Program
June 2
7:30-9 Registration
9-9:15 Opening
- Igor Balk, Managing Partner Global Innovation Labs
9:20-10 – Customer driven company
- Katya Stesin, CEO Razoom
10:05-11 – Basics of incorporation
- Alexander Korolenko, Chief Legal Adviser at Tangent Asset Management Ltd.
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:00 Founders agreement
- Martin Long, Co-Founder and VP Sales & Business Development at Enertaq, Inc.
12:00- 13:00 Q&A
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-17:00 – Founders “speed dating”
June 3
9-9:45 Basics of VC funding
- Roy Rodenstein, Co-Founder of Hacker Angels, Founder of Going, Mentor at 500 Startups and TechStars
9:45-10:10 – QA
- Roy Rodenstein, Co-Founder of Hacker Angels, Founder of Going, Mentor at 500 Startups and TechStars
10:10-11 – Term sheet demystified
- Alan D Lucas, Member of Mass Medical Angels, Mentor at MassChallenge
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:00 Art of successful presentation
- Igor O. Pivovarov, CEO Hemacore LLC
12:05-13:00 Ecosystem of Innovation (open session)
- Igor Balk, Managing Partner Global Innovation Labs (moderator)
- Michael Tsygankov, Managing Director of the Seed Financing Fund, Microsoft Russia
- Michelle Lampa, Manager of Business Development Massachusetts Office of International Trade & Investment
- Andrey Vvedensky, Director of Programs and Projects Department Russian Venture Company
- Alexei Beltyukhov, Vice-President of Skolkovo Foundation
- Ilya Ponomarev, Deputy at The State Duma of The Russian Federation
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-17:00 – Elevator pitch practice
June 4
9-9:45 Basics of IP protection
- Martin Long, Co-Founder and VP Sales & Business Development at Enertaq, Inc.
9:45-10:10 – QA
- Martin Long, Co-Founder and VP Sales & Business Development at Enertaq, Inc.
10:10-11 – Firing and Hiring
- Catherine Tyutyunikova, HR director GK “Russian Energy and Engineering Company”
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:00 Lean startup
- Sergey Burkov, Mentor at 500 Startups, Advisory Board Member of Skolkovo Foundation and Russian Venture Company
12:00-13:00 Q&A
- Sergey Burkov, Mentor at 500 Startups, Advisory Board Member of Skolkovo Foundation and Russian Venture Company
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-17:00 – Presentation practice
June 5
9:10-11 Russian VC panel (open session)
- Michelle Lampa, Manager of Business Development Massachusetts Office of International Trade & Investment (moderator)
- Mike Tsigankov, Managing Director Microsoft Russia Seed Fund
- Alexandra Johnson, Managing Director of DFJ VTB Aurora
- Alexander Galitsky, Managing Partner Almaz Capital, Board Member Skolkovo Foundation
- Sergey Nedoroslev, Angel Investor, Founder and CEO of Kaskol Group
11:00-11:15 Special Announcement (open session)
- Guy Kawasaki, Garage Ventures (video)
- Dmitry Repin, CEO Digital October
11:15-13:00 US VC and Angel Panel (open session)
- Michelle Lampa, Manager of Business Development Massachusetts Office of International Trade & Investment (moderator)
- Roy Rodenstein, Co-Founder of Hacker Angels, Founder of Going, Mentor at 500 Startups and TechStars
- Alan D Lucas, Member of Mass Medical Angels, Mentor at MassChallenge
- Inessa Obenhuber, Angel Investor, Member of Seraph Group
13:00-13:15 Closing ceremony
13:15-14:30 Lunch
14:30-17:00 – Finalists presentations to VCs and Angels, Q&A, Feedback










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