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The entrepreneurship experience in Silicon Valley
Bianca Oudshoff
April 12th 2012
12 april 2023Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie2
Representation of the Dutch Government International
• Economic Division• Netherlands Business Support Office• Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency• Science and Technology Attachés
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Dutch Consulate Silicon Valley
• Economic Division: Bart van Bolhuis and Jaap Veerman• NBSO: Peter Laanen• NFIA: Lisette Gieling and Stans Kleinen • NOST: John van der Heuvel and Natasha Chatlein
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Services
• Answer questions• Perform market scans• Support incoming and outgoing missions• Organise events• Support Dutch representation at big events
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Entrepreneurship
• Bootcamp Silicon Summit• Incubator Holland in the Valley• Market scans and introductions• Support for student visits• Facilitate connections with
incubators
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What makes The Valley The Valley?
• Ecosystem• All about networks• Paying it forward• Social networking• Exit strategy• Failure is a good experience
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Main differences with the Netherlands
• Grown up ecosystem versus young ecosystem• Way of networking• Follow up, invest time• Quantity and quality of events• Positive attitude: do instead of judge• Everybody has a well understood role to play• Personal touch
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Success factors as I see them
• Believe in yourself• Good networker• Lots of energy and passion• Prepared to invest time and money• Open attitude, prepared to take advice• Solid home base, track record• And of course a good team, idea et cetera
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What can we learn
• Invest in networks• Invest in the intermediary role• Positive thinking• Importance of launching customer• Before going international:
solid base, track record and preparation