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𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱. 𝟲𝟬𝟬 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝘁. The first EWOR Operators Day just ended. A first glimpse of the founding teams that will shape the next decade. 14 EWOR fellows pitched 60+ founding-level roles to a group of absolutely cracked talents. 𝘊-𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘗𝘖𝘴. 𝘛𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘈𝘐, 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳, 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯, 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘨𝘭𝘦, 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵. 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘖𝘭𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘏𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴. 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 100𝘔 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀. Operators Day was built to change that – to connect outlier operators with outlier founders offering significant equity packages. This benefits everyone. Today's early team members become tomorrow's angel investors. We've seen it with early team members at WhatsApp, Uber, OpenAI, and countless others. This won't be the last EWOR Operators Day. Applications for the next edition are already open. Link in comments. On the founders route instead? EWOR Fellowship applications close 24 November. #EWOR #startups #hiring #startupjobs #entrepreneurship

100+ surgeons trained. Commitments from 10 major hospitals including Johns Hopkins. All within 2 weeks of their US debut. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱. Congratulations to the CLARO SURGICAL (formerly Drill Surgeries Ltd.) team and EWOR Fellow Moises Barbera Ramos and Joan Ferras-Tarragó on these impressive results. Read more in Forbes below.

I grew up around operating rooms. 🏥 I saw the inefficiencies of surgery first-hand and knew how to operate on broken bones before I turned 10. This has been my obsession for decades. We built 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐎 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 because we believed surgeons deserved something better: 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 inside the operating room. To know exactly 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 and 𝘩𝘰𝘸 to operate, with the highest confidence. - No stop-and-shoot X-rays. - No guesswork. - No unnecessary radiation. This week, we sat down with Charlie Fink to talk about our U.S. market entry and the exclusive was published by Forbes. CLARO SURGICAL (formerly Drill Surgeries Ltd.) is already being used on live patients. We’ve trained 100+ surgeons in the U.S., completed 12 patient surgeries in Europe, and have a growing pipeline of dozens of hospitals worldwide. This is just the beginning. Thank you to our team, our clinical partners, and especially the surgeons who trusted us in the operating room. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. #CLARITYintheOR #AI #XR

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀: 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻. Case in point: Igor Solomennikov joined WhatsApp as a Software Engineer the same month it launched. He left with reportedly $150M when Facebook acquired it for $19B. The logic is simple. Finding the right founding team can be a gamechanger. 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟳 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿. 𝟭𝟬-𝟭𝟭:𝟯𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧. 𝗘𝗪𝗢𝗥 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆. 13 EWOR Fellows – backed by our own personal money and investors like a16z, Balderton Capital, and Lightspeed – will pitch to the world’s strongest operators, builders, and do-ers. Companies that have already raised $2-10M with the foundation to reach €10BN+. Significant VSOP/ESOP packages will be available. If you're VP Engineering, CTO, Chief of Staff, GTM Engineer, or BizDev Lead material, and you want to build something massive, you belong in this room. Comment "I'm a builder" for a potential invite or tag someone who should be there. #EWOR #startups #hiring #startupjobs #entrepreneurship

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝟬.𝟭% 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲? EWOR Co-founder and CEO Daniel W. Dippold is hosting a live webinar 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝟳𝗽𝗺 𝗖𝗘𝗧 to answer this question. No script, just honest answers about what we look for, how the fellowship works, and whatever you want to know about EWOR. Bring your questions. We'll answer them. Join here: https://lnkd.in/ezwq63rf #EWOR #entrepreneurship #fellowships #founders #startups

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗴𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲. Last week at STATION F, we brought together 100 of France's top founders, investors, and builders. The hard-to-find outliers who usually skip events showed up for one reason: direct access to people who've actually scaled ventures. Like Mathieu Nebra (OpenClassrooms) and Evan Testa (Roundtable), who broke down how they scaled from Paris to global markets. Steven Deves-Girain (Hemeris Agritech) and Andrew Nutter (Gama) shared the realities of deep tech: longer timelines, higher stakes, harder fundraising. Petter Made walked through the brutal lessons from scaling SumUp across Europe and how much of a difference a AAA team really makes. Daniel W. Dippold shared patterns from selecting and mentoring the top 0.1% at EWOR, namely what separates outliers from everyone else. What stood out wasn't who showed up. It was why. Builders came not only from Paris, they traveled from surrounding countries and cities for real insight, not networking theater. It felt like what happens when exceptional people stop performing and start building together. The outliers don't wait for ecosystems to catch up. They're already building in Paris! Thanks to EuroTech Federation, START Paris, and our sponsor STATION F for powering this event. #EWOR #startups #LaFrenchTech #entrepreneurship

𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹. Generic wisdom is 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. Transformative mentorship, the kind that changes trajectories, is rare. Today, we're launching EWOR’s 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 – an initiative to recognize the mentors who actually move the needle for exceptional founders. Not the famous names giving keynotes. The ones with battle scars and exits who challenged you when no one else would. Who pushed back on your roadmap and made you rethink everything. Who helped you ship when it felt impossible. 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬. 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴. This is less about awards, and more about recognizing who's real. Submit your mentor now. Link in comments. #EWOR #Top100FounderMentors #startups #startupmentors #entrepreneurship

EWOR's acceptance rate has dropped from 10% to 0.1% in 2.5 years. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁? EWOR Co-founder and CEO Daniel W. Dippold will answer this question live on Tuesday, 4 November, from 7-8pm CET. No script. No polish. Just the truth about what it takes to get into one of the world's most selective founder fellowships. In this webinar, Daniel will share what makes a successful EWOR application and how the fellowship actually works – investment terms, mentorship from unicorn founders (SumUp, Adjust, and ProGlove), the Grand Pitch, the ecosystem, what's coming next, and more. Bring your questions – the tough ones, the real ones. We'll answer them. Thinking about applying or want to understand what we've built? Join us. Join using the link in comments. #EWOR #entrepreneurship #fellowships #founders #startups

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟬 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲'𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘁. Two more speakers will join us onstage at STATION F: 001 Mathieu Nebra, Co-Founder, OpenClassrooms   Built OpenClassrooms into one of Europe's largest education-to-employment platforms. Scaled from France when the ecosystem was a fraction of the size it is today. 002 Steven Deves-Girain, Founder and CEO of Hemeris AgriTech Innovation Built technology that kills seed-borne diseases with cold plasma instead of chemicals. Turning French engineering into global food security. They will join Petter Made (Co-Founder SumUp/EWOR Partner), Evan Testa (Co-Founder and CEO Roundtable), Daniel W. Dippold (Co-Founder and CEO EWOR) for an evening of honest and raw conversations about what it actually takes to build successful companies. 𝘕𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴. 𝘕𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. For founders who execute with conviction. Investors backing Europe's next wave of generational companies. Operators building the future. 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟬. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙. 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲-𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆. Thanks to EuroTech Federation, START Paris, and our sponsor STATION F for powering this event. 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦-𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺. Join the waitlist. Link in comments.

"When you escape war at 18, every startup challenge feels manageable” – EWOR Fellow Adam Lababidi. In 2014, a missile struck the Lababidi apartment in Damascus. Adam, then 18, and his brother Liam, 17, had to leave everything behind and board a refugee boat to Sweden. The smuggler's order: "Throw everything overboard. Too much weight." But Adam had their laptop – the one they'd used since they were 12 to learn coding and build their dreams. He looked at Liam and made a snap decision. He strapped it to his body, wrapping it in duct tape. That laptop became their education. The foundation for their first company. And today, their second. When first building PaidTabs (used by 90,000 musicians), the brothers discovered a problem. Email marketing drove 30% of their revenue but took 3 days per campaign. They'd juggle Figma for design, ChatGPT for copy, Mailchimp for templates and testing tools for compatibility. They'd literally argue about whose turn it was to send emails. So they built the solution from scratch. Custom compiler. Specialized AI agents. Models trained specifically for email. 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗮𝗔𝗜. No templates. No drag-and-drop. Just describe what you want and get a production-ready email in 30 seconds. Multiple languages. Works with Mailchimp, Klaviyo, HubSpot, Brevo, Shopify and more. Early traction is clear: 5,000 organic signups. Product of the Day on Product Hunt. 10 agency partnerships. That 11-year-old laptop? Sits in their Barcelona office today to serve as a reminder of their journey. No degrees. No connections. No safety nets. Just two brothers who refused to let their future sink. Such stories are why EWOR exists – to back founders who turn impossible odds into inevitable success. Check out MigmaAI now and upvote them on Product Hunt. Link in comments. #EWOR #entrepreneurship #startups #startupfellowship #innovation