Silicon Valley and Its Siblings - Action Report - March 2011

Action report
SILICON VALLEY AND ITS SIBLINGS

INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION SAN JOSÉ, CA MARCH 30, 2011


CONTENTS

International Summit on Entrepreneurship and Innovation " ................................................ 3
Morning Session 1—Strategies for getting in the US Market!............................................. 4
Morning Session 2—Business development for startups and venture capital
access for foreign startups!................................................................................................. 5
Afternoon Session—Next steps and action items for moving forward !.............................. 7
Reﬂections "......................................................................................................................... 9
Evening Session—Speakers and networking !.................................................................. 10
Event agenda "................................................................................................................... 11
Bridge Organizations "....................................................................................................... 12

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International Summit on
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The City of San José’s Office of technology hub, event organizers helping startup companies from their
Economic Development and The sought to capture the dynamic inter- home countries.
Mexican Technology Business play of attitudes, ideas and actions— While an agenda was created to
Accelerator (TechBA) gathered the secret soup—that drives entrepre- provide structure and help focus the
together more than twenty foreign neurship and innovation in this region. discussions, flexibility and creativity
government representatives, inter- were intentionally built into the
Event Goals
national business associations and process through dialogic
The event organizers designed the
bridge organizations in the Silicon communication facilitation methods
Summit to enable bridge organization
Valley to the first annual International that are designed to bridge diverse
leaders to achieve four goals:
Summit on Entrepreneurship and cultures, experiences and areas of
• Share experiences and learn about
Innovation: “Silicon Valley and Its expertise, and to help participants
emerging trends and industry best
Siblings.” learn from those differences.
practices;
The purposes of the Summit were
• Meet and network with diasporas
to give bridge organization leaders an
from around the world that have
opportunity to explore and share best
established their operation base in
practices for starting, incubating and
the Silicon Valley;
accelerating startups, and to identify
• Develop ways to bridge the
the resources available for entrepre-
entrepreneurship and innovation of
neurs and others to create financially
the San Jose-Silicon Valley region
successful companies that produce
to other countries; and
social value. By locating of the Summit
• Explore forming working groups to
in Silicon Valley, the premier global
build an association of business
incubators and accelerators
interested in networking and
meeting on a regular basis.

Event Format
The participants engaged in a full-
day event:
The Summit brought together people
Morning session (8:30-12:00) to from all over the world.
share best practices and strategies for
startups to land and grow in the Evening session (17:00-21:30)
Silicon Valley ecosystem and to provided bridge organizations, their
identify and utilize the diversity of affiliates, and their own diaspora a
resources in this region. chance to network with people and
Afternoon session (13:30-16:30) organizations around the world, hear
to plan action steps to help bridge presentations from regional and
organizations capture the spirit of national leaders as well as a panel of
Silicon valley and be successful in expert speakers.
City of San José Rotunda



Morning Session 1 Experiences, challenges, and
Strategies for getting in the US Market:
best practices
TechBA CEO Jorge Zavala Groups’ diagrams were Home country FUNNEL!OF!NEW!PROJECTS

opened the morning session by recorded on large sheets of paper
welcoming the participants to the and posted on the conference
Summit and introduced the event room walls. Participants were INCUBATION
facilitator Shawn Spano (Communi- encouraged to be creative in
cation Consultant and Professor at developing their ecosystem Product enters Silicon Valley

San José State University). diagrams by using icons, pictures, ACCELERATION
Participants self-organized into and colors as well as written text. Malleable product

four groups. Their first task was to
Best Strategies for Entering the
discuss and diagram the best Silicon Valley Business
Ongoing
strategies for entering the Silicon Ecosystem ADAPTATION

Valley business ecosystem with the Flexibility to change and to the ecosystem by immersion

Lean Product
help of following focus questions: adapt to markets was considered Research & Development

• What are your experiences landing crucial for businesses entering
in Silicon Valley, and helping Silicon Valley. Products or services

