Silicon Valley and Its Siblings - Action Report - March 2011

INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION SAN JOSÉ, CA MARCH 30, 2011

Action reportSILICON VALLEY AND ITS SIBLINGS

SILICON VALLEY AND ITS SIBLINGS

TechBA Silicon Valley!

CONTENTS

................................................International Summit on Entrepreneurship and Innovation " 3.............................................Morning Session 1—Strategies for getting in the US Market! 4

Morning Session 2—Business development for startups and venture capital .................................................................................................access for foreign startups ! 5

..............................Afternoon Session—Next steps and action items for moving forward ! 7

.........................................................................................................................Reflections " 9..................................................................Evening Session—Speakers and networking ! 10

...................................................................................................................Event agenda " 11.......................................................................................................Bridge Organizations " 12



International Summit onEntrepreneurship and Innovation

The City of San José’s Office of Economic Development and The

Mexican Technology Business Accelerator (TechBA) gathered

together more than twenty foreign government representatives, inter-national business associations and

bridge organizations in the Silicon Valley to the first annual International

Summit on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: “Silicon Valley and Its Siblings.”

The purposes of the Summit were to give bridge organization leaders an

opportunity to explore and share best practices for starting, incubating and accelerating startups, and to identify

the resources available for entrepre-neurs and others to create financially

successful companies that produce social value. By locating of the Summit in Silicon Valley, the premier global

technology hub, event organizers sought to capture the dynamic inter-

play of attitudes, ideas and actions—the secret soup—that drives entrepre-neurship and innovation in this region.

Event Goals

The event organizers designed the Summit to enable bridge organization

leaders to achieve four goals:

• Share experiences and learn about emerging trends and industry best

practices;

• Meet and network with diasporas

from around the world that have established their operation base in the Silicon Valley;

• Develop ways to bridge the entrepreneurship and innovation of

the San Jose-Silicon Valley region to other countries; and

• Explore forming working groups to

build an association of business incubators and accelerators

interested in networking and meeting on a regular basis.

Event Format

The participants engaged in a full-

day event:Morning session (8:30-12:00) to

share best practices and strategies for startups to land and grow in the

Silicon Valley ecosystem and to identify and utilize the diversity of resources in this region.

Afternoon session (13:30-16:30) to plan action steps to help bridge

organizations capture the spirit of Silicon valley and be successful in

helping startup companies from their home countries.

While an agenda was created to provide structure and help focus the discussions, flexibility and creativity

were intentionally built into the process through dialogic

communication facilitation methods that are designed to bridge diverse cultures, experiences and areas of

expertise, and to help participants learn from those differences.

Evening session (17:00-21:30) provided bridge organizations, their

affiliates, and their own diaspora a chance to network with people and

organizations around the world, hear presentations from regional and national leaders as well as a panel of

expert speakers.

The Summit brought together people from all over the world.

City of San José Rotunda



Morning Session 1Strategies for getting in the US Market: Experiences, challenges, and best practices

TechBA CEO Jorge Zavala opened the morning session by

welcoming the participants to the Summit and introduced the event

facilitator Shawn Spano (Communi-cation Consultant and Professor at San José State University).

Participants self-organized into four groups. Their first task was to

discuss and diagram the best strategies for entering the Silicon Valley business ecosystem with the

help of following focus questions:

• What are your experiences landing

in Silicon Valley, and helping companies get into the US market? What strategies were

most successful? What strategies were not as successful?

• Discuss the strategies for the different entities on the Business Development ecosystem:

Services, customers, distributor, supplier, etc. (the “What”).

• Discuss how the various entities in the system interact and function, alone and in relation to each other

(the “How”). What are the successful interactions?

Groups’ diagrams were recorded on large sheets of paper

and posted on the conference room walls. Participants were encouraged to be creative in

developing their ecosystem diagrams by using icons, pictures,

and colors as well as written text.

Best Strategies for Entering the Silicon Valley Business Ecosystem

Flexibility to change and

adapt to markets was considered crucial for businesses entering Silicon Valley. Products or services

should be malleable enough to enter the market, and once there, co-

creation of the products together with market feedback should be sustained as an ongoing process.

