On August 16, we had the pleasure to welcome a delegation from South-Asia in our Accelerate Spaces. Besides an introduction to the German startup scene we also gave some insights into the Stuttgart startup community.
This document advertises Ukhadlo.com, a website that aims to help people start their own businesses. It provides tools for finding business partners, funding, sharing and validating ideas, and connecting with entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors. Users can access idea sharing and validation features, search for potential business partners, meet investors, and get updates on startup activity and trends through a central activity feed. The website's goal is to give users everything they need to start a business in one place for free, including ideas, partners, funding, and community support.
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This document discusses ways to help students transition from education to careers in event planning and production. It suggests traditional methods like guest speakers, internships, and small student-run events. It also proposes less traditional ideas like having students volunteer at events, conduct surveys for event companies, participate in think tanks, and provide marketing or subsidy advice. A few specific examples mentioned are having students act as Twitter journalists, participate in think tanks, conduct surveys, volunteer at charity events, provide consulting for zero-cost events, and hold masterclasses at event venues to gain experience.
This document provides guidance on planning programs and events. It discusses establishing goals and objectives, key elements to include in events like activities and themes, and practical considerations like budgets, locations, dates and marketing. Various stages of the event planning process are covered, from initial brainstorming to execution and evaluation. Tips are provided on branding, engaging audiences, collaborating with others, and overcoming challenges that may arise. The overall message is that effective event planning requires thorough preparation, attention to details, and involving stakeholders.
Friends Online Restaurant is an online food delivery business launched by a group of 12 students in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The business allows customers to order food from various restaurants in Dhaka through their website and have it delivered to their homes within 30 minutes. The company aims to provide convenience to customers who want restaurant food but don't have time to dine out. Their market research shows potential among educated young adults in urban areas of Dhaka. The business will focus on these areas initially and aims to compete based on fast delivery, easy online ordering, and offering popular restaurant menus in one place.
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This document advertises Ukhadlo.com, a website that aims to help people start their own businesses. It provides tools for finding business partners, funding, sharing and validating ideas, and connecting with entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors. Users can access idea sharing and validation features, search for potential business partners, meet investors, and get updates on startup activity and trends through a central activity feed. The website's goal is to give users everything they need to start a business in one place for free, including ideas, partners, funding, and community support.
joost ter waarbeek-How to make students jump at The Business of Fun AOIFE
This document discusses ways to help students transition from education to careers in event planning and production. It suggests traditional methods like guest speakers, internships, and small student-run events. It also proposes less traditional ideas like having students volunteer at events, conduct surveys for event companies, participate in think tanks, and provide marketing or subsidy advice. A few specific examples mentioned are having students act as Twitter journalists, participate in think tanks, conduct surveys, volunteer at charity events, provide consulting for zero-cost events, and hold masterclasses at event venues to gain experience.
This document provides guidance on planning programs and events. It discusses establishing goals and objectives, key elements to include in events like activities and themes, and practical considerations like budgets, locations, dates and marketing. Various stages of the event planning process are covered, from initial brainstorming to execution and evaluation. Tips are provided on branding, engaging audiences, collaborating with others, and overcoming challenges that may arise. The overall message is that effective event planning requires thorough preparation, attention to details, and involving stakeholders.
Friends Online Restaurant is an online food delivery business launched by a group of 12 students in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The business allows customers to order food from various restaurants in Dhaka through their website and have it delivered to their homes within 30 minutes. The company aims to provide convenience to customers who want restaurant food but don't have time to dine out. Their market research shows potential among educated young adults in urban areas of Dhaka. The business will focus on these areas initially and aims to compete based on fast delivery, easy online ordering, and offering popular restaurant menus in one place.
Sean's Marketing Consultants proposes a new marketing campaign for the Holden Colorado to help regain Australian consumer trust and establish the vehicle as an ideal Australian car. The proposal involves TV ads highlighting the Colorado's ability to carry anything for work, life, and vacations. It also suggests celebrity endorsements and deals where a percentage of Colorado profits go to Australian charities for every vehicle sold. Sean's Marketing possesses the creative and communication resources to implement the campaign across various advertising platforms.
Build Your Own Valley: Engineering Startup & Investor Ecosystems in Emerging ...Dave McClure
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- 500 Startups has invested in over 1,500 companies across 50+ countries through its $250 million fund and accelerator program.
