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This Tuesday we had our “label presentation” in front of the CTI Coaching Board.

Thanks to our coach Michael Sidler we underwent a thorough CTI sponsored coaching programme over the last 12 months. 

For quite the first time we were at the receiving end of the taxman: The CTI coaching programme for startups is simply first class. Event though – in my case – this is my third startup, there is always something new to learn and to improve. The CTI programme enabled us to get in touch with top notch experts, get exposure at a number of events, and profit from the wide network of personal relationships. Simply said: A programme worthwhile subscribing to. 

^{Patrice Neff & Dorian Selz – co-founders; Michael Sidler – coach}

We feel extremely honored to have been awarded this year’s W.A. De Vigier Prize for Startups.

Since 1987 the W.A. De Vigier Foundation each year backs innovative and forward-looking business ideas with a cash prize worth 100’000 CHF.  Next to the prize money, the foundation supports us with coaching, contacts and a strong presence in the media. 

It’s just a little over half a year since the launch of Memonic.com and one and a half years since starting the company. To receive the W.A. De Vigier award - some refer to it as “The Swiss Startup Oscar”  - at this early stage is a great honor and an acknowledgement of our idea and its potential. 

Thank you!

Recently we could proudly announce to have been selected as Finalist for the 2010 Red Herring 100 Europe Award. Today we announce even more proudly that we were selected as Red Herring Top 100 Winner! 

The Red Herring Top 100 Award recognizes leading private companies from Europe, celebrating these startups’ innovations and technologies across their respective industries.

“Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across Europe to the Top 100 Winners. We believe Memonic embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. Memonic should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was very strong.”

Red Herring’s editorial staff evaluated the companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy, and market penetration.

Red Herring, the international “must-read” technology publication, announced today it has selected Memonic as a finalist for Red Herring’s Europe 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from Europe.

The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds from across Europe. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

Die Online-Wahl ist entschieden: Memonic wurde im Start-up Wettbewerb Internet World Business-Idee 2010 auf den Bronze-Platz gewählt.

Das erst einjährige Schweizer Start-up erreichte hinter den etablierten Start-ups Navabi.tv (Onlineshop) und Linguee (Übersetzungsdienst) einen Podestplatz. Die Sieger wurden in einer Publikumswahl aus einem Feld von 20 nominierten Start-ups (Darunter drei Schweizer Nominierte) erkoren.

Dorian Selz, Mitgründer und CEO von Memonic, zeigt sich hocherfreut: „Für uns als kleines und junges Schweizer Start-up ist es eine grosse Auszeichnung, in Deutschland diesen prestigeträchtigen Preis zu erhalten. Nach nur fünf Monaten am Markt zeigt der Preis deutlich, dass Memonic offensichtlich einen Nerv trifft. Das stimmt uns für die nächsten Ausbauschritte zuversichtlich, gerade auch in Deutschland.“

Zum dritten Mal richtete die größte deutsche Fachzeitung für die Onlinebranche, Internet World Business, diesen Start-up-Wettbewerb aus. Für diesen schlagen zehn erfahrene Investoren und Web-Unternehmer neue Geschäftskonzepte vor und die Leser stimmen über die nominierten Unternehmen ab.

Die Preisverleihung findet heute Dienstag, 13. April 2010, während der Internet World Messe in München statt.

Weiter zur kompletten Medienmitteilung.