Startup Sauna story shared during Barcamp Lithuania in Vilnius on 30/08/12. Explains The Why, The How, The What of Startup Sauna.

1. the why, the how, the what

2. Act 1 - The Why

3. We are all screwed.

4. New high-growth companies. Globally competitive.
That’s where new jobs are created.

5. Skype. Nokia. Getjar. Angry Birds. Spotify. SSH. Parallels.
More of these.

6. First, we were founded because of the cultural issue.

7. “Entrepreneurship is next to unemployment.”
“When are you going to get a real job?.”
“You made it big, and have to show it small”
“Yet again a company sold abroad”
“I’d rather work for a big company”
“I’m a normal human, how could I create the next Apple?”
“It’s too tough and uncertain to run a company”

9. And at the same time, we had epic techies and tech.

10. The vision grew bigger.

11. Let’s make our region the next technology hub.
Let’s give everyone a reason to come out here.

13. Budapest Riga
Helsinki St.Petersburg
Kaunas Tallinn
Kazan Tampere
Krasnodar Turku
Malmö Shanghai
Moscow Stockholm
Novosibirsk Yekaterinburg
Oslo Vilnius
Oulu Warsaw

14. Well, we certainly weren’t alone.

15. Growth entrepreneurship is not about
money, office space, civil servant advice or lecturing.

16. Growth entrepreneurship is all about
attitudes, knowhow, coaching, sharing, risk-taking, skills &
learning through failing.

17. Growth entrepreneurship is all about
that big hairy audacious vision,
making a dent into the universe,
changing what is and creating what will be.

18. Growth entrepreneurship is tough.

19. Act 2 - the How

20. Startup Sauna Meetups
To get the word out and have everyone involved.

21. Startup Sauna Warmups
1 day coaching events to help as many startups as possible.

22. Startup Sauna Accelerator
6 week program brings together the 20 most promising
startups from Northern Europe, Baltics, Russia twice a year

23. Startup Sauna Accelerator
Business models, product-market fit, go-to-market, tech,
UX/UI, legals, financials, funding...

25. Who should apply?
Have a scalable business idea
Have a working prototype or have already launched their product
Have a team that can execute
Are ready to commit

26. What do you get?
Travel costs covered to Finland*
Accommodation during the 6 weeks*
Dedicated 1on1 coaching
Sessions on different topics
Exposure to investors and media
A chance to get sent to Silicon Valley
Exact amount decided prior to each Startup Sauna Batch.
Historically 1500€ / team + accommodation separately

27. Startup Sauna Fall 2012
Meetups & Warmups Slush Silicon Valley
Accelerator Build!
September October November December January

28. Act 3 - The What

29. The seed accelerator for the most promising startups from
Northern Europe, Baltics and Russia

30. Apply!
startupsauna.submittable.com

31. Antti Ylimutka
Captain of Startup Sauna
@startupsauna / @andynosebone
antti@startupsauna.com

32. One more thing...