I find it interesting that out of all these mentors I only recognised one and his company (Tim Yang, MYC4). I am no hard-core follower of European startups (even though I live and run a startup here) but if I only recognise one company out of more than a hundred listed, I think that says a lot about the EU startup climate.
Not to brag about the program or disqualify your view European startup climate but I have to disagree strongly with this statement. Among the mentors you have people like Arican Wegter, founder of LOVEFiLM who just sold 58% of his company to Amazon for 312 million euros, Tanveer Sharif, founder of succesful VOiP solutions company Vopium, or Tommy Ahlers, CEO of Podio. Plus, in the upcoming weeks we will be announcing the mentors from the Spanish Chapter. Stay tuned for more updates regarding SBC
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I find it interesting that out of all these mentors I only recognised one and his company (Tim Yang, MYC4). I am no hard-core follower of European startups (even though I live and run a startup here) but if I only recognise one company out of more than a hundred listed, I think that says a lot about the EU startup climate.
Not to brag about the program or disqualify your view European startup climate but I have to disagree strongly with this statement. Among the mentors you have people like Arican Wegter, founder of LOVEFiLM who just sold 58% of his company to Amazon for 312 million euros, Tanveer Sharif, founder of succesful VOiP solutions company Vopium, or Tommy Ahlers, CEO of Podio. Plus, in the upcoming weeks we will be announcing the mentors from the Spanish Chapter. Stay tuned for more updates regarding SBC
I still didn't recognize any of them, but it probably says more about me than the programme or the entrepreneurs. Good luck!