Workshop

IDEA

The formula of the meeting assumes the possibility of establishing direct relationships, exchanging experiences, sharing observations and asking questions. The mentors of the meeting are a group of over a dozen carefully selected Polish and foreign experts, business practitioners and theoreticians, and recognised authority figures in their respective fields, marked by their experience in the start-up environment. The sum of their competences covers virtually all aspects related to business activity: finance, capital raising, team building, promotion, marketing, and business law. The names of many of them make this workshop an extremely prestigious item on the agenda of the European Start-up Days.

TOPICS

• Thematic proposals for mentoring sessions:
• Build a team. Creating and managing a team
• Sell your work. Marketing and sales
• Do not forget about regulations. Legal forms of start-ups. Fundamentals laws
• Raise funds. An investor or a strategic partner. Negotiating the subsequent rounds of financing
• Interest others in your idea. Pitching / preparation of a pitch deck
• Do not bite off more than you can chew. Scaling the business
• Use the network. Social media and young businesses
• Take a look abroad. Globalisation / developing a market entry strategy

Guests invited to participate in the thematic session (alphabetical list):

• Izabela Bartnicka, Head of Business Development, Digital University
• Bogumiła Cebelińska, Product Manager for Document Solutions, Billon Group
• Uri Eliabayev, AI Consultant
• Chip Espinoza, Expert on Multi-generational Workforce and Thought Leader on the Future of Work
• Ben Greeven, CEO, założyciel, Thalento
• Rafał Han, CEO, Co-Founder, Silvair
• Michał Kordaczuk, Co-Head, Dentons Poland Startup Program
• Michał Kramarz, Head of Startups, Export & Entrepreneurship Development, Google
• György Lévay, Research Manager, Infinite Biomedical Technologies
• Krzysztof Małecki, Founder, CEO, FFW Communication
• Supreet Singh Manchanda, Managing Partner, Raiven Capital
• Jowita Michalska, Founder, CEO, Digital University, SingularityU Warsaw Chapter Ambassador
• Tomasz Misiak, President of the Supervisory Board, Entrepreneur, Investor, Work Service SA
• Grzegorz Nawacki, Editor-in-Chief, Puls Biznesu
• Michał Olbrychowski, Head, Cohn&Wolfe
• Michał Pękała, Co-Founder, ZnanyLekarz, DocPlanner Group
• Piotr Rudzki, Director, PwC
• Carl H Smith, Principal Research Fellow, Director, Learning Technology Research Centre (LTRC), Ravensbourne University London
• Jarosław Sroka, Board Member, Kulczyk Investments

ORGANIZATION

WORKSHOP will be held in the Bingo Room (at Bingo Stage) on May 14, from 3.30pm to 5.30pm- immediately after the Start-up Challenge presentations.

The moderator will be supervising the smooth course of the meeting.

At the end of the meeting a short summary will be presented by Supreet Singh Manchanda, Managing Partner at Raiven Capital, an entrepreneur from the Silicon Valley, investing in venture capital funds operating in the field of new technologies.

Participation in the meeting is free of charge, entry by special invitation only. The only requirement for participation in the meeting is prior confirmation of the participation of a specific number of persons from the invited start-ups (the number of places is limited).