria GmbH he managed the positive turnaround with…
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i²c Distinguished Speaker Talk on May 23rd: “The Role of the Research University in the Innovation Economy” by Lenore Blum

Research universities can play a central role in the innovation ecosystem, driving regional and national economic growth. Lenore Blum will describe their initiatives at Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania, USA) during…
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i²c Founder & Investor Talk on April 25th: “Bootstrapping – The long road to success” by Peter Steinberger

Peter Steinberger will talk about his road from a freelancer to CEO of a successful, growing international company with a deliberate choice of not taking VC money. This talk is…
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i²c Founder & Investor Talk on May 2nd: “XARION: A laser acoustic sensor start-up. The role of intellectual property” by Balthasar Fischer

Since its founding in 2012, XARION has raised several million euros of risk capital and funding. A member of the Porsche family became a shareholder in 2014, the machine tools…
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i²c Founder & Investor Talk on June 6th: “Lessons learned while scaling a B2D start-up from Austria” by Christopher Müller

Scaling a company from Austria is not easy. Finding product market fit, attracting VC funding, entering different markets like the US, APAC, LATAM etc. needs some special tactics. In his…
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