Helping entrepreneurs change the
world.
Tomaz Frelih - CEO European Entrepreneurship & Innovation (ME421)
Stanford Engineering
January 28 2013
@hekovnik / @tomazfrelih Ljubljana Technology Park
Slovenia
University education is
broken
We have seen no meaningful change in
over 500 years.
We need effective new
approaches and business
models that make sense ...
Storming sessions on Artificial Intelligence
Commercialization of knowledge
State of mind
Rainbow Silicon Valley Connection
At first:
Mutual
Grading
Learning by
Doing
Time
Pressure
Learning by
Coaching
Targeted
Programs
Targeted Programs
start: from an idea to an
MVP, get: users or sales,
and prepare for invest:ors in
Silicon Valley
Learning by Doing
The toolbox is framed through workshops
where founders use the tools and present their
work to each other.
Your startup is the homework.
Learning by coaching
Startups at the same stage share their
experiences. They are living in an ecosystem
surrounded with live case studies.
Everyone coaches everyone else. Always.
Grading
Everyone gives grades and constructive
feedback on everything* all the time.
Yes, there's an app for that.
*(team presentations, usefulness of written comments,
mentor lectures, mentor comments).
Pressure Measure everything! Light stress and emotion
increase retention. Keep a timer and keep
them to the point. Real life is stressful, startups
are mega stressful.
How do you prepare for that?
Early adopters Startups provide the smoothest entry point
because they understand mistakes and treat
failure as a lesson.
To build an entrepreneurial ecosystem.
So far 100++ startups through our programs
30++ BoundBreaker startups in Silicon Valley
5M$++ investments
And now We are testing the solution, in search of a
scalable business model. Yes, we are
bootstrapping.
Horizon
@hekovnik / @tomazfrelih
An entrepreneurial ecosystem utilizing the potential of engineers in New Europe. A Silicon Valley
startup house and fund for New Europe.
Effective learning technologies for a new kind of university.