Burton Lee - Stanford Engineering - ME421 - Course Introduction - Jan 7 2013 - Final

European Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Thought Leaders (ME 421)

Dr. Burton H. Lee PhD MBA | Prof Larry Leifer Course Director, Lecturer | Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

[email protected]

http://me421.stanford.edu

January 7 2013 | Session One

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Silicon Valley, CA

Belfast, UK

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Tallinn, Estonia

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Stockholm, Sweden

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for Innovation Systems

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Silicon Valley, CA

Today’s Session Jan 7 2013

• Venture Capital Leaders in Portugal and the UK

– Anne Glover

• CEO & Co-Founder, Amadeus Capital Partners

– Cambridge | London, UK

– José da Franca

• Chairman & CEO, Portugal Ventures

– Lisbon, Portugal (PT)




Map of Presenting Speaker | | Institution Nationalities

European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thought Leaders

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Today’s Discussion Jan 7 2013

• Venture Capital Leaders in the UK and Portugal

• Key themes:

– Personal Histories and Journeys – from UK/Portugal to SV

– From executive/engineer/computer scientist/hacker to VC

– Crossing the Pond to Silicon Valley

– Entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in UK and PT

– Silicon Valley vs Portugal and UK – what is different?

– Amadeus Capital & Portugal Ventures – lessons learned


Class Schedule

• Jan 7: Venture Capital Leaders in Portugal and the United Kingdom

• Jan 14: Accelerators & Entrepreneur-Professors in Italy & Ireland

• Jan 21: NO CLASS - Holiday

• Jan 28: University Commercialization in Nordic & Eastern Europe

• Feb 4: European Expansion Strategies for Silicon Valley Startups

• Feb 11: Energy & Cloud Computing Entrepreneurs in Slovakia & Germany

• Feb 18: NO CLASS - Holiday

• Feb 25: Digital Healthcare & Big Data Spin-outs in Northern Ireland and the Mediterranean

• Mar 4: Hot Software Startups Out of Central and Nordic Europe

• Mar 11: Nordic & Eastern European Startup Bootcamps

Session topics and speakers subject to change


Next Week’s Session Jan 14 2013

• Accelerators & Entrepreneur-Professors in Italy & Ireland

– Maurizio Rossi

• VP & Co-Founder, H-FARM Ventures

– Veneto Region, Italy (IT)

– John Breslin

• Director, Boards.ie; Lecturer, NUI Galway

– Galway, Ireland (IE)













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European Government Partners 2013


Silicon Valley, CA

Belfast, UK

Silicon Valley, CA

Tallinn, Estonia

Silicon Valley, CA

Stockholm, Sweden

TheSwedish Governmental Agency

for Innovation Systems




Industry Partners 2013


Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Silicon Valley, CA

Bronze Partner

European Partner Countries, Regions & Companies Speakers in Stanford Engineering ME421 Graduate Course

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Course Overview and Goals

2013



Course Overview and Goals

• Offered Winter 2013 (Year Five)

– Previous years: Winter ‘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


Entrepreneurship in Europe Today

Silicon Valley Style Entrepreneurship

• Highly Scalable – Technology, business model

– Equity structure

– Culture

• “Lean” – Mostly software-based

• Serial

• Parallel

• Build-to-sell

European Style Entrepreneurship

• Highly Scalable – Skype, Spotify, Soundcloud, Rovio

• Traditional SMEs – > 20 Mn firms; 92.2 % with < 10

employees (2012)

– Food, agriculture, tourism, construction,

real estate, services

• Family-based – German Mittelstand, Italy, France

• “Black” – Black market – Minsk, etc

• “Sustainable” – Corporate entrepreneurship

• Export-oriented

• One-time entrepreneurship


The Story of European Entrepreneurship in Europe

Europeans in Silicon Valley


Entrepreneurship and Startups in Europe Today

Europeans in Silicon Valley

Arts, Culture, Language & Traditions

History & Politics

Law & Policy

Institutions & Personalities

Course Requirements

2013


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


Course Logistics

2013


Course Logistics Location, Time, etc

• Location – Hewlett 201 Auditorium, Engineering Campus

– 370 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305

– Directions | Maps

• Mondays January 7 – March 11 • 4:15 – 5:30 pm

– Except Holidays – Martin Luther King Day, Presidents’ Day

– Open to the Public, no pre-registration required

– Website – me421.stanford.edu


http://www.europeanentrepreneursatstanford.com/aboutME421/mapDirections.php

http://me421.stanford.edu/

Online Communities

• Join us Online !!

– LinkedIn (9900+)

– Twitter: @StanfordEuropreneurs

– Facebook Fan page (new)

– Meetup Group (new)

– Google+ Group (new – in progress)

– Pinterest (new – in progress)

– Intended to facilitate student, faculty and professional

networking outside of class

– Open to the Public in Europe and US at no charge

– Students should join at least one of these


Video-Recording, Photos & Archiving All Students and Attendees

• Video Recording of Sessions – Speakers and Audience Q&A (High Definition)

• Online Video Archives – YouTube channel: “European Innovation @ Stanford”

– See course website for links

– Goal: available within 48 hours of each session

– Selected portions may also appear on Stanford iTunes, STVP’s eCorner and other Stanford ‘channels’ in the future

• Session Photos • Selected photos of classroom participants and discussions – speakers, students, others

• Pinterest, Picasa@Google

• Student, Attendee and Speaker Permissions/Release Forms • Please see Course Instructor or Course Assistant

• Available up front at the beginning and end of each class

• 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


Dinners Limited to Enrolled Students

• Voluntary !! – Are not counted towards student grade or class performance

• Student Networking with European Speakers

• Space Limitations • Limit of Maximum of 6 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 Government and Industry Partners for supporting these dinners


Teaching Team

• Dr. Burton H Lee PhD MBA

– Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering

– Citizenship: USA

– Ancestry: British, Irish, Welch, Scottish, Dutch

– [email protected]

• Prof. Larry Leifer

– Mechanical Engineering, Design Group

– Director, Center for Design Research (CDR)

• Course Assistant

– TBD


Today’s Session

Jan 7 2013


Today’s Session Jan 7 2013

• Venture Capital Leaders in Portugal and the UK

– Anne Glover

• CEO & Co-Founder, Amadeus Capital Partners

– Cambridge | London, UK

– José da Franca

• Chairman & CEO, Portugal Ventures

– Lisbon, Portugal (PT)


Today’s Discussion Jan 7 2013

• Venture Capital Leaders in the UK and Portugal

• Key themes:

– Personal Histories and Journeys – from UK/Portugal to SV

– From executive/engineer/computer scientist/hacker to VC

– Crossing the Pond to Silicon Valley

– Entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in UK and PT

– Silicon Valley vs Portugal and UK – what is different?

– Amadeus Capital & Portugal Ventures – lessons learned

