startup manifesto movement: crowdsourcing policy input
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Startup Manifesto Movement:
Crowdsoucrcing Policy Input
Why I care deeplyabout tomorrow’seconomy…
Startups.be – the one stop shop on #betech
We help tech entrepreneurs to be successful by providing quality access to service providers, business partners,
customers, and investors.Through our joint network, we connect startups and
technology, create critical mass and international exposure and help develop the entrepreneurial climate.
1.500+ #BeTech startups180+ #BeTech enablers (incubation, acceleration, networking, research)
400+ international investors
What we do: matchmaking
Connecting the dots:Access to customers, investors & talent
Access to startups & innovation
What we do: centre of excellence
Unifying all available insights:
DataKnowledge base
Public voice
1. Startup Inc.We need a new type of limited liability company that provides
startups with protection in the early stage. This would involve:Easy creation and shutdown of businesses onlineA tax shelter that encourages risk investments in startupsEasier hiring and firingElimination or reduction of social charges when there is no revenue yetSimplified taxation under a certain threshold (sharing economy)Tax on capital gains (we win, you win)
+ adapted legislation on e-commerce (night labor) & crowdfunding
2. Buy (from) StartupsCustomers are startups’ best investors. Customers provide an ongoing source of
revenue; they reduce the need for external investment while simultaneously proving the business model and market traction.
We invite government, corporations & organizations (and individuals!) to buy products & services from startups. And there's no need to spend an R&D budget internally, you can acquire startups to drive innovation, too.
Digipolis-Antwerp: Antwerp City-Platform-As-A-Service (ACPAAS)Fedict: startup matchmaking & innovation workshops
• Buy from Startups => Innovate with Startups (BNPPB, ING, KBC, Microsoft, SAP, Telenet, Proximus, EY, …)
work in progress: procurement framework
3. Educate & CultivateThere's a shortage of designers and developers with coding abilities. Low-barrier
entry for learning computer programming and digital skills will lead to new job options. For marginalized or hard-to-employ groups it can lead to new opportunities altogether. Changing the entrepreneurial landscape starts with shifts in mindset.
Instead of teaching students how to find jobs, how about teaching students how to find customers?
Or wide-scale coaching on subjects like financial literacy or social networking?
National coalition on e-skillsDigital Belgium Skills Fund – under construction
4. Pay It ForwardWe invite everyone to open their doors to entrepreneurs. Wherever
you work, you have a special expertise that can help startups improve their products and services. Share your successes (and failures). BE a mentor!
5. #BEProudEntrepreneurs need role models. Instead of waiting for people
outside Belgium to discover our talent, our products, our ideas, we want to embolden Belgians to stand tall and inspire others.
Belgium Pioneering in European Manifesto Movement
The Startup Voice now at all Policy Levels
A Movement grew into an organised Network
Launched in Sept. 201621 national startup associations25.000+ startups
Thanks to the support of
Karen Boers
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Startups.beCo-Founder & CEO, European Startup Network
https://twitter.com/karenboershttps://be.linkedin.com/in/[email protected]