The Gdansk Entrepreneurial Network has been founded some months ago. High time to meet with the Mayor to discuss how we can help each other.

1. Joining the Gdansk
entrepreneurial GENEs

2. CHICAGO
DIDN’T BRING
THE DESIRED
OUTCOME

3. The potential
is HUGE

4. Competition
blocks
Coordination.
Source:
Flickr,
h0p://www.flickr.com/photos/f_mafra/3415247457

5. It will be a long road
Source:
Flickr,
h0p://www.flickr.com/photos/siddienam/6330818847

7. innovation

8. Building
an
entrepreneurial
ecosystem
in
Gdansk
• Inspired by Brad Feld and
others
• Learn from successes like
Boulder, Berlin
• Entrepreneurs have to
take the lead
• Government support
• University cooperation
needed

9. GENE’s activities
• Group all activities
• Bring entrepreneurs together
• Stimulate sharing
• Register all startups, startup map
• Coordinate initiatives with the university
• Represent entrepreneurs
• Guide young entrepreneurs
• Promote entrepreneurial activities

10. Governmental support
• Patron, support/
promote
• Inform and involve
• Sponsor
• Define the strategic
roadmap together
• Administrative
support
• Meeting/co-working
space
• Buy from startups!
ce:
Menstream.pl

11. All support
is welcome!

12. Thanks for
your time and
Attention!
On behalf of GENE Gdansk
Piotr Grodzki, Peter Horsten,
Bartosz Leoszewski, Łukasz Miądowicz
Gdańsk, 19 July 2013