How to create trust (in a startup ecosystem)One of my previous articles highlighted the strength of an ecosystem compared to a linear system: the enormous amount of possible…Mar 7, 2021Mar 7, 2021
Questions every startup program manager should be able to answerStartup programs are just like startups. Some of it you can learn by doing, and some you need to have thought of before you start. Below…Feb 11, 2021Feb 11, 2021
Why do we need a startup ecosystem?Whenever I talk with people about startup ecosystems it’s usually a matter of time before they ask the “why” question: Why do we need an…Jan 29, 2021Jan 29, 2021
Should the EIC invest in startups?This week the European Commission announced the first round of direct equity investment through the new European Innovation Council (EIC)…Jan 13, 2021Jan 13, 2021
Why ecosystems need trust & a long term perspectiveI’ve been reading “ The Rainforest”, written by Victor Hwang and Greg Horowitt and there are a few images which boil down the essence of…Jan 13, 2021Jan 13, 2021
The startup success spectrumI recently posted an article on the success of startup ecosystems and I wrote about how we have a survival-rate bias in the startup…Jan 13, 2021Jan 13, 2021
When can a startup ecosystem be considered successful?In ecosystems, success is a hydra. A many-headed beast. There are as many definitions of success as there are actors and problem…Jan 1, 2021Jan 1, 2021
Why tracking startups is so hard, but you should do it anyway.“If you’re at this early stage it is impossible to have selection criteria, and it is just as impossible to track the development of…Dec 16, 2020Dec 16, 2020
Is the startup industry suffering from bankruptcy bias?This post from Eva de Mol made me think about the graph below which I presented a lot during my first months at YES!Delft when I trained…Dec 9, 2020Dec 9, 2020
