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A talk about 3 major European issues that, imho, kill innovation and entrepreneurship.
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E U R O P E ' S B E TA M O D E .Relaunching Europe / Thessaloniki / Jan. ‘14
Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou (@kalavros) Found.ation \ TEDxAthens \ Nest Media
L E T ’ S TA L K A B O U T:
• Europe’s current condition.
• 3 major European issues that, imho*, kill innovation and entrepreneurship.
• good news.
*in my humble opinion
“Europe. Here is what I mostly hear about Europe: “I took my wife/husband to Paris last year for our anniversary, and we dropped by Rome. Great food, so much history, Europe is
wonderful!” For vacation.”
U.S.-based VCs invest in U.S. companies, and European VCs invest in Europe.
– N E E L I E K R O E S !
V I C E P R E S I D E N T O F T H E @ E U _ C O M M I S S I O N L E A D I N G @ D I G I TA L A G E N D A E U A N D # C O N N E C T E D C O N T I N E N T P L A N S .
“I saw many EU passports in Silicon Valley.”
– N E E L I E K R O E S !
V I C E P R E S I D E N T O F T H E @ E U _ C O M M I S S I O N L E A D I N G @ D I G I TA L A G E N D A E U A N D # C O N N E C T E D C O N T I N E N T P L A N S .
“Europe lead the industrial advancement in the last two centuries. We lost this position in the 21st
Century. We must return.”
#Mobility and #EUStartupVisa=
culture=
policy
“(i) a qualified venture capitalist, a qualified super angel investor, … or such other entity or set of investors, as determined by the Secretary, has devoted a qualified investment
of not less than $100,000 to the alien’s United States business entity;…”!
- Immigration reform bill, June 2013
#Education and #WorkReadiness
– S I R K E N R O B I N S O N !
T E D C O N F E R E N C E 2 0 0 6
“If you think of it, children starting school this year will be retiring in 2065. Nobody has a clue --
despite all the expertise that's been on parade for the past four days -- what the world will look like
in five years' time. And yet we're meant to be educating them for it..”
Fast forward, 2014. 6 / 10 of young Greeks, of my age, are unemployed.
Found.ation has hosted more than 85 *free of charge* Educ.ation Classes on Web Development, Web
Design, Marketing, Business, Legal and Accounting since May 2013.
#AccesstoInformation and #EqualOpportunity
Campusbus travels around the country, setting up week long training camps in larger towns and cities where trainers deliver skills improvement workshops.
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Human Grid Greece, a TEDxAthens project 171 verified grass-roots movements. We have more.
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Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou (@kalavros) Found.ation \ TEDxAthens \ Nest Media