The groups also thought that successful business leaders should

adopt a perspective that captures the richness, pace, and flavor of Silicon Valley’s cultural diversity. In addition to

getting acquainted with the local cultures, these leaders should adopt a

global perspective because of Silicon Valley’s worldwide reach and influence. From this standpoint, the

business leaders need to develop an effective sales pitch with a keen focus

on their target markets.Learning to listen and learn was

mentioned as another crucial strategic

skill for those businesses who wish to succeed in Silicon Valley. Particularly

important was the ability to learn how to fail.

Related to learning, groups also reported that willingness to share

knowledge and experiences with others and finding the right mentors can help companies survive in the dynamic

ecosystem. Furthermore, connecting with academia enables companies to

learn emerging new research trends that can foster innovation.

Networking with the right people

and organizations emerged as one of the major themes from the four groups.

Among other things, the groups highlighted the importance of trust in

building relationships and networking to new partners, clients, and customers.

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Morning Session 2Business development for startups and venture capital access for foreign startups: Experiences, challenges, and best practices

After the groups reported out from Morning Session 1, summit partici-

pants next formed four groups with people they had not had a chance to work with yet.

Each group created a Business Resources Ecosystem diagram on a

large sheet of paper that identified the types of resources that contribute to the success of a company entering

Silicon Valley, and the strategies that were used to obtain and leverage the

resources. Again, participants were encouraged to be creative in developing their diagrams.

Two questions were used to help focus the groups’ discussions:

• What are your experiences helping companies pursue and obtain business resources (knowledge,

venture capital, other financial, government, etc.)?

• What business resources and what strategies for obtaining those resources have you found to be

most successful? What resources and strategies are not as

successful?

Best Strategies for Obtaining Resources in Silicon Valley

Networking. The most prominent

strategy for new companies in obtaining vital resources in Silicon Valley was networking. The groups

said that this strategy was important for support, finding potential

partnerships, and obtaining multiple perspectives and advice. One group pointed out the usefulness of various

alumni groups and expat networks in the process of adapting to a new

ecosystem.For successful networking,

companies also have to know how to

pitch themselves effectively.For all networking activities, trust

building was seen as critical for building successful and sustainable relationships.

Partnerships. Building partnerships with companies and

organizations in the local ecosystem as well as large international

companies was a strategy that was seen as helping new companies build strength in the local business

ecosystem. Like in all relationships, it is important that the companies be

smart and exercise caution in selecting potential partners.

Knowledge and talent. Another

valuable strategy to enter Silicon Valley markets was finding the right

mentor. One interesting idea was that the best mentoring comes from people who do not have much time to spend

because this pushes both the mentor and the mentee to focus on the

essential elements for success.

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This diagram illustrates the relative importance of obtaining different resources at various stages of starting a business in Silicon Valley.



Shawn Spano, Jean-Louis Racine, Kyoung Moo Kwon, and Ana Greif listening to a group report.

Adolfo Tavera, Nicolai Wadstrom, Omar Jacobo Monroy Soltero, and Jasmine

Leng diagramming the best strategies to obtain resources.

Furthermore, groups said that companies can gain a strategic

advantage when they obtain talent from local people, educational institutions and consultants, keep up

with the latest research, and welcome a diversity of ideas.

Market assessment. A successful strategy to obtain resources is to

adopt an asking culture while doing a thorough market assessment that begins early in the development of the

product or service. It is vital that the companies have a deep understanding

of their customer markets, both in Silicon Valley and their home countries.

Cultural adaptation. Another strategy was cultural adaptation, or

the ability to bridge cultural differ-ences, adopt a Silicon Valley mindset,

and immerse oneself in the new culture in order to learn that culture.

Groups thought that service

providers, such as lawyers, accountants, and PR firms, as well as

office space and other infrastructure needs, grew in importance later in the process of entering Silicon Valley.

Likewise, financing was not always seen as the first thing that

companies need to consider; the groups thought that other steps

should need to be taken in parallel

with securing financial resources. Some of the best sources for funding

were believed to be angel investors, venture capitalists, government grants and programs, and local city support.

