1. Today’s Session (#2)
Venture Capital & Startup Ecosystems
in Central & Eastern Europe
Czech Republic Slovakia
@Europreneurs

2. European Entrepreneurship & Innovation
(ME421)
Year Nine|| Winter 2018 || Hewlett 201 Aud
Mondays 4:30 – 5:50pm
Course Instructor
Dr. Burton H. Lee PhD MBA
Burton.Lee@stanford.edu

3. Today’s Speakers

5. European Entrepreneurship & Innovation (ME421)
Stanford Engineering School
Year Nine|| 2018
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6. NEXT WEEK, JAN 29
Baltic Startups & Innovation

7. Toomas Hendrik Ilves
4th President, Republic of Estonia
(2006-2016)

8. Future Speakers

9. Future Speakers

10. Last Week’s Speakers

11. COURSE LOGISTICS

12. Who Will Benefit from this Course?
• If you understand Asia and the USA, but don’t know
much about the European tech sector
• Thinking about returning home (in Europe) to start
your own company, to work in a corporate, or
university
• Want to understand key issues in entering the
European market
• US-based founder planning to expand to Europe
• Building your Europe network
• General interest in understanding economic models
and innovation regions outside Silicon Valley

13. Course Academic Requirements
• Open to grads/undergrads from all Schools &
Departments
• 1 Unit
• Grading: S/NC
• Attend 7 of 8 lectures @ Hewlett 201
– Sign online attendance sheets | in-class sign-up only
• URL provided in-class
– Stanford Honor code applies !!
• End-of-quarter essay (2.5-3 pages)

14. Students:
Sign
Online Attendance Sheets
While In Class Please !!

15. Post-Lecture Dinners
6:30 – 8:00 PM @ Stanford Engineering
Speakers, Enrolled Students, Invited Guests.
(Max ~5 students per dinner | Space Limited | 2-3 dinners per student)
Informal networking dinner|reception to meet
the speakers and discuss European startups,
design and venture capital
See Course Instructor|CA for map to on-campus
dinner location

16. Teaching Team
• Course Instructor
– Dr. Burton H. Lee PhD MBA
– Lecturer, Dept of Mechanical Engineering
– Center for Design Research
• Course Support Assistant
– To Be Announced

17. Join Our Online Community
@Europreneurs
Speaker Presentation Slides
www.slideshare.net/burtonlee1
Speaker Videos
‘StanfordEuropreneurs’
‘European Innovation @Stanford’
www.StanfordEuropreneurs.org
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19. WHY EUROPE ??

20. Prague’s famed Astronomical Clock, the Orloj, in Old Town

21. Started Keeping Time in 1410

22. Petr Skala

23. Czech technical museum photos
Czech Technical Museum, Prague, Feb 2017

24. Visiting Professor, Jan 2017

25. Student Intern, Physics Faculty, 1976

34. LONDON
BERLIN

35. Growing European
Corporate Presence
in Silicon Valley

36. FAMILY-OWNED
ENTERPRISES

37. IF WE CAN
UNDERSTAND THE
EUROPEAN STARTUP &
INNOVATION
ECOSYSTEM …

38. … WE CAN
UNDERSTAND THE
GROWTH ECOSYSTEMS
SEEN TODAY IN MOST
EMERGING ECONOMIES

39. QUESTIONS ??

40. Today’s Session (#2)
Venture Capital & Startup Ecosystems
in Central & Eastern Europe
Czech Republic Slovakia
@Europreneurs

41. Today’s Speakers

42. NEXT WEEK, JAN 29
Baltic Startups & Innovation

43. Toomas Hendrik Ilves
4th President, Republic of Estonia
(2006-2016)

44. THANK YOU !!