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The young entrepreneurs aiming to rebuild Greece

by Theopi Skarlatos

BBC News

May 17, 2012

Now may seem like a strange time to be setting up a business in Greece.

The taxes are high, and there is virtually no prospect for growth. It is also a bureaucratic nightmare.

And the country is at the epicentre of Europe's biggest economic crisis for a generation.

But while many Greeks wish to go in search of opportunities abroad, there is a small community of young entrepreneurs choosing to stay in Greece and tackle the crisis head on.

For the last 50 years it has been nearly every Greek's dream to work in the public sector; earn a good wage and retire young. But with the structure of that society crumbling by the day, the mentality of Greeks is beginning to change.

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