Talk by Armann Kojic, CEO - Apon (IS), at Stanford on Jan 4 2016, in our session on 'European Startup Bridges in Silicon Valley'. Website: http://www.StanfordEuropreneurs.org YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/StanfordEuropreneurs Twitter: @Europreneurs

1. European Entrepreneurship and innovation Armann Kojic / armann@apon.comStanford Engineering / January 4th 2016

2. • Former VP of marketing at deCODE genetics (Nasdaq:DCGN) aquired by Amgen for $415M
• Formerly at McCann Erickson heading national campaigns for CocaCola, Icelandair & Microsoft
• Took part in StartX Mentor Labs at Stanford which brought me to Silicon Valley
• Icelandic entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Apon

3. THE PUSH TO GO MOBILE

4. The future of app development is about the user experience, integration of content from any source,
and visual design. With Apon you don't need design skills or programming knowledge.
INTELLIGENT APPS MADE EASY

5. “Now innovation and creativity move the world forward. Change in software,
media, the arts, culture, technology or business can come from anywhere.
No place is too small to be significant in this new world of opportunities.”
OLAFUR RAGNAR GRIMSSON President of Iceland June 26th, 2013
329 740
HUMAN POPULATION
474 759
SHEEP POPULATION
66 504
NO OF COMPANIES
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ICELAND
83%VIEW ENTREPRENEURS
FAVOURABLY
$54M
2014 TECHNOLOGY GRANTS
98%
ELECTRICITY IS
RENEWABLE
OF
TOURISTS VISIT THE COUNTRY
1M+
TECH HEALTHCARE MARINE ENERGYCREATIVE INDUSTRYPOPULAR STARTUP SECTORS INCLUDE:
GIVEN OUT TO STARTUPS

6. THE STARTUP ECOSYSTEM
NOTABLE ICELANDIC COMPANIES AND STARTUPS
500 000+
ACTIVE PLAYERS $1.2BNMARKET
VALUE $27MIN FUNDING
LED BY SEQUOIA
20M ACTIVE USERS / 100 M REGISTEREDNEW GAME TO SHIP WITH OCULUS RED DOT DESIGN AWARD WINNER
FINANCE & IT VIRTUAL REALITY DESIGN DRIVENGAMES & MOBILE

7. armann@apon.com +1 650 383 7008
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