Welcome to the Smart Startup English Podcast!
Our goal is to help startup professionals take their English from intermediate to advanced in just 10 minutes at a time. In each episode, we’ll talk about a topic related to the startup world, and we’ll learn some vocabulary that you can use to sound more natural in your day-to-day business interactions in English.
In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at the European Digital City Index.
This Index is the result of a study investigating how well different European cities support digital entrepreneurs.
The study was conducted by Nesta (a UK-based organization) as part of the European Digital Forum, and it analyzed how 60 European cities scored on a list of 10 themes. It’s a lot of information to cover, so in this episode we’re only focusing on two of these themes: a good business environment and a culture of entrepreneurship.
But first, let me ask you this question:
In your opinion, what European city do you think scored the highest in terms of a good business environment for startups? Was it Berlin (in Germany), Aarhus (in Denmark), or was it Oxford (in the UK)?
You’ll find the answer in the audio lesson below.
We’ll also teach you 10 Business English terms you can use to talk about how a city can encourage and foster a startup-friendly environment.
Here are a few of the expressions we use in this lesson:
- a sandbox
- risk appetite
- second chance entrepreneurs
Here’s the episode audio.
Here is another episode in which we talk about what factors can turn a city into a startup hub.
Episode 11 – How can a city become a startup hub?
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