europe needs to learn to play nicely
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Presentation on opportunities for European startups for Plugg 2010 conference - http://plugg.eu/TRANSCRIPT
Learning to play well together
Saul Klein @capehttp://[email protected]
Plugg – BrusselsMar 11th, 2010
No shortage of technical talent
Low cost of start ups
Open Source is mainstream
Platforms change costs: infrastructure, revenue and distribution
Leeds
Utrecht
Helsinki
Hamburg
Paris
Belgrade
We have strong local networks
Connected to a federated ecosystem
-Internet is truly global, we know how to play nicely with the US
It’s not about being European, its about changing the world
Niklas Zennstrom & Janus Friischanged telecoms
Marten Mickos changed enterprise software
David Heinemeier Hanssonchanged web programming
Jacques-Antoine Granjon ischanging shopping
Role ModelsDaniel Ek is changing music
Kristian Segestrale is changing games
Natalie Massenetis changing fashion
Errol Damelin is changing personal finance
Eldar & Roy Tuvey and Jos & Ben Whiteare changing Internet security
Iain Dodsworth is changing real-time web
Changed publishing
Changed television
Changed housewares
Changed apparel
Sophisticated risk capital
Bootstrapped role models
Think bigThink big, think different
Learning to play well together
Saul Klein @capehttp://[email protected]
Plugg – BrusselsMar 11th, 2010