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Meetup Zürich Oct 14

Axel Schultze, CEO Society3

Opportunity & Fundraising in Europe

Creating a new entrepreneurship culture

Going Global - East is the new west

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5 times entrepreneur

2 IPOed

1 with $5 Billion in revenue

Computer 2000 | Infinigate |

WebStock | BlueRoads | Social

Media Academy |

Now helping entrepreneurs what he

learned in Europe and Silicon Valley

Twitter: @AxelS

Speaker Introduction

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135 New Members THANK YOU

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100% Advocacy

No newsletter

No call center

No advertising

No email marketing

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eMarketing and zero advertising

Business focused approach

Stellar sales & marketing CEO

Some of the few differences

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Funding In Europe

With an estimated 800,000 millionaires

(~1% of population) Germany is eye-to-

eye with the USA. (CNBC)

Investors US | Europe

Millionairies 3.4MM | 4.1MM

Billionairies 536 | 515

Capital $12.1 T | $12.0 T

Unfortunately EU investors invest in US

startups and US investors not in EU

It‘s time to make European startups so

attractive that they can tap into the

available capital NOW!!!

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European startup investment is dry

While same financial power than the US:

EU startups are less compelling, less bold

Entrepreneurship education way behind

Teams way too technical, no business spirit

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Silicon Valley’s key differentiators

Vision

The European ‘step by step’ approach is

killing any business – go big from the get go

Business Model Focus

Teams learned to disrupt not only improve

Deliver value not features

Learning & Sharing Capabilities

US teams can listen, learn, iterate and

execute better than any other culture.

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Going Global

Think Global - Be Global

Getting your first customers local is certainly ok

Building your business local is not !!!

A bold vision is worth sharing globally

Start with a global market in mind

It‘s boring to fund a small – step by step business

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Building a global

business

Everything needs to be in English

The only domain worth registering is .com

Understand the needs of your market and

the competition on a global scale

Serve 7+ Billion people (200k growth/day)

Build a product that makes sense and is

needed globally

Build a team that can comprehend ‘global‘

Funding is much easier available for globals

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Igniting global entrepreneurship

Our mission is to help startups

fulfill their dreams and create new jobs

creating prosperity all over the globe

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We help when needed

We run entrepreneurship programs

3 Day program starting Nov. 23

Next year a full year program

As of 2016 we are available as mentors

Otherwise we enjoy life

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Thank You

Innovation is of no value without a compelling business model

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Global Entrepreneurship Week

3 day intense program - Zürich

Vision development - crafting a bold vision

Dream Team Theory, building the perfect team

Modern, sustainable business ethics

Creating a compelling company culture

Ensuring and manageing Product-market-fit

Go-to-market strategy on a global scale

Creating a profound capitalization strategy

Raising € 250,000 to € 5,000,000

Nov 23 - 25 Fee: € 1,295

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