You can have infinite asumption about the Bureaucracy in Europe, especially in Germany and still be overwhelmed by it. On the scale of an incubator like HackFwd

You can have infinite asumption about the Bureaucracy in Europe, especially in Germany and still be overwhelmed by it. On the scale of an incubator like HackFwd you reach entirely new levels of legislation that simply don't exist in other countries and which don't become visible until you approach them. The statement regarding innovation isn't meant as a sudden realisation that is the result of an experiment, more as an motivational piece. Europeans (and again especially germans) often have a self-esteem issue if they are to draw comparisons to the Silicon Valley hackers, going as far as "time spent in the valley" is a metric some people measure their worth in. HackFwd is one of Europe's best incubators and it is only in their best interest to keep the brain-drain of top-talent to a minimum, statements like this are meant to help here and in other areas. The people behind HackFwd are well-known names that will have the same interests going forward so this comes as no surprise.