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About Usinnova.ventures is a globally active New Venture Enabler. Ourmission is to support young new ventures throughout their journeyfrom a start-up to a scalable enterprise.Our services span from light weight coaching,mentoring, consultingto heavy lifting access support to global markets.innova.ventures is a company evolving from over 30 years executiveexperience in the IT industry and more than a decade of new venture creation and entrepreneurship education.innova.ventures is focused on helping young entrepreneurs tocreate their new (predominantly technology) ventures and makingthem successful.

Start(up)

Start(up) is a mutual discovery service. Initially we willspend two hours with you either face-to-face (if practical)or via Skype. After those two hours we shall decide if wewould spend another two days with you for a morein-depth discovery. The outcome of the discovery wouldbe a plan and recommendation of other services oractivities the young new venture should undertake.The focus of Start(up) is on the technology and thebusiness opportunity of the new venture. We can also deliver the start(up) service against paymentor in combination with other services against equity.

Team(up)Team(up) is an assessment service (2-3 days) of the newventure'sskills for success. The analysis is on the people'sskills in multiple areas, but also on the team's total skilllevel.We will make recommendations of enhancing theteam's skills (educational services) but also ofering theopportunity to enhance the team with advisors andmentors from our pool of over 100 experts who couldsupport you along your journey for a limited time.Team(up) assessment service is ofered againstpayment, or against equity (only in combination withother services).By nature of the ofering the recommendations will bevery individual to the new venture and team.

Start-in-GarageStart-in-Garage is dynamic educational program aimed atanyone who is interested in founding a technology companyor working for a technology company. The program combineskey topics in strategy, operations and business essentials forlaunching and operating a successful technology company.The program helps to build a sustainable world-class companyand expand company presence into the global markets.The program is rich with practical exercises, guest lectures, caseanalysis and discussions.Start in Garage program targets three types of companies:

Software startups and early stage companiesInternet projectsCloud Computing startups

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Experimental LabsInnova.ventures organizes laboratory experiments where thefunction and performance of high-expectation start-ups areevaluated. The results of experiments give entrepreneurcandidates, fnanciers and policy makers a deeper understandingof the actual workings of real-world new markets. Experimentspoint out how high-expectation entrepreneurs should cultivatemarket outcomes, which behavior should guide trust buildingbetween the formers and their potential fnanciers, and howpolicy makers should design and test “rules of the game”.The Academy provides students with the opportunity to exploreentrepreneurial ideas and develop practical entrepreneurial skillsto be implemented in an “incubator without borders”environment and turned into high-expectation start-ups(“entrepreneurial growth companies”).The outcome of the Experimental Lab session is a “better”business plan that has been challenged in multiple dimensions.* done in collaboration with

Deep DiveDeep Dive is 2-week long hands-on educational program held in Silicon Valley, the epicenter of technologyentrepreneurship.Deep Dive helps technology companies and investors extend their business operations overseas by establishingpartnerships and connections, setting up a local presence and accelerating cross-border business development.Program FormatDeep Dive program was shaped to facilitate your understanding of how Silicon Valley works for globalcompanies.Deep Dive program includes networking with Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investment communities,successful entrepreneur stories, case discussions, project pitches, company visits, after hours parties,Stanford/Berkeley campus visits, VC meetings, company exit examples and presentations from foundersoperating in both global regions and Silicon Valley.Deep Dive training sessions are delivered by investors, Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs and expert guestspeakers. Moderated team discussions will be used to help participants assimilate the information-rich content.Deep Dive VIP status allows participants to use their own projects, situations, and problems as programcase studies with the participation of Silicon Valley experts. VIP participants also receive an exclusive coachingsession with venture capitalists and technology professionals. Project Pitch Session allows VIP participants topresent projects in front of Silicon Valley investors to get feedback and attract investment interest.Deep Dive Experts and Guest SpeakersDeep Dive is an international program gathering industry renowned experts from Silicon Valley to mentorand coach upcoming and promising global startup founders and entrepreneurs. Every Deep Dive programincludes seasoned speakers who share their war stories and life experiences, reinforcing the insightful conceptsdescribed in Steve Blank’s Four Steps to Epiphany.* done in collaboration with

