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Think Big. Start Smart. Scale Fast. US Market Access Center STARTUP HARVEST Alfredo Coppola CEO, US Market Access Center September 18, 2014

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  • Think Big. Start Smart. Scale Fast.

    US Market Access Center STARTUP HARVEST

    Alfredo Coppola CEO, US Market Access Center September 18, 2014

  • Founded in 1995 as the 1st accelerator to help non-US entrepreneurs succeed in Silicon Valley

    Since then, we have helped 1,800+ international companies

    Offices in San Francisco & Menlo Park

    Active programs in 19 countries

    108 Mentors

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    Quick Introduction: The USMAC in 60 Seconds

  • Quick Introduction: Our Team

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    Alfredo Coppola Co-CEO Gigi Wang VP, Early Stage & Innovation Programs Michel Ktitareff Mgr. French Programs Maria Escarti Mgr. Spanish Programs

    Chris Burry Co-CEO David Smith Sr. Mgr. TechMatch Programs Bob Christopher Venture Funding Programs Ken Singer Global Entrepreneur Programs

    Jeff Snider Chief Content Officer Natasha Kurtova Sr. Mgr. Russian & North Africa Programs Stefano Caccia Mgr. Italian Programs Melissa Glass Program Manager, Marketing Director

  • USMAC: Recent Mentor Recruits

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    Stefano Natoli Director of Multichannel retail at Apple, formerly Nike, Toshiba

    Ken Singer Serial Entrepreneur, CET at UC Berkeley

    Bob Christopher Serial entrepreneur, angel investor

    David Gene Oh Leap Motion, Ubisoft

    Howard Steinberg IAC (Match.com, Ask.com, Tinder, Vimeo)

    Kelli Richards Former Director of Music & Entertainment, Apple

    Geoff Baum Former EIR at Adobe

    Jeff Burton CEO, Skydeck at Berkeley and co-founder of Electronic Arts

  • USMAC: Our Global Footprint

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    Japan

    Spain

    Singapore

    Italy S. Korea

    France

    Finland Sweden

    Catalonia

    Colombia Algeria

    Baltics

    Benelux

    Poland

    Russia

    Ireland

    Brazil

    Czech Republic

  • USMAC: CzechAccelerator Companies

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    Notable US MAC Alumni from Czech Accelerator

    Company Sector Achievements Key US Clients/Partners

    Atollon Enterprise softwareCurrently building

    partnerships

    B3D 3D printing Established US office Currently expanding

    Corinth E-learning Established US office Microsoft

    GeosenseGeographic information

    systemsEstablished US office Techstars, Google and more

    ImagemetryImaging Solutions for

    MobileEstablished US office

    Bank of America, NASA,

    Chevrolet, Amex, Visa, USAA,

    Marriott, Johnson Controls,

    Fedex, Amazon, CNN, Xerox

    Kiwi Digital e-Retail Established US office Various multinational partners

    Presentigo Sales AutomationEstablished US office,

    hired sales executiveCurrently expanding

    Strive (formerly

    uLikeIT)Mobile applications Established US office

    CNET, Yahoo! Online Dating,

    Mashable, Geekatoo

    Zoner Web services Established US office Multiple

  • Silicon Valley: Benefits for Czech Companies

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    Access to expertise from mentors & industry experts

    Access to 100s of multinational corporations

    Connections to angel investors & VCs

    Expansion of network through dozens of meetups & industry events/week

  • Silicon Valley: Benefits for Czech Companies

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  • Think Big. Start Smart. Scale Fast.

    San Francisco

    Palo Alto

    Mountain View

    San Jose

    Silicon Valley is the entire corridor from San Francisco south to San Jose – 100km

  • Approx. 6M people

    400,000+ tech jobs (~25% of the work force)

    More millionaires & billionaires per capita than anywhere else in US and Europe

    More patents issued each year than anywhere else in the US

    ~50% of all venture investing in the US

    2,000+ angel investors

    29 of the 100 largest US companies have HQ in SV

    Silicon Valley: It’s BIG!

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  • Market Capitalization of US Tech Companies

    1. Apple $473B

    2. Google $336B

    3. Microsoft $239B

    4. IBM $237B

    5. Oracle $152B

    6. Qualcomm $115B

    7. Cisco $111B

    8. Intel $107B

    Silicon Valley: It’s BIG!

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    Insert largest mkt cap company in that country Apple’s sales this year will easily top $120B

  • Thousands of experienced, serial entrepreneurs

    28,000 startups less than 2 years old

    60% of CEOs not American-born

    People change jobs 14 times by age 37, on avg.

    Decisions are made at lightning speed

    Follow up in hours, not days or weeks

    VERY hard to break through the noise

    Silicon Valley Today: Extremely Competitive!

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  • US MAC’s experience and plans in CEE

    USMAC: CzechAccelerator Conference

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  • Let’s Connect

    US Market Access Center, Inc. 1370 Willow Rd. Menlo Park, CA 94025

    Our Headquarters

    facebook.com/usmarketaccess

    @usmarketaccess

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    San Francisco

    Palo Alto

    San Jose

    +1-415-699-7564 Phone

    [email protected] Email

    Alfredo Coppola, Co-CEO Contact

    www.usmarketaccess.com

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