Course Introduction, 'European Entrepreneurship & Innovation @ Stanford Engineering' (ME421). Session 1 - 'Startups Under War & Censorship :: Ukraine & Russia'. Background on war in Eastern Ukraine, 2014 to present. Short discussion of NovaUkraine foundation (www.novaukraine.org). Presented by Course Director, Dr. Burton Lee, Jan 5 2015. Course website: www.StanfordEuropreneurs.org

1. European
Entrepreneurship
&
Innova1on
(ME421)
Year
Seven
||
Winter
2015
||
HewleA
201
Aud
Mondays
4:30
–
5:45pm
Course
Instructor
Dr.
Burton
H.
Lee
PhD
MBA
Burton.Lee@stanford.edu

2. Today’s
Session
(#1)
Startups
Under
War
&
Censorship:
Ukraine
&
Russia

3. Speakers
in
‘European
Entrepreneurship
&
Innova1on
@
Stanford’
Session
1
–
Jan
5
2015
3

4. Today’s
Session

5. Today’s
Session

6. Today’s
Speakers
• Startups
Under
War
&
Censorship
::
Ukraine
&
Russia
– Anna
Degtereva
—
CEO
&
Founder,
Happy
Farm
(UA)
– Vlad
Voskresensky
—
CEO,
InvisibleCRM
(UA)
– Anna
Dvornikova
—
Managing
Partner,
TEC
Ventures
(RU|US)
– Max
Skibinsky
—
CEO,
Stealth
Bitcoin
Startup
(RU|US)
– Vitaly
Golomb
—
CEO
&
Founder,
Keen
Systems
(UA|US)

7. Stanford
Partners
|
2015
|
Year
Seven
Enterprise
Estonia
–
Silicon
Valley
Junior
Achievement
Bulgaria,
Sofia

8. Course
Academic
Requirements
• Open
to
grads/undergrads
from
all
Schools
&
Departments
• 1
Unit
• Grading:
S/NC
• AAend
7
of
8
lectures
@
HewleA
201
– Sign
online
aJendance
sheets
• URL
provided
in-­‐class
– Stanford
Honor
code
applies
!!
• End-­‐of-­‐quarter
essay
(2.5-­‐3
pages)

9. Post-­‐Lecture
Dinners
6:30
–
8:30
PM
@
Stanford
Engineering
Speakers,
Enrolled
Students,
Invited
Guests.
(Max
~15
students
per
dinner
|
Space
Limited
|
2-­‐3
dinners
per
student)
Informal
networking
dinner|recep]on
to
meet
the
speakers
and
discuss
European
startups,
design
and
venture
capital
See
Course
Instructor|CA
for
map
to
on-­‐campus
dinner
loca]on

10. Focus
of
Seminar
Series
• Startups
+
venture
capital
+
entrepreneurship
with
A
LiAle
Bit
of
Context
– Social,
economic,
historical,
poli]cal
context
in
Europe
– vs
‘Naïve
or
Simple
Entrepreneurship’
prac]ced
in
Silicon
Valley
• But,
this
is
Not
a
‘policy’
or
‘economics’
seminar

11. Session
#3
-­‐
Jan
26
2015
• Serbia
&
Poland
-­‐
Gaming
+
Internet-­‐of-­‐Things
Startups
– Branko
Milu1novic
–
CEO
&
Co-­‐Founder,
Nordeus
(RS)
– Jakub
Krzych
-­‐
CEO
&
Co-­‐Founder,
Es1mote
(PO)

12. Session
#4
-­‐
Feb
2
2015
• European
Market
Entry
Strategies
for
Tech
Startups
– Jennifer
Lawton
-­‐
CEO,
Makerbot
Industries
(NYC)
– Bas1an
Purrer
-­‐
Head-­‐Global
Growth,
Homejoy
(SF)

13. Session
#5
–
Feb
9
2015
• European
Media
&
Tech
Repor1ng
in
Europe
– Mike
Butcher
-­‐
Editor-­‐At-­‐Large,
TechCrunch
Europe;
Co-­‐Founder,
TechHub
(UK)
– MaAhias
Hohensee
-­‐
Bureau
Chief-­‐Silicon
Valley,
Wirtschamswoche
(DE)
– Jérôme
Marin
-­‐
San
Francisco
Correspondent,
Le
Monde
(FR)
– Rosa
Jimenez
-­‐
Silicon
Valley
Correspondent,
EL
PAíS
(ES)

