My friend Kalsoon Lakhani launched one month ago, her startup, Invest2Innovate. With Kalsoom I share some interesting common points. Both young, into social entrepreneurship and both believing that a strong ecosystem and cultural aspects are of high importance in emerging markets. It is interesting to watch how ecosystems develop, especially if you are part of …
Summer 2011, the news about Greece are mostly about the crisis, strikes and demonstrations against the new austerity measures. There is much more happening in the mediterranean country and also with positive impact, even if it seems small scale at the moment. Read the whole story behind STARTup live Athens on STARTeurope’s blog.
Disruption is a loved word in the entrepreneurial scenes, not only in Silicon Valley but also in Europe. A value, a word describing a value, often connected to the tech scene. It is believed to belong to this scene, as the word and the value «startup». But does it belong only there? Recently I read …
Some months ago, I was called to ask the Primeminister of Greece George Papandreou a question. I wanted to ask him to give me a reason to stay, but I asked him to give my friends, who left Greece, a reason to come back. Both questions, I keep asking myself again and again. The Primeminister …
The most important part of a project is the team behind it. Team building is like a journey from falling in love and developing a strong and deep relationship that leads to marriage. That is what ideal business relations are like. That is what friendships also are like. In one hundred, only two might have …