{"id":4096,"date":"2016-04-22T14:35:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T13:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=50854"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:14","slug":"the-rotterdam-start-up-environment-for-nitwits-phase-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/04\/22\/the-rotterdam-start-up-environment-for-nitwits-phase-0\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rotterdam start-up environment for nitwits (phase 0)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are a whole lot of students going about with great new ideas for products or services, especially at a business-oriented university like Erasmus University Rotterdam. And just like for Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) or Larry Page (Google), this obviously starts in a garage or up in an attic. Messing about, doing a bit of building, making prototypes, having a glass of beer and daydreaming. Nothing wrong with that.<\/p>\n

But what if your idea turns out to be really<\/em> good? Where can you go in Rotterdam to cultivate and develop your brand-new company? To find out, we spoke with all kinds of key people in the wonderful world of meet-ups, bootstrapping,\u00a0co-working spaces,\u00a0incubators\u00a0and\u00a0angel investors.<\/p>\n