How PSA and Alstom are using immersive learning to drive their digital transformation According to Wikipedia, Industry 4.0 is all about “augmenting machines with sensors and connecting them to a system that can visualize the entire production and make decisions on its own”. Technology is getting pretty mature in terms of robotics, sensors, communication and algorithms. What is holding most …
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Progress USA program! Discover the 11 laureates
On February 7th, risingSud, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d’Azure and big bang factory announced the launch of Progress USA, an individual program to support innovative companies in their US development. We are proud to announce the five first companies joining the program: IT Companies: BuyCo, a disruptive Shipping Management Platform Usercube, the first comprehensive Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) as a service SoClip!, mobile app …
Doing business in the digital age: does location really matter?
In 2002, Maurice, Guillaume and myself co-founded Brixlogic, a software development platform for Web Services. Much like today, it felt like the worst possible timing to start a company, right after the internet bubble had burst. We had designed our platform to handle any kind of server-to-server communication using XML. There was a huge potential market, but we didn’t have …
#1 Pain Point You Can Solve: Increasing access to care in the U.S.
As said in our previous post, a result of its huge cost, the U.S. Healthcare ecosystem is seeking solutions that will: (i) Increase Access to Care, (ii) decrease the cost of care and (iii) improve outcomes. In this post, we are going to focus on access to care. The goal of Increasing Access to Care is to enable the U.S. …
US Sales Tax 101: as TIRESOME as UNAVOIDABLE
For example, how does sales tax apply to computer software and related services ? US Sales Tax is a complicated topic especially for local subsidiaries of overseas companies starting their business in the US. The Sales Tax is the tax amount defined by the state where the product is shipped to. It is collected by the company selling to the …
Synapsys acquired by Inventis
Inventis Srl (www.inventis.it) announced in January that it has acquired 100% share capital of Synapsys SAS (www.synapsys.fr), the French leader in balance diagnostic systems.With this first acquisition, Inventis, an Italian company founded in 2005 with headquarters in Padua, which designs and manufactures advanced audiological diagnostics equipment, is launching its announced strategy that aims to complete its product range, at the same time extending its international …
Progress USA! Discover our 5 laureates!
On February 7th, risingSud, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d’Azure and big bang factory announced the launch of Progress USA, an individual program to support innovative companies in their US development. We are proud to announce the five first companies joining the program: BuyCo, a disruptive Shipping Management Platform Usercube, the first comprehensive Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) as a service Dreaminzz, the first connected …
How to improve the readiness of your medical technologies for the U.S. market?
Series of blog post written by Mathieu Petitjean, CEO, Mednest and Susan Z. Paquette MBA, MS, Executive Consultant, MedNest Part 1: Why you need to adapt your strategy for the $156 billion US market. Garnering the attention of U.S. policy makers, investors and innovators, the U.S. Medical Device market reached $156 billion in 2017 (40% of the global market!) and …
When should I launch my product in the U.S.?
Timing is probably one of the most complicated parameters for a US expansion, as I stated in my previous article about “Why do startups fail in the US?” If you come too soon, you might burn your cash before finding your product market-fit. If you come too late, competition will be too fierce for you to get a chance to …
Progress USA ! : votre développement sur les US (offre Région Sud / risingSUD)
risingSUD accompagne depuis des années les entreprises de la Région Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur aux États-Unis via des missions exploratoires. Cette année, ils ont décidé de faire appel à big bang factory et son programme individuel Impulse! pour permettre aux entreprises de franchir une étape supplémentaire dans l’accès au marché américain. Impulse ! a pour objectif de faire progresser sur des aspects stratégiques avec une approche …