Ramón Tancinco, with Richard Lucas and Sam Cook. Ramón discusses his prophetic TEDxKrakow talk concerning Krakow as a European Silicon Valley. They analyse the reason Krakow is a hub for tech companies and how it mirrors Silicon Valley in the United States. Richard talks about the influx of billion dollar companies. Finally, Sam explains how Krakow is not Silicon Valley and why that’s not a bad thing.

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About your host - Richard Lucas

Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here.

Sam Cook was the co-host of this podcast from 2015-17

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We welcome Pawel Nowak, tech entrepreneur for a chat about current trends in technology-based business in Poland. Join Sam, Richard and Pawel for the discussion.

About your host - Richard Lucas

Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here.

Sam Cook was the co-host of this podcast from 2015-2017

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Sam and Richard introduce Vincent Vergonjeanne, a French entrepreneur who takes us through how he built a successful ninety-person video game company, why he escaped it and moved to Krakow, and how he finally created his dream company producing beautiful, world-class video games, “One game at a time.”

About your host - Richard Lucas

Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here.

Sam Cook was the co-host of this podcast from 2015-17

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Ela Madej, co-founder of Base, a Krakow-based startup that later exited to Zendesk, as well as Hive 53, which has stood at the spear-head of the Krakow startup scene since 2011. This week, Sam and Richard hear the details of Ela’s colourful career. After she left Base she founded,

About your host - Richard Lucas

Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded, led and/or invested in more than 30 businesses, Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre-schools to leading business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here.

Sam Cook was the co-host of this podcast from 2015-17

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