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«Διεθνείς και Ελληνικές πρακτικές για την

ανάπτυξη της επιχειρηματικότητας»

Fotis Draganidis, PhD


Microsoft Innovation Center Greece
fotisd@microsoft.com , twitter.com/draganidis
The 2 Starting Hows:
• How much entrepreneurship do we need?
• How can we foster the startup community?
Problem Definition
I have an Idea!

What if I need How do I


funding? Develop it
Technically?

How do I deal
How do I make
with papers/legal
money?
etc?
Ideal Engine

Ideas Team Tools Bureaucracy Consulting


Connections
Foster Technology Incubation Legal help Technology
New Ideas Partners
Evaluate Business Software/ Accounting Business Plan
Existing Partners hardware

1st Prototype but no revenue


Ideal Engine
Funding Promotion More Connections

Angel Investors Marketing/Events Retailers

Seed Capital PR Enterprise Partners

First Revenue Streams


What New Startups Ask for
1. Speedy Help – They can’t wait for another 6 months
2. Flexibility – They don’t like processes and bureaucracy
3. Business Help – They love technology and wish that it sells on its
own
4. Connections

Things That are Not That Important for them As We May Think:
1. Money to start
2. Offices
Methodology: Step 1; Ideas
Methodology: Step 2; Team
Connections
 Imagine Cup
 Startup Weekend
 Community Offline Events (technical and
entrepreneurship events)
 Community Online Networking
Methodology: Step 3; Tools

 Incubation Offices
 Free software
 Technology transfer
Methodology: Step 4; Bureaucracy

 Free Legal Support


 Free Accounting support
Methodology: Step 5; Consulting

 Technology Consulting
 Business Plan Consulting
Methodology: Step 6; Funding

 Seed Capital Partners (<50k)


 More Mature Startup Funding (<500k)
 VC Funding (> 750k)
Methodology: Step 7; Promotion

 Exposure at events
 PR
Methodology: Step 8; More
Connections
 Telcos
 Banks
 Software houses
 Organizations
 Global Connections
Results
150 startups joined MIC’s programs
300 companies (SMEs, System Integrators, ISVs, Large Accounts)
engaged
6 startups enrolled in the incubation program
100k Students downloaded for free MS software to innovate, 3000
students enrolled in Imagine Cup, the world’s biggest technology competition ,
6000 students trained online and offline
8000 attendees in 120 events on technology and entrepreneurship
15 teams with 150 people turned their ideas into early-stage startups at
Startup Weekend Athens
Participate in the biggest Cloud Computing RnD project in Europe
Lessons Learned

 Academia, Government, Industry link is


needed, in a well-tuned Engine
 Greece is a big family…
Greek and International Examples
• OpenCoffee/Openfund
• Startup Chile
• Startup Britain
• Ycombinator
• StartupWeekend
• Yaroslavl Roadmap 10-15-20

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