{"id":76352,"date":"2018-07-13T10:53:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T17:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/?p=76352"},"modified":"2019-10-20T02:54:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T09:54:42","slug":"swiss-entrepreneurship-peer-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/blog\/swiss-entrepreneurship-peer-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Around the World: Swiss Entrepreneurship Peer Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"76352\" class=\"elementor elementor-76352\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-240241a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"240241a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48877c0\" data-id=\"48877c0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-766d0b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"766d0b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 13-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had the opportunity to spend a week in Switzerland for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peerexchange.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swiss EP Peer Exchange Program<\/a>. 24 people leading incubators, accelerators, and coworking spaces around the world converged to help each other develop thriving ecosystems in their respective countries while creating sustainable organizations. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s what I took from that week:<\/span><\/p><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incredible people and lasting friendships<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The people of Albania, Bosnia + Herzegovina, Peru, Serbia, and Vietnam are creating a new future for their countries. Sharp, motivated, warm, and generous; it is obvious that with people like these, and 140+ million people across the 6 countries, they are going to have a big impact locally and globally. I\u2019m blessed to call many of the attendees friends now and I\u2019m looking forward to sharing the journey with them.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We could learn from their incredible drive, natural desire to collaborate, and ability to bootstrap for growth that is borne of necessity. We could use more of all of those, and they are ones to watch.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06e99fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"06e99fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 13-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/backlit-dawn-foggy-697243-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-75555\" alt=\"Entrepreneurship\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/backlit-dawn-foggy-697243-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/backlit-dawn-foggy-697243-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/backlit-dawn-foggy-697243-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/backlit-dawn-foggy-697243-98x65.jpg 98w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/backlit-dawn-foggy-697243-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/backlit-dawn-foggy-697243-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/backlit-dawn-foggy-697243.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a317e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a317e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazing opportunities<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each country brings its own set of diverse of strengths and opportunities. With developing economies, everything from health tech and fintech to cleantech and marketplaces represent new opportunities and markets. With strong technical education, young populations, and an innate ability to bootstrap positions them all very well for the future in sectors like AI, AR\/VR, Healthtech, and AgTech. With limited financial infrastructure there is also great future opportunities in block chain.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entrepreneurs, accelerators, and investors from developed countries including North America and Europe should look to invest time and money into these communities to gain access to growing markets and some outstanding talent. Those who get in early will have a critical head start.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4c0a3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b4c0a3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/41983552937-39370024-2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-75251\" alt=\"Entrepreneurship\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/41983552937-39370024-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/41983552937-39370024-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/41983552937-39370024-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/41983552937-39370024-2-98x65.jpg 98w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/41983552937-39370024-2-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/41983552937-39370024-2-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/41983552937-39370024-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e621dd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e621dd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Universal Truths and Challenges<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These ecosystems face many of the same challenges I\u2019ve seen around the world. Developing thriving mentor networks, cultivating access to capital, identifying great entrepreneurs and weeding out bad ideas, creating a DNA for growth and scaling in entrepreneurs, and a startup ecosystem that is sustainable. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a great opportunity for those of you who can mentor and contribute to these incubators, accelerators, and coworking spaces.<\/span><\/p><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what\u2019s next?<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc5a9ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cc5a9ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/atlas-continent-country-269850-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76356\" alt=\"entrepreneurship\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/atlas-continent-country-269850-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/atlas-continent-country-269850-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/atlas-continent-country-269850-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/atlas-continent-country-269850-98x65.jpg 98w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/atlas-continent-country-269850-360x239.jpg 360w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/atlas-continent-country-269850-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/spring.is\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/atlas-continent-country-269850.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ba5bf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ba5bf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From this trip I\u2019m going to Vietnam (Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in July) to continue the work we started in Switzerland, and Lima Peru in September which will include a keynote at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinnus.com\/charlas-y-conferencias\/lima-peru-venture-capital-conference-2018-pvcc-19933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peru Venture Capital Conference with UTEC<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you think that your community needs a more robust startup ecosystem or does your program need support to grow? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/keithippel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Send me a direct message<\/a> if you want to learn more, or if you want to help and contribute to the growing momentum in these communities. And google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jungfrau.ch\/en-gb\/grindelwaldfirst\/trottibike-scooter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TrottiBike<\/a> &#8211; a must do activity in Switzerland you\u2019d never be allowed to do in Vancouver! \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the opportunity to spend a week in Switzerland for the Swiss EP Peer Exchange Program. 24 people leading incubators, accelerators, and coworking spaces around the world converged to help each other develop thriving ecosystems in their respective countries while creating sustainable organizations. 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