Why female founders offer greater value for investors, startup insights with Rudy Aernoudt

We discuss the importance of philosophy and economics with the globally respected Rudy Aernoudt, Belgian professor, writer, politician, economist and philosopher.

He has had a fascinating and varied career, including time as Professor Corporate Finance and European policy (MIT, OECD, European commission, European Council and European Social and Economic Committee); multiple Chief of Staff positions (Europe, Belgium, Flanders, Wallonia). He was secretary-general of economy and innovation in Belgium, director-general of OLPC (one laptop per child, spinoff MIT) and curator TEDx Brussels.

Why female founders offer greater value for investors, insights with Rudy Aernoudt

Irish Tech News · Why female founders offer greater value for investors, startup insights with Rudy Aernoudt

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Rudy Aernoudt is a Belgian professor, writer, politician, economist and philosopher, born 5 November 1960 in Torhout.^[1] Between 2013 and 2015 he was Head of Cabinet of the President of the European Economic and Social Committee, Henri Malosse.^[2] He is professor ‘corporate finance’ at the Universities of Ghent and Nancy. He was among the first to openly oppose separatist tensions in Belgium and fought against corruption in both the north and the south of the country.

He is also the only person to serve as Head of Cabinet at the European, Belgian, Walloon and Flemish levels. He has received several awards, including one for political courage, one for the architect of the best European regional entrepreneurship plan and the prestigious award for democracy Aron-Condorcet.^[3]

Masters in Thomistic Philosophy (University of Leuven), in Economy (University of Leuven) and in European economy (college of Europe). Co-founder of EBAN, the European Business Angels Network and founder of FREE (the Foundation for the Research on Education and Entrepreneurship), cofounder of Growth Academy for Enterprises and Senator at the WBAF (world Business Angel Forum).

Also a columnist (FD Magazine, CXO and Trends) and author of several books (25+) and papers (300+) on corporate finance, politics and economics. His handbooks ‘Financial Management in Practice’ and ‘Entrepreneurship, no guts, no glory (both Intersentia Cambridge) are widely used both in academic and business world.

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