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Who got these??
Startups?
 Innovation?
  Change?
                         {& chocolate -
                         		what’s up with that?}
 innovation;
             why waste an evening...
    culture;

Adriane Thrash
Business Liaison & Career Services Officer, American College of Thessaloniki
Community Relations & Outreach Coordinator, Innovation Farm
drives

      ?            change
synthesis of economic & social conditions
need +
 solution
                              !
look first for the NEED; then find the answer.
conditions:

            +                =
                   but,

            +                =
 take a good look at the problem & the players
need/problem?


        solution =


m&m = “Melts in your Mouth” (not your hand)
?
{what starts a}

startup
  culture
 /chaos?/
synthesis of economic & social conditions
which grows
 naturally
but fast
 {and crazily}


 when the old models won’t work anymore
new knowledge
new businesses &
                {addressing}

new needs
            [or old needs]
        in new ways
 clearly, with a focus on creative solutions
eco-system...

                           Palo Alto, CA, {USA}




when the conditions create opportunities for exchange
result...




and the support and competition are ripe for development
where do you go from here?
Needs are Everywhere




        ready?
             set?
                GO...

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