Fragmented, with very little capital, and with an entrepreneurial culture that is very different from that of the United States. But things are changing in Europe with initiatives like the Startup Europe Partnership
Over 7 billion euros have been sanctioned by the European Union in support of innovation, and over two thousand startups have registered in Italy alone, but, regardless of this, Europe continues to lose in the championship games of innovation, allowing the United States, and Silicon Valley, to remain the undisputed victor. But if one listens to Neelie Kroes, vice president of the European Commission and head of the European Digital Agenda, the old country is ready to emerge in the world of startups. «I know we have the tools, the talent and technology to succeed», she states in a video published on YouTube in a very convincing manner. And now Brussels has also officially presented the Startup Europe Partnership (SEP), one of the six initiatives fine-tuned by the European Commission to support innovative enterprises. This is not the first time that SEP has been talked about: announced at the Davos Forum last January, there was then a trial at a meeting held in Naples conducted by Alberto Onetti and Marco Marinucci, who have been entrusted with the project. (altro…)
