Talk by European SuperAngel/VC Aydin Senkut, Stanford Engineering School, European Entrepreneurship & innovation (ME421), January 24 2011 [http://www.europeanentrepreneursatstanford.com]

1. Talk on Entrepreneurship &
Journey to Silicon Valley
Aydin Senkut
Stanford University, January 2011
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2. Path to Silicon Valley
• Boston University
 Finance & International Studies
• Hoffmann La Roche (Pharmaceuticals)
 Controller, Casablanca, Morocco
 Corporate Finance, Basel, Switzerland
• University of Pennsylvania / Wharton School
 Summer Studies - Brazil
 MBA Marketing & MA International Studies (Focus on Portuguese / Brazil)
 Lauder Program, LTCB of Japan Scholarship
• Silicon Graphics (SGI)
 Business Development
 Product Manager, MineSet
• Google
 Product Manager, Google International Launch
 International Sales
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3. Why Silicon Valley ?
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4. European Entrepreneurship…
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5. Differences Between US & Europe
EUROPE US
What entrepreneur ? Entrepreneurs Rule
Comfortable Average Failure is OK
Socialism & Capitalism &
Entitlement Ownership
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6. Turkey / Entrepreneurship / Venture Capital
• Active & Large Internet Population
 Among the 5 most engaged in the world according to comScore [2010]
 Among the 5 largest internet market (after Germany, France, Russia and UK)
• Loves Facebook
 #3 Global audience for Facebook (based on size, behind US & Canada)
• Examples of Recent pan European Turkish entrepreneurs
 A new electric car initiative / purchase offer of Heuliez / Murat Gunak (fmr Head Design at VW)
 AirTies – networking gear (#4 of 75 on Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2009)
• Last Annual Meeting of EBAN / Pan European Angels / VCs / Seed Investors in Istanbul
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7. Felicis Ventures - Background
Aydin Senkut
• First Google Product Manager & International Sales
• Angel Investor with 60+ investments, 18 exits
• Among the top 25 Tech Angels according to Businessweek (March 8, 2010)
• Felicis Ventures II, LP closed on July 15, 2010 at $40M
Acquired by Acquired by
Acquired by
IAC AT&T
Disney
Mixer Labs
Acquired by Acquired by
Intuit Twitter
Acquired by
Acquired by Google
Shanda Games
Acquired by Acquired by Acquired by
eBay Microsoft
Google
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8. Strategic Focus of Felicis Ventures II L.P.
Our main goal is to find and work with the best founders & technology companies
• in fast growing areas (such as the 3 horizontal market segments below)
• in huge potential markets (such as the 4 “mega markets” below)
• that can turn data into actionable intelligence
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9. THANK YOU
@asenkut
aydin@felicisvc.com
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