“Commercial Awareness Is Global.”
Policy makers perusing an adoption and adaption strategy ought to craft their own start-up nation policies based on their own national circumstances but be guided by the principles of Sweden’s start-up nation success.
Sweden is unquestionably a start up nation. This is particularly true in tech. Its capital, Stockholm, has been described as a unicorn factory. Stockholm is second only to Silicon Valley for producing unicorns, a privately-held startup worth $1 billion or more, per capita.
When it comes to the hotspots of the startup scene, most think of Silicon Valley, London and Berlin or Paris and Stockholm. And that´s it pretty much. However, it is often forgotten that every city can basically develop a lively start-up community — and the ingredients for that are not that hard to spot. As one of the founding members of “Gründen@Würzburg”,
January 2018 has been a very interesting month. I am not one to easily back away from challenges that will stretch my abilities, especially those that I have created myself. Welcome to the Vocational Service Challenge – #vocationalservicechallenge – a month long demonstration of volunteerism of service above self through the use of skills honed in ones career. The rules of the
The magic of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and other digital platforms is changing the way we do business, the way we work and the very nature of work itself. In this digital age these technologies present exciting opportunities to tackle global youth unemployment. A brief discussion of these technologies is how Part I of my interview with a friend
Youth unemployment is on the rise globally. So what are the solutions? Before we get into the answer to that question let us take a quick glace at the problem. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), an organ of the United Nations (UN), “estimates that the global youth unemployment rate is expected to reach 13.1 per cent in 2016
The world needs a more innovative approach for global growth and employment. Growth is slowing down and unemployment, especially among youth, is rising or remaining at a high level. Demographic changes, technological advances and increased mobility are profoundly changing the world of work and are expected to do so even more in the future. A concrete solution emerges now more
Looking at the latest media coverage, one comes to the conclusion that it is “en vogue” to be an entrepreneur as a young person. In fact, digitization offers young people as many opportunities as ever to start a business and to do business, even across borders. Governments and organizations are also happy to make contact with young entrepreneurs and meet
Call it an occupational hazard of being a lawyer or just a natural thrust for knowledge, call it what you will, I read a lot. While on business in Jamaica I was perusing a local daily newspaper, The Daily Observer, and I came across a piece about Sir Richard Branson that I just had to share with the readers of
Yes failure, something we all fear, provides the greatest moment for us to learn. How we manage or better put how we are honed to manage the process of failure provides not only the basis for but is the best indicator of future success.