Groups also compared the advantages and disadvantages of

smart money. One one hand, smart money would provide necessary knowledge in the company, on the

other hand, investors might acquire too much power.

In addition to these views, groups agreed that it is equally important for successful companies to give back to

their communities as a way of demonstrating social value.

Morning Session 2



Afternoon SessionNext steps and action items for moving forward: How to create and provide resources that will build on successful experiences, leverage best practices and address issues and challenges?

The afternoon session began by brainstorming ideas to answer the

following question:

• How can we create and provide ongoing resources that will build

on successful experiences, leverage best practices and

address issues and challenges?Participants’ ideas were recorded

on flip charts and then grouped into

three main categories: Networking, Continuing Conversation, and

Mentoring.Participants then self-selected into

one of the three groups based on the

category they found the most interesting to work on. These action

planning groups were guided by the following questions:

• What is the objective of this action step? What will success look like?

• Who should be involved in developing and implementing the action step?

• What resources will be needed? How will they be obtained?

• What is the timeline?

• What is the first thing that needs to happen? The second? Third?

Etc.

Networking Action Planning Group Results

Participants from the Networking

group suggested that interaction among representatives from different bridge organizations would take place

on two platforms: a virtual platform and face-to-face events.

The virtual platform would initially be promoted through Twitter

and LinkedIn, and later a more complex solution, such as Ovalpath,

could be utilized for user-generated materials. Examples about possible content are:

• information on relevant events,

• resources of interest, like links to

publications,

• bridge organization directory, and

• discussion groups to explore

specific topics of interest.The virtual platform could also be

used to identify the types of activities or themes developed in the events.

Events. The two target

audiences, managers of bridge organizations and participating

companies, have different interests, and those interests should be taken into consideration when designing

meetings. Some events could also integrate representatives of other

organizations based in Silicon Valley as a way to promote interaction among the actors involved.

A key goal of the events would be to make them interesting and fun to

attend. Moreover, meetings could have different formats:

• Traditional networking event with a

“superstar” speaker

• Expert panel discussions

• “Hot product” introductions

• Region-specific events for showcasing work

Networking group from the left: Sohaimi Sharif, Eilif Trondsen, Emilio Martinez de Velasco Aguirre, and Peter Maranan.



Continuing Conversation Action Planning Group Results

This group’s report echoed the Networking group’s ideas: online

platform for the bridge organizations to network, share experiences and resources, and organize gatherings.

TechBA offered to establish an online presence for the bridge

organizations. From that basis, two kinds of events would stem: yearly events and spontaneous gatherings.

Yearly events would be organized by four bridge organizations at a time.

This turn would rotate yearly. The purpose of the event would be to

share best practices, new research, and introduce guest speakers. In the events, the most accomplished bridge

organizations would be awarded.

Spontaneous gatherings would serve the purpose of networking and

relationship-building among bridge organizations and their affiliates.

Anyone in the network could simply invite others to conferences, other events, lunch meetings, and also to

exhibitions, wine tours, beach parties, and so on.

Mentoring Action Planning Group Results

This group defined mentoring as a process of helping entrepreneurs to execute.

Group participants noted that it is a great challenge to build a network of

trusted, validated and motivated people to mentor entrepreneurs and to help them find the right balance of

personal satisfaction, level of success, and recognition for their achievements.

The participants hoped that bridge organizations would develop a means

of sharing best mentors’ knowledge.

Afternoon Session

Mentoring group from the left: Jasmine Leng, Manabu Saito, Jean-Louis Racine, Kyoung Moo Kwon, Jorge Zavala, Jan Fried, Omar Jacobo Monroy Soltero, H. Kyu Lim, Richard Caro, Viki Forrest, and Nicolai Wadstrom.

Continuing Conversation group from the left: Lene Sjorslev Schulze, Minna Holopainen, Lenka Kucerova, Jose Pablo Mercado Uriarte, and Anselm Bossacoma.



