JUMP! - The Thought Leadership Summit on Global Entrepreneurship

Ever wondered how to globalize a startup? What it takes to set your foot into a different country? What the secret sauce to international business development really is?

JUMP! brings together the experts in global venture expansion from the investment and incubator community to share their best practices. Business Development Executives and growth-phase start-up CEOs will share their individual globalization challenges with peers and experts.

JUMP! aims to open new doors to the challenging world beyond established home markets. Come to share, plug into the world and JUMP!

Who will be there?

· 25+ international startup experts to share their knowledge on how to do business as a startup overseas

· 150+ entrepreneurs, investors, startup executives and entrepreneurial-minded students

· 10+ international accelerators and startup organizations

What is different about JUMP! ?

· Hands-On Sessions: Get advice on your individual globalization challenge. Select the regions your are interested in!

· Tap into a Global Ecosystem: Make connections with potential partners who can support you with your globalization endeavor.

· Collaborative Environment: Exchange different region-specific perspectives supporting fellow JUMPers.

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Agenda overview:

Welcome reception 12:30 PM

Fireside Chat: Wendy Lung, IBM Ventures

Global entrepreneurship in the eyes of a cross-national investor

1:00 PM Panel: Challenges for US startups with international expansion 1:30 PM

Regional Session#1: Latin America - Chances and Challenges in a thriving market

2:10 PM

Break with open bar and appetizers

3:00 PM

Fireside Chat: Hugh Molotsi, intuit

Lean startup methodology in the context of global entrepreneurship

3:20 PM

Regional Session#2: Europe - A diverse and attractive market for startups

Break with open bar and appetizers

3:45 PM

4:40 PM

Regional Session#3: Russia and China- Emerging and lucrative options for entrepreneurship 5:00 PM

Fireside Chat: Stephen Manley, EMC Corporation

Build, Buy, Partner: How international startups help a global corporation stay innovative across the globe 5:50 PM Networking with open bar and snacks 6:20 PM International Afterparty 8:00 PM

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Speakers and Experts include:

Fireside chat on global entrepreneurship:

Wendy Lung
Director, Corporate Strategy, IBM Venture Group

Wendy Lung is Director, Corporate Strategy, in IBM’s Venture Capital Group, whose mission is to leverage external innovation for IBM by building relationships worldwide with VCs and their portfolio companies. Her responsibilities include working with the venture community to drive early insights into IBM’s strategy development, expand the ecosystems for IBM’s platforms, and build strong partner foundations in emerging markets.
Lung has over a decade of experience with the venture and entrepreneurial communities, including her role as executive for IBM’s Net Generation business in Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, she managed marketing and business development with internet start-ups as well as large service providers across Asia.

Fireside chat on global startup innovation:

Hugh Molotsi
VP of Technology Innovation at intuit

Hugh, an 18 years veteran at intuit, is one of the key persons behind QuickBooks Merchant Sevice, for which he recently received the $1M Founders Innovation Award. He is now leading the Technology Innovation Group which is responsible for accelerating the discovery and adoption of emergent technologies. He is also responsible for supporting existing and new grass-roots innovation initiatives and overseeing the Intuit Rotational Development Program. Hugh holds a M.S. in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University.

Fireside chat on global startup innovation:

Stephen Manley
CTO Backup and Recovery Systems Division at EMC Corporation

Stephen, over the past 15 years at both EMC, LogLogic and NetApp, has traveled the world, helping solve backup and recovery challenges and understanding both the current and future challenges of data protection. Stephen holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Harvard University.

Panel moderator:

Mike Grandinetti

Managing Director Southboro Capital LLC
Professor at Hult International Business School

As a serial entrepreneur, Mike has helped lead four venture backed companies to successful exits for his investors, inlcuding 2 IPOs and 4 high multiple trade sales. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor to numerous global start-ups and VC firms across the IT, med tech and clean tech sectors in addition to being a professor of entrepreneurship at Hult.

Panel: Challenges for US startups with international expansion:

Rob Bailey
CEO at DataSift, world leader in social data
Serial entrepreneur
USA, JUMPed globally

Rich Pearson
CMO at Elance
USA, helps JUMPers all over the world

David Antila
MD at Product Strategy Partners
Serial Entrepreneur
Germany, JUMPed to Europe and globally

Marc-Antoine Ducas
Chief Business Officer at 2XM, Netlift
Serial Entrepreneur
Montreal, JUMPed globally

Ernesto Paiz
Investment Manager at Ecosystem Ventures
USA, JUMPed to Europe and India

Regional Session#1: Latin America - Chances and Challenges in a thriving market

Santiago Zavala
Venture Partner at 500 Startups Mexico
Mexico, JUMPed to Latin America

Fred Aslan
Vice President at Venrock, CEO Advance Medical
Board member Bay Brazil
USA, JUMPed to Brazil and Mexico

Emilio Autran
Serial entrepreneur, Co-founder at Gondolus
USA, JUMPed to Latin America

Humberto A Ramos Amavizca
Co-Founder at Pinstad
Mexico, JUMPed to the USA

Regional Session#2: Central Europe - A diverse and attractive market for startups

Alain Harrus
Venture Partner at Crosslink Capital
France, JUMPed to Europe and China

Dirk Michels
Partner at K&L Gates, GABA board
Germany, JUMPed to USA and globally

Chris McCoy
Lecturer at IE Business School
Serial Entrepreneur
USA, JUMPed to Spain

Stefan Jørgensen
Founder and CEO at Itembase
Serial Entrepreneur
Denmark, JUMPed to Europe and globally

Espen Sivertsen
COO at Type A Machines, 3D printing
Serial entrepreneur
JUMPed to Europe and the USA

Regional Session#3: Russia, China, Africa - Emerging and lucrative options for entrepreneurship

Ilja Gruen
Managing Partner at SV Innovation Center
Russia, JUMPed to the USA

James (Jim) Jensen
Partner at Perkins Coie LLP
USA, JUMPed to China / Taiwan

Jake Diner
Co-founder and CEO at Driveway Software
Eastern Europe, JUMPed to Russia and the USA

Victor Shaburov
VP at Opera Software, Serial Entrepreneur
Russia, JUMPed to USA

Allen Hsu
Chinese SV Accelerator InnoSpring
USA, JUMPed to China

More panelists, regional experts and speakers announced every day!

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Promotion Partners:

SV Startups: Idea To IPO

Spain Tech Center

Press coverage:

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"It was, as they say, ... awesome." - A.C. Ross, Marketing Strategy Consultant & Hult Professor

"The event was well-conceived and well-executed, attendance was very strong and the energy in the room was palpable." - Mike Grandinetti, Managing Director, Southboro Capital LLC

The event was well organized and practically oriented. The level of guests, coaches and experts was really good. Dear organizers, thank you for BUILD! – Event participant