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.