Release early

Improvement
companies get into the US should be malleable enough to enter
market? What strategies were the market, and once there, co-
most successful? What strategies creation of the products together
were not as successful? with market feedback should be
• Discuss the strategies for the sustained as an ongoing process. Voice of Customer
different entities on the Business The groups also thought that
Development ecosystem: successful business leaders should Depiction of a successful process to
enter the Silicon Valley ecosystem.
Services, customers, distributor, adopt a perspective that captures the
supplier, etc. (the “What”). richness, pace, and flavor of Silicon Related to learning, groups also
• Discuss how the various entities in Valley’s cultural diversity. In addition to reported that willingness to share
the system interact and function, getting acquainted with the local knowledge and experiences with others
alone and in relation to each other cultures, these leaders should adopt a and finding the right mentors can help
(the “How”). What are the global perspective because of Silicon companies survive in the dynamic
successful interactions? Valley’s worldwide reach and ecosystem. Furthermore, connecting
influence. From this standpoint, the with academia enables companies to
business leaders need to develop an learn emerging new research trends
effective sales pitch with a keen focus that can foster innovation.
on their target markets. Networking with the right people
Learning to listen and learn was and organizations emerged as one of
mentioned as another crucial strategic the major themes from the four groups.
skill for those businesses who wish to Among other things, the groups
succeed in Silicon Valley. Particularly highlighted the importance of trust in
important was the ability to learn how building relationships and networking to
to fail. new partners, clients, and customers.



Morning Session 2 venture capital access for
Business development for startups and
foreign startups: Experiences, challenges, and best practices
After the groups reported out from Partnerships. Building
Morning Session 1, summit partici- partnerships with companies and
pants next formed four groups with organizations in the local ecosystem
people they had not had a chance to as well as large international
work with yet. companies was a strategy that was
Each group created a Business seen as helping new companies build
Resources Ecosystem diagram on a strength in the local business
large sheet of paper that identified the ecosystem. Like in all relationships, it
types of resources that contribute to is important that the companies be
the success of a company entering Mindmap for conceptualizing the smart and exercise caution in
Silicon Valley, and the strategies that second discussion topic. selecting potential partners.
were used to obtain and leverage the Knowledge and talent. Another
alumni groups and expat networks in
resources. Again, participants were valuable strategy to enter Silicon
the process of adapting to a new
encouraged to be creative in Valley markets was finding the right
ecosystem.
developing their diagrams. mentor. One interesting idea was that
For successful networking,
Two questions were used to help the best mentoring comes from people
companies also have to know how to
focus the groups’ discussions: who do not have much time to spend
pitch themselves effectively.
• What are your experiences helping because this pushes both the mentor
For all networking activities, trust
companies pursue and obtain and the mentee to focus on the
building was seen as critical for
business resources (knowledge, essential elements for success.
building successful and sustainable
venture capital, other financial,
relationships.
government, etc.)?
• What business resources and

Inflow of good ideas
what strategies for obtaining those
resources have you found to be
Law
most successful? What resources Networking Consultants

$
VC demo
and strategies are not as Universities Incubation
Start early

Platforms SERVICE
successful? Finance ACCESS PR PROVIDERS Market
VC R&D assessment
Partnerships
Best Strategies for Obtaining HARD!
WORK Government
Access to policy
Resources in Silicon Valley makers (regulators) SV mindset
Finance
Networking. The most prominent Filter

strategy for new companies in Filter
obtaining vital resources in Silicon Filter
Valley was networking. The groups
said that this strategy was important
for support, finding potential
partnerships, and obtaining multiple
perspectives and advice. One group This diagram illustrates the relative importance of obtaining different resources at
pointed out the usefulness of various various stages of starting a business in Silicon Valley.



Morning Session 2

Shawn Spano, Jean-Louis Racine,
Kyoung Moo Kwon, and Ana Greif
listening to a group report.

Adolfo Tavera, Nicolai Wadstrom, Omar
Jacobo Monroy Soltero, and Jasmine
Leng diagramming the best strategies
to obtain resources.

Furthermore, groups said that Cultural adaptation. Another with securing financial resources.
companies can gain a strategic strategy was cultural adaptation, or Some of the best sources for funding
advantage when they obtain talent the ability to bridge cultural differ- were believed to be angel investors,
from local people, educational ences, adopt a Silicon Valley mindset, venture capitalists, government grants
institutions and consultants, keep up and immerse oneself in the new and programs, and local city support.
with the latest research, and welcome culture in order to learn that culture. Groups also compared the
a diversity of ideas. Groups thought that service advantages and disadvantages of
Market assessment. A successful providers, such as lawyers, smart money. One one hand, smart
strategy to obtain resources is to accountants, and PR firms, as well as money would provide necessary
adopt an asking culture while doing a office space and other infrastructure knowledge in the company, on the
thorough market assessment that needs, grew in importance later in the other hand, investors might acquire
begins early in the development of the process of entering Silicon Valley. too much power.
product or service. It is vital that the Likewise, financing was not In addition to these views, groups
companies have a deep understanding always seen as the first thing that agreed that it is equally important for
of their customer markets, both in companies need to consider; the successful companies to give back to
Silicon Valley and their home countries. groups thought that other steps their communities as a way of
should need to be taken in parallel demonstrating social value.



