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The 12th Annual Global Technology Symposium / April 1-3, 2015 / Rosewood Sand Hill / Menlo Park, CA Global Technology Symposium SILICON VALLEY GTS 2015 GLOBAL INNOVATOR COMPETITION BECOME A GTS GLOBAL INNOVATOR COMPETITOR NOW! Contact Catherine Yushina at [email protected] for more details on how to apply. For more symposium information, visit www.globaltechsymposium.com Organized by the Global Technology Symposium in conjunction with the world’s leading startup incubators, the Global Innovator Competition is the Symposium’s most energizing event. It allows promising entrepreneurs from all over the world to present ideas and visions that will bring new products to market and transform industries. This year, GTS is taking it to the next level with an “interactive” format where the audience has the last say. Ten startups from around the world will face an international panel of top-notch judges and the audience in a three-day race to the end. The winner of the Global Innovator Competition receives the Global Innovator Award and two more companies will be able to claim 1st and 2nd place - and more importantly, all will have the opportunity to network with prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalists throughout the Symposium. VENUE The Global Innovator Competition will take place over the course of they Symposium’s three days, April 1-3, 2015 at the Rosewood Sand Hill, which is located at 2825 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. JUDGES At the Global Innovator Competition, entrepreneurs present their business plans before a blueribbon panel of judges drawn from the ranks of Silicon Valley’s most legendary venture capitalists. “Winning the Global Tech Symposium was a huge boost for eThor. It was the first time that we received any real international recognition for our company and gained us a tremendous amount of exposure. I wouldn’t underestimate the impact that winning this event can have for any company.” – Gary Ziegler CEO, eThor Winner, 2012 Global Innovator Competition
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The 12th Annual Global Technology Symposium / April 1-3, 2015 / Rosewood Sand Hill / Menlo Park, CA
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GTS 2015 GLOBAL INNOVATOR
COMPETITION
BECOME A GTS GLOBAL INNOVATOR COMPETITOR NOW!Contact Catherine Yushina at [email protected] for more details on how to apply.
For more symposium information, visit www.globaltechsymposium.com
Organized by the Global Technology Symposium in conjunction with the world’s leading startup incubators, the Global Innovator Competition is the Symposium’s most energizing event. It allows promising entrepreneurs from all over the world to present ideas and visions that will bring new products to market and transform industries.
This year, GTS is taking it to the next level with an “interactive” format where the audience has the last say. Ten startups from around the world will face an international panel of top-notch judges and the audience in a three-day race to the end.
The winner of the Global Innovator Competition receives the Global Innovator Award and two more companies will be able to claim 1st and 2nd place - and more importantly, all will have the opportunity to network with prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalists throughout the Symposium.
VENUEThe Global Innovator Competition will take place over the course of they Symposium’s three days, April 1-3, 2015 at the Rosewood Sand Hill, which is located at 2825 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
JUDGESAt the Global Innovator Competition, entrepreneurs present their business plans before a blueribbon panel of judges drawn from the ranks of Silicon Valley’s most legendary venture capitalists.
“ Winning the Global Tech Symposium was a huge boost for eThor. It was the first time that we received any real international recognition for our company and gained us a tremendous amount of exposure. I wouldn’t underestimate the impact that winning this event can have for any company.”
– Gary Ziegler CEO, eThor Winner, 2012 Global Innovator Competition
BECOME A GTS GLOBAL INNOVATOR COMPETITOR NOW!Contact Catherine Yushina at [email protected] for more details on how to apply.
For more symposium information, visit www.globaltechsymposium.com
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THE GLOBAL INNOVATOR AWARD Previous recipients of the Global Innovator Award include:
Jade Magnet (2011). India-based Jade Magnet is a crowd-sourcing platform for creative services. Jade Magnet has assembled a network of over 3,000 service providers in the fields of branding, advertising, animation, graphic design, and product design across various media. Over 200 brands used the platform in 2010. Jade Magnet has already received $200,000 in angel investment.
MavenHut (2013). Irish-based MavenHut Ltd is a Startup-Bootcamp 2012 alumni, with a founding team that has a senior experience in the social gaming industry. Their mission is to transform classic single player games into social games.
