Tomaz Frelih - Hekovnik - Slovenia - Stanford Engineering - Jan 28 2013

Helping entrepreneurs change the

world.

Tomaz Frelih - CEO European Entrepreneurship & Innovation (ME421)

Stanford Engineering

January 28 2013

@hekovnik / @tomazfrelih Ljubljana Technology Park

Slovenia

University education is

broken

We have seen no meaningful change in

over 500 years.

We need effective new

approaches and business

models that make sense ...

Storming sessions on Artificial Intelligence

Commercialization of knowledge

State of mind

Rainbow Silicon Valley Connection

At first:

Mutual

Grading

Learning by

Doing

Time

Pressure

Learning by

Coaching

Targeted

Programs

Targeted Programs

start: from an idea to an

MVP, get: users or sales,

and prepare for invest:ors in

Silicon Valley

Learning by Doing

The toolbox is framed through workshops

where founders use the tools and present their

work to each other.

Your startup is the homework.

Learning by coaching

Startups at the same stage share their

experiences. They are living in an ecosystem

surrounded with live case studies.

Everyone coaches everyone else. Always.

Grading

Everyone gives grades and constructive

feedback on everything* all the time.

Yes, there's an app for that.

*(team presentations, usefulness of written comments,

mentor lectures, mentor comments).

Pressure Measure everything! Light stress and emotion

increase retention. Keep a timer and keep

them to the point. Real life is stressful, startups

are mega stressful.

How do you prepare for that?

Early adopters Startups provide the smoothest entry point

because they understand mistakes and treat

failure as a lesson.

To build an entrepreneurial ecosystem.

So far 100++ startups through our programs

30++ BoundBreaker startups in Silicon Valley

5M$++ investments

And now We are testing the solution, in search of a

scalable business model. Yes, we are

bootstrapping.

Horizon

@hekovnik / @tomazfrelih

An entrepreneurial ecosystem utilizing the potential of engineers in New Europe. A Silicon Valley

startup house and fund for New Europe.

Effective learning technologies for a new kind of university.