Fostering Entrepreneurship

• About me

• Who are entrepreneurs?

• Examples of European entrepreneurs

• The one that got away

• Improving European ecosystem

Fostering Entrepreneurship:

Travis Todd

from California to Berlin

Factory Berlin

Who are Entrepreneurs?

Being an entrepreneur is all about attitude.

Entrepreneurial Attitude:• No problems. Only opportunities.

• “No Risk, No Fun”

• Don’t take no for an answer

• Determined

• Do lots with little

• “Move Fast and Break Things”

• Go Big or Go Home

Public policy, regulation and culture can either foster or

stifle this attitude.

Clicc

InsulAngel

PrakTisch

Eco Toiletten

The one that got away…

TapTalk

Why?

• US venture capitalists are reluctant to invest in European companies

• US companies are reluctant to acquire European companies

• A single-language homogenous market is the easiest way to scale

Strengthen the European Startup Ecosystem

• Ease the concerns about investing across geographic boundaries

• Provide access to the US market for small companies in Europe to scale faster

• Create regulation that celebrates entrepreneurship

• Reverse the brain drain to the US