Marie Wall, Deputy Director for Startups at the Ministry of Enterprise of Sweden, talks about the importance of the scaleups and startups for the Swedish industry’s competitiveness and Ignite Sweden’s role to bring them together on her keynote presentation at Ignite Sweden Day 2019.
Marie Wall, Deputy Director for Startups at the Ministry of Enterprise, was one of the keynote speakers at Ignite Sweden Day 2019. In her presentation called “From Startup to Scaleup – why is it important for Sweden?”, she emphasizes that the survival and competitiveness of the Swedish industry depend on scaleups.
“Industry needs to focus on building the capabilities needed to successfully navigate the future in order to survive. Scaleups and startups within the areas of new technology are the keys to creating strategic value for large companies”, says Marie, who warns of the risk that they could move abroad.
The challenge she highlights is how do we bring industry and startups together, and this is one of the reasons why Ignite Sweden is so important according to Wall.
“Ignite Sweden is the tool we have to really foster this new ecosystem that we can secure not only that we have the startups that can be scaleups but also that we can secure that we get a scaleup ecosystem that our current industry needs to be competitive for the future”, concludes.
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