Dave Parker, UP Global, Entrepreneur Education, Puget Sound Venture Club, Gary Ritner,

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Global Changes for Entrepreneur
Education
@DaveParkerSEA
VP @UP Global
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Dave@dkparker.com

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Agenda
 About Dave
 Global Entrepreneur Education
 Ask
 Q&A

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About Dave
 VP Programs & Products at UP Global (Startup
Weekend + Startup America)
 Serial Entrepreneur
 Former EIR at Mitsui Venture Capital
 Board member for three mid-market, handful of
startups and advisory board for over 50 startup
companies + NWEN

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Global Entrepreneur Education

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University +

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Global Growth
 172 Global Accelerators – GAN
 Specialization in B2B, mobile, corporate, etc
 Corporate Incubator Growth – still in discovery

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Programs

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Time & Investment

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Results May Vary
 A “Grad” isn’t a “Grad”
 Startup Gates
 Ideation
 Validation – Customer Development
 Minimum Viable Product
 Product Market Fit

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Community Engagement
 Startup Weekend – 800 Events in 110 Countries
and 280 cities – including Tehran and Baghdad
 100+ Cities for NEXT Customer Development in
2014
 Community Champions – Big Ideas across
multiple markets
 1,000 Cities over next three years

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Ask
 1:Many Engagement
 Mentor
 Judge

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