Pitch Your IslandStartup Ecosystems Panel #EPS13

Pirates are exploring new shores

Diversity ensures when sailing across Europe

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Daria Moscow

There arrrr many reports on Startup

EcosystemsStartup Ecosystem Report (Telefonica)A Startup World (Intuit)Startup Genome ReportAmerican Made 2.0 (NVCA)

Startup Ecosystem Index

A Startup World

Startup Ecosystem Report

Who‘s really starting US Startups?

"What do Google’s Sergey Brin, eBay’s Pierre Omidyar, and Tesla Motors’s Elon Musk all have in common?“ (Fast Company)"Of the U.S. venture-backed companies that became publicly traded between 2006 and 2012, 33 percent have at least one immigrant founder.“ (NVCA)„Immigrant entrepreneurs and high skilled professional are key to U.S. economic growth.“ (NVCA)

Startup Ecosystems should not compete

"The best tech ecosystem in Europe is…Not Berlin vs. London, but Berlin AND London AND Stockholm AND…“ (Ciarán - Earlybird)

Each hub has it‘s own strengths and weaknessesTogether we are one mind-blowing Startup FactoryInvestors and Startups use the best of all worlds

Several Trends enable emerging Startup

EcosystemsTechnological advancement and democratization of entrepreneurship knowledgeCapital gets increasingly mobileTalent nowadays is mobileInternational talent has a preference for "inspiring, English-speaking urban environments with a high quality of life"

8 Pirates from 8 Islands across Europe

8 Pirates from 8 Islands across Europe coming on stage and telling their stories and experiences regarding their respective islandsTel Aviv, Barcelona, Athens, Riga, Paris, Lisbon, London, Sofia