Presentation on MASHAV program final day. Presenters: Rashid Aliyev and Lazar Nedanoski 2017, Haifa, Israel.

1. VC
Rashid Aliyev
Lazar Nedanoski

2. Problem
The tongue goes where the pain is
Start ups cannot
access proper
funding of their
business ideas

3. The “Promised Land”
If you want to build a ship, don't order people to collect wood, but rather teach them to long for the endless
immensity of the sea. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Start ups benefit
from diversity of
options to fund
their business
ideas

4. The Solution
Every pot finds its own lid. Yiddish proverb
Facilitate key
stakeholders’
involvement into the
VC start up
ecosystem

5. Unique Value Proposition
Life never tires of testing the proposition that life must go on. Robert Brault
• We offer integral funding
and business support
solutions for your business
ideas:
• Local seed options and
international funding
network
• Business development
services (how to’s)

6. Partners and competitors
One appreciates honey when tasting a bit of bitterness Montenegrin Proverb
• Funding partners: local
business people,
government,
international programs
and investors
• Funding competitors: the
sooner, the better
• Biz services partners:
universities, local experts and
international mentors
• Biz services competitors:
increase “industry” standards

7. Business model
There is no non-conquerable castle with the right strategy
• Joint venture articulating various
interest groups
• Retain strong entrepreneurship
and market oriented incentive
mechanism (e.g. take minority
stakes)
• Tread slowly, but die hard (sharp
shark-like decision making)