Saul Klein, Next Web 2007

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

2. Should we really envy two small areas?

3. Ruled over by 2 geeks and a whiteboard….

4. $295bn

5. Or 2 geeks with an old skool monitor….

6. $38bn

7. Or 1 geek and a spray-painted sign…

8. $28bn

9. Or 1 geek, an MBA and a consultant…

10. $36bn

11. Or 2 geeks, too much paper, a strange clock

12. $156bn

13. $553bn of wealth creation, ignoring…

14. And forgetting….

17. + +
The ecosystem is primed for success…

18. Constantly commercializing what’s next….

19. So what about Europe?

20. We’ve always had creative prodigies….

21. We still create global entertainment…

22. Brands that define global luxury….

23. Brands that disrupt markets globally….

24. We’ve given birth to powerful
technologies…

25. We have amazing young R&D talent…

26. We have 7/10 top locations for young coders

27. Experienced and willing venture capital...

28. 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

29. We’ve started to have some great exits…
$4.1bn $1.1bn
$366m$900m $575m
$265m $280m

30. $4.2bn

31. $1.7bn

32. We have a pipeline of web leaders….

33. Online advertising is very advanced…

34. EU has 11 of Top 15 broadband
markets

35. Mobile phones are everywhere….

36. is now in 50 cities….

37. So go out there and take some risks…

38. It’s ok to fail…learn from your mistakes

39. Pick yourself up and try again…

40. saul@klein.name
http://localglo.be
http://www.opencoffeeclub.org

41. $3.9bn

42. $3.1bn