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We're beyond thrilled and I'm so proud of the tea= m. A little Web Summit news: The largest number of startups ever will be at W= eb Summit this November. We're beyond thrilled and I'm so proud of the tea= m. Today we share the data for the first time. I just posted it all on Linked= In (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paddycosgrave_a-little-web-summit-news-= the-largest-number-activity-7246439741141790720-itgn/?utm_source=3DMC+Web+= Summit&utm_campaign=3Dbf7ba79653-300924_lisother_2024_startup-announcement= &utm_medium=3Demail&utm_term=3D0_-bf7ba79653-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D) =2C but= you=E2=80=99ll find most of it below as well. The number of American startups exhibiting in Lisbon will surpass 150 for= the first=2C reaching more than 250! The number of startups exhibiting from both the UK and Germany will reach= ~300 for each country=2C up sharply on 2023. The number of startups exhibiting from Spain and Italy will increase by mo= re than 50% compared to 2023=2C to ~170 from Spain and ~100 from Italy. These rates of growth are unprecedented for Web Summit. But non-traditional markets are also up sharply too. The number of startup= s exhibiting from Serbia for example=2C will exceed 50=2C which is more th= an double the number compared to 2023. The number of startups exhibiting f= rom Finland has also doubled in just a single year. And that=E2=80=99s just startups who are exhibiting. There are far more fo= unders and startups simply attending; networking=2C listening=2C learning.= We estimate there will be ~15=2C000 founders at Web Summit this year. A large part of this unprecedented growth is driven by a boom in bootstrap= ped startups. That boom is ushering in a new era in tech. Traditional=2C e= arly stage VCs are increasingly being sidelined=2C while a new generation= of bootstrapped startups are starting and scaling without them. For the first time=2C "seeking investment" is no longer the top priority f= or startups at Web Summit. It's =E2=80=9Cmeeting customers=E2=80=9D. Tech= is changing. And Web Summit is changing to meet this new reality. So why is there a boom in bootstrapped startups? Perhaps it is because it has never been cheaper to build software; perhaps= it is because it has never been cheaper to scale a software startup; perh= aps it is because it has never been easier to find customers; perhaps it i= s because major tech companies fired hundreds of thousands of highly talen= ted staff in recent years and many of those are now bootstrapping a new ge= neration of startups. Whatever it is=2C you'll meet an entirely new generation of founders and s= tartups at Web Summit=2C more of them bootstrapping than ever before in ou= r history. The numbers are unprecedented. The entire Web Summit team has worked flat out for the last year to hit th= is incredible milestone. I'm so proud of them. The entire team of more tha= n 300=2C who've worked full time throughout the year=2C can=E2=80=99t wait= to welcome you and an entirely new generation of founders and startups to= Lisbon. 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We're beyond thrilled and I'm so proud of the team.</s= pan><!--<![endif]--> <!-- --> <center> <table align=3D"center" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspa= cing=3D"0" height=3D"100%" width=3D"100%" id=3D"bodyTable" style=3D"backgr= ound:#FFFFFF none no-repeat center/cover;border-collapse: collapse;mso-tab= le-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-te= xt-size-adjust: 100%;height: 100%;margin: 0;padding: 0;width: 100%;backgro= und-color: #FFFFFF;background-image: none;background-repeat: no-repeat;bac= kground-position: center;background-size: cover;"> <tr> <td align=3D"left" valign=3D"top" id=3D"bodyCell" styl= e=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text= -size-adjust: 100%;height: 100%;margin: 0;padding: 10px;width: 100%;border= -top: 0;"> <!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE // --> <!--[if (gte mso 9)|(IE)]> <table align=3D"center" border=3D"0" cellspacing= =3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" width=3D"600" style=3D"width:600px;"> <tr> <td align=3D"center" valign=3D"top" width=3D"600"= style=3D"width:600px;"> <![endif]--> <table border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing= =3D"0" width=3D"100%" class=3D"templateContainer" style=3D"border-collapse= : collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjus= t: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;border: 0;max-width: 600px !importa= nt;"> <tr> <td valign=3D"top" id=3D"templateHeader" s= tyle=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-t= ext-size-adjust: 100%;border-top: 0;border-bottom: 0;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=3D"top" id=3D"templateBody" sty= le=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-tex= t-size-adjust: 100%;border-top: 0;border-bottom: 0;"><table border=3D"0" c= ellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" width=3D"100%" class=3D"mcnTextBlock" s= tyle=3D"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;ms= o-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 1= 00%;"> <tbody class=3D"mcnTextBlockOuter"> <tr> <td valign=3D"top" class=3D"mcnTextBlockInner" style=3D"paddin= g-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webki= t-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> =09<!--[if mso]> =09=09=09=09<table align=3D"left" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpaddi= ng=3D"0" width=3D"100%" style=3D"width:100%;"> =09=09=09=09<tr> =09=09=09=09<![endif]--> =09=09=09 =09=09=09=09<!