Five regional facilitators. Home offices. A willingness to travel. NLOWE began with a practical answer to an awkward question: who helps a woman build a business when the help is miles away?
Québec has no shortage of clever technology. Québec Tech is betting that the missing machinery is commercial - a selective, publicly backed route from local proof to international revenue.
In northern Italy, a publicly owned company puts workshops, research and business coaching under one roof. Its bet: the next industrial chapter needs somewhere to build.
Brussels built an agency that helps entrepreneurs test ideas, find funding and cross borders. Budget cuts are now putting parts of that hands-on model to the test.