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Cross-Border Project Cafés
What are the first results?
The first meetings confirmed the interest of people with business projects
in the initiative and identified some of the participants’ wishes, which
will probably be addressed by dedicated workshops in the future:
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Differences between France and Germany in terms of tax, the
legal framework and the business environment
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Cultural aspects of customer relationships: purchases, Internet
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Networks, being put in contact with future investors/financiers
or commercial partners.
The participants also stressed the potential usefulness of a cross-
border web platform and a French-German incubator to strengthen
the entrepreneurial fabric of the cross-border region.
An initial assessment estimates that around 60
business creations were facilitated by the cross-border
Project Cafés scheme, of which 55% were in the
services sector, 16% in ITC, 16% in the craft industry
and 14% in commerce.
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Source: 2013 report on Project Cafés – Start Hop.
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