“We are seduced by big numbers and fairytales, or maybe I should say, fairytale beasts”, remarked Professor Welter in reference to talk of remarkable “unicorn” companies that promise fast, radical change and rapid growth.
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At 23, Gonçalo Ribeiro is already navigating two worlds: the academic institutes of physics and the fast-moving arena of entrepreneurship.
Portuguese innovator Gonçalo Ribeiro has won the Youth Start-Up Competition (YSC) 2025 with his pioneering medical technology project FLASHGuard.
The European Commission will take part in the ReBuild Ukraine Fair on 13-14 November 2025 in Warsaw, showcasing the EU’s continued commitment to Ukraine’s recovery and progressive integration into the Single Market.
Copenhagen set the stage today for a powerful opening to the SME Assembly 2025, where policymakers, entrepreneurs and innovators came together under the theme “Successful SMEs, Competitive Europe.”
In addressing policymakers, Professor Welter encouraged a shift away from ‘picking winners’ toward creating enabling conditions for all forms of entrepreneurship. “Everyday enterprises are neither little big businesses nor laggard fast-growth businesses – they are enterprises in their own right”.
The European Commission has launched the first-ever European Capitals of Small Retail Awards. This initiative stems from a citizens’ petition and was proposed by the Parliament to highlight the vital role of small retailers in revitalising city centres.
Today, the European Commission published the 2025 Flash Eurobarometer survey on ‘Start-up, Scale-Up and Entrepreneurship’. This EU-wide survey gathered insights from over 17,000 companies, including 13,000 in the EU-27.
