Il-Kummissjoni Ewropea Stqarrija għall-istampa Brussell, il-21 ta' Marzu 2013 L-UE tgħid li għandna nigglorifikaw l-intraprendituri tagħna: Il-kreaturi ta' Skype, Spotify u Angry Birds jagħtu parir lill-UE — l-ewwel fażi tal-kampanja “StartUp Europe” Ħafna nies tiġihom f'moħħhom Silicon Valley fl-Istati Uniti meta jaħsbu dwar it-teknoloġija u l-intraprendituri — il-Kummissjoni Ewropea trid li ż-żgħażagħ Ewropej ikunu ispirati minn intraprendituri lokali, sabiex l-ideat tajbin tagħhom jibdew u jibqgħu fl-Ewropa. Bl-għajnuna tal-kreaturi ta' Spotify, Angry Birds, Tuenti, Skype, SeedCamp, HackFwd, London's Tech City u TheNextWeb, il-Kummissjoni qed toħloq pjattaforma għall-intraprendituri li jispikkaw biex jirrakkontaw l-istejjer tagħhom ta' ispirazzjonijiet u frustrazzjonijiet, biex jiġbdu l-attenzjoni taż-żgħażagħ u tal-mexxejja Ewropej dwar il-potenzjal ta' karrieri intraprenditorjali. "L-Ewropej jeħtieġ li jkunu kreattivi u kuraġġużi. Dan huwa l-mod kif bdew għexieren ta' kumpaniji tat-teknoloġija u tal-web fl-UE, li huma wħud mill-aktar kumpaniji dinamiċi tad-dinja. Irrid li d-dinja kollha tkun tafu", qalet Neelie Kroes, il-Viċi President tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea, "Irrid li l-intraprendituri żgħażagħ ikollhom mudelli ta' eżempju, u li kollha jkollhom suq uniku diġitali reali fejn jistgħu jiżviluppaw l-ideat tagħhom.” Il-klabb ta' mexxejja ta' StartUpEurope huwa l-ewwel parti ta' Startup Europe, il-pjan f'sitt partijiet tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea biex jiġu aċċelerati u konnessi l-ekosistemi lokali għall-intraprendituri fl-Ewropa. L-obbjettiv ta' dan huwa li jgħin lill-kumpaniji biex jibdew u jikbru fis-settur teknoloġiku fl-Ewropa u li jespandu l-attività tagħhom fid-dinja kollha. Il-membri tal-Klabb ta' Mexxejja ta' Startup Europe huma prova ħajja li l-intraprenditorija fil-web tista' tkun karriera ta' sodifazzjon kbir. Neelie Kroes qalet "Dawn in-nies ma tkellmux biss li se jagħmlu xi ħaġa, iżda marru u għamluha". Din hija r-raġuni għaliex iż-żgħażagħ u l-kapijiet għandhom jisimgħuhom.” Pereżempju, Spotify huwa disponibbli fi 23 pajjiż; Skype jitratta terz mis-sejħiet internazzjonali; u Angry Birds huwa ikbar minn Twitter, b'aktar minn 250 miljun ta' utenti attivi kull xahar. Madankollu l-għadd ta' gradwati fl-ICT qed jonqos u l-qgħad qiegħed dejjem jiżdied. L-intraprendituri jistgħu jgħinuna nimlew dan il-vojt. Il-mexxejja (f'ordni alfabetiku, ara l-anness għal bijografija sħiħa) huma: Zaryn Denzel, (@Zaryn), imwieled f'California, fundatur ta' Tuenti, l-ikbar netwerk soċjali 'bi stedina biss' ta' Spanja Daniel EK (@eldsjal) u Martin lorentzon (@MartinLorentzon) — fundaturi tas-servizz ta' streaming ta' mużika onlajn Spotify Kaj Hed (@RovioHQ) – President ta' Rovio (Angry Birds) Lars Hinrichs (@LarsHinrichs) — fundatur u CEO ta' HackFwd, kumpanija ta' investiment ‘pre-seed' Joanna Shields (@TechCityUK) CEO u President ta' Tech City Investment Organisation Reshma Sohoni (@rsohoni) – Sieħba ta' SeedCamp, katalist għall-ġenerazzjoni li jmiss ta' intraprendituri Ewropej Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten (@Boris)– fundatur ta' The Next Web Niklas Zennström (@atomicoventures) – il-kofundatur ta' Skype, Kazaa, Joltid, Joost u Atomico L-elementi l-oħra ta' StartUp Europe huma: L-Isħubija Startup Europe (Startup Europe Partnership), biex jiġi sfruttat l-għarfien espert, il-mentoring, it-teknoloġija u s-servizzi Il-Forum tal-Aċċeleraturi tal-UE (EU Accelerators Forum) biex jikber l-għarfien dwar il-programmi aċċeleratur eżistenti In-Netwerks ta' Crowdfunding tal-UE (EU Crowdfunding Networks) biex jingħaqdu flimkien il-pjattaformi eżistenti ta' crowdfunding, speċjalment dawk speċjalizzati f'websajts li jkunu għadhom kemm fetħu Sensibizzazzjoni akbar tal-investituri ta' kapital ta' riskju (venture capital) għal negozji fuq il-web billi wieħed jaqsam magħhom l-stejjer ta' suċċess u permezz ta' attivitajiet ta' netwerking