How attractive do you think it is to become a founder of a European tech company now compared to 12 months ago? Less attractive 100 About the same More attractive 75 s t n e d n o p 50 s e r f o % 25 0 t r P C l s p r n e L V ge nt u e e h n e rt d d c n u r A d a u t a n t o S e o s F s p h e s c R e e r t l t l a A e e y lo p m E Sources: Notes: Numbers may not add up to 100 due to rounding. Diverse challenges de昀椀ne modern entrepreneurship Taking the leap into entrepreneurship is one of the bravest and most challenging choices one can make. Anybody starting a company, at any time, has to embrace a journey of enduring risk, sacri昀椀ce, and personal challenges along the way. That is why it’s essential to remove barriers to entrepreneurship to unlock latent talent that has the potential to succeed. To explore this, we asked survey respondents this year to share their perceptions of the greatest barriers for founders looking to start a company in Europe today. The top responses are a lack of access to external 昀椀nancing (59%) and personal 昀椀nancial constraints (48%), followed by the uncertainty created by the macro backdrop (43%). This aligns with 昀椀ndings explored else- | 170