App Entrepreneurs in Residence

Entrepreneurs and big players building apps together

David AriasCofounder of Mobbitat

Partner at Naider

13th November 2013Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, BerlinEuroapp Challenge

Innovation strategy consultancy

Development of mobile solutions

Social innovation platform

- Mobile customer loyalty-POS- Mobile commerce

How I spend my time at different sides of innovation

Bilbao

MadridValladolid

During the 20th century Europe lost much of its

entrepreneurship

App entrepreneursIn Europe

World-class technical talent

R&D

Creativity

Networking hub

Lack of business skills

App entrepreneursIn Europe

Limited Industry experience

Risk-averse investors

Access to early markets

World-class talent

R&D

Creative + innovative

Networking hub

Disconnection

Big European organizations

App Entrepreneurs

Big European organizations

App Entrepreneurs

Business skills, industry expertise, coaching,

mentoring, funding, early market, …

Innovative solutions, technology, world-class talent, creativity, new

business opportunities, …

PROPOSAL:

APP ENTREPRENEURS IN RESIDENCE

App entrepreneurs + European big organizations

APPS

Coaching

Mentoring

Early market

Industry expertise

MARKET

Host organizations

R&D leaders

Innovative public sector

Strong telco industry

Green companies (mobility, energy…)

Banks Corporations

App Entrepreneurs

Mobility apps

Green apps

Communication apps

Healthcare apps

Social apps Productivity apps

Entrepreneurs Matching

Hosts organizations

EIR (4-6 months)

Market

Implementation

Program design

Coordination at European level

Funding

Marketing

Annual objectives

50 host organizations

1 Annual application process

50-100 app entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs in residence

Find partners

Find potential clients

Getting advice

Coaching and mentoring

Successful products

Apps

Develop app economy: 794.000 jobs, 10€ billion

revenues per annum

4-6 months in residence

Data about app economy!!!

References

App Entrepreneurs in Residence

A win-win scenario

App entrepreneurs develop global startups with the support of European

big organizations…

European big organizations get access to cutting-edge technology and improve their competitiveness

Europe create jobs and wealth

App Entrepreneurs in Residence

Consulting experience David Arias is an IT Engineer and MSc in Management with over ten years of consulting experience. He has developed research and strategic advisory work in the areas of Information Technology and corporate innovation management and technology. He has also carried out research evaluating and building technology-based business opportunities in industries such as ITC, automation and tourism in Spain and Europe.

David has worked as a strategy and IT consultant for Naider and PriceWaterhouseCoopers Consulting assisting governments, public agencies as well as big multinational companies in industries such as ICT, telecommunications, construction and energy.

Entrepreneurial experienceDavid Arias coordinated R&D activities in a software startup as an early experience in 2002. From 2009 he works as a partner at Naider coordinating and promoting the Valladolid office in central Spain. In 2011, he co-founded Mobbitat Mobile Solutions, a technology-based company which develops e-commerce mobile solutions. Mobbitat has developed and marketed mobile apps for the tourism, manufacturing, food , fashion and communication industries among others. He is also founder of Urbapps, a social platform for the development of mobile apps for the smat city.

Education David is a Telecommunications engineer from the University of Valladolid (Spain) and holds a Masters in Economics and Innovation Management at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg (Sweden).

LanguagesHe speaks, reads and writes fluently in Spanish, Italian and English and possesses basic knowledge of German and French.

DAVID ARIAS

Twitter: @ariasdav

david.arias@gmail.com

http://es.linkedin.com/in/davidarias/

Blog: http://www.davidarias.me (Spanish)

Companies: http://www.mobbitat.com; http://www.naider.com

+34 664 466 844

App Entrepreneurs in Residence

Entrepreneurs and big players building apps together