SPICE Update No.117 October (Říjen) 2015
Startup Maroc prepares for the Grand Final 2015 6
Flat White Index – the ultimate Indicator for Startup Cities 7
The last ADT Conference “Founders’ Capital – Routes of Berlin” 3
From the Startup Ecosystems in Africa, Asia, and MENA 13, 15, 16
SLUSH – Helsinki, Finland calls the International Entrepreneurship Community 5
Invitation to join the work on developing SPICee Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Tool 19
Iraq – USA unexpected Cooperation Proposal made at IASP Conference in Beijing, China 8 About the Entrepreneurship Ecosystems of Accra (Ghana) , Berlin, Hamburg (Germany) 12, 9, 10
New on SPICA World Map: Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Germany, Ghana, Malaysia, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and USA (see page 11) Reports from Afghanistan, Belgium, China, Denmark, Germany, Ghana, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, South Korea, Switzerland, Rwanda; South Korea, and USA.
Dear Member and Reader,
there is movement in the incubation industry. The national incubation association of USA has changed name to INBIA reflecting its international orientation and at the same time opened doors for membership of accelerators and co-working spaces. Cooperation with these types of startup services also was topic of the last conference of ADT. The German association also changed its name – we have to get used to BVID. The move to understand incubation, acceleration, and co-working as complementary offers was overdue. Entrepreneurs and startups have different and changing needs on their path from business idea to company growth.
