Neelie Kroes: “The Next Web starts this afternoon”
Neelie Kroes will soon be speaking at The Next Web , I ask her what she means by 'The Next Web,' with an eye to her granddaughters, for example. "It is fascinating that in the digital world tomorrow is already different from today," says Kroes . "'The next web' starts this afternoon. It is not about the next generation; it is already being conceived, designed and implemented."
Kroes launched a growth accelerator for startups for startups this week at the World brazil mobile phone number list Economic Forum . How will this growth accelerator help startups in Europe? “We need to create a climate in which new jobs can be created,” says Kroes . For this, good mentors and financial opportunities are needed, the European Commissioner believes.
Kroes also says that there is also a possibility to use existing funds for digital technological developments, but that people need a different mindset for that. Kroes talks passionately about a Dutch ambassador in Greece who cleared a fitness room in the embassy and opened a center for startups there. That center has since become a great success: a unique example in the current poor Greek economy.