- It employs 125 people across 30 partners and 25 languages to provide startups with investment, acceleration, marketing, events, and education.
- The document discusses changes in building tech startups and venture capital investing, highlighting trends like lower startup costs, global online platforms, and the rise of seed/angel funding.
- 500 Startups' strategy involves making many small, early-stage bets and doubling down on the most promising companies to target 25-
Crowdfunding has grown significantly in recent years and is challenging traditional banks and other financial institutions in their role of financing new businesses and projects. In Sweden alone, several fintech companies focusing on areas like payments, lending, and cryptocurrency have been successfully crowdfunded. The document discusses the different types of crowdfunding and provides statistics on the growth and size of the global crowdfunding industry. It also examines some of the opportunities and challenges of crowdfunding, including its potential role in democratizing access to capital.
This document provides an overview of accelerators and the startup ecosystem in Austin, Texas. It lists 10 accelerators located in Austin that focus on different industries and startup stages. It also lists several entrepreneur training programs. All accelerators provide funding, mentoring, training and networking opportunities. Some notable Austin startups that have gone through local accelerators are also mentioned. The document concludes by listing local angel investors, pitch events, venture capital firms, coding schools, and blogs that are relevant for Austin entrepreneurs.
The document discusses Yuri Rabinovich and his experience founding startups and investing in Silicon Valley. It provides details on his background, the startup ecosystem and network he has created, his focus on customer development and lean startup methodology, and his process for sourcing, evaluating, and assisting startup investments. It also discusses what makes for successful startups versus ones that fail and announces upcoming startup-related events in Moscow.
This document discusses incubator 2.0 and lessons learned from previous incubators. It summarizes that incubators should focus on making many small investments and expecting a high failure rate (60-80%). Successful incubators provide mentoring support and focus on getting startups to build functional prototypes, test customer usage, and quickly iterate based on feedback. The goal is to identify the top 20% of startups that show traction after 6-12 months and double down the investment in those companies.
Slides of the lecture "Web-based business models" taught by Eduardo Larrain at HEC, a French business school (Strategic Management Master) and for web professionals during workshops
1 - Let’s all talk the same language!
- What’s the web?
- What’s a business model?
- What’s a startup?
2 - What are the key elements of a business model?
- Value proposition and revenue streams
- How’s the music, video games and book publishing industries going?
- Customer channels, customer relationships, key partners, activities, resources, cost structure
3 - What are the business models of Internet heavyweights publicly traded?
- Google (139), Facebook (148), Twitter (161), Linkedin (167), Groupon (172)
4 - What are the business models of the most valuable web-based companies privately owned?
- What is Crowdfunding? Kickstarter (182), Wiseed (187) and Prosper (189)
- What is the Internet of Things? Breathometer (194), Sen.se (196), Nest (199) and Akimo (201)
- What is the sharing economy? Uber (208), Blablacar (211) and Airbnb (214)
- LaRuchequiditoui (218), ZocDoc (220), SnapChat (222)
Conclusion and farewell
The document provides information about obtaining grants to support local enterprise. It discusses the application process and tips for writing successful grant applications. Some of the key points covered include:
- An introduction to different types of available grants from the EU and UK, including SMART grants and collaborative grants from the UK's Technology Strategy Board.
- What grant providers are looking for in applications, including innovation, commercial potential, ability to deliver the project, and addressing the specific call requirements.
- Key elements to address in an application, such as market opportunity, technical approach, risks, skills and experience of the management team.
- Common pitfalls that can weaken applications, like not providing evidence, poor financial information,
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Go Silicon Valley - INVESTOR: BEST PRACTICE + Q&Ai5invest
This document provides information and advice for investors and startups regarding the Austrian and US startup ecosystems. It discusses notable Austrian startup exits and events. It compares the US and European capital markets, noting that US companies trade at a 66% premium. The document advises coming prepared with an online presence and pitch materials when visiting Silicon Valley. Investors are looking for amazing teams, strong technology, product-market fit, traction, revenues, and exit potential. Success in Silicon Valley requires thinking big, achieving product-market fit and traction quickly, and having a rockstar team with strong execution skills.
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Dear Community Member, Fellow, we recently created this group to foster discussions, sharing and learning about Agile, Lean, Devops in Luxembourg.
Let's start a first virtual meetup (due to ongoing restrictions) and present the vision, share expectations and bring fresh ideas !
