{"id":680648,"date":"2022-05-18T08:19:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T07:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/?p=680648"},"modified":"2022-05-18T08:22:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T07:22:15","slug":"fa1-innovation-as-a-superpower-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/de-ch\/transform-de-ch\/na\/fa1-innovation-as-a-superpower-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation as a superpower: Startups for Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">Running an innovative startup is more than just founding a business. We have asked three successful Swiss startups how they do it. What does it need to unlock innovation as a superpower? In the video below learn more about ARC, Correntics, and Cortexia.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Innovation as a superpower: Startups for sustainability\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/1oyghk0VdPg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:%2F%2Fpulse.microsoft.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 74.2952%; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #ffffff; height: 1052px;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 207px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 207px; border-color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-680744 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/uploads\/prod\/2022\/05\/fidel_arc-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fidel Esquivel, ARC\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-contrast=\"\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fidel_arc-300x300.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fidel_arc-150x150.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fidel_arc-768x766.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fidel_arc-240x240.jpg 240w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/fidel_arc.jpg 872w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 207px; border-color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Fidel Esquivel, Co-Founder<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Autonomous River Cleanup (ARC)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fidel Esquivel is the co-founder of ARC and the current product lead. He is passionate about robotics and the role of technology for sustainable development and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/riverclean.ethz.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about ARC<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 207px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 207px; border-color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-680789 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/uploads\/prod\/2022\/05\/gaudenz_correntics-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gaudenz Halter, Correntics\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-contrast=\"\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gaudenz_correntics-300x300.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gaudenz_correntics-150x150.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gaudenz_correntics-768x768.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gaudenz_correntics-240x240.jpg 240w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gaudenz_correntics.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 207px; border-color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Gaudenz Halter, CTO<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Correntics<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He has a MSc degree in data science and is currently PhD Candidate at the University of Zurich in scientific data visualization, where he previously worked as a Software Developer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.correntics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Learn more about Correntics<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 167px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 167px; border-color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-680834 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/uploads\/prod\/2022\/05\/johanna_cortexia-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Johanna Melly, Cotexia\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-contrast=\"\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/johanna_cortexia-300x300.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/johanna_cortexia-150x150.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/johanna_cortexia-240x240.jpg 240w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/johanna_cortexia.jpg 876w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 167px; border-color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Johanna Melly, Software Engineer<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Cortexia<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Johanna is a software engineer who has been working at Cortexia for two and a half years. It is important to her to be able to wake up in the morning knowing that her job serves a cause that could make our world a little bit better.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cortexia.ch\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about Cortexia<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/de-ch\/startups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Feeling inspired?<br \/>\nMicrosoft for Startups Switzerland &#8211; Start your journey now<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running an innovative startup is more than just founding a business. We have asked three successful Swiss startups how they do it. What does it need to unlock innovation as a superpower? In the video below learn more about ARC, Correntics, and Cortexia. &nbsp; &nbsp; Fidel Esquivel, Co-Founder Autonomous River Cleanup (ARC)&nbsp; Fidel Esquivel is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":602,"featured_media":687934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1809],"class_list":["post-680648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-customer-stories-de-ch","specials-transform-de-ch","stories-data-insights-intelligence-de-ch","stories-how-can-i-use-ai-de-ch-data-insights-intelligence-de-ch","businessPriorities-digital-transformation-de-ch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/de-ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/de-ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/de-ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/de-ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/602"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/de-ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680648"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/de-ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":688944,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/de-ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680648\/revisions\/688944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/de-ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/de-ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/de-ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}