During the last months, I am thinking of ways to express my brain flashes through mindful action and to share them. Most of the thoughts are on Greece and how it could re-innovate itself. Not rebranding, because branding is based also on values and I am afraid that before rebranding Greece, we have to remember …
Originally published on The Next Women Konstantina Zoehrer is a social entrepreneur and the Head Organizer for “STARTup Live Athens”. Her mission is to rebuild her country’s economy by promoting Greece to the European entrepreneurial system and shedding light on the vibrant Greek startup scene. In 2010 I met Konstantina through a wonderful network …
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 …
Vienna, early October. The message was «Creating together an European entrepreneurial ecosystem», in practice it was «Connecting the dots». Small but important detail, it is the vision of young people, starting with a crazy idea. Maybe the most interesting part on the so called social media revolution is not the technology behind it, but the …
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 …