Introduction by Burton Lee, Lecturer, European Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Stanford Engineering, at Stanford on March 7 2016, in our final session: 'From Comets to Startups :: Building Europe's SpaceTech Entrepreneurship Ecosystem'. Recognizing contributions from Burak Cetin (Course Support Assistant), Barbara Pivnicka, Richard Pivnicka, Gerald Brantner, Andrus Viirg (Enterprise Estonia). Recognition of contributions of members of Burton Lee family: Alma Lehtinen Lerum (Godmother), Frank Freeman Lee (Father), Louise Freeman Lee (Grandmother), Burton James Lee Sr (Grandfather). Website: http://www.StanfordEuropreneurs.org YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/StanfordEuropreneurs Twitter: @Europreneurs

1. From
Comets
To
Startups
Building
Europe’s
SpaceTech
Entrepreneurship
Ecosystem
Burton
Lee
March
7
2016
|
Stanford
Engineering

2. European
Entrepreneurship
&
InnovaFon
(ME421)
Year
Eight
||
Winter
2016
||
HewleN
201
Aud
Mondays
4:30
–
5:50pm
Course
Instructor
Dr.
Burton
H.
Lee
PhD
MBA
www.StanfordEuropreneurs.org
@Europreneurs

3. Session
8
–
March
7
2016

10. Stanford
Partners
|
2016
|
Year
Eight
European
Space
Agency
Technology
Transfer
Programmes
Office
Noordwijk,
Netherlands

11. 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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12. Understand
Europe
…
and
one
can
Understand
Many
Fundamentals
of
the
Economies
of
Asia,
Africa
&
LaFn
America
(former
European
colonies)

13. Acknowledging,
Thanking
and
Remembering
Key
Contributors

14. “Focus
on
the
innovators,
not
on
the
innova)ons”
George
Kembel
Global
Director
&
Co-­‐Founder,
Stanford
d.School

15. For
ContribuFons
Made
2009-­‐16
Thank
You
!!
Andrus
Viirg
Enterprise
Estonia
–
Silicon
Valley
Barbara
Pivnicka
Honorary
Consul,
Slovak
Republic
Richard
Pivnicka
Honorary
Consul
General,
Czech
Republic
Gerald
Brantner
PhD
Candidate,
Mechanical
Engineering

16. Special
Thank
You
Burak
Y
CeFn
Course
Support
Assistant
–
2016
MS
Candidate,
Mechanical
Engineering

17. Also
Remembering
My
High
School
Teachers:
Angela
Heptner
(SP),
Mr
Sammarco
(FR),
Weston
High
School
(MA)
Angel
Vilalta
&
Ed
SainaJ
(SYA
Barcelona
‘72-­‐’73)
Alma
LehFnen
Lerum
My
Godmother
Karelia,
Finland
Minneapolis,
MN
Frank
Freeman
Lee
My
Dad
Yale
University
Northeastern
Univ
US
Navy
Louise
Freeman
Lee
My
Grandmother
New
York,
NY
Burton
James
Lee
Sr
My
Grandfather
New
York,
NY
US
Army
Surgeon
AEF,
France
(1917-­‐18)
One
American’s
‘Love
Affair’
with
Europe
It
All
Started
With
My
Family

18. RetrospecFve:
Where
Have
We
Been
in
2016?

19. European
Entrepreneurship
&
InnovaFon
(ME421)
Stanford
Engineering
School
Year
Eight
||
2016
19

20. Session
#7
Mon
Feb
29
2016
Cambridge
UK
v
Silicon
Valley
-­‐
Tea
with
Hermann
Hauser
Amadeus
Capital,
Cambridge
UK

22. Map
of
Cambridge
from
the
Civitates
Orbis
Terrarum
II,
Braun
and
Hogenberg,
1575

24. Andreas
Tschas
–
CEO
&
Co-­‐Founder
Pioneers,
Vienna

25. Nuno
SebasFao
–
CEO
&
Co-­‐Founder
Feedzai,
Coimbra

26. Ida
Tin
–
CEO
&
Co-­‐Founder
Clue
–
Berlin

27. Irena
Chaushevska
–
CEO
&
Founder
NewMan’s
Business
Accelerator,
Skopje

28. Darian
Shimy
–
VP
Engineering
Weebly,
SF
European
Market
Entry
for
Startups

29. Gabriel
Hubert
–
New
Markets
Stripe,
SF

30. Radu
Georgescu
–
Board
Member
Bucharest,
Romania

31. Melih
Ödemiş
–
CEO
&
Co-­‐Founder
Istanbul,
Turkey

32. Igor
Zacek
–
CEO
&
Co-­‐Founder
BraFslava,
Slovakia
Session
#2
Jan
11
2016

33. Mate
Rimac
–
CEO
&
Founder
Zagreb,
CroaFa

34. Session
#1
Speakers

35. THANK
YOU
!!

36. European
Entrepreneurship
&
InnovaFon
(ME421)
Year
Eight
||
Winter
2016
||
HewleN
201
Aud
Mondays
4:30
–
5:50pm
Course
Instructor
Dr.
Burton
H.
Lee
PhD
MBA
www.StanfordEuropreneurs.org
@Europreneurs