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European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thought Leaders

Dr. Burton H. Lee PhD MBA | Prof Larry Leifer Course Director, Lecturer | Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering [email protected] http://me421.stanford.edu

January 6 2014 | Session One

Course Introduc-on (ME421) Year Six | Winter Quarter 2014 | HewleA 201 Aud

center for design research cdr.stanford.edu

Speakers in ‘European Entrepreneurship & Innova-on @ Stanford’

Session 1 -‐ Jan 6 2014

2 Jan 6 2014

France + Russia Startup Accelerators & Venture Capital

Alice Zagury

CEO - TheFamily (Paris)

Sasha Galitsky Managing Partner

Almaz Capital (Moscow)

Today’s Session Jan 6 2014

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France and Russia Startup Accelerators & Venture Capital

Alice Zagury CEO & Co-Founder

TheFamily (Paris)


Almaz Capital Partners (Moscow)

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Next Week’s Session Jan 13 2014


Estonia and Germany Big Data Startups & Software Accelerators|Funds

Rainer Sternfeld CEO & Founder

Marinexplore (Tallinn – Silicon Valley)

Uwe Horstmann Founding Partner Project-A Ventures

(Berlin)

Course Overview and Goals 2014


Map of Presen-ng Speaker | | Ins-tu-on Na-onali-es

European Entrepreneurship & Innova-on @ Stanford Stanford Engineering ME421

Winter 2014

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Topics Covered


Equity Crowdfunding

European Entry Strategies for Valley Startups

East v West Europe

Class Schedule

•  Jan 6: France + Russia – Startup Accelerators & Venture Capital

•  Jan 13: Estonia + Germany – Big Data Startups & Software Accelerators | Venture Funds

•  Jan 20: NO CLASS - Holiday

•  Jan 27: Bulgaria + Slovenia – Enterprise Software & Design Firms in Southeast Europe

•  Feb 3: Denmark + Austria - European Expansion Strategies for Silicon Valley Startups

•  Feb 10: UK + Croatia – Equity Crowdfunding and Ag Startups

•  Feb 17: NO CLASS - Holiday

•  Feb 24: Switzerland + Italy – Venture Capital & ‘Maker’ Movements

•  Mar 3: Flanders + Sweden – Enterprise Software Startups and Venture Capital

•  Mar 10: Hungary + Turkey – Digital Infrastructure Startups

Session topics and speakers subject to change


Course Overview and Goals

•  Offered Winter 2014 (Year Six) –  Previous years: Winter ‘13, ‘12, ‘11 & ‘10; Winter/Spring ‘09

•  Companion to current Stanford SoE entrepreneurship courses: –  Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL/STVP) –  Asian High Tech Entrepreneurship (US-Asia Center)

•  Connecting Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP) students @ European study centers to Silicon Valley|Stanford campus

•  Western, Central, Eastern & Nordic Europe –  Iceland to Russia –  Scandinavia to the Mediterranean


The Story of European Entrepreneurship in Europe Europeans in Silicon Valley


Entrepreneurship and Startups in Europe Today

Europeans in Silicon Valley

Arts, Culture, Language & TradiDons

History & PoliDcs

Law & Policy

InsDtuDons & PersonaliDes

Course Requirements & Logistics 2014


Handouts

•  Student Release Forms – Video & Audio – Please sign and return to course instructor

•  Student Attendance Sheets – Must be signed/initialed – In Class – in order to

receive attendance credit for a session


Teaching Team

•  Dr. Burton H Lee PhD MBA –  Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Design Group –  Citizenship: USA –  Ancestry: British, Irish, Welch, Scottish, Dutch –  [email protected]

•  Gerald Brantner – Course Assistant –  PhD Candidate, ME|CS (Robotics) –  Citizenship: Austria –  [email protected]


Course Requirements Registered Stanford Students Only

•  Weekly Attendance Requirements: –  Students must attend or watch 7 of 8 lectures –  Sign the attendance sheets passed around in class –  One missed lecture may be made up with outside reading –

must be discussed and agreed upon in advance w Instructor

•  End-of-Quarter Essay –  Write 2-3 page essay on what you learned, major differences/

similarities between entrepreneurship in Europe and Silicon Valley

–  Questions/Details to be announced later this quarter


Post-Lecture Dinners w Speakers Limited to Enrolled Students

•  Voluntary and Optional –  Are not counted towards student grade or class performance

•  Student Networking with European Speakers

•  Space Limitations •  Maximum of 4 students per dinner •  Limit of 1 dinner per enrolled student

•  Student Sign-ups •  Online and in front of classroom •  Cancellation: 24 hours notice to instructor; re-booking not guaranteed

•  Many thanks to our European Government and Silicon Valley Industry Partners for supporting these dinners


Join Our Online Community

@europreneurs

Speaker Presentation Slides

www.slideshare.net/burtonlee1

Speaker Videos – YouTube Channel

‘StanfordEuropreneurs’ ‘European Innovation @Stanford’

Website: me421.stanford.edu

Video-Recording, Photos & Archiving All Students and Attendees

•  Video|Audio Recording of Sessions –  Speakers and Audience Q&A (High Definition)

•  Online Video|Audio Archives –  YouTube channel: “StanfordEuropreneurs” - “European Innovation @ Stanford”

–  See course website for links –  Goal: available within 5 days of each session –  Selected portions may also appear on Stanford iTunes, STVP’s eCorner and other

Stanford ‘channels’ in the future

•  Session Photos •  Selected photos of classroom participants and discussions – speakers, students, others •  Pinterest, Picasa@Google

•  Student, Attendee and Speaker Permissions/Release Forms •  Please see Course Instructor or Course Assistant •  Available up front at the beginning and end of each class

•  Persons not wishing to appear in videos are requested to sit in areas that are off camera, and to refrain from speaking or asking questions during class


Stanford Partners 2014


Stanford Partners 2014


DLA Piper LLP Silicon Valley, CA

Ghent, Flanders Region, Belgium

iMinds ICT Research Institute

Silicon Valley, CA Tallinn, Estonia

Enterprise Estonia – Silicon Valley

European Partner Countries, Regions & Companies Speakers in Stanford Engineering ME421 Graduate Course

2014

25 Jan 6 2014

European Government Partners 2014


Ghent, Flanders Region, Belgium

iMinds ICT Research Institute

Silicon Valley, CA Tallinn, Estonia

Enterprise Estonia – Silicon Valley


European Government Partners 2014

Industry Partner 2014


DLA Piper LLP Silicon Valley, CA

Platinum Partner

European Partner Countries, Regions & Companies Speakers in Stanford Engineering ME421 Graduate Course

2009 -‐ 2010 – 2011 – 2012 -‐ 2013

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France and Russia Startup Accelerators & Venture Capital

Alice Zagury CEO & Co-Founder

TheFamily (Paris)


Almaz Capital Partners (Moscow)



Estonia and Germany Big Data Startups & Software Accelerators|Funds

Rainer Sternfeld CEO & Founder

Marinexplore (Tallinn – Silicon Valley)

Uwe Horstmann Founding Partner Project-A Ventures

(Berlin)

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