greek ecommerce vs. greek crisis

ennovation 2012

GreekeCommercevs.GreekCrisis

eBusiness Consultant

@pgezerlis

first, the bad news…

Hellenic Statistical Authority - March ‘12

Hellenic Statistical Authority - March ‘12 & Eurostat - March ‘12

Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research - April ‘12

Hellenic Statistical Authority - Feb ‘12

50,4%unemployment

rate for

<25yr (Dec ‘11)

Eurostat - April ‘12

37%Increase in 2011(highest in EU-27)

Greek International Business Association - April ‘12

Huge increase in “true” young entrepreneurship

viacontests

www.ennovation.gr - April ‘12

33%(2nd highest in EU-27)

ELTRUN The eBusiness Research Center - AUEB- Feb ‘12

Can you connect the dots?

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Gentlemen, can you connect the dots?

ennovation 2012YoungPeopleStarting-upeBusinessesto boostGreekexports

Decide in which country you will create and register your start-up

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Well, maybe he could have figured it out…

Let’s look at some more convincing data

We have 3.500-4.000

e-shops in Greece, selling

a total of 2% of the annual

retail sales to 11M people

Let’s focus on e-selling to a 150M population

Poland: 39M population, well educated, €7,5Β on-line sales

e-translate into Polish (spread the word!)

Focus on e-selling to a population of 150M Potential: this e-shop ships even to Mongolia

The Greek state supported the guy #NOT

Greek eTailers can cover all the popular categories that people buy on-line

High job demand from e-businesses, but little market supply of these new 24 e-roles

We need to train students to be ready as soon as they graduate to fit into, or even, lead an eBusinessProf. G. DoukidisDMST - AUEB

(you think all 24yr olds earn the basic

salary after graduation?)

MeetKiriaki (now eCommerce manager at a big Clothes Firm)

We can educate the next Zuckerbergs in Greece, Greek youth is extremely talented

Students need good education and good mentoring

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OK, eCommerce… but what about the Economy Crisis?

OK, eCommerce… but what about the Economy Crisis?eCommerce is crisis-proof! Forrester Research – December ‘08

Feel free tocontact me(presentation on slideshare.com)

@pgezerlis

ennovation 2012

GreekeCommercevs.GreekCrisis