A look at the state of Entrepreneurship in the EU with some specific examples from One Spark and my history in Berlin. I then offer some suggestions on how I think the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership could benefit entrepreneurs in the EU.

1. Fostering
Entrepreneurship

2. • About me
• Who are entrepreneurs?
• Examples of European entrepreneurs
• The one that got away
• Improving European ecosystem
Fostering Entrepreneurship:

3. Travis Todd
from California to Berlin

7. Factory Berlin

8. Who are Entrepreneurs?

9. Being an entrepreneur is
all about attitude.

10. Entrepreneurial Attitude:
• No problems. Only opportunities.
• “No Risk, No Fun”
• Don’t take no for an answer
• Determined
• Do lots with little
• “Move Fast and Break Things”
• Go Big or Go Home

11. Public policy, regulation and
culture can either foster or
stifle this attitude.

13. Clicc

14. InsulAngel

15. PrakTisch

16. Eco Toiletten

18. The one that got away…

19. TapTalk

21. Why?
• US venture capitalists are reluctant to invest in
European companies
• US companies are reluctant to acquire European
companies
• A single-language homogenous market is the
easiest way to scale

22. Strengthen the European
Startup Ecosystem
• Ease the concerns about investing across
geographic boundaries
• Provide access to the US market for small
companies in Europe to scale faster
• Create regulation that celebrates entrepreneurship
• Reverse the brain drain to the US