As this year’s International Women’s Day theme is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, we want to celebrate the valuable contributions women have made to advance innovation and technology through entrepreneurship. However, it’s critical that we draw attention to the gender gap that still remains when it comes to ICT (Information, Computers and Technology) …
Startup Nations Standard Talent
February 25, 2021
Hiring the startup dream team -Moonshot or nightmare?
The stakes are very high in startup hiring. Typically, startups are formed by small teams where team members wear many hats simultaneously. Oftentimes the product or service they offer addresses a very specific market gap. Hence, they require very specific talent that they might not find in the EU. The fitting additional team member with …
Talent
November 20, 2020
Scaling-up diversity
Talent has been a priority for Allied for Startups since day one. Last month, Talent was re endorsed as a top policy priority in our 2021 Mandate. Startup visas and stock option reform are key components of our engagement on talent, especially as The Startup Nations Standard is in the pipeline!. This year it includes …
Talent
April 5, 2019
It’s all about Talent, Talent, Talent
Next to markets and capital, talent has always been one of the top three things entrepreneurs need to thrive. With more capital available and markets slowly uniting, access to talent is becoming the biggest bottleneck to scaling up in the EU. We suggest three building blocks to policy makers: Train more talent, enable startups to hire …
Talent
August 22, 2016
Brain gain: Six ways the EU startup visa will bring success to Europe
Europe needs to do more to attract talented people and the growth of boost startups. Right now, Europe is bleeding talent, but governments can reverse that trend. The European Commission will propose changes to the blue card visa for highly-skilled workers tomorrow (7 June). Let’s hope the executive listens to what member states called for …
Talent
May 11, 2016
How a Startup Visa can make the EU (and EU politics) more attractive
As we are working towards the Digital Single Market, the access of third country entrepreneurs should be part of our discussion.