Joining the Gdansk entrepreneurial GENEs

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innovation

Building  an  entrepreneurial  ecosystem  in  Gdansk  

•  Inspired by Brad Feld and others

•  Learn from successes like Boulder, Berlin

•  Entrepreneurs have to take the lead

•  Government support •  University cooperation

needed

GENE’s activities •  Group all activities •  Bring entrepreneurs together •  Stimulate sharing •  Register all startups, startup map •  Coordinate initiatives with the university •  Represent entrepreneurs •  Guide young entrepreneurs •  Promote entrepreneurial activities

Governmental support •  Patron, support/

promote •  Inform and involve •  Sponsor •  Define the strategic

roadmap together •  Administrative

support •  Meeting/co-working

space •  Buy from startups!

Picture  source:  Menstream.pl  

All support is welcome!

Thanks for your time and Attention!

On behalf of GENE Gdansk

Piotr Grodzki, Peter Horsten, Bartosz Leoszewski, Łukasz Miądowicz

  Gdańsk, 19 July 2013