Digital Transformation in Professional ServicesORM
The document discusses how professional services firms can better serve their clients' digital needs. It notes that clients now expect personalized, convenient digital experiences. However, many professional services firms still take a one-size-fits-all approach online. The document provides suggestions for how firms can tailor their digital offerings to specific audiences and client challenges through techniques like personalized page layouts, segmented content types, and focusing on usability across different devices. Firms are encouraged to understand client needs and align their digital strategies and content to meeting audience and business goals.
Moving From Professional Services to Serving Professionals' NeedsMichael Walker
ORM's Strategy and Insight Director Andy Farmer talks about taking a customer need based approach to digital strategy in the professional services sector
The document discusses how professional services firms can better serve their clients' digital needs. It notes that clients now expect personalized, convenient digital experiences. However, many professional services firms still take a one-size-fits-all approach online. The document provides suggestions for how firms can tailor their digital offerings to specific audiences and client challenges through approaches like personalized page layouts, segmented content types, and focusing on usability across different devices. Firms are encouraged to understand audience needs and goals in order to align digital strategies and content with both client and business objectives.
This document provides an overview of fundraising in Austin, Texas. It discusses how Austin founders typically bootstrap and focus on revenue first before seeking outside investment. It then provides tips on how to meet investors, including leveraging personal networks, following investors on social media, and participating in local pitch events. Recommendations are also given on selecting experienced lawyers and accelerators to work with.
বাংলাদেশের অর্থনৈতিক সমীক্ষা ২০২৪ [Bangladesh Economic Review 2024 Bangla.pdf] কম্পিউটার , ট্যাব ও স্মার্ট ফোন ভার্সন সহ সম্পূর্ণ বাংলা ই-বুক বা pdf বই " সুচিপত্র ...বুকমার্ক মেনু 🔖 ও হাইপার লিংক মেনু 📝👆 যুক্ত ..
আমাদের সবার জন্য খুব খুব গুরুত্বপূর্ণ একটি বই ..বিসিএস, ব্যাংক, ইউনিভার্সিটি ভর্তি ও যে কোন প্রতিযোগিতা মূলক পরীক্ষার জন্য এর খুব ইম্পরট্যান্ট একটি বিষয় ...তাছাড়া বাংলাদেশের সাম্প্রতিক যে কোন ডাটা বা তথ্য এই বইতে পাবেন ...
তাই একজন নাগরিক হিসাবে এই তথ্য গুলো আপনার জানা প্রয়োজন ...।
বিসিএস ও ব্যাংক এর লিখিত পরীক্ষা ...+এছাড়া মাধ্যমিক ও উচ্চমাধ্যমিকের স্টুডেন্টদের জন্য অনেক কাজে আসবে ...
Build Your Own Valley: Engineering Startup & Investor Ecosystems in Emerging ...Dave McClure
The document provides an overview of 500 Startups, a global venture capital firm and startup accelerator. Some key points:
- 500 Startups has invested in over 1,500 companies across 50+ countries through its $250 million fund and accelerator program.
- It employs 125 people across 30 partners and 25 languages to provide startups with investment, acceleration, marketing, events, and education.
- The document discusses changes in building tech startups and venture capital investing, highlighting trends like lower startup costs, global online platforms, and the rise of seed/angel funding.
- 500 Startups' strategy involves making many small, early-stage bets and doubling down on the most promising companies to target 25-
Crowdfunding has grown significantly in recent years and is challenging traditional banks and other financial institutions in their role of financing new businesses and projects. In Sweden alone, several fintech companies focusing on areas like payments, lending, and cryptocurrency have been successfully crowdfunded. The document discusses the different types of crowdfunding and provides statistics on the growth and size of the global crowdfunding industry. It also examines some of the opportunities and challenges of crowdfunding, including its potential role in democratizing access to capital.
This document provides an overview of accelerators and the startup ecosystem in Austin, Texas. It lists 10 accelerators located in Austin that focus on different industries and startup stages. It also lists several entrepreneur training programs. All accelerators provide funding, mentoring, training and networking opportunities. Some notable Austin startups that have gone through local accelerators are also mentioned. The document concludes by listing local angel investors, pitch events, venture capital firms, coding schools, and blogs that are relevant for Austin entrepreneurs.