Get TractionGet Traction is about getting out of your new venture to fnd new customers, tune yourproduct and understand “your” market. You will be working on your business modelassumptions in the real world. Prove you can build a high potential company in the globalmarket by actually doing it.Only fve selected teams will be working to get traction for 10 weeks in Silicon Valley, theheart of technology entrepreneurship.Each team must have 1 or 2 founders in Silicon Valley. The rest of the team with at least 3members can be located outside of Silicon Valley.The Get Traction approach involves a lot of hard work for the founders. Each team has toprove it can execute towards an ambitious vision, is hungry for success and ready to takeover the universe. We create an environment that can boost the founders and increase theirchances for success:

Mentor Access to local experts and foundersGet Traction Methodology is based on the Four Steps to Epiphany(Steven G. Blank) and 8 Boxes Business Model Patterns (RIS Ventures)Guidance in business communications with partners and investorsSilicon Valley Connect to meet investors, founders, C level executes, key hires andpossible partnersGet Traction Blog for Silicon Valley and global exposureSilicon Valley locations for lodging and working accommodations

Expect: hard work, high pace, team spirit, mind changing, fast iterations, project leap.* done in collaboration with

Entrepreneurship EducationThis course has been put together to provide students with a high-level overview ofEntrepreneurship. You cannot teach someone to be an entrepreneur, but you can teachthe skills needed to become one. It aims to inspire you and give you a perspective onwhat life as an entrepreneur is like. If you hope to start a company this course will helpto prepare to fully-utilize the resources available and maximize your potential forsuccess. The course also provides students perspectives by prominent entrepreneursfrom organizations at various stages of development and representing a broad range ofindustries and topics. Entrepreneurs speak on how they created their organizations andthe lessons they learned. A major element is also creating, preparing and presenting abusiness plan based on a technical innovation.Participating in a business plan competition is another program element.The modules are always a lively mix of theory, insights into industry examples andpersonal practice of the content. At the end of this lecture series you will have a broadunderstanding of entrepreneurship and how entrepreneurship may become your careerof choice !Part 1 – The Concepts of Entrepreneurship and Technology EntrepreneurshipTechnology Entrepreneurship is flling a gap in entrepreneurship education. Whilestudents of business schools are often educated in the principles of entrepreneurship, this isnot so for the technical disciplines. Yet, the technical disciplines are where mostinvention happens. Students creating new companies out of technical inventions werepreviously amateur entrepreneurs (lacking formal training). This module is focused onflling this gap and to create professional entrepreneurs.Part 2 – Markets & CustomersIt is the technical students that typically innovate and during a very fragile phase arerunning the new venture, but with a very limited understanding of markets andcustomers. They assume that a "cool" technological invention will sell itself. Manyexamples out of the ".com era" show that in most cases the technical students wereunable to address market and customer needs and thus failed.Part 3 – Innovation and Innovation ManagementThis module discusses the diferent concepts of closed and open innovation, where theyhave been successful and where they have failed and why. It discusses the innovator’sdilemma in managing sustainable innovations within a company and what efectdisruptive technologies may have. It discusses technology "S" curves and potentialstrategies around innovating from inside and acquiring from outside. At the end itfocuses on the dangers but also opportunities of globalization on entrepreneurship.Above is describing a formal Masters level Education Program as lectured byinnova.ventures in numerous Universities around Europe.While existing entrepreneurs may not anymore be interested in formal education,custom programs can be developed to enhance their knowledge in specifc areas.

Seed FundingWe stimulate and enable people and organizations to creativelysearch for breakthrough ideas for the new technologies,products and business value. Based on the outcome of ourservices Start(up) and Team(up) we will (case by case) ofer tocover some of our service oferings as seed funding. Above andbeyond in very special cases we will fund the incubation phaseof the selected innovative projects for the development andcommercialization of the selected projects. Together with ourcollaborative partners we ofer competitive terms of using theVentureBator infrastructure (ofce space, computing lab,accounting and legal services, business networking).

VentureBator

Network of Global Clustersof Innovation(NoCoI)

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