26 May 2015 – Technology startup teams pitching to a high-profile panel of judges, mentors, entrepreneurs, and investors. An event filled with excitement as early-stage entrepreneurs present their new technologies, connecting with other members of Greece’s growing technology community.

It is hard to imagine this sort of event happened in the very same Greece covered by international news outlets. Six years of recession, the deepest in memory, have resulted in fear, insecurity, and anxiety. According to Endeavor Greece, an affiliate of the global entrepreneurship organization, entire sectors of business have vanished, taking with them one million jobs. Thousands of Greeks, most of them younger than 35 years old and typically highly educated and skilled, have left the country for lack of work.

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