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Helping entrepreneurs change the
world.
Tomaz Frelih - CEO European Entrepreneurship & Innovation (ME421)
Stanford Engineering
January 28 2013
@hekovnik / @tomazfrelih Ljubljana Technology Park
Slovenia
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University education is
broken
We have seen no meaningful change in
over 500 years.
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We need effective new
approaches and business
models that make sense ...
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Storming sessions on Artificial Intelligence
Commercialization of knowledge
State of mind
Rainbow Silicon Valley Connection
At first:
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Mutual
Grading
Learning by
Doing
Time
Pressure
Learning by
Coaching
Targeted
Programs
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Targeted Programs
start: from an idea to an
MVP, get: users or sales,
and prepare for invest:ors in
Silicon Valley
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Learning by Doing
The toolbox is framed through workshops
where founders use the tools and present their
work to each other.
Your startup is the homework.
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Learning by coaching
Startups at the same stage share their
experiences. They are living in an ecosystem
surrounded with live case studies.
Everyone coaches everyone else. Always.
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Grading
Everyone gives grades and constructive
feedback on everything* all the time.
Yes, there's an app for that.
*(team presentations, usefulness of written comments,
mentor lectures, mentor comments).
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Pressure Measure everything! Light stress and emotion
increase retention. Keep a timer and keep
them to the point. Real life is stressful, startups
are mega stressful.
How do you prepare for that?
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Early adopters Startups provide the smoothest entry point
because they understand mistakes and treat
failure as a lesson.
To build an entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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So far 100++ startups through our programs
30++ BoundBreaker startups in Silicon Valley
5M$++ investments
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And now We are testing the solution, in search of a
scalable business model. Yes, we are
bootstrapping.
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Horizon
@hekovnik / @tomazfrelih
An entrepreneurial ecosystem utilizing the potential of engineers in New Europe. A Silicon Valley
startup house and fund for New Europe.
Effective learning technologies for a new kind of university.