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he Ariadne Capital Investor Summit brought together the UK and Europe’s most dynamic and innovative business builders, individuals who continue to think big and who are leading the way in creating growth.
Held at the fantastic Four Seasons Hotel in Hampshire and kindly supported by J.P. Morgan the Summit epitomised the belief that Europe and the UK will be redefined by its entrepreneurs, and that society runs best when the entrepreneur is at the core of not just the economy but also society.
One of Ariadne’s key values is the belief that it’s all about the entrepreneur and that nothing trumps founder passion and we work tirelessly to help pack snow around the ball so that it can pick up speed and
eventually accelerate down the hill rather than being pushed by the early team up the mountain.
The packed audience at the summit listened to key note speeches from industry leaders. Each of the speakers demonstrated in their own way that society works best when it’s organised around its entrepreneurs. The world doesn’t have to be “zero-sum” and shouldn’t be. The only models which have legitimacy are those which are inclusive and that put everyone on the same side of the table-mutualisation and ecosystem economics.
Twelve years ago at the height of the dotcom boom, every Internet entrepreneur thought he was going to be a ‘David’, out to topple Goliath. He had his disruptive technology or was leveraging the Internet and was going to reshape all of industry.
But sure enough the Barclays, Tesco’s, EMI’s and the rest of the FTSE all survived. Over the past decade we have seen a very funny thing happening. Even during times of the dotcom bubble bursting and the financial crisis of the past few years, broadband and mobile penetration has continued to increase and technology has became cheaper and standardised. The changing market landscape has become more about components interlocking, and thus inter-compatibility is key.
The world has gone network. Successful companies find their natural allies in the market and then work to align with them. The winners do more though- they organise a set of economics for those allies so that everyone wins.
The mobile carriers and the record industries were two Goliaths who didn’t care whether others in the value chain were making any money. They lived in a top/ down, linear world, and thought it would last forever. Then along came an industry architect - Steve Jobs of Apple. Jobs broke up the monopolies by cutting new economics, enabling consumers and artists to make more money and in the process, he captured the lion’s share of the new music and smartphone markets.
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