Building a Startup Ecosystem « from scratch »in Strasbourg.
Hi, I am Stéphane Becker.
President Alsace DigitaleCEO, Founder Method In The Madness
Strasbourg272.000 inhabitants in the City
700k+ in the City Area
Houston, we’ve got a problem.
It was really from scratch
« The crisis that affects the rest of France won’t come into Elsass »
An Elsasser Senator, 1995
« Internet, it won’t work ! »
A director from a local cluster.
No previous « success » in IT.
The Master Plan
Attract, Crystalize, Develop
Attract
La Plage : Coworking space, around fifty people.
HackSXB : last Friday of each month, 5 to 20 people.
Attraction : Devoxx4Kids, 3 editions, around 20 people each time.
Crystalize
Startup Weekend : 3 editions, average 120 participants per edition.
DigitalHealthCamp : first edition, 200 people attending, cooperation with Hacking Health Montréal.
Develop
Strasbourg Startup, a dozen startup sharing informations. Snowballing in progress !
Future
French / German cooperation
Accelerator ?