Tirana joins Startup Grind, the fastest growing global startup community

Startup Grind, the world’s largest startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, will land with its new chapter in Tirana, Albania.

What’s exiting about Startup Grind? The goal is to build communities by creating a Silicon Valley Mindset to the Tirana’s ecosystem, by bringing global visibility to the Albanian community, and by providing global connections and shared experiences from around the world.

Tirana is the commercial and manufacturing center of Albania, which hosts more than half of all country’s local and foreign ventures. During the past ten years, Tirana has witnessed the fastest increase in startups ventures in its history. These ventures are founded by individuals with exceptional talent and extraordinary personal experiences. Through its monthly events, Startup Grind Tirana will invite the most successful founders, innovators, educators and investors in Albania, to share their success stories with the community, provide insights about their business experiences, and reveal the do’s and don’ts of doing business in Albania. This is a great chance to meet these talented individuals directly, ask questions, and connect with local entrepreneurs and investors.

We all know that succeeding with your own startup it’s not an easy task, especially in a small country from the Balkans. Startup Grind, through its local and global network is here to support your endeavors to succeed locally and internationally.

Wondering who is going to be our first speaker?

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Startup Grind Tirana invites you to join us at our inaugural event on Wednesday, September 10th, at 17:30, at PROTIK – ICT Resource Center, Rr. Papa Gjon Pali II, No. 3, 2nd floor, Tirana 1010, Albania. We are delighted to invite as our first speaker Mr. Gentian Likaj, the founder and CEO of Communication Progress. Communication Progress is a 15-year-experience technology solutions provider, and one of the most successful software companies in Albania. The venture started with three people in 1998 and today counts over 40 employees, where over 30 are engineers and software developers.

At the event, we are going to talk about:
1. Doing business in Albania and the region
2. Market overview
3. Education and professional training: A key to success
4. Decision making based on numbers' analysis

So get ready to start in Tirana a new entrepreneurial experience, unlike anything you have experienced before. Come and join the world’s leading startup community.