1. U.S.-Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law
EURECA-II: Enchancing University Research and Entrepreneurial Capacity
UCLA’s
involvement
in
FUEL:
Future
University
and
Entrepreneurship
Leaders
Kathryn Atchison, DDS, MPH
Vice Provost
UCLA
FROM SCIENCE TO BUSINESS
"Globalisation of Innovation"
St.Petersburg, May 16th, 2013

2. Consortium
§ NRU ITMO and UCLA jointly implemented 1st stage
of EURECA program in 2011-2012
§ Expanded the partnership with the addition of HSE to
develop capabilities in tech transfer and innovation
development in Russia in EURECA 2

3. UCLA Project Goals
§ Share UCLA’s experience and unique
California lens on entrepreneurship by
providing opportunity for Russian
universities to:
§ meet,
§ learn from, and
§ participate in the California innovation
ecosystem.

4. UCLA
Opportuni.es
for
Russian
Universi.es
in
EURECA
2
Meet:
entrepreneurs,
investors,
and
UCLA
trainers
as
faculty
observer
Par.cipate:
-­‐
StartUP
UCLA
as
faculty
or
a
student
team
-­‐
Global
Access
Program
-­‐
Dialogue
On
Russia
Implement:
own
accelerator
or
entrepreneurship
program
using
UCLA
materials

5. Activities Planned for
Russian FUEL partners
§ Open up UCLA entrepreneurship education
participation in StartUP UCLA and Global
Access Program
§ Hold networking events (conference and
seminars) in California
§ Disseminate educational materials (e.g. expert
lectures with Russian subtitles) to Russian
universities and innovation groups for their
own use in training

6. Welcome
to
Startup
UCLA
• Startup
UCLA
seeks
to
develop
a
culture
of
startup
thinking
on
campus;
to
connect
students
with
alumni
who
are
successful
in
the
startup
world
and
with
the
rapidly
growing
Southern
California
startup
community;
to
give
students
opportuni.es
to
learn
the
basics
of
startup
thinking;
and
to
provide
a
community
in
which
students
can
develop
and
launch
their
early-­‐stage
ideas.
hMp://startupucla.com

7. StartUp
UCLA
• Lecture
series:
– Entrepreneurs
and
innovators:
e.g.
start-­‐up
guru
Eric
Ries,
author
of
"The
Lean
Startup”
– Skills
Speakers:
e.g.
business
incorpora.on,
IP,
financing
small
company
• Networking
sessions
with
Silicon
Beach
tech
community
• Summer
accelerator
• Educa.onal
assistance
from
local
lawyers
(IP
and
business
incorpora.on)

8. Dialogue
on
Russia
• On
October
19,
2012,
UCLA
hosted
a
day-­‐long
symposium
“Dialogue
on
Russia”
• Expert
panelists
and
guest
speeches:
former
US
Ambassador
to
Russia
John
Beyrle,
OPORA
Russia
President
Sergey
Borisov,
ITMO
entrepreneur
Mikhail
Kudinov,
and
Axel
Tillmann,
RVC-­‐
USA
CEO,
Mamikon
Melkumov,
Russian
IP
lawyer,
UCLA
Chancellor
Gene
Block.
• Over
130
guests
aMended
from
the
research,
business,
academic,
legal,
government
and
NGO
communi.es
in
the
U.S.
and
Russia.
• Future
Dialogues
on
Russia:
Yearly
event
focused
around
building
.es
between
university
entrepreneurship,
start
up
companies,
and
the
local
and
interna.onal
business
environment

9. Global
Access
Program
(GAP)
• GAP
an
educa.on
program
for
companies
who
have
already
reached
the
market
and
in
considering
advancing
to
the
US
(or
other
interna.onal)
market
• Pairs
organiza.ons
around
the
world
with
a
team
of
advanced
professional
MBA
candidates.

10. GAP
World
Map
2012
53
companies
in
9
countries
in
2012
Completing 484 Companies, 19 countries over 15 years

11. GAP
Program
Overview
• Company
assigned
5
MBA
students
as
professional
team
of
consultants
• Perform
primary
market
research
worldwide
• Develop
Company’s
strategic
new
market
entry
plan
• Formal
presenta.on
to
3
outside
business
experts
• Team
invests
2,100
hours
over
24
weeks
• Average
team
conducts
over
100
primary
research
interviews.
• Companies
pay
a
$15,000
par.cipa.on
fee.
(up
to
$12,000
is
used
to
support
the
teams’
travel
and
research)

12. OPTOGAN
-­‐
Russia’s
First
GAP
Company
• May
2012
–
GAP
visited
St.
Petersburg
with
one
open
posi.on
• Optogan
is
the
world’s
smallest
fully-­‐integrated
LED
company.
• Supported
by
Rusnano,
RIC,
ONEXIM
Group
and
management
• Well-­‐established
in
Russia,
evalua.ng
the
US
with
GAP.

13. Thank you!