Coming to America: How to Set Up Shop in the U.S.
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This document introduces the panelists for a discussion on successfully moving a business from Europe to the United States. The panelists are the co-founders of TransferWise, Pipedrive, and Falcon Social, who will share their experiences and lessons learned in topics such as choosing US markets, maintaining company culture across offices, and avoiding common mistakes. TransferWise is a peer-to-peer money transfer service founded in 2010 in London that opened an office in New York in 2015. Pipedrive is a sales CRM software company founded in 2010 in Estonia that opened its first US office in Menlo Park, California in 2011. Falcon Social provides social media management software founded in 2010 in Copenhagen that opened
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- 1. Coming to America: how to set up shop in the U.S.
- 2. Moving your business to the U.S. is challenging. But it can be the right choice if you want to scale. Find out how the founders of TransferWise, Pipedrive and Falcon Social made the move successfully.
- 3. PANEL THEMES Get the insights on the following and more: What are the biggest mistakes and most profitable steps to take when opening an office in the U.S.? How to choose the specific markets within the U.S.? How to maintain company culture while having multiple offices iin completely different locations and timezones?
- 4. TAAVET HINRIKUS Panelist I co-founder of TRANSFERWISE
- 5. TAAVET HINRIKUS ABOUT Skype’s 1st employee Engaging and vastly experienced event speaker: Collision Conference, London Uncubed, Web Summit Co-founded TransferWise with friend Kristo Käärmann to tackle their mutual distaste of exorbitant international money transfer fees
- 6. Peer-to-peer international money transfer platform for consumers founded in 2010 300+ employees (July 2015) Moved to USA: 2015 to New York Other offices: London, Tallinn, Cherkasy, Tampa, Tokyo Dubbed a “tech unicorn” by the media following most recent $58M round, investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Richard Branson and Peter Thiel TRANSFERWISE ABOUT
- 7. BEST STARTUP FOUNDERS 2015 TRANSFERWISE AWARDS 2014
- 8. TIMO REIN Panelist II president & co-founder of PIPEDRIVE
- 9. TIMO REIN ABOUT 15+ years of sales management experience Former partner with Vain & Partners Seasoned speaker as a former sales coach. Recent speaking events include StartSmart startup workshop
- 10. Sales CRM software disruptor founded in 2010 90+ employees (July 2015) Moved to USA: 2011 to Menlo Park, California Relocated to New York in 2015 Other offices: Tallinn AngelPad Alumni, raised $9M in recent A-round investment. Investors include Jason Lemkin (founder of Echosign), Bessemer Ventures, Paua Ventures PIPEDRIVE ABOUT
- 11. BEST B2B STARTUP 2015 PIPEDRIVE AWARDS
- 12. ULRIK BO LARSEN Panelist III CEO & founder of FALCON SOCIAL
- 13. ULRIK BO LARSEN ABOUT Seasoned digital marketer, having founded and run a digital agency Founder of the 1st Scandinavian social network with a successful exit Speaking experience: eTail Europe, The Corporate Social Media Summit, Social Media Week Copenhagen
- 14. Social media management software founded in 2010 200+ employees (July 2015) Moved to USA: 2014 to New York Other offices: Copenhagen, Berlin Raised $16M in the recent B-round investment Investors include Prime Ventures, Northcap, Target Partners FALCON SOCIAL ABOUT
- 15. STARTUP OF THE YEAR FALCON SOCIAL AWARDS