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European Entrepreneurship & Innova1on (ME421)
Year Seven || Winter 2015 || HewleA 201 Aud Mondays 4:30 – 5:45pm
Course Instructor Dr. Burton H. Lee PhD MBA
Today’s Session (#1)
Startups Under War & Censorship: Ukraine & Russia
Speakers in ‘European Entrepreneurship & Innova1on @ Stanford’
Session 1 – Jan 5 2015
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Today’s Session
Today’s Session
Today’s Speakers • Startups Under War & Censorship :: Ukraine & Russia – Anna Degtereva — CEO & Founder, Happy Farm (UA) – Vlad Voskresensky — CEO, InvisibleCRM (UA) – Anna Dvornikova — Managing Partner, TEC Ventures (RU|US) – Max Skibinsky — CEO, Stealth Bitcoin Startup (RU|US) – Vitaly Golomb — CEO & Founder, Keen Systems (UA|US)
Stanford Partners | 2015 | Year Seven
Enterprise Estonia – Silicon Valley Junior Achievement Bulgaria, Sofia
Course Academic Requirements
• Open to grads/undergrads from all Schools & Departments
• 1 Unit • Grading: S/NC
• AAend 7 of 8 lectures @ HewleA 201 – Sign online aJendance sheets
• URL provided in-‐class – Stanford Honor code applies !!
• End-‐of-‐quarter essay (2.5-‐3 pages)
Post-‐Lecture Dinners 6:30 – 8:30 PM @ Stanford Engineering
Speakers, Enrolled Students, Invited Guests. (Max ~15 students per dinner | Space Limited | 2-‐3 dinners per student)
Informal networking dinner|recep]on to meet the speakers and discuss European startups,
design and venture capital
See Course Instructor|CA for map to on-‐campus dinner loca]on
Focus of Seminar Series
• Startups + venture capital + entrepreneurship with A LiAle Bit of Context – Social, economic, historical, poli]cal context in Europe – vs ‘Naïve or Simple Entrepreneurship’ prac]ced in Silicon Valley
• But, this is Not a ‘policy’ or ‘economics’ seminar
Session #3 -‐ Jan 26 2015
• Serbia & Poland -‐ Gaming + Internet-‐of-‐Things Startups
– Branko Milu1novic – CEO & Co-‐Founder, Nordeus (RS)
– Jakub Krzych -‐ CEO & Co-‐Founder, Es1mote (PO)
Session #4 -‐ Feb 2 2015
• European Market Entry Strategies for Tech Startups
– Jennifer Lawton -‐ CEO, Makerbot Industries (NYC)
– Bas1an Purrer -‐ Head-‐Global Growth, Homejoy (SF)
Session #5 – Feb 9 2015
• European Media & Tech Repor1ng in Europe
– Mike Butcher -‐ Editor-‐At-‐Large, TechCrunch Europe; Co-‐Founder, TechHub (UK)
– MaAhias Hohensee -‐ Bureau Chief-‐Silicon Valley, Wirtschamswoche (DE)
– Jérôme Marin -‐ San Francisco Correspondent, Le Monde (FR)
– Rosa Jimenez -‐ Silicon Valley Correspondent, EL PAíS (ES)
Session #7 – Mar 2 2015
• Estonia -‐ Big Data Startups; Berlin v Barcelona -‐ Co-‐Working Spaces
– Rainer Sternfeld -‐ CEO & Founder, PlanetOS (EE) – Max von der Ahé -‐ Co-‐Founder, betahaus Berlin (DE) – Jordi Subiras -‐ Co-‐Founder, betahaus Barcelona (ES)
– Andrus Viirg -‐ Director, Enterprise Estonia -‐ Silicon Valley
Session #8 – Mar 9 2015
• Romania & Bulgaria -‐ Gaming Startups + Venture Capital
– Cris1 Badea -‐ Co-‐Founder, MavenHut Games (RO)
– Max Gurvits – Venture Partner, Teres Capital (BG)
Next Week’s Speakers – Jan 12
• Scotland & Norway: Entrepreneurship in Oil Economies
– Jamie Coleman — Managing Director, CodeBase (UK)
– Arne Tonning — General Partner, Alliance Venture (NO)
Teaching Team
• Course Instructor – Dr. Burton H. Lee PhD MBA – Lecturer, Dept of Mechanical Engineering – Center for Design Research
• Course Support Assistant – Lars Roemheld – MS Candidate, Management Science & Engineering – [email protected]
Dedica1on
• Prof. Frank Freeman Lee (1920 – 2013) – Chair, Dept of Sociology, Northeastern University – Boston, MA
– PhD, Yale University
– Scholar and lifelong student and lover of European history, culture, art, architecture, poli]cs, cuisine, mountains and lakes
Today’s Speakers • Startups Under War & Censorship :: Ukraine & Russia – Anna Degtereva — CEO & Founder, Happy Farm (UA) – Vlad Voskresensky — CEO, InvisibleCRM (UA) – Anna Dvornikova — Managing Partner, TEC Ventures (RU|US) – Max Skibinsky — CEO, Stealth Bitcoin Startup (RU|US) – Vitaly Golomb — CEO & Founder, Keen Systems (UA|US)
Today’s Session Early December 2013 Maydan Square, Kyiv
Today’s Session Early December 2013 Maydan Square, Kyiv
Today’s Session February 18 2014 Maydan Square, Kyiv
Today’s Session Morning of February 19 2014 Maydan Square, Kyiv
Today’s Session Morning of February 19 2014 Maydan Square, Kyiv
Today’s Session Morning of February 19 2014 Maydan Square, Kyiv
Today’s Session Morning of February 19 2014 Maydan Square, Kyiv
Today’s Session Morning of February 19 2014 Maydan Square, Kyiv MH17
Eastern Ukraine July 2014
NovaUkraine Founda1on www.novaukraine.org
Based in Palo Alto, CA
Today’s Ques1ons • What are the strengths/weaknesses of the startup ecosystems in
Ukraine and Russia today? • How do these ecosystems compare to those in Western/Nordic/
Southern Europe (and to Silicon Valley)? • How is the war in Eastern Ukraine affec]ng the startup
environment in the rest of Ukraine? • How are Russian startups affected by the recent introduc]on of
new laws and regula]ons regarding freedom of speech, secret service surveillance, registra]on of bloggers/media, registra]on of foreign NGOs, along with company takeovers by persons close to the Kremlin, and the massive flight of capital out of Russia today?
• What are the ]es between Silicon Valley and Ukraine/Russia today? Why are Ukraine/Russia important for SV?
Key Social Media for Today
• @europreneurs [Stanford course TwiJer acct]
• @AnnaDegtereva || @HappyFarmUA • @Invisible_CRM • @advornikova • @_lordmax_ • @vitalyg || @keenprint • @burtonlee
www.StanfordEuropreneurs.org
Next Week’s Speakers – Jan 12
• Scotland & Norway: Entrepreneurship in Oil Economies
– Jamie Coleman — Managing Director, CodeBase (UK)
– Arne Tonning — General Partner, Alliance Venture (NO)