2. coworking space & startup center

4. 20:00h - Presentations
- Niek Huizenga - Startups in the Valley
- Stef van Grieken - Google, the nerd experience
21:00h Live stream - Runway Incubator
- Ruben Nieuwenhuizen (DutchBaseCamp.com)
- Dom Sagolla (Twitter)
- Ankit Sankar (TapFame)
- Vincent van de Poll (ucreate3D),
21:45h - Ice cold drinks

11. The Big Five

12. The Big Five

13. Tip

21. The Silicon Valley - Upside
Culture
• Life is about startups and technology
• Opportunities and thinking big
• Easy access to networks and people
Availability of resources
• Investors
• Knowledge
• Incubators / Accelerators
Quality of life
• Infrastructure and facilities
• Leisure opportunities
• Weather

22. The Silicon Valley - Downside
Culture
• Opportunistic
Availability of resources
• Fierce competition
Quality of life
• Expensive
Silicon Valley is a great place to get inspired and learn….. But is it the right
place to start your business?

23. Discussion
Nothing is more powerful than a community of talented people working on
related problems (Paul Graham, 2003)
……. in an environment that stimulates, facilitates and provides access to
resources to these people.
We have the basic ingredients in Groningen… right?