Afternoon Session forward: How to create and
Next steps and action items for moving
provide resources that will build on successful experiences, leverage
best practices and address issues and challenges?
The afternoon session began by • What is the objective of this action The virtual platform would
brainstorming ideas to answer the step? What will success look like? initially be promoted through Twitter
following question: • Who should be involved in and LinkedIn, and later a more
• How can we create and provide developing and implementing the complex solution, such as Ovalpath,
ongoing resources that will build action step? could be utilized for user-generated
on successful experiences, • What resources will be needed? materials. Examples about possible
leverage best practices and How will they be obtained? content are:
address issues and challenges? • What is the timeline? • information on relevant events,
Participants’ ideas were recorded • What is the first thing that needs • resources of interest, like links to
on flip charts and then grouped into to happen? The second? Third? publications,
three main categories: Networking, Etc. • bridge organization directory, and
Continuing Conversation, and • discussion groups to explore
Networking Action Planning Group
Mentoring. Results specific topics of interest.
Participants then self-selected into Participants from the Networking The virtual platform could also be
one of the three groups based on the used to identify the types of activities
group suggested that interaction
category they found the most among representatives from different or themes developed in the events.
interesting to work on. These action bridge organizations would take place Events. The two target
planning groups were guided by the on two platforms: a virtual platform audiences, managers of bridge
following questions: and face-to-face events. organizations and participating
companies, have different interests,
and those interests should be taken
into consideration when designing
meetings. Some events could also
integrate representatives of other
organizations based in Silicon Valley
as a way to promote interaction
among the actors involved.
A key goal of the events would be
to make them interesting and fun to
attend. Moreover, meetings could have
different formats:
• Traditional networking event with a
“superstar” speaker
• Expert panel discussions
• “Hot product” introductions
• Region-specific events for
showcasing work
Networking group from the left: Sohaimi Sharif, Eilif Trondsen, Emilio Martinez de
Velasco Aguirre, and Peter Maranan.



Afternoon Session

Continuing Conversation Action Spontaneous gatherings would
Planning Group Results serve the purpose of networking and
This group’s report echoed the relationship-building among bridge
Networking group’s ideas: online organizations and their affiliates.
platform for the bridge organizations Anyone in the network could simply
to network, share experiences and invite others to conferences, other
resources, and organize gatherings. events, lunch meetings, and also to
TechBA offered to establish an exhibitions, wine tours, beach parties,
online presence for the bridge and so on.
organizations. From that basis, two
Mentoring Action Planning Group
kinds of events would stem: yearly Results
events and spontaneous gatherings.
This group defined mentoring as a
Yearly events would be organized
process of helping entrepreneurs to Continuing Conversation group from
by four bridge organizations at a time. the left: Lene Sjorslev Schulze, Minna
execute.
This turn would rotate yearly. The Holopainen, Lenka Kucerova, Jose
Group participants noted that it is
purpose of the event would be to Pablo Mercado Uriarte, and Anselm
a great challenge to build a network of Bossacoma.
share best practices, new research,
trusted, validated and motivated
and introduce guest speakers. In the The participants hoped that bridge
people to mentor entrepreneurs and to
events, the most accomplished bridge organizations would develop a means
help them find the right balance of
organizations would be awarded. of sharing best mentors’ knowledge.
personal satisfaction, level of success,
and recognition for their achievements.

Mentoring group from the left: Jasmine Leng, Manabu Saito, Jean-Louis Racine, Kyoung Moo Kwon, Jorge Zavala, Jan Fried,
Omar Jacobo Monroy Soltero, H. Kyu Lim, Richard Caro, Viki Forrest, and Nicolai Wadstrom.



Reflections

• Great ideas. How to move
forward?
• Perfect. Fruitful. Valuable.
Inspiring.
• Genuine desire to work together
where/when objectives align
• Good start!! Sharing info with
similar but different organizations
• If you run alone, you can run fast.
If we run together, we can go far.
The final segment of the day-long • Collaboration • Cozy. Fireside chat. That is, paving
portion of the Summit provided an • Enriching the way for greater sharing
opportunity for participants to reflect • Enlightening :) between organizations
on the session by writing down a word • Good • It is very helpful to understand
or phrase that summarized their day’s • Learning what other bridge organizations
experience. • Productive day are doing and how they are
Here is what participants wrote on • Network executing work programs.
post-it notes, which were displayed for • Co-creation • There’s tremendous value for BO’s
everyone to review: • Great + educational event. to come together. A structure is
• Ideas + education = success required to get organized and
• Thank god u people showed up! foster this value.