The final segment of the day-long portion of the Summit provided an

opportunity for participants to reflect on the session by writing down a word or phrase that summarized their day’s

experience.Here is what participants wrote on

post-it notes, which were displayed for everyone to review:

• Collaboration

• Enriching

• Enlightening :)

• Good

• Learning

• Productive day

• Network

• Co-creation

• Great + educational event.

• Ideas + education = success

• Thank god u people showed up!

Reflections

• Great ideas. How to move forward?

• Perfect. Fruitful. Valuable. Inspiring.

• Genuine desire to work together

where/when objectives align

• Good start!! Sharing info with

similar but different organizations

• If you run alone, you can run fast. If we run together, we can go far.

• Cozy. Fireside chat. That is, paving the way for greater sharing

between organizations

• It is very helpful to understand what other bridge organizations

are doing and how they are executing work programs.

• There’s tremendous value for BO’s to come together. A structure is required to get organized and

foster this value.



Evening SessionSpeakers and networking

The City of San Jose sponsored the evening session for bridge

organizations, their affiliate companies, and their own diaspora. So in addition to the bridge organization leaders who

participated in the day-long session, a larger group of partners and other

interested parties attended the evening session, approximately 120 people in all.

San José City Council member Rose Herrera welcomed the guests to

San José at the City Hall Rotunda. Her comments emphasized the

importance of innovative startup companies to San José and the support and resources that the City

can provide to help ensure success.After the guests had moved into

the City Council Chambers, Kim Walesh, the Director of City’s Office of

Economic Development gave a pres-entation about how the interactions

and collisions of the globally connected talent fuel innovation in Silicon Valley. She emphasized

companies’ need for tolerance for creative destruction and risk-taking.

Next, Jean-Louis Racine from the World Bank discussed the World

Bank’s perspective on innovation and the global economy. Mr. Racine mapped out the distribution of venture

capital in the U.S., pointing out Silicon Valley’s unique role as the largest

venture capital cluster in the U.S. He went on to demonstrate how the infusion of capital fueled Silicon

Valley’s vigorous research and innovation in science and technology

while contributing to the region’s robust private and financial sector development.

James Robbins moderated a lively panel discussion that followed

on a topic How new startups are created at the speed of Silicon Valley.

Panelists represented diverse backgrounds and perspectives in the Silicon Valley business ecosystem:

• Eilif Trondsen, Ph.D. Program and Research Director, Strategic

Business Insights

• David Weekly Silicon Valley entrepreneur

• Doug Davenport Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,

Strategy and Development Environmental Energy Technology

To wrap up, facilitator Shawn Spano summarized the day’s work,

emphasizing key points from the sum-mary above, and thanked the partici-

pants for their enthusiasm, commit-ment, and willingness to participate.

Panel discussion elicited numerous questions and responses from the audience.

Networking at City Hall Rotunda

Jean-Louis Racine from the World Bank talked about Silicon Valley’s role in the global economy and innovation.



March 30, 2011, San José, California, United States

Participants will engage in a series of round tables and large group discussions designed to give all participating Bridge Organization representatives the opportunity to share their experiences, learn best practices, and collaborate together on

next steps. Each organization will be able to share their experiences and best practices. A final list of issues, ideas and recommendations will be recorded and analyzed by participants in the afternoon large group discussion.

8:30 – 10:15 am! Round table: Strategies for getting in the US Market: Experiences, challenges, and best

practices. Large group discussion.

" Location: TechBA offices

10:45 am – 12:00 pm! Round table: Business development for Startups and Venture Capital Access for foreign startups: Experiences, challenges, and best practices. Large group Discussion.

" Location: TechBA offices

12:00 – 1:30 pm! No-host lunch.

1:30 – 4:30 pm! Next steps and action items for moving forward: How to create and provide resources that will

build on successful experiences, leverage best practices and address issues and challenges?" Location: Martin Luther King Library, Room 225/229

The City of San Jose is sponsoring a panel of experts and a networking event in the City Council Chamber and City Hall

Rotunda. This event is open to Bridge Organizations, their affiliate companies, and their own diaspora.

5:00 – 6:00 pm! Networking at City Hall Rotunda. Appetizers served.

