Uploading an entrepreneurship culture

Pioneering ideas, companies that aspire to change the world, and stories from cities and states that have succeeded in becoming tech hubs were the subject of discussion at the fourth Reload Greece conference, which took place last weekend at the London Business School in the UK capital.

Among the speakers at the event organized by the UK-based educational charity, was Emilios Halamandaris, co-founder and CEO of Innoetics, a text-to-speech start-up now a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co, who explained how his experience at Innoetics has taught him three key lessons:

First, you need to be persistent. "We are an 11-year-old start-up; we've had many ups and downs." Second, it's hard to turn a research project into a successful business idea. Third, researchers in Greece are doing a great deal of valuable work. "Samsung agreed to have Innoetics stay in Greece, as one of...