22-05-2012 - Start2match 2012

SMEs daily face new challenges for which entrepreneurship and market position their path.
Relationships represent the key stone of the future of business, and SMEs need valid tools to bring to success their entrepreneurial activity.
In this scenario, Start2Match aims at being the international Matchingevent for all SMEs looking for new contacts for the development of their business.
The event combines traditional face-to-face meetings with the modern matching on-line tools, in order to create matching opportunities that will last. The event will be attended by international companies, which are looking for new forms of development and collaboration granting success to their entrepreneurial activities.
Start2Match is hosted in collaboration with Swiss Business Group, (http://www.swissbg.ch), AssoiiSuisse (Association of Entrepreneurs) (www.assoii-suisse.org), SKV (Swiss Association of SMEs ), (www.kmuverband.ch) and “The Lantern”Research (http://www.thelanternresearch.com), investors and financial analysts network that contributes to the event with “Fiscal Forum 2012”.
Start2Match aims at providing matching opportunities which last. Thematching is not intended to happen only during the venue, on the contrary itstarget is to provide the opportunity to be in contact with potential partnersfrom the subscription to Start2Match. This goal can be achieved thanks to the integration of the venue into the platform Start2Business: both exhibitors andparticipants have the possibility to start their matching online on Swiss BusinessGroup corporate business network. Start2Business allows to all users tointeract in a structured network, with the best advanced tools of Web 2.0.
The platform gives the unique opportunity to prepare your businessmeetings that will take place during the venue, furthermore Start2Business allows you to manage them also after the end of Start2Match.
DuringStart2Match, each exhibiting company gets the chance to organize a special own event within the principal event. Start2Match Workshops slots are intended t obe the right occasion for companies and entrepreneurs to show themselves duringStart2Match, having a devoted area at their complete disposal.
Start2MatchWorkshops aims at introducing companies and their projects to the audience,which is specifically selected and invited according to the topic of the presentation.
StartUpLounge
When we define Start Up companies, we are talking about companies which level oftechnology and innovation is particularly high. Start2Match pays a particularattention to Start Up companies, which animates the economic fabric ofbusiness. During the venue, in a special location within Palazzo dei Congressi,namely the Start Up Lounge, Start Up companies have the unique opportunity tomeet potential venture capitalist, business angels, stakeholders and investorsin general who can fund interesting and innovative projects.
The event sees also the participation of Ticino Canton, and it is developed under the patronage of Città di Lugano.
www.start2match.com
www.starttobusiness.com
Startup Magazine ExtraEditions
Start2BusinessMagazine collects innovative projects listed on www.starttobusiness.com ad theprojects of those companies that aim at undertaking an internationalization path.
Start2BusinessMagazine is available as a hardcopy, web version and iPad/iPhone app.
Projects layout is structured in order to provide informative text, consequently the project is submitted to the possible interested stakeholders.
www.s2bmagazine.com