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July 15, 2022

My big fat Greek tech hub: 7 ways to boost startups in Greece

How the Mediterranean country can close the tech gap


Éanna Kelly

4 min read

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At its best, Greece is hard to beat. There’s gods and heroes, storied historical sites, sapphire-blue seas, the food and 227 inhabited islands to hop around.

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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