Reading Time: 3 minutesThomas Huriez, founder of 1083 jeans, has pioneered the concept of “perma-industry,” promoting a production model that aligns with local ecosystems and emphasizes positive social and environmental impacts.
Category: Entrepreneurship
Europe’s innovation paradox: Sitting on a goldmine, yet starving for impact
Reading Time: 4 minutesAhmed Hadi, a young entrepreneur and the co-founder of MIMIR, discusses the great potential for innovation and what Europe can do to improve.
Leveraging the power of youth entrepreneurship organisations
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the post-pandemic world, young people have had to create their own opportunities as entrepreneurs. What challenges do they face and how can they be helped? Find out more in this piece by the CEO of JA Europe, Salvatore Nigro, and OECD expert David Halabisky.
Young entrepreneurs: Money, mindset and motivation
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn our latest podcast, the OECD’s David Halabisky talks to Anita Tiessen, CEO of Youth Business International, discuss the challenges faced by young entrepreneurs.
Miriam Smidt: How I found new life as an entrepreneur
Reading Time: 2 minutesArtist Miriam Smidt has faced numerous obstacles in her life. After a life altering diagnosis, she started her entrepreneurship journey. Read her story here.
Angeliki Arvanitis: How I began a new venture regardless of my age
Reading Time: 2 minutesFilmmaker, script writer, senior entrepreneur, and founder of Sacatou: Angeliki Arvanitis shares her entrepreneurship story in our #MissingEntrepreneurs blog series.
Are you one of the OECD’s 34 million missing entrepreneurs?
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere would be 34.1 million more entrepreneurs in the OECD, and 7.5 million in the EU, if everyone was as active in business creation as 30-49 year old men. The Missing Entrepreneurs 2023 shows how underrepresented groups are faced with many barriers, and what policy makers can do to help them on their entrepreneurship journey.
Ahmed Hadi: How I’ve made serial entrepreneurship my business
Reading Time: 2 minutesAhmed Hadi, founder of MIMIR, tells his entrepreneurship story in this installment of our #MissingEntrepreneurs blog series.