--[if mso]> =09=09=09=09<td valign=3D"top" width=3D"600" style=3D"width:600px;"> =09=09=09=09<![endif]--> <table align=3D"left" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cells= pacing=3D"0" style=3D"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: col= lapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 10= 0%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float: left;" width=3D"100%" class=3D"mc= nTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td valign=3D"top" class=3D"mcnTextContent" style= =3D"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 1= 8px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-= size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #202020;font-family: Helve= tica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 200%;text-align: left;"> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin: 10px 0;padding= : 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-= size-adjust: 100%;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;li= ne-height: 200%;text-align: left;">A little Web Summit news: The largest n= umber of startups ever will be at Web Summit this November. We're beyond t= hrilled and I'm so proud of the team.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: ex= actly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #20= 2020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 200%;text-align:= left;">Today we share the data for the first time. I just <a href=3D"http= s://websummit.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3Dfdd4b0d2ab81b29dc8f744e4= 8&id=3Dfe555b1816&e=3D7254d24295" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;= -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #00aca8;f= ont-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">posted it all on LinkedIn<= /a>=2C but you=E2=80=99ll find most of it below as well.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: ex= actly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #20= 2020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 200%;text-align:= left;">The number of American startups exhibiting in Lisbon will surpass= 150 for the first=2C reaching more than 250!</p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: ex= actly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #20= 2020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 200%;text-align:= left;">The number of startups exhibiting from both the UK and Germany wil= l reach ~300 for each country=2C up sharply on 2023.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: ex= actly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #20= 2020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 200%;text-align:= left;">The number of startups exhibiting from Spain and Italy will increa= se by more than 50% compared to 2023=2C to ~170 from Spain and ~100 from I= taly.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: ex= actly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #20= 2020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 200%;text-align:= left;">These rates of growth are unprecedented for Web Summit.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: ex= actly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #20= 2020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 200%;text-align:= left;">But non-traditional markets are also up sharply too. The number of= startups exhibiting from Serbia for example=2C will exceed 50=2C which is= more than double the number compared to 2023. The number of startups exhi= biting from Finland has also doubled in just a single year.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: ex= actly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #20= 2020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 200%;text-align:= left;">And that=E2=80=99s just startups who are exhibiting. There are far= more founders and startups simply attending; networking=2C listening=2C l= earning. We estimate there will be ~15=2C000 founders at Web Summit this y= ear.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: ex= actly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #20= 2020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 200%;text-align:= left;">A large part of this unprecedented growth is driven by a boom in b= ootstrapped startups. That boom is ushering in a new era in tech. Traditio= nal=2C early stage VCs are increasingly being sidelined=2C while a new gen= eration of bootstrapped startups are starting and scaling without them.</p= > <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: ex= actly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #20= 2020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 200%;text-align:= left;">For the first time=2C "seeking investment" is no longer the top pr= iority for startups at Web Summit. It's =E2=80=9Cmeeting customers=E2=80= =9D. Tech is changing. And Web Summit is changing to meet this new reality= =2E</p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: ex= actly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #20= 2020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 200%;text-align:= left;">So why is there a boom in bootstrapped startups? </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: ex= actly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #20= 2020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 200%;text-align:= left;">Perhaps it is because it has never been cheaper to build software;= perhaps it is because it has never been cheaper to scale a software start= up; perhaps it is because it has never been easier to find customers; perh= aps it is because major tech companies fired hundreds of thousands of high= ly talented staff in recent years and many of those are now bootstrapping= a new generation of startups.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: ex= actly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #20= 2020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 200%;text-align:= left;">Whatever it is=2C you'll meet an entirely new generation of founde= rs and startups at Web Summit=2C more of them bootstrapping than ever befo= re in our history. The numbers are unprecedented.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: ex= actly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #20= 2020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 200%;text-align:= left;">The entire Web Summit team has worked flat out for the last year t= o hit this incredible milestone. I'm so proud of them. 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