Evening Session
Speakers and networking

The City of San Jose sponsored James Robbins moderated a
the evening session for bridge lively panel discussion that followed
organizations, their affiliate companies, on a topic How new startups are
and their own diaspora. So in addition created at the speed of Silicon Valley.
to the bridge organization leaders who Panelists represented diverse
participated in the day-long session, a backgrounds and perspectives in the
larger group of partners and other Silicon Valley business ecosystem:
interested parties attended the • Eilif Trondsen, Ph.D. Program
evening session, approximately 120 and Research Director, Strategic
people in all. Business Insights
San José City Council member • David Weekly Silicon Valley
Rose Herrera welcomed the guests to entrepreneur
San José at the City Hall Rotunda. Her • Doug Davenport Lawrence
comments emphasized the Berkeley National Laboratory,
importance of innovative startup Jean-Louis Racine from the World Bank Strategy and Development
talked about Silicon Valley’s role in the
companies to San José and the Environmental Energy Technology
global economy and innovation.
support and resources that the City
can provide to help ensure success. Economic Development gave a pres-
After the guests had moved into entation about how the interactions
the City Council Chambers, Kim and collisions of the globally
Walesh, the Director of City’s Office of connected talent fuel innovation in
Silicon Valley. She emphasized
companies’ need for tolerance for
creative destruction and risk-taking.
Next, Jean-Louis Racine from the
World Bank discussed the World
Bank’s perspective on innovation and
the global economy. Mr. Racine
mapped out the distribution of venture
capital in the U.S., pointing out Silicon
Valley’s unique role as the largest Panel discussion elicited numerous
questions and responses from the
venture capital cluster in the U.S. He audience.
went on to demonstrate how the
infusion of capital fueled Silicon To wrap up, facilitator Shawn
Valley’s vigorous research and Spano summarized the day’s work,
innovation in science and technology emphasizing key points from the sum-
while contributing to the region’s mary above, and thanked the partici-
robust private and financial sector pants for their enthusiasm, commit-
Networking at City Hall Rotunda development. ment, and willingness to participate.


Agenda on Entrepreneurship and Innovation:
International Summit
Silicon Valley and Its Siblings
March 30, 2011, San José, California, United States

Participants will engage in a series of round tables and large group discussions designed to give all participating Bridge
Organization representatives the opportunity to share their experiences, learn best practices, and collaborate together on
next steps. Each organization will be able to share their experiences and best practices. A final list of issues, ideas and
recommendations will be recorded and analyzed by participants in the afternoon large group discussion.

8:30 – 10:15 am! Round table: Strategies for getting in the US Market: Experiences, challenges, and best
practices. Large group discussion.

" Location: TechBA offices

10:45 am – 12:00 pm! Round table: Business development for Startups and Venture Capital Access for foreign
startups: Experiences, challenges, and best practices. Large group Discussion.

" Location: TechBA offices

12:00 – 1:30 pm! No-host lunch.

1:30 – 4:30 pm! Next steps and action items for moving forward: How to create and provide resources that will
build on successful experiences, leverage best practices and address issues and challenges?
" Location: Martin Luther King Library, Room 225/229

The City of San Jose is sponsoring a panel of experts and a networking event in the City Council Chamber and City Hall
Rotunda. This event is open to Bridge Organizations, their affiliate companies, and their own diaspora.

5:00 – 6:00 pm! Networking at City Hall Rotunda. Appetizers served.

6:00 – 6:10 pm! Welcome from San Jose City Council member, Rose Herrera

6:10 – 6:20 pm! The San Jose Silicon Valley Global Innovation Environment, Kim Walesh, Director, Office of
Economic Development

6:20 – 6:45 pm! World Bank Perspective on Innovation and Our Global Economy, Jean-Louis Racine
Science, Technology and Innovation Specialist, Private and Financial Sector Development,
Europe and Central Asia Region, The World Bank



