00 Welcome to the EC Blog

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About us


We are the Marketing Team of the ETH Entrepreneur Club consisting of students at ETH Zurich and University of Zurich. After spending some time at uni and getting used to the workload and the monotony of our day to day life, it became clear to us that our education is not just about getting a degree in the end. There is so much more learning potential beyond the lecture slides of our professors and the exercise sets we spent our time with. The skillset and experiences we gained are only applicable to a certain extend in real life and no one ever taught us how to become successful in today’s world. Furthermore, despite hearing from many thriving ETH spinoffs and startups we hardly understood what it takes to actually become entrepreneurial ourselves. The thought of starting a company has always been very fascinating to us, which is why we joined the ETH Entrepreneur Club as a first step into that direction.

Our mission


As part of the marketing committee we are responsible for the new EC blog. It aims to shine a light on the constantly evolving startup culture in Switzerland, especially the companies in our coworking space, the Rocket Hub. Moreover, we want to give you an insight into what it is like to be an early stage entrepreneur, the mechanics of founding a startup and important factors that can facilitate your growth. By sharing unique startup stories, we want to make entrepreneurship less abstract and thereby inspire you to realize your ideas and dreams. Dream it. Do it.

If you want to learn more about us or have any suggestions for blog posts, do not hesitate to send an email to info@entrepreneur-club.org.




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