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Why Europe needs to seed the growth of its new stars? Saul Klein Index Ventures
Should we really envy two small areas?
Ruled over by 2 geeks and a whiteboard.
$295bn
Or 2 geeks with an old skool monitor.
$38bn
Or 1 geek and a spray-painted sign
$28bn
Or 1 geek, an MBA and a consultant
$36bn
Or 2 geeks, too much paper, a strange clock
$156bn
$553bn of wealth creation, ignoring
And forgetting.
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The ecosystem is primed for success + +
Constantly commercializing whats 稼艶恰岳.
So what about Europe?
Weve always had creative prodigies.
We still create global entertainment
Brands that define global luxury.
Brands that disrupt markets globally.
Weve given birth to powerful technologies
We have amazing young R&D talent
We have 7/10 top locations for young coders
Experienced and willing venture capital...
Entrepreneurs mentoring and seed investing... Oliver Jung Saul & Robin Klein Samwers Klaus Hommels Niklas Zennstrom & Janus Friis Martin Varsavsky Stefan Glaenzer Michael Kleindel Brent Hoberman Hugo Burge and David Soskin
Weve started to have some great exits $4.1bn $1.1bn $366m $900m $575m $265m $280m
$4.2bn
$1.7bn
We have a pipeline of web leaders.
Online advertising is very advanced
EU has 11 of Top 15 broadband markets
Mobile phones are 艶厩艶姻霞敬鞄艶姻艶.
is now in 50 cities.
So go out there and take some risks
Its ok to faillearn from your mistakes
Pick yourself up and try again
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$3.9bn
$3.1bn

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