MTN: Ignition for startups

? MTN e??a? ? p??t? eta??e?a st?? ??p?? p?? ?d?se s?µas?a st?? te????????? ?????t?ta ?a? t? ?ea???? ep??e???µat???t?ta st??????ta? µ?a se??? ap? p?atf??µe? ?a? e?d???se??. «G?a eµ??, ? st????? t?? ??a? ep??e???µat???t?ta? ?a? t?? startupe??a? ep??tas? t?? st?at?????? µa?: ?p?st??????µe t?? ?µa?? ??ta?? st? ??f?a?? ep???, a?ade??????µe ?a? a???p????µe ta p?e??e?t?µat? t??, e?d??? se µ?a ?µ?da ?????? p?? µ???? p??? d?? ?????a ?ta? a??at? ??a ?????», a?af??e? ? CEO t?? ???, Philip Van Dalsen.

?e t?? ?p?st????? t?? p?atf??µa? t?? Open Coffee Cyprus, d?? ?????a p???, ? ??? a?????ase t?? te????????? ?????t?ta. St? s????e?a, ?p?st????e t?? ?esµ? t?? STARTup LiVE Cyprus, t?? p??t?? pa?e???pa???? t???µe??? ?esµ?? ??a e?pa?de?s? ???? ep??e???µat???, s??des? t??? µe pa?????te? t?? a????? ?a? t? µetat??p? µ?a? ?d?a? se p????. ? MTN f???????se t?? e???pa??? ?esµ? st?? ??p?? ?a? ?ste??e t??? ????t?? se a?t?st?????? d?a????sµ??? st?? ????p?. ?????, ?p?st????e? ?µp?a?ta ???? µ?a f??? t?? te????????? ?????t?ta µe t?? pa???s?a t?? st? p??t? Startup Weekend Cyprus.

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? a?tap????s? t?? ??????, ?p?? de?????? ta ???µe?a t?? d????a??se??, e??a? µe????. ?? Open Coffee Cyprus d???????se µ???? s?µe?a 6 s??a?t?se??, µe pe??ss?te???? ap? 1.500 s?µµet????te? ?a? pe??p?? 45 ?µ???t?? ap? t?? ??p?? ? t? e??te????. ? ?????t?ta e??a? p?a d??t??µ??? ?a? ??e? ??p??a??? ?a? e???????? ep??e???se?? ?de??a? se ??a e????s??de? ????? ta p??ta t??? ß?µata.

St? p??sfat? STARTup LiVE Cyprus ?atat????a? 37 ?d?e?, 24 te????? pa???s??se?? ?a? ?? ????t?? ???d?sa? ß?aße?a-e??a???e? p?? t??? ?d???sa? st? e??te????. «S???e???µ??a, ? startup FUNIFI a?ade??t??e ap? t? STARTup LiVE Cyprus, d?a??????e µe t?? d??? µa? p?????s? st? ?e?????? ?a? ap? e?e? ?at?fe?e ?a µpe? st? µe?a??te?? e???pa??? accelerator», ?p???aµµ??e? ? ?. Van Dalsen.

???? t? d?ast????p???s? t?? ??? sta startups ?? ep??e???se?? de? ?d??a? ?aµ?a s?µas?a st? ?ea???? ep??e???µat???t?ta. «???a????µaste p?? t? ???aµe p??t??, e?µaste ?pe??fa??? ??a t?? ??p??a??? ?µ?de? ?a? a?a??t??µe t??p??? ?a t?? st??????µe ?a? st? s????e?a. S??e??s??µe ?a pa?????µe p????? ?a? e??a???e?, e?pa?de?s? ?a? d??t??s? st??? ????? ep??e???µat?e? t?? ??p???», s??????e?.

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? ?. Van Dalsen p?st??e? ?t? ? ??? ?e?d??e? ?ta? ? ??p??? µetat??peta? se ???a e??a?????. ? startup ?????t?ta ap?te?e?ta? ap? µ??f?µ?????, e???µat????? ????? ?a? a????p??? p?? de? pe??µ????? t?? e?e???e??, t?? ???????? ?a? t?? ?pe?ßa?????. ? ??? µe t?? ?p?st????? t?? a?ade????e? ??a ????? s???fasµ??? µe t?? a??e? t??: ??e? ?????? p??sd???e? ?a? p??se???eta? ap? t?? ?a???t?µ?a: the sky is the limit.

? eta??e?a ?a s??e??se? ?a st????e? t?? e?f??se?? t?? startup ep??e???µat???t?ta? µe ???e t??p?. F?t?? ta Open Coffee Cyprus ?a µetat?ap??? se d?ad?ast???? s??a?t?se?? µe t??? ?µ???t?? ?a? ?a a?ade????? ?t?p???? ep??e???µat?e?. ?a??????a, ? ??? s?µµet??e? st? p??t? Startup Weekend Cyprus, p?? ?a p?a?µat?p????e? t? t???µe?? 6-8 ?e?eµß????, se s??e??as?a µe t? Microsoft. St? t???µe?? ?a d??e? ? e??a???a se 150 µ??? t?? ?????t?ta? ?a e?a?t??s??? t?? d??at?t?t?? t??? st?? ???p???s? µ?a? ?d?a? se te???? p?????, ?a e?pa?de?t??? ap? t??? ?a??te???? µ??t??e? ?a? ?a pa???s??s??? t?? ?d?a t??? se epe?d?t??.

«? ??? ?a d?se? ?a? p??? t?? e??a???a st??? ????t?? ?a ?e?d?s??? ß?aße?a ?a? e??a???e?, e?? ?a e??s??se? t? d?e??? p??ß??? t?? ??p??? ?? ??a? d??aµ?? st?? t?µ?a t?? te???????a?, t?? ep??e???µat???t?ta? ?a? t?? startups», ?ata???e?.