A different approach is necessary

In a little while, 20 entrepreneurs, managers, bankers and representatives from the civil society arrive at the first share#square at Participium. Guest speaker is Frank Demets (first from the left), who will give a vision on the future of business. He will do this looking back on his past as editor-in-chief for the newspaper ‘De Tijd’ and as a strategic communications consultant at Febelfin.

Some minutes ago, Lagast and Demets went through the presentation together. It looks good: Frank makes a stand for a different approach. In essence it comes down to this: entrepreneurs need better focus and better support, more funding is needed for that particular intermediary group between local traders and small businesses that can still find support with family and friends on the one hand, and the medium-sized companies for whom sufficient capital is available on the other hand. After Frank’s lecture, Jan Lagast will discuss this subject into more detail by indicating that Participium will turn a great idea into a company by giving it the right company vision and attracting the right people and financing.