6:00 – 6:10 pm! Welcome from San Jose City Council member, Rose Herrera

6:10 – 6:20 pm! The San Jose Silicon Valley Global Innovation Environment, Kim Walesh, Director, Office of Economic Development

6:20 – 6:45 pm! World Bank Perspective on Innovation and Our Global Economy, Jean-Louis Racine Science, Technology and Innovation Specialist, Private and Financial Sector Development,

Europe and Central Asia Region, The World Bank

AgendaInternational Summit on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Silicon Valley and Its Siblings



Bridge OrganizationsAmericas

" Argentina" Global TechBridge" " 10 South Third St, 3rd Floor

" " San Jose, CA 95113" " Adolfo Nemirovsky

" " [email protected]

" " Ministry of Economic Development

" " Government of Buenos Aires" " PO Box C1293 ABA 1041Algarrobo St

" " City of Buenos Aires, Argentina" " Marcos Amadeo" " +54-11-4126-2950 ext. 3065


" Brazil" BayBrazil" " 508 Weybridge Drive" " San Jose CA 95123

" " Margarise Correa" " [email protected]

" Canada" Consulate General of Canada, Silicon Valley

" " 245 Lytton Avenue, 3rd Floor" " Palo Alto, CA 94301

" " Thierry Weissenburger" " Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner

at our Consulate General in San

Francisco" " 650-543-8800

" " [email protected]" " Tab Borden

" " Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner at our Consulate General in San Francisco

" " 650-543-8811" " [email protected]

"

" " C100" " Atlee Clark

" " Program Director" " [email protected]

" " www.thec100.org" " Ron Pioveson" " Board Member


" Chile" ChileGlobal" " Monjitas 392, Piso 15" " Santiago, Chile

" " Molly Pollack" " Directora ChileGlobal

" " +56-2-638-9810" " [email protected]

" Colombia" Global Techbridge" " 10 South Third St, 3rd Floor

" " San Jose, CA 95113" " Constanza Nieto" " CEO

" " 408-694-3683" " [email protected]

" Mexico" Mexico Innovation and Knowledge (MINK)

" " Blvd. Agua Caliente 10611 Ste. 807" " Col. Aviacion

" " Tijuana B.C. C.P 22420, Mexico" " Omar Jacobo Monroy Soltero

" " Intellectual Property" " 619-962-3717" " [email protected]

" " Jose Pablo Mercado Uriarte" " +55-664-335-2940


"



Bridge Organizations" Mexico" TechBA Silicon Valley" " 1737 N. First St. #110

" " San Jose, CA 95112" " Jorge Zavala

" " CEO" " [email protected]" " Adolfo Tavera

" " Director" " [email protected]

" " Jose Mendez-Director" " Call Center Program" " [email protected]

" " 408-821-6297

" USA" Citrix Systems" " Citrix Start Up Accelerator" " 4555 Great America Parkway

" " Santa Clara, CA 95054" " John McIntyre

" " Senior Director" " 408-790-8227 (T), 408-391-0404 (M)" " [email protected]

" " National Business Incubator Association

" " 7027 E. Kenyon Dr." " Tucson, AZ 95054" " Ana Grief

" " International Programs Officer" " 520-869-1775


" " US Market Access Center" " 10 South Third St, 3rd Fl! ! San José, CA 95113

" " Omar Mencin" " CEO

" " 408-351-3300" " [email protected]

" " Alfredo Coppola" " Director, Business Development

" " 408-351-3300" " [email protected]

Europe

" Belgium" Flanders Investment and Trade" " Consulate General of Belgium" " 155 Montgomery Street, Suite 204

" " San Francisco, CA 94104" " Annik Bouquet

" " Director of Technology" " 415-546-5255 (T), 415-546-3144 (M)" " [email protected]

" Catalonia" Government of Catalonia, Ministry of

Innovation" " Universities and Entrepreneurial Affairs" " 10 South Third St, 3rd Floor

" " San Jose, CA 94113" " Anselm Bossacoma

" " Executive Director" " 408-627-7226" " [email protected]

