Connecting Valleys

I′m counting the days to join a mission to Silicon Valley for startups and ecosystem builders organized by Soft-Landing and French Tech HUB.

During this 5 day programme, Top ecosystem builders and startups from all over Europe will be deeply immersed into the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem.

Some of the main goals are to give an opportunity to quickly understand the local ecosystem and build strong, lasting partnerships with its key stakeholders.

I′m super excited about the possibility of gaining a deep understanding of the unique Silicon Valley ecosystem, and how we could connect some of the learnings and apply it on my own Valley - Frankfurt Valley.

By shaking hands and having one-on-one chat with the key stakeholders from S.Francisco, Bay and SV area (ranging from leading accelerators and VCs, to government officials and rock-star entrepreneurs), it may open a lot of doors to projects from my network and future approaches, by building strong relationships and identifing opportunities for ground-breaking futurecollaborations.

Long story short, some of the topics on the agend are:

• Silicon Valley trends and spirit
• Top Tech trends: emerging technologies
• How to Build a strong network in Silicon Valley
• Compliance in the US & How typical Bay Area tech companies build company culture
• Innovation explosion - thinking like a startup
• How to apply machine learning and AI in the lean startup
• Failing our way to success: Joys and heartbreaks of entrepreneurship and innovation
• The art of being a cross-border
• The art of raising capital
• The future of Smart Mobility
• Facebook's culture
• Future of Work
• Diversity and inclusion to drive innovation and business performance
• Accounting in the US
• How U.S. VCs Pitch to International Entrepreneurs
• US Fundraising strategy
• Investing in international companies
• Leading innovation transformation
• How to Accelerate Collaboration & Co-Creation
• Startup Traction & How to Achieve Exponential Growth

Just to mention some...

Obviously the after and the networking events and opportunities will bring even more real value, but I will keep you posted.

The program itself creates connections not only to Sillicon Valley obviously, since we will share those days, in my case 7, surrounded by likeminded people from other cities and countries from Europe.

Therefore, I′m looking forward to check how we can sparkle the connection between the different hubs, valleys and people gathering together those days.

If you want to apply for future missions, Apply here: https://f6s.com/slb/apply

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 780914.