1. European Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Thought Leaders
Course
Introduc-on
(ME421)
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Six
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Winter
Quarter
2014
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Dr. Burton H. Lee PhD MBA | Prof Larry Leifer
Course Director, Lecturer | Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
burton.lee@stanford.edu
http://me421.stanford.edu
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2. Speakers
in
‘European
Entrepreneurship
&
Innova-on
@
Stanford’
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2014
France + Russia
Startup Accelerators & Venture Capital
Alice Zagury
CEO - TheFamily (Paris)
Sasha Galitsky
Managing Partner
Almaz Capital
(Moscow)
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3. Today’s Session
Jan 6 2014
France and Russia
Startup Accelerators & Venture Capital
Alice Zagury
CEO & Co-Founder
TheFamily
(Paris)
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6
2014
Sasha Galitsky
Managing Partner
Almaz Capital Partners
(Moscow)
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6. Next Week’s Session
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Estonia and Germany
Big Data Startups & Software Accelerators|Funds
Rainer Sternfeld
CEO & Founder
Marinexplore
(Tallinn – Silicon Valley)
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6
2014
Uwe Horstmann
Founding Partner
Project-A Ventures
(Berlin)
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9. Course Overview and Goals
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11. European
Entrepreneurship
&
Innova-on
@
Stanford
Stanford
Engineering
ME421
Winter
2014
Map
of
Presen-ng
Speaker
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Ins-tu-on
Na-onali-es
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13. Class Schedule
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Jan 6:
France + Russia – Startup Accelerators & Venture Capital
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Jan 13: Estonia + Germany – Big Data Startups & Software Accelerators | Venture Funds
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Jan 20: NO CLASS - Holiday
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Jan 27: Bulgaria + Slovenia – Enterprise Software & Design Firms in Southeast Europe
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Feb 3:
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Feb 10: UK + Croatia – Equity Crowdfunding and Ag Startups
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Feb 17: NO CLASS - Holiday
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Feb 24: Switzerland + Italy – Venture Capital & ‘Maker’ Movements
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Mar 3: Flanders + Sweden – Enterprise Software Startups and Venture Capital
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Mar 10: Hungary + Turkey – Digital Infrastructure Startups
Denmark + Austria - European Expansion Strategies for Silicon Valley Startups
Session topics and speakers subject to change
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14. Course Overview and Goals
• Offered Winter 2014 (Year Six)
– Previous years: Winter ‘13, ‘12, ‘11 & ‘10; Winter/Spring ‘09
• Companion to current Stanford SoE entrepreneurship courses:
– Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL/STVP)
– Asian High Tech Entrepreneurship (US-Asia Center)
• Connecting Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP) students @
European study centers to Silicon Valley|Stanford campus
• Western, Central, Eastern & Nordic Europe
– Iceland to Russia
– Scandinavia to the Mediterranean
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15. The Story of European Entrepreneurship in Europe
Europeans in Silicon Valley
Arts,
Culture,
Language
&
TradiDons
History
&
PoliDcs
Entrepreneurship
and
Startups
in
Europe
Today
Europeans
in
Silicon
Valley
Law
&
Policy
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InsDtuDons
&
PersonaliDes
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16. Course Requirements & Logistics
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17. Handouts
• Student Release Forms – Video & Audio
– Please sign and return to course instructor
• Student Attendance Sheets
– Must be signed/initialed – In Class – in order to
receive attendance credit for a session
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18. Teaching Team
• Dr. Burton H Lee PhD MBA
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Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Design Group
Citizenship: USA
Ancestry: British, Irish, Welch, Scottish, Dutch
Burton.Lee@stanford.edu
• Gerald Brantner – Course Assistant
– PhD Candidate, ME|CS (Robotics)
– Citizenship: Austria
– Geraldb@stanford.edu
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19. Course Requirements
Registered Stanford Students Only
• Weekly Attendance Requirements:
– Students must attend or watch 7 of 8 lectures
– Sign the attendance sheets passed around in class
– One missed lecture may be made up with outside reading –
must be discussed and agreed upon in advance w Instructor
• End-of-Quarter Essay
– Write 2-3 page essay on what you learned, major differences/
similarities between entrepreneurship in Europe and Silicon
Valley
– Questions/Details to be announced later this quarter
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20. Post-Lecture Dinners w Speakers
Limited to Enrolled Students
• Voluntary and Optional
– Are not counted towards student grade or class performance
• Student Networking with European Speakers
• Space Limitations
• Maximum of 4 students per dinner
• Limit of 1 dinner per enrolled student
• Student Sign-ups
• Online and in front of classroom
• Cancellation: 24 hours notice to instructor; re-booking not guaranteed
• Many thanks to our European Government and Silicon Valley
Industry Partners for supporting these dinners
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21. Join Our Online Community
Speaker Videos – YouTube Channel
‘StanfordEuropreneurs’
‘European Innovation @Stanford’
Speaker Presentation Slides
www.slideshare.net/burtonlee1
@europreneurs
Website:
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22. Video-Recording, Photos & Archiving
All Students and Attendees
•
Video|Audio Recording of Sessions
– Speakers and Audience Q&A (High Definition)
•
Online Video|Audio Archives
– YouTube channel: “StanfordEuropreneurs” - “European Innovation @ Stanford”
– See course website for links
– Goal: available within 5 days of each session
– Selected portions may also appear on Stanford iTunes, STVP’s eCorner and other
Stanford ‘channels’ in the future
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Session Photos
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Selected photos of classroom participants and discussions – speakers, students, others
Pinterest, Picasa@Google
Student, Attendee and Speaker Permissions/Release Forms
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Please see Course Instructor or Course Assistant
Available up front at the beginning and end of each class
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Persons not wishing to appear in videos are requested to sit in areas that are off
camera, and to refrain from speaking or asking questions during class
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23. Stanford Partners
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24. Stanford Partners
2014
iMinds ICT Research Institute
Enterprise Estonia – Silicon Valley
Ghent, Flanders Region, Belgium
Silicon Valley, CA
Tallinn, Estonia
DLA Piper LLP
Silicon Valley, CA
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25. European
Partner
Countries,
Regions
&
Companies
Speakers
in
Stanford
Engineering
ME421
Graduate
Course
2014
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26. European Government Partners
2014
iMinds ICT Research Institute
Enterprise Estonia – Silicon Valley
Ghent, Flanders Region, Belgium
Silicon Valley, CA
Tallinn, Estonia
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6
2014
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27. European Government Partners
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30. Industry Partner
2014
Platinum Partner
DLA Piper LLP
Silicon Valley, CA
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31. European
Partner
Countries,
Regions
&
Companies
Speakers
in
Stanford
Engineering
ME421
Graduate
Course
2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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32. Today’s Session
Jan 6 2014
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33. Today’s Session
Jan 6 2014
France and Russia
Startup Accelerators & Venture Capital
Alice Zagury
CEO & Co-Founder
TheFamily
(Paris)
Jan
6
2014
Sasha Galitsky
Managing Partner
Almaz Capital Partners
(Moscow)
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34. Next Week’s Session
Jan 13 2014
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6
2014
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35. Next Week’s Session
Jan 13 2014
Estonia and Germany
Big Data Startups & Software Accelerators|Funds
Rainer Sternfeld
CEO & Founder
Marinexplore
(Tallinn – Silicon Valley)
Jan
6
2014
Uwe Horstmann
Founding Partner
Project-A Ventures
(Berlin)
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