Entrepreneurs start their businesses where conditions are best. Be it access to better infrastructure, talent, partnerships or a better regulatory framework, startup founders are not bound to one location anymore. To fulfill and increase startups’ economic potential, founders should be able to hire and retain the talent they need. Talent has been a priority of AFS since day one. This is why Allied for Startups supports any type of initiative that will help EU startups to have access to a pool of talent such as the promotion of digital literacy for the current and next generation: 

coding, STEM, more open curriculas containing multi sectoral disciplines. Startups need simple procedures to employ the best available talent, and Europe needs to become attractive for founders and skilled workers alike. To enable startups to be competitive when hiring new talent from abroad, startups need harmonised and unified rules around a European startup visa and stock options. The time and the administrative efforts will be lower and will enable startups to focus on what is really important for them – innovation.