Startup founders and NextGens (of established family businesses) face a very different set of challenges. While startup founders have to focus on the very basics of their company, this may not apply to the NextGens. Upon taking over the established business however, NextGens can instead encounter a set of traditions and cultures that seemingly do not allow for much room for change. Whereas Startup founders are generally free to drive their businesses in the direction they so wish. The two also have commonalities such as respect for entrepreneurship and a drive for growth. In this episode, we try to look at the similarities and contracts between the two situations.

The fourth episode of our EMEA Startup Podcast Series ‘Startups of today for the impact of tomorrow' focuses on the way startups and governments collaborate.  In this episode, Abhijeet Malik, EMEA Startup Network Driver, Senior Manager, PwC Belgium, is joined by Mohamed Fagiri, Founder and CEO of Uqud and Yves Iradukundah, CEO, Permanent Secretary at Government of Rwanda - Ministry of ICT and Innovation. The conversation explores how connections between startups and governments are formed, how the two sides can maximise working with each other and handle topics such as confidentiality, procurement and administrative issues together.

A majority of Startups simply do not make it. However, the ones that do make it can produce very high returns on investment. In this episode, we will delve deeper into startup investing with regard to the risks and rewards that might come from it. We explore how to make the relationship between Startups and Investors work for both sides: from finding each other to exiting the relationship. 

The second episode of our EMEA Startup Podcast Series ‘Startups of today for the impact of tomorrow' focuses on the way startups and large companies collaborate. In this episode, Abhijeet Malik, EMEA Startup Network Driver, Senior Manager, PwC Belgium, is joined by Trygve Pedersen, CEO, Wenn AS and Erik Kolehmainen, Vice President, Corporate Venturing at Metsa Spring. The conversation explores the different challenges startups and corporations face, and how collaboration can lead to mutually beneficial synergies.

The first episode of our EMEA Startup Podcast Series ‘Startups of today for the impact of tomorrow' focuses on the way startups are supported by accelerators. Abhijeet Malik, EMEA Startup Network Driver, Senior Manager, PwC Belgium, is joined by Hanna Asmussen, Founder and CEO of Localyze and Magali Roy Bentley, Associate with Norrsken Impact Accelerator, in this conversation which aims to answer questions like: How can startups stay true to themselves while going through accelerators? What is the right timing to join an accelerator? And, what things should startups pay attention to while picking an accelerator?

In this teaser, the host of the video podcast series, Abhijeet Malik, EMEA Startup Network Driver, Senior Manager, PwC Belgium, gives an overview of what the audience can expect from PwC’s new startup podcast ‘Startups of today for the impact of tomorrow’. What kind of guests will be featured and why PwC is uniquely positioned to facilitate these discussions.