The document discusses Yuri Rabinovich and his experience founding startups and investing in Silicon Valley. It provides details on his background, the startup ecosystem and network he has created, his focus on customer development and lean startup methodology, and his process for sourcing, evaluating, and assisting startup investments. It also discusses what makes for successful startups versus ones that fail and announces upcoming startup-related events in Moscow.
This document discusses incubator 2.0 and lessons learned from previous incubators. It summarizes that incubators should focus on making many small investments and expecting a high failure rate (60-80%). Successful incubators provide mentoring support and focus on getting startups to build functional prototypes, test customer usage, and quickly iterate based on feedback. The goal is to identify the top 20% of startups that show traction after 6-12 months and double down the investment in those companies.
Slides of the lecture "Web-based business models" taught by Eduardo Larrain at HEC, a French business school (Strategic Management Master) and for web professionals during workshops
1 - Let’s all talk the same language!
- What’s the web?
- What’s a business model?
- What’s a startup?
2 - What are the key elements of a business model?
- Value proposition and revenue streams
- How’s the music, video games and book publishing industries going?
- Customer channels, customer relationships, key partners, activities, resources, cost structure
3 - What are the business models of Internet heavyweights publicly traded?
- Google (139), Facebook (148), Twitter (161), Linkedin (167), Groupon (172)
4 - What are the business models of the most valuable web-based companies privately owned?
- What is Crowdfunding? Kickstarter (182), Wiseed (187) and Prosper (189)
- What is the Internet of Things? Breathometer (194), Sen.se (196), Nest (199) and Akimo (201)
- What is the sharing economy? Uber (208), Blablacar (211) and Airbnb (214)
- LaRuchequiditoui (218), ZocDoc (220), SnapChat (222)
Conclusion and farewell
The document provides information about obtaining grants to support local enterprise. It discusses the application process and tips for writing successful grant applications. Some of the key points covered include:
- An introduction to different types of available grants from the EU and UK, including SMART grants and collaborative grants from the UK's Technology Strategy Board.
- What grant providers are looking for in applications, including innovation, commercial potential, ability to deliver the project, and addressing the specific call requirements.
- Key elements to address in an application, such as market opportunity, technical approach, risks, skills and experience of the management team.
- Common pitfalls that can weaken applications, like not providing evidence, poor financial information,
Design driven goal portfolio management webinar 09 2021Intersection Group
This document discusses goal portfolio management as an alternative to traditional project portfolio management. It proposes that companies strategically invest in well-designed goals that guide enterprise design, rather than focusing only on projects and outputs. Goals should be aligned with the identity and strategy of the organization and categorized based on who benefits. The document provides examples of goal categories and outlines benefits of managing goals and outcomes over just projects and outputs. It suggests mapping projects to goals and evaluating investments based on goal portfolios rather than just individual projects.
Go Silicon Valley - INVESTOR: BEST PRACTICE + Q&Ai5invest
This document provides information and advice for investors and startups regarding the Austrian and US startup ecosystems. It discusses notable Austrian startup exits and events. It compares the US and European capital markets, noting that US companies trade at a 66% premium. The document advises coming prepared with an online presence and pitch materials when visiting Silicon Valley. Investors are looking for amazing teams, strong technology, product-market fit, traction, revenues, and exit potential. Success in Silicon Valley requires thinking big, achieving product-market fit and traction quickly, and having a rockstar team with strong execution skills.
Dave McClure discusses his plan to grow 500 Startups, called #500STRONG. He talks about the challenges of fundraising and team building as a new fund with an unconventional strategy. McClure emphasizes branding through fun, irreverence, and community building. He discusses 500 Startups' strategy of making lots of small, early bets on startups and using an iterative investment process. McClure also covers topics like deal flow, portfolio development, mentoring, distribution platforms, and following on with later funding rounds. He debates scaling the VC model through more or fewer larger bets and recruiting thousands of micro-VCs.
Community Launch Luxembourg : why are Agile, Lean & Devops a top priority ?DC CONSULTANTS
Dear Community Member, Fellow, we recently created this group to foster discussions, sharing and learning about Agile, Lean, Devops in Luxembourg.
Let's start a first virtual meetup (due to ongoing restrictions) and present the vision, share expectations and bring fresh ideas !
