Natasha Starkell – GoalEurope.com – Going global from Eastern Europe?

1. Going global
from Eastern Europe
by @NatashaStarkell
CEO GoalEurope.com / Contributor TechCrunch
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5. Ukranian founder Vlad
Voskresensky
Sold his outsourcing
business Afortio to
EPAM
raised $1.5M

6. Marton Anka, Michael Simon
Gaming: Uproar sold to Vivendi
outsourcing Fathom Technology
sold to EPAM
Market cap $800M+

7. Czech antivirus
founded in 1992
First client in 1996
Private equity money raised
Public 2012, $860M in
capitalization

8. GoalEurope.com @natashastarkell

10. own successful
businesses
self-funded own
seed round
International
experience
Gaming or B2B

11. Outsourcing as a
driver of innovation?
GoalEurope.com @natashastarkell

12. CHALLENGES
temptation to clone locally
do local ideas work abroad?
smart money
network / cultural awareness
paperwork, visas
GoalEurope.com @natashastarkell

13. so, how do you go global
from Eastern Europe?
GoalEurope.com @natashastarkell

14. attend startup
conferences
test your ideas
Meet VCs
say hello to the
press

15. Poland
HardGamma
Innovation Nest
SpeedUp Group
Xevin Investments
IIF
MCI Capital
Eastern Europe
Runa Capital / Russia
SpeedInvest / Austria
Credo Ventures / Czech Republic
RSG Capital / Slovenia
European funds
Kima Ventures
EarlyBird
Accel Partners
Atomico
Index
Sunstone Capital
Point Nine Capital

16. look for these faces at the conference
introduce yourself, stay in touch
Mike Butcher, Editor TechCrunch EU Bobbie Johnson, GigaOm Martin Bryant, The Next Web
Robin Wauters, TheNextWeb Robert Scoble Ben Rooney, WSJ Tech Europe

17. GoalEurope.com @natashastarkell

18. consider moving abroad

19. THANK YOU!
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