Post on 14-Jul-2015
European Entrepreneurship & Innova1on (ME421)
Year Seven || Winter 2015 || HewleA 201 Aud Mondays 4:30 – 5:45pm
Course Instructor Dr. Burton H. Lee PhD MBA
Burton.Lee@stanford.edu
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 – roemheld@stanford.edu
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 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