Did you know that as many as 2.5 million Dutch people between the ages of 16 - 65 have great difficulty with reading, writing and/or arithmetic. In high tech, the Netherlands attracts many developers/engineers from abroad who have not yet mastered the Dutch language. Because the government wants to tackle language skills, the action program "Count with [...]
Last week, the Eindhovens Dagblad headlined: Eindhoven aims for top European position for startups. Within a few years, Eindhoven wants to become a top European region for young, innovative companies with a lot of potential (startups). That fits nicely with the launch of the startup hub Alpha on January 1! A new very affordable cool place for early startups, in a [...]
In many companies, the value of the shop floor is insufficiently exploited. As a result, improvement projects fail, major investments do not yield sufficient returns and sub-optimal processes remain in place. The solution is simple: listen to operations, involve them in projects, facilitate their input. How do you organize that involvement and what does that support yield? Robert Bouwman, co-founder [...]
Lusoco, located in Twice hub Catalyst on the TU/e Campus, is one of the ten winners of the Academic Startup Competition 2020. This selection allows Lusoco to carry the title "Best Academic Startup of 2020" for one year. The other winning startups are Bimini Biotech, DeNoize, Digi Bio, IamFluidics, Kaminari Medical, NC Biomatrix, Taylor, uCrowds and VanBoven. Lusoco [...]
On MT/Sprout, we read a post about how Techleap wants to ensure more top talent for high-growth scaleups. How do you find and retain top talent? Especially in this Brainport region, this is a challenging task. Many startups and scaleups are inhibited in their growth ambitions because they encounter challenges in terms of talent and culture within their own organization. [...]
Good news for those interested in AmbAgon's screening technologies: as of this week, their new website is live! This American-Dutch medtech company, based at Twice hub Catalyst in Eindhoven and in San Francisco, discovered a new approach to drug development for metastatic breast cancer with its innovative research on stabilization of protein-protein interactions. A groundbreaking method that will shape the future of [...]
Sensor specialist ScioSense, based in hub Mu of Twice, is working on research and development of integrated pressure and relative humidity sensors. The specialist in customized sensor technology for climate control for industries ranging from automotive to air conditioning in buildings and businesses, focuses on designing, testing, and marketing sensors for gas and air quality and flow, but produces [...]
The question for many companies right now: what will the future workplace look like, how much space do we need and will we continue to work partly from home? Today we read in Real Estate Market that the old office is expected to develop even more into the culture carrier of a work organization after the corona crisis. Offices will [...]
Twice in the spotlight! This year, Eindhoven's light festival GLOW does not have several light artworks and large groups of people roaming the streets, but it does have a unique moment. Although there will be no GLOW like other years, GLOW shows itself (safely from home/via the livestream) as an ode to the region in the coming days. A little hope and [...]
The cabinet is releasing 500 million euros to stimulate the growth of Dutch start-ups and scale-ups, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate announced this week. On Prinsjesdag, the cabinet already announced to invest extra money in innovative companies and startups. About half of the amount will come from Invest-NL, [...]