14. Session
#7
–
Mar
2
2015
• Estonia
-­‐
Big
Data
Startups;
Berlin
v
Barcelona
-­‐
Co-­‐Working
Spaces
– Rainer
Sternfeld
-­‐
CEO
&
Founder,
PlanetOS
(EE)
– Max
von
der
Ahé
-­‐
Co-­‐Founder,
betahaus
Berlin
(DE)
– Jordi
Subiras
-­‐
Co-­‐Founder,
betahaus
Barcelona
(ES)
– Andrus
Viirg
-­‐
Director,
Enterprise
Estonia
-­‐
Silicon
Valley

15. Session
#8
–
Mar
9
2015
• Romania
&
Bulgaria
-­‐
Gaming
Startups
+
Venture
Capital
– Cris1
Badea
-­‐
Co-­‐Founder,
MavenHut
Games
(RO)
– Max
Gurvits
–
Venture
Partner,
Teres
Capital
(BG)

16. Next
Week’s
Speakers
–
Jan
12
• Scotland
&
Norway:
Entrepreneurship
in
Oil
Economies
– Jamie
Coleman
—
Managing
Director,
CodeBase
(UK)
– Arne
Tonning
—
General
Partner,
Alliance
Venture
(NO)

17. Teaching
Team
• Course
Instructor
– Dr.
Burton
H.
Lee
PhD
MBA
– Lecturer,
Dept
of
Mechanical
Engineering
– Center
for
Design
Research
• Course
Support
Assistant
– Lars
Roemheld
– MS
Candidate,
Management
Science
&
Engineering
– roemheld@stanford.edu

18. Dedica1on
• Prof.
Frank
Freeman
Lee
(1920
–
2013)
– Chair,
Dept
of
Sociology,
Northeastern
University
– Boston,
MA
– PhD,
Yale
University
– Scholar
and
lifelong
student
and
lover
of
European
history,
culture,
art,
architecture,
poli]cs,
cuisine,
mountains
and
lakes

19. Today’s
Speakers
• Startups
Under
War
&
Censorship
::
Ukraine
&
Russia
– Anna
Degtereva
—
CEO
&
Founder,
Happy
Farm
(UA)
– Vlad
Voskresensky
—
CEO,
InvisibleCRM
(UA)
– Anna
Dvornikova
—
Managing
Partner,
TEC
Ventures
(RU|US)
– Max
Skibinsky
—
CEO,
Stealth
Bitcoin
Startup
(RU|US)
– Vitaly
Golomb
—
CEO
&
Founder,
Keen
Systems
(UA|US)

20. Today’s
Session
Early
December
2013
Maydan
Square,
Kyiv

21. Today’s
Session
Early
December
2013
Maydan
Square,
Kyiv

22. Today’s
Session
February
18
2014
Maydan
Square,
Kyiv

23. Today’s
Session
Morning
of
February
19
2014
Maydan
Square,
Kyiv

24. Today’s
Session
Morning
of
February
19
2014
Maydan
Square,
Kyiv

25. Today’s
Session
Morning
of
February
19
2014
Maydan
Square,
Kyiv

26. Today’s
Session
Morning
of
February
19
2014
Maydan
Square,
Kyiv

27. Today’s
Session
Morning
of
February
19
2014
Maydan
Square,
Kyiv
MH17
Eastern
Ukraine
July
2014

28. NovaUkraine
Founda1on
www.novaukraine.org
Based
in
Palo
Alto,
CA

29. Today’s
Ques1ons
• What
are
the
strengths/weaknesses
of
the
startup
ecosystems
in
Ukraine
and
Russia
today?
• How
do
these
ecosystems
compare
to
those
in
Western/Nordic/
Southern
Europe
(and
to
Silicon
Valley)?
• How
is
the
war
in
Eastern
Ukraine
affec]ng
the
startup
environment
in
the
rest
of
Ukraine?
• How
are
Russian
startups
affected
by
the
recent
introduc]on
of
new
laws
and
regula]ons
regarding
freedom
of
speech,
secret
service
surveillance,
registra]on
of
bloggers/media,
registra]on
of
foreign
NGOs,
along
with
company
takeovers
by
persons
close
to
the
Kremlin,
and
the
massive
flight
of
capital
out
of
Russia
today?
• What
are
the
]es
between
Silicon
Valley
and
Ukraine/
Russia
today?
Why
are
Ukraine/Russia
important
for
SV?

30. Key
Social
Media
for
Today
• @europreneurs
[Stanford
course
TwiJer
acct]
• @AnnaDegtereva
||
@HappyFarmUA
• @Invisible_CRM
• @advornikova
• @_lordmax_
• @vitalyg
||
@keenprint
• @burtonlee
www.StanfordEuropreneurs.org

31. Next
Week’s
Speakers
–
Jan
12
• Scotland
&
Norway:
Entrepreneurship
in
Oil
Economies
– Jamie
Coleman
—
Managing
Director,
CodeBase
(UK)
– Arne
Tonning
—
General
Partner,
Alliance
Venture
(NO)