It-trawwim ta' talent ġdid tal-web billi: a) Jitwessa' r-rwol tal-pjattaformi ta' edukazzjoni onlajn (bħal “Massive Online Open Courses”) biex jingħeleb in-nuqqas ta' żviluppaturi tal-web; b) Jintużaw pjattaformi ta' tpartit bħala suq għall-kondiviżjoni u n-negozjar ta' ħiliet fost l-intraprendituri tal-web madwar l-Ewropa kollha; kif ukoll c) Tiġi esplorata l-vijabilità, fil-livell Ewropew, ta' ġemellaġġ bejn nies esperti u intraprendituri żgħażagħ biex jaqsmu ideat u esperjenzi. Sfond L-intraprendituri tal-web madwar id-dinja kollha għandhom impatt enormi fuq l-ekonomija u s-soċjetà. Il-biċċa l-kbira tal-impjiegi l-ġodda huma maħluqa minn dawn il-kumpaniji li jkunu għadhom kemm fetħu, u 45 % tal-Ewropej jixtiequ jaħdmu għal rashom jekk tiġihom l-opportunità. Kollettivament, kull sena, fl-Istati Uniti, il-kumpaniji li jkunu għadhom kemm fetħu joħolqu tliet miljun impjieg matul l-ewwel sena ta' negozju, livell ta' dinamiżmu li nixtiequ naraw fl-UE. Links utli Is-sit elettroniku tal-Aġenda Diġitali dwar StartupEurope Il-midja Soċjali: @startupEU u #StartUpEurope L-Aġenda Diġitali Neelie Kroes Segwi lil Neelie fuq Twitter Kuntatti: Ryan Heath (+32 2 296 17 16), Twitter: @RyanHeathEU Linda Cain (+32 2 299 90 19) Biographies of Leaders Club members Zaryn Dentzel is founder and CEO of Tuenti, Spain's largest 'invite-only' social network with over 12 million users. Dentzel originates from Santa Barbara, California and had his first go at social networking aged 21 when he co-created the political social network Essembly in the USA. He went to Spain at age 15 as an exchange student, to study diplomacy and Spanish Literature and has now become one of Spain's wealthiest and most famous young entrepreneurs thanks to the success and fast growth of Tuenti. His ambition is 'to change the way people consume information in Spain'. Tuenti was acquired by Telefonica on August 4, 2010 for €70 million. Daniel Ek is a serial entrepreneur and technologist who started his first company in 1997 at the age of 14 and co-founded Spotify in 2006, together with Martin Lorentzon. He was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden where he still lives. As the CEO of Spotify, Daniel's role is to guide the vision and strategy of the company as it grows. Leading the management team, Daniel is also responsible for nurturing a passionate working environment for everyone at Spotify. Prior to Spotify, Daniel founded Advertigo, having previously held senior roles at Nordic auction company Tradera (acquired by Ebay). Daniel was also CTO at Stardoll, the fashion & entertainment community for tweens. Kaj Hed is the majority owner and Chairman of the highly successful Rovio / Angry Birds. Kaj is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience of the international software business. He founded Trema (acquired by Wall Street Systems). A Finnish citizen, he was born in 1955. His first directorship was in 1995 with Trema Consulting Limited. Martin Lorentzon first struck up his partnership with Daniel Ek when Tradedoubler, Europe's largest affiliate sales network (founded by Martin), acquired Daniel's company Advertigo in 2006. Previously, Martin held senior roles at Telia, Altavista, Cell Ventures and NetStrategy. Martin studied Economics at Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden and has extensive knowledge of building companies. As chairman of Spotify, Martin has been on the company's board of directors since July 2006. Joanna Shields is CEO of Tech City Investment Organisation. An American-British businesswoman, she was named UK's Business Ambassador for Digital Industries. Previously she was VP and Managing Director of Facebook Europe, Middle East and Africa. Previously, at AOL, she was Executive VP for People Networks, extending the global reach of AOL's social networks, by integrating Bebo, AIM, ICQ, and AOL's other community platforms, Goowy Media and Yedda,- reaching a combined 80 million users worldwide.