Problems and solutions to create healthy startup ecosystems in Southern Europe. What's wrong with them, what is going on across all the southern European region and how to fix it.

1. STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS
Southern Europe
Alex Barrera (@abarrera)
alex@tech.eu
Praia do Porto de Mos, Lagos, Portugal / Daniel Schmitzer ©

4. Stuck
with our
reality
Lisboa / Henrik Elstrup ©

5. The End / Bogac Erguvenc ©
Creating a company sucks

6. Woody Allen Doppelgänger / Michael Ares©
Investors suck

7. Taxes are “fun”
Hangover 2014 / ben JT ©

8. Grown Steps / Ahmed Geasa ©
Team? What team?

9. Life on the Farm / Johannes Burkhard ©
SILICON VALLEY BABY!

10. Complaint / Waheed Alghamdi ©
STOP
BITCHING!

11. Speed / Christian Schüler ©
Startup speed vs. Ecosystem speed

12. One person
can
change it
ALL

13. Asking hand… / Alexander Malchev ©
What can YOU do?

14. Access to capital
UAE Coin / Jarrell Vargas©

15. Investor maturity
Maturity / Arnaud Montagard ©

16. Size of funds
Five pence coins / Andrius Repsys ©

17. Size of funds
Size of rounds
Five pence coins / Andrius Repsys ©

18. Size of funds
Size of rounds
Type of investments
Five pence coins / Andrius Repsys ©

19. Size of funds
Size of rounds
Type of investments
Term sheets
Five pence coins / Andrius Repsys ©

20. FUND OF FUNDS
European commission @ Brussels / Nicolas Hernandez ©

21. Co-investments
Euro over Dollar / Abdeslam Lahna ©

22. Corporate laws
diary book / Evgeny Burgasov ©

23. Ltd.
n/t / Dário Cruz ©

24. LLC.
Inc.
Randy / Marc Crowther ©

25. Greek Startup Manifesto
Athens / Dino-K ©

26. Shame the south
shame / Manuel Fonseca ©

27. ACCESS TO TALENT
#5 / Apducido Sd ©

28. Better connection with universities
university / Bildwerker Freiburg ©

30. CROSS-POLLINATION
Cross pollination / John Chan ©

31. We FAIL miserably
Siesta / TheMrGnu ©

32. LatAm kicking ass
Mexico /Jason Atakhanov ©

36. Communication

37. In the forest, no one can hear you scream
“
Bamboo forrest / Kai-shen Tan ©

38. In English… please
Untitled / Frank de Ridder ©

39. Baby girl with watercolor paint and paintbrush / Vadim Kolobanov ©
Helps recruit
talent

40. Spanish technology blogosphere

42. Government engagement
Good Morning Washington / Chris Reed ©

43. Change IS slow
snail… / yunus emre dolgun ©

44. Better than we think..…
Positive pavement / George Loch ©

45. One person can change everything

47. Go out & learn
over seabeach / anjan ghosh ©

48. Be patient
Buddha Statue in Feng Garden / Alexander Stein ©

49. Give back
Life Story #1 / Boukechla Taoufik ©

50. Life Story #1 / Boukechla Taoufik ©
“
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile
Albert Einstein

51. THANK YOU!
Alex Barrera (@abarrera)
alex@tech.euhttp://www.slideshare.net/press42