Paula Schwarz, a young half-Greek, half-German CEO of her own networking company in Berlin, had a house on the island of Samos in Greece where she saw desperate refugees arriving on the shores daily. With her entrepreneurial background, she realized that startups – with their agile, creative thinking and resourcefulness – could provide smart solutions to the situation. Together with a team of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and executives from Facebook, Lufthansa and McKinsey, she launched the Startup Boats, the World Datanomic Forum and the Cloud Nation to make a difference.

 

More information:

​