Joséphine Erni on Bringing Swiss Innovation to the U.S. Market

This week on JobMakers, host Denzil Mohammed talks with Joséphine Erni, Innovation Lead at Swissnex in Boston and New York, and immigrant from Switzerland. She explains how building collaborations between the highly entrepreneurial Swiss and the world’s biggest market, the U.S., gives rise to incredible innovations that benefit the world. She shares how Swissnex, the world’s first “science consulate,” has connected these two parts of the world in innovation, entrepreneurship, academia and the arts since 2000, as well as how they go about fostering collaborative ideas, research and businesses that mutually benefit both countries. She also emphasizes why being open to diversity brings creative solutions, as you’ll hear in this week’s JobMakers podcast.

Guest:

Joséphine Erni is Swissnex's Innovation Lead, where she develops and executes various startup and entrepreneurship programs. Before joining Swissnex, Josephine worked at the Swiss Business Hub USA, helping Swiss startups enter the US market. Josephine holds a BA in Business and Economics from the University of Basel and an MSc in International Economics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In her free time, Josephine enjoys exploring New York and picking up new hobbies such as sailing and painting.