{"id":2511,"date":"2026-10-26T11:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dans.ltd\/?p=2511"},"modified":"2026-10-26T11:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:13:07","slug":"beyond-capital-1-making-defence-investment-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dans.ltd\/de\/beyond-capital-1-making-defence-investment-work\/","title":{"rendered":"BEYOND CAPITAL #1 \u2014 MORE CONNECTIONS DON’T NECESSARILY MEAN MORE BUSINESS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Europe is not short of ideas.<\/span><\/p>

It is increasingly not short of capital either.<\/span><\/p>

\u2714\ufe0f There is technology.<\/span>
\u2714\ufe0f There is funding.<\/span>
\u2714\ufe0f There are accelerators, programmes and opportunities to connect.<\/span><\/p>

\ud83d\udc49 But more connections don’t necessarily mean more business.<\/span><\/p>

20 meetings.<\/span>
30 pitches.<\/span>
50 new contacts.<\/span><\/p>

None of them matters if the right one isn’t among them.<\/span><\/p>

Because ultimately, success is not about how many people you meet.<\/span><\/p>

\ud83d\udc49 It is about meeting the right people.<\/span><\/p>

\u2714\ufe0f The right customer.<\/span>
\u2714\ufe0f The right OEM.<\/span>
\u2714\ufe0f The right programme.<\/span>
\u2714\ufe0f The right partner.<\/span><\/p>

Perhaps it is time to shift the focus.<\/span><\/p>

FROM QUANTITY TO QUALITY.<\/span><\/p>

Over the coming weeks, we will share some thoughts on what it really takes to turn European defence and dual-use innovation into business.<\/span><\/p>

Not just technology.<\/span>
Not just capital.<\/span><\/p>

\ud83d\udc49 Business.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Europe is not short of ideas. It is increasingly not short of capital either. \u2714\ufe0f There is technology. \u2714\ufe0f There is funding. \u2714\ufe0f There are accelerators, programmes and opportunities to connect. \ud83d\udc49 But more connections don’t necessarily mean more business. 20 meetings. 30 pitches. 50 new contacts. None of them matters if the right one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dans.ltd\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dans.ltd\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dans.ltd\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dans.ltd\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dans.ltd\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2511"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dans.ltd\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520,"href":"https:\/\/dans.ltd\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511\/revisions\/2520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dans.ltd\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dans.ltd\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dans.ltd\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}