ennovation 2012




Greek
eCommerce
vs.
Greek
Crisis
eBusiness
      Consultant




@pgezerlis
first, the bad news…
Hellenic Statistical Authority - March ‘12
Hellenic Statistical Authority - March ‘12 & Eurostat - March ‘12
Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research - April ‘12
Hellenic Statistical Authority - Feb ‘12
50,4%
unemployment
        rate
       for
    <25yr
      (Dec ‘11)


                  Eurostat - April ‘12
37%
Increase
in 2011
(highest in EU-27)
                     Greek International Business Association - April ‘12
Huge
increase in
“true”
young
entrepreneurship
via
contests
                   www.ennovation.gr - April ‘12
33%
(2nd highest in EU-27)
                         ELTRUN The eBusiness Research Center - AUEB- Feb ‘12
eCommerce    Young Entrepreneurship




                                        Exports
            Can you connect the dots?
Gentlemen, can you connect the dots?
Young   ennovation 2012


People
Starting-up
eBusinesses
to boost
Greek
exports
#8




  Well, maybe he could have figured it out…
Decide in which country you will create and register your start-up
Let’s look at some more convincing data
Let’s focus on e-selling to a 150M population
e-translate into Polish (spread the word!)
Focus on e-selling to a population of 150M
Potential: this e-shop ships even to Mongolia
The Greek state supported the guy #NOT
Greek eTailers can cover all the popular
  categories that people buy on-line
High job demand from e-businesses, but
little market supply of these new 24 e-roles
We need to
train students
to be ready as
soon as they
graduate to fit
into, or even,
lead an
eBusiness
Prof. G.
Doukidis
DMST - AUEB
(you think all 24yr
   olds earn the basic
           salary after
         graduation?)

Meet
Kiriaki
(now eCommerce manager at a big Clothes Firm)
We can educate the next Zuckerbergs in Greece,
      Greek youth is extremely talented
Students need good education and good mentoring
Υπομονή & Επιμονή
Υπομονή & Επιμονή




                    OK, eCommerce… but what
                    about the Economy Crisis?
OK, eCommerce… but what
eCommerce is crisis-proof!the Economy Crisis?
                 about          Forrester Research – December ‘08
Feel free to
    contact me
    (presentation on slideshare.com)




@pgezerlis
ennovation 2012




Greek
eCommerce
vs.
Greek
Crisis

Greek eCommerce vs. Greek Crisis