" Czech" CzechInvest - East Coast

" Republic" 321 East 73rd St" " New York, NY 10021" " Jan Fried

" " Head of East Coast Operations" " 347-216 93 55


" " CzechInvest - West Coast

" " 440 N Wolfe Rd." " Sunnyvale, CA, 94085

" " Lenka Kucerova" " Head of West Coast Operations

" " 408 524 1690 (T), 415 794 0665 (M)" " [email protected]"



Bridge Organizations" Denmark" Innovation Center Denmark" " 200 Page Mill Road

" " Palo Alto, CA 94306" " www.innovationcenterdenmark.com" " Camilla Rygaard-Hjalsted

" " Executive Director" " [email protected]

" " 650 543 3181" " Lene Sjorslev Schulze

" " Account Manager" " 650-543-3182 (T), 415 812 6646 (M)" " [email protected]

" " Marianna Lubanski" " Director of Innovation Center Denmark,

Silicon Valley [email protected]

" " 650-543-3180

" " Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

" " 2, Asiatisk Plads" " DK-1448 Copenhagen K" " Denmark

" " Anita Nielsen" " Investment Manager, Clean Tech

" " 650-543-3186" " [email protected]

" Estonia" Enterprise Estonia" " 440 N. Wolfe Rd.

" " Sunnyvale, CA 94085" " Andrus Viirg

" " Director of Enterprise Estonia, Silicon Valley

" " 415-335-3843

" " [email protected] " " www.eas.ee

" Finland" FinPro" " 3945 Freedom Circle, Suite 110

" " Santa Clara, CA 95054" " www.finpro.fi! ! Pekka Pärnänen

" " Head of Finpro Silicon Valley" " 408-748-7400 (T), 408-799-6655 (M)

" " [email protected]" " Mika Eriksson

" " Director, Client Relations" " [email protected]

" " Tekes" " 3945 Freedom Circle, Suite 110

" " Santa Clara, CA 95054" " www.tekes.fi" " Kaarlela Mirja

" " Head of Tekes Silicon Valley" " 408-748-7400 (T), 408-893-8237 (M)


" Germany" German American Business Association

(GABA)" " 1715 Villa St, Ste G

" " Mountain View, CA 94041" " Thomas Neubert" " 650-386-5015


" " PolyTechnos Venture-Partners" " Promenadeplatz 12" " D-80333 Munich, Germany

" " Dirk Kanngeiser" " +49-0-89-2422-620




Bridge Organizations" Ireland" Enterprise Ireland" " 800 West El Camino Real, Suite 420

" " Mountain View, CA 94040" " americas.enterprise-ireland.com" " David Smith

" " 650-294-4082" " [email protected]

" " Simone Boswell" " SVP Digital Media, Internet,

Entertainment" " [email protected]

" " Irish Innovation Center News" " 189 W. Santa Clara Street

" " San Jose, CA 95113" " John Stanton" " President

" " 408-380-7200" " [email protected]

" Italy" Business Association Italy America (BAIA)

" " 333 Market Street, 25th Floor" " San Francisco, CA 94105

" " www.baia-network.org" " Marco Marinucci" " 650-253-7804

" " [email protected] [email protected]

" " Fabrizio Capobianco" " [email protected]

" " www.linkedin.com/groups/Mind-Bridge-Mentors-3825878

" Norway" Innovation Norway" " 20 California St., 6th Floor

" " San Francisco, CA 94111" " Anne Hovi Worsoe" " Director

" " 415-986-0765" " [email protected]

" " Ase Petterson Bailey" " 415-986-0765


" " Royal Norwegian Counsel General" " 20 California St., 6th Floor" " San Francisco, CA 94111

" " Sten Arne Rosnes" " Counsel General

" " 415-986-0766 (T)" " [email protected]

" " Strategic Business Insights" " 333 Ravenswood Avenue

" " Menlo Park, CA 94025" " www.strategicbusinessinsights.com " " Eilif Trondsen, Ph.D.

