Global politics sucks!
Especially when it intervenes entrepreneurship, which it always does…
Yesterday, Robotex had to stop all (economical) relations with an organisation that was trying to bring our robotics education and entrepreneurship programs to Iran.
It was a sad decision, as we are looking to build a global robotics movement that does not discriminate based on age, colour, sex or NATION. For this reason, we accept everyone at all of our events and other programs, while also trying to open up a local franchise in every country across the planet.
However, sometimes we still need to discriminate. Especially when our global partners, such as various nations make us choose between the global super powers and other countries.
That is exactly what happened yesterday when we had to stop all relations with Iran to keep our partnership with the U.S.
It was a sad day for us, our global family and the particular Iranian partner. But it had to be made to keep on growing…
We do hope that one day the relations between Iran and the U.S. get better and we can still enter the Iranian market.
But until that, we’ll keep on growing elsewhere! (and hope the global politics does not intervene elsewhere)
Robotex International (November 30 – December 2) is our annual event and the Biggest Robotics Festival on the Planet. Thousands of engineers, executives, students and families come together to be inspired by industry leaders, build robots for various challenges and learn about the latest technology innovations.
