Are you one of the lucky startups that joined EU funded acceleration programmes? Are you a Startup Europe Ambassador mentoring scaleups, running an accelerator, startup conference or tech blog? Join this informal gathering exclusive to the Startup Europe community.
10:00-10:30
Registration
10:30-12:00
Alumni chilling – Scaleup challenges and founder confessions
Growing fast without breaking (too many) things – Robin Weninger, shaping work Academy
Sell while you sleep – Aurelija Petrauskyte, Trafi
How to fail at building a team? – Olla Jongerius, TCC Tribe
The steps to building brand love – Richard Versluis, Rosterbuster
How to get your first check from an angel – Marta-Patricia Aparicio, Keymon Angels
How experiments helped me fail fast and succeed! – Farid Singh, Startup Wise Guys
Anyone can start but can you scale? – Joe Haslam, IE Business School
Corporates vs startups: ‘If you can’t beat them, join them’ – Daniel Salgado-Moreno, etventure
12:00-13:00
Networking lunch
AFTERNOON: Open Masterclass
Join this energetic afternoon designed around the learnings, failures and successes of 400+ startups and ecosystem leaders that explored the hottest startup ecosystems and learned how to scale up abroad.
13:30-14:00
Registration
14:00-14:30
Welcome by Soft-Landing & Startup Lighthouse
Meet 400+ startups and ecosystem leaders
Lighting the way for European scale-ups – Ricardo Silva, Vilabs
Connecting scaleups and startup ecosystems – Jurga Mečinskienė, Startup Division
Being Your Best Self – Helen Grain, Helen Grain Mindfulness
Welcome by Google for Startups – Karel Escobar, Google for Startups
14:30-14:50
How to be a gazelle (startups vs scaleups)
Sebastian Esser, etventure startup hub
14:50-16:00
Startup flash talks
My rise and fall (and rise again) story – Jeroen Bontje, Symbid
Prepare for turbulence – Karl Llewellyn, Sanctifly
Focus is more important than your Mother – Mladen Panov, Vorwärts
16:00-16:30
Networking break
16:30-17:00
Why my startup hub is better than yours
Berlin – et venture startup hub
Dublin – DCU Ryan Academy
Lisbon – FastTrack
Paris – IMT Starter
The Netherlands – Crosspring
Vilnius – Startup Division
17:00-17:20
Scaling without failing – 10 things you need to know
Julien Coulon, Cedexis
17:20-18:00
Supercharging panel: Scaling up? How can we do it better?
Moderation: Mor Eini, GERMANTECH
Matthieu Heusch, IE Business School
Krisztina Toth, Startup Europe CEE & Western Balkans Networks