Neighbor.ly (2014). Missouri-based Neighbor.ly is the first civic crowd-funding platform in the US. Their mission has always been to create new ways for people to invest in places they love – to help communities help themselves.
Join GTS Global Innovator Competition – because startups grow through competitions.
RULES & REGULATIONS The Symposium partners with hot startup incubators and accelerators worldwide to identify participants in the Global Innovator Competition. The top 10 nominees will be hand selected by the GTS team and will be asked to present on the main stage at the Symposium on the first day. From there, it will be broken down to the top 5 to present on Thursday and then the top 3 for Friday’s final sales pitch. More details will be given in the application packet.
Participating companies should be candidates for seed-stage funding and should have revenues under $5 million per year.
All applications must be submitted in English and will be accepted until March 1, 2015.
BENEFITS TO COMPETITORS
Pitch your business plan before top venture capitalists.
Master effective cross-cultural pitching techniques by observing the competition.
Brainstorm strategies for entering markets outside your home country.
Meet venture capitalists and potential customers attending the Global Technology Symposium.
Gain media exposure to journalists covering the Global Technology Symposium.
BENEFITS TO ACCELERATORS
Startup accelerators enjoy the following benefits from partnering with the Global Innovator Competition:
Raise the profile of the incubator companies and get them exposure before top VCs.
Increase awareness of your incubator’s educational program before startup entrepreneurs attending the Global Technology Symposium.
Forge links with VCs attending the Global Technology Symposium.
Share best practices with other incubators across the world.
Place your logo placement on Global Innovator Competition marketing materials.
BENEFITS TO INVESTORS
Source hot deals in exciting new markets.
Share your wisdom with global entrepreneurs from out-side Silicon Valley.
Stay ahead of the idea curve by picking up the latest busi-ness intelligence abroad.
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“LEARN, START, LEAD” WITH GTS 2015!In its 12th year, the Symposium will take place on April 1-3, 2015, at the Rosewood Sand Hill in Menlo Park, California. It is themed “Learn, Start, Lead” and focuses on the opportunities that innovation brings to education, and on the role of higher education in global innovation and investment. This event will bring together top investors, corporate leaders, promising entrepreneurs, education professionals, and policymakers.
GTS empowers the next generation of trendsetters and is pushing participants to challenge their comfort zones through a non-traditional, progressive structure. Education is a less nascent industry that grows rapidly, and the Symposium gives an opportunity to discuss such topics as nextgeneration learning platforms, the future of education, and the intersection of education, innovation, and investment.
The Symposium is honored to count many of Silicon Valley’s most legendary names among its alumni. Speakers in previous years include:
Venture capitalists such as Brook Byers, Patricia Cloherty, Reid Dennis, Tim Draper, Pitch Johnson, Dick Kramlich, Kate Mitchell, Don Valentine, and Ann Winblad.
Corporate leaders such as former Intel chairman and CEO Craig Barrett, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, former VMware CEO Diane Greene, BP Capital founder T. Boone Pickens, and Cadence CEO Lip-Bu Tan.
Financiers such as Silicon Valley Bank Vice Chairman Harry Kellogg, JPMorgan Chase investment banking chairman Cristina Morgan and VTB Capital CEO Yuri Soloviev.
Management and technology gurus such as Vint Cerf, Esther Dyson, and Geoffrey Moore.
Policymakers such as White House CTO Aneesh Chopra, former U.S. senator Gary Hart, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Judith McHale, former Secretary of Defense William Perry, former Secretary of State George Shultz, and Russian Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko.
“ Being on stage at GTS provided us with incredible feedback from the jury, seasoned investors and entrepreneurs that can really see if or where your business needs help. The prize we won in 2013 helped us confirm that MavenHut is building something innovative, something new, in a crowded market, hence making our company interesting both for developers to join and for investors to invest.”
– Bobby Voicu, CEO, MavenHut Winner, 2013 Global Innovator Competition
BECOME A GTS GLOBAL INNOVATOR COMPETITOR NOW!Contact Catherine Yushina at [email protected] for more details on how to apply.
For more symposium information, visit www.globaltechsymposium.com
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