Digital Transformation in Professional ServicesORM
The document discusses how professional services firms can better serve their clients' digital needs. It notes that clients now expect personalized, convenient digital experiences. However, many professional services firms still take a one-size-fits-all approach online. The document provides suggestions for how firms can tailor their digital offerings to specific audiences and client challenges through techniques like personalized page layouts, segmented content types, and focusing on usability across different devices. Firms are encouraged to understand client needs and align their digital strategies and content to meeting audience and business goals.
Moving From Professional Services to Serving Professionals' NeedsMichael Walker
ORM's Strategy and Insight Director Andy Farmer talks about taking a customer need based approach to digital strategy in the professional services sector
The document discusses how professional services firms can better serve their clients' digital needs. It notes that clients now expect personalized, convenient digital experiences. However, many professional services firms still take a one-size-fits-all approach online. The document provides suggestions for how firms can tailor their digital offerings to specific audiences and client challenges through approaches like personalized page layouts, segmented content types, and focusing on usability across different devices. Firms are encouraged to understand audience needs and goals in order to align digital strategies and content with both client and business objectives.
This document provides an overview of fundraising in Austin, Texas. It discusses how Austin founders typically bootstrap and focus on revenue first before seeking outside investment. It then provides tips on how to meet investors, including leveraging personal networks, following investors on social media, and participating in local pitch events. Recommendations are also given on selecting experienced lawyers and accelerators to work with.
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3. A startup is an organization formed to search for
a repeatable and scalable business model.
A business model describes how your company
creates, delivers and captures value.
(Steve Blank, What‘s a startup? First principles.)
What‘s a startup in the first place?
www.accelerate-stuttgart.de
7. • 2010 – First Startup Weekend Stuttgart
• 2011 – Launch of StartUp Stuttgart
• 2012 – Accelerate Stuttgart
• 2013 – Startup Weekend B2B
• 2014 – 2 Startup Weekends, Startup Stuttgart e.V.
• 2015 – 2 Startup Weekends,
First accelerator program by Accelerate Stuttgart
Stuttgart community – The story
8. • Writing about our startups & startup ecosystem
• Organising events for entrepreneurs
• Connecting people & building a community
What StartUp Stuttgart is doing
www.startup-stuttgart.de
9. • ~ 100 active startups
• Our Blog: 5000 unique visits/month
• Biggest Events
– Startup Weekend: ca. 100-120 attendees
– Founders‘ BBQ: ca. 100 attendees (monthly)
– Startup Lunch, Hardware Meetup, Leancamp...
Our community in numbers
www.accelerate-stuttgart.de
11. • 2013:
– Regiohelden (? by Bertelsmann, Mountain Super
Angel, netSTART Venture)
• 2014:
– Simpleshow ($5.4m by Japanese investors)
– Smoope (€ 500.000 by HTGF)
– Mauz & Wauz (? by private investors)
– Abusix (Karlsruhe) (? by TargetPartners)
Investments (examples)
www.accelerate-stuttgart.de
12. • 2013:
– edelight exited to Burda (undisclosed)
• 2014:
– Teamviewer exited to Permira ($1.1b)
– HockeyApp exited to Microsoft (undisclosed)
• 2015:
– Autonetzer exited to Drivy (undisclosed)
– RegioHelden exited to Ströer (undisclosed)
Exits (examples)
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13. • Local patriotism ties people to their cities and
communities
• Some good initiatives by institutions to attract
talent to entrepreneurship
• Lots of money involved in Southwest Germany
(needs to find its way to the startups)
• Close-tied network
• A lot can be done with a few bottom-up
initiatives
Advantages of a small community
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14. • Students and employees are more interested
in entrepreneurship but orienting towards
bigger cities (e.g. Berlin, Hamburg, Munich)
• Corporates want to get involved but will take
more time Berlin first
• Institutions try to maintain their ‚power‘
• Very traditional funding structure
big money is in bigger cities
Struggles of a small community
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15. Startup Community
insights – Stuttgart
and the region
Kathleen Fritzsche
Accelerate Stuttgart & StartUp Stuttgart
Twitter: @kathl_fritzsche
www.accelerate-stuttgart.de
Simpleshow: explanation videos, mostly B2B internally
Tocario: cloud hosted desktop software – on any device
Dozeo: online meeting software, more reliable than Skype etc.
Conceptboard: online collaboration platform for graphical content and iterations
Abusix: anti spam software for network operators to identify spam sources etc.
Edelight: e-commerce aggregator
Regiohelden: SEO & SEM for SMEs
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