Saul Klein at The Next Web Conference

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Why Europe needs to seed the growth of its new stars? Saul Klein Index Ventures
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Why Europe needs to seed the growth of its new stars?

Saul KleinIndex Ventures

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Should we really envy two small areas?

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Ruled over by 2 geeks and a whiteboard….

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$295bn

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Or 2 geeks with an old skool monitor….

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$38bn

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Or 1 geek and a spray-painted sign…

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$28bn

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Or 1 geek, an MBA and a consultant…

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$36bn

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Or 2 geeks, too much paper, a strange clock

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$156bn

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$553bn of wealth creation, ignoring…

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And forgetting….

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The ecosystem is primed for success…

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Constantly commercializing what’s next….

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So what about Europe?

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We’ve always had creative prodigies….

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We still create global entertainment…

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Brands that define global luxury….

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Brands that disrupt markets globally….

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We’ve given birth to powerful technologies…

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We have amazing young R&D talent…

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We have 7/10 top locations for young coders

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Experienced and willing venture capital...

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Entrepreneurs mentoring and seed investing...

• Oliver Jung• Saul & Robin Klein• Samwers• Klaus Hommels• Niklas Zennstrom & Janus Friis• Martin Varsavsky• Stefan Glaenzer• Michael Kleindel• Brent Hoberman• Hugo Burge and David Soskin

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We’ve started to have some great exits…

$4.1bn $1.1bn

$366m$900m $575m

$265m $280m

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$4.2bn

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$1.7bn

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We have a pipeline of web leaders….

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Online advertising is very advanced…

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EU has 11 of Top 15 broadband markets

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Mobile phones are everywhere….

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is now in 50 cities….

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So go out there, think big, take some risks…

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It’s ok to fail…learn from your mistakes

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Pick yourself up and try again…

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Let’s build Europe’s first $10bn web business….

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[email protected]

http://localglo.be

http://www.opencoffeeclub.org

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$3.9bn

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$3.1bn