Start-up Core Coaching
Provides Switzerland innovators with hands-on guidance for startup coaching and commercialization preparation and commercialization planning.
Innosuisse Core Coaching provides Swiss science-based start-ups with a coaching voucher worth up to CHF 50,000 for sessions with Innosuisse-accredited coaches over a maximum period of 36 months. Innosuisse — Switzerland's federal innovation agency — runs Core Coaching as the middle tier of a three-level coaching ladder: Initial Coaching (CHF 10,000 over 12 months) is the entry point for very early…
Swiss science-based start-ups with a confirmed innovation opportunity, ready to engage strategic coaches on a multi-year basis to develop product-market fit and growth strategy.
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