" " Program and Research Director" " 650-859-2665

" " [email protected] " " www.linkedin.com/in/eiliftrondsenvwc

" Scotland" Scottish Development International" " Calum Lancastle

" " Senior Vice President, U.S. Western Region


" Spain" Spain Nexus

" " 145 Vallejo Street" " San Francisco, USA" " Jose Mateos

" " 415-963-1180" " [email protected]

" " http://www.spainnexus.com



Bridge Organizations" Spain" StepOne Ventures Silicon Valley" " 350 Townsend St., Suite 307

" " San Francisco, CA 94107" " Beto Juarez

" " 210-573-1112 (M)" " [email protected] " " www.linkedin.com/in/betojuareziii

" " www.stepone.com

" " StepOne Madrid ! ! Cécile Baux" " +34-653-229-589

" " [email protected]" " www.stepone.com

" " The Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce" " 145 Vallejo St, Suite 3

" " San Francisco, CA 94111" " Isabel Arcones

" " [email protected]" " http://www.linkedin.com/in/iarcones

" " 22@Barcelona! ! Àvila 138, 3a planta

" " 08018 Barcelona, Spain" " Andreu Vea " " [email protected]

" Sweden" Bootstrap Labs

" " 540 University Ave, Third Fl, Ste 300" " Palo Alto, CA 94301" " Nicolai Wadstrom

" " CEO" " 415-935-1469


" Switzerland" Swissnex"" " 730 Montgomery Street

" " San Francisco, CA 94111 " " Birgit Coleman

" " Innovation and Partnerships " " 415-912-5901 ext. 105 " " [email protected]

" " www.swissnexSanFrancisco.org " " Gioia Deucher

" " 415-912-5901 " " [email protected]

" UK" Tanner Highlen" " www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=62713261

" " World Bank " " 1818 H St NW

" " Washington DC, 20433 " " Jean-Louis Racine

" " 202-473-1719 " " [email protected] " " www.worldbank.org

Asia

" Australia" ANZA Technology Network " " 226 Broderick St

" " San Francisco, CA 94117 " " Viki Forrest

" " CEO " " 415-309-7068 " " [email protected]

" " www.anzatechnet.com

" " TangibleFuture, Inc. " " 1801 Bush St, Suite 114" " San Francisco, CA 94109

" " Richard Caro" " [email protected]

" " www.tangiblefuture.com



Bridge Organizations" India" The Indus Entrepreneurs - TIE" " www.tiesv.org

! ! Vish Mishra" " CEO" " [email protected]

! ! Kiran Kini Malhotra" " Executive Director, TiE Silicon Valley

" " 408-567-0700 ext. 233" " [email protected]

" Japan" Jetro" " 201 Third St

" " San Francisco, CA 94103 ! ! Manabu Saito" " Director Business Development

" " 415-392-2523 (T)" " [email protected]

! ! Jane Chung" " Director, Public Relations " " 415-392-2523 (T)


" Korea" NIPA 3003 " " N. First St. STE 342 " " San Jose, CA95134

! ! H. Kyu Lim" " Head NIPA Silicon Valley

" " 408-232-5467 (T), 408-455-8266 (M)" " [email protected]

" " Kotra-Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency

" " 3003 N. 1st St " " San Jose, CA 95134 ! ! Kyoung Moo Kwon

" " Director of IT Service Center " " 408-432-5002 (T)


" Malaysia" Malaysia Industrial Development Authority

" " 226 Airport Parkway, Ste 480 " " San Jose, CA 95110! ! Sohaimi Sharif

" " Director, MIDA " " 408-392-0617 (T)


" Singapore" IDA Singapore

" " 3 Twin Dolphin Dr, Ste. 150 " " Redwood City, CA 94065

! ! Joachim Ng " " 650-593-1716 (T) " " [email protected]

! ! Jasmine Leng " " 650-593-1716


" Taiwan" ITRI

" " 2880 Zanker Road, Suite 109" " San Jose, CA 95134

! ! Sean Wang" " 408-428-9988 x 12" " [email protected]

Facilitators

" " Shawn Spano" " [email protected]

" " Minna Holopainen


" " Peter Maranan


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Silicon Valley and Its Siblings - Action Report - March 2011

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