Innovative Greeks Talks with Marco Veremis: ep.32 - Konstantinos Floros

Our partner and co-Chair of SEV’s Innovation Committee, Marco Veremis hosts the Innovative Greeks, who excel by achieving increasingly higher goals. His guests unfold their stories and share with us their exciting journey, experiences gathered along the way, but also their recipe for success.

In this episode, General Konstantinos Floros joined Marco Veremis to discuss Greece’s national security landscape, the evolution of modern defense, and the importance of stability as a foundation for economic growth and innovation. He highlighted how today’s Armed Forces operate across traditional and emerging domains, from land, sea, and air to cyber and space, and why a strong, credible defense posture is essential for Greece’s role in a rapidly changing geopolitical environment.

At the same time, the conversation explored the surprising parallels between military leadership and the world of entrepreneurship. General Floros emphasized that the principles that make military units effective - clear mission, discipline, decisive action, accountability, and teamwork - are the same principles that drive high-performing companies and fast-moving startups. These shared foundations, he notes, are what enable teams to execute, innovate, and succeed under pressure.