Bridge Organizations
Americas " " C100
" Argentina" Global TechBridge " " Atlee Clark
" " 10 South Third St, 3rd Floor " " Program Director
" " San Jose, CA 95113 " " aclark@thec100.org
" " Adolfo Nemirovsky " " www.thec100.org
" " adolfonemi@gmail.com " " Ron Pioveson
" " Board Member
" " Ministry of Economic Development " " ronpioveson@gmail.com
" " Government of Buenos Aires
" " PO Box C1293 ABA 1041Algarrobo St " Chile" ChileGlobal
" " City of Buenos Aires, Argentina " " Monjitas 392, Piso 15
" " Marcos Amadeo " " Santiago, Chile
" " +54-11-4126-2950 ext. 3065 " " Molly Pollack
" " mamadeo@buenosaires.gov.ar " " Directora ChileGlobal
" " +56-2-638-9810
" Brazil" BayBrazil " " mpollack@imagendechile.cl
" " 508 Weybridge Drive
" " San Jose CA 95123 " Colombia" Global Techbridge
" " Margarise Correa " " 10 South Third St, 3rd Floor
" " margarise@baybrazil.com " " San Jose, CA 95113
" " Constanza Nieto
" Canada" Consulate General of Canada, Silicon " " CEO
Valley " " 408-694-3683
" " 245 Lytton Avenue, 3rd Floor " " constanza@globaltechbridge.com
" " Palo Alto, CA 94301
" " Thierry Weissenburger " Mexico" Mexico Innovation and Knowledge
" " Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner (MINK)
at our Consulate General in San " " Blvd. Agua Caliente 10611 Ste. 807
Francisco " " Col. Aviacion
" " 650-543-8800 " " Tijuana B.C. C.P 22420, Mexico
" " Thierry.Weissenburger@international.gc.ca " " Omar Jacobo Monroy Soltero
" " Tab Borden " " Intellectual Property
" " Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner " " 619-962-3717
at our Consulate General in San " " ojms@minkglobal.com
Francisco " " Jose Pablo Mercado Uriarte
" " 650-543-8811 " " +55-664-335-2940
" " Tab.Borden@international.gc.ca " " jpmu@minkglobal.com

" "



" Mexico" TechBA Silicon Valley " " Alfredo Coppola
" " 1737 N. First St. #110 " " Director, Business Development
" " San Jose, CA 95112 " " 408-351-3300
" " Jorge Zavala " " alfredo@usmarketaccess.com
" " CEO Europe
" " jorge.zavala@techba.com
" Belgium" Flanders Investment and Trade
" " Adolfo Tavera
" " Consulate General of Belgium
" " Director
" " 155 Montgomery Street, Suite 204
" " adolfor.tavera@techba.com
" " San Francisco, CA 94104
" " Jose Mendez-Director
" " Annik Bouquet
" " Call Center Program
" " Director of Technology
" " jose.mendez@techba.com
" " 415-546-5255 (T), 415-546-3144 (M)
" " 408-821-6297
" " annik.bouquet@ﬁtaagency.com

" USA" Citrix Systems
" Catalonia" Government of Catalonia, Ministry of
" " Citrix Start Up Accelerator
Innovation
" " 4555 Great America Parkway
" " Universities and Entrepreneurial Affairs
" " Santa Clara, CA 95054
" " 10 South Third St, 3rd Floor
" " John McIntyre
" " San Jose, CA 94113
" " Senior Director
" " Anselm Bossacoma
" " 408-790-8227 (T), 408-391-0404 (M)
" " Executive Director
" " john.mcintyre@citrix.com
" " 408-627-7226
" " anselm@copcalosangeles.com
" " National Business Incubator Association
" " 7027 E. Kenyon Dr.
" Czech" CzechInvest - East Coast
" " Tucson, AZ 95054
" Republic" 321 East 73rd St
" " Ana Grief
" " New York, NY 10021
" " International Programs Ofﬁcer
" " Jan Fried
" " 520-869-1775
" " Head of East Coast Operations
" " agreif@nbia.org
" " 347-216 93 55
" " jan.fried@czechinvest.com
" " US Market Access Center
" " 10 South Third St, 3rd Fl
" " CzechInvest - West Coast
! ! San José, CA 95113
" " 440 N Wolfe Rd.
" " Omar Mencin
" " Sunnyvale, CA, 94085
" " CEO
" " Lenka Kucerova
" " 408-351-3300
" " Head of West Coast Operations
" " omar@usmarketaccess.com
" " 408 524 1690 (T), 415 794 0665 (M)
" " lenka.kucerova@czechinvest.org
"



" Denmark" Innovation Center Denmark " Finland" FinPro
" " 200 Page Mill Road " " 3945 Freedom Circle, Suite 110
" " Palo Alto, CA 94306 " " Santa Clara, CA 95054
" " www.innovationcenterdenmark.com " " www.finpro.fi
" " Camilla Rygaard-Hjalsted ! ! Pekka Pärnänen
" " Executive Director " " Head of Finpro Silicon Valley
" " crh@innovationcenterdenmark.com " " 408-748-7400 (T), 408-799-6655 (M)
" " 650 543 3181 " " pekka.parnanen@finpro.fi
" " Lene Sjorslev Schulze " " Mika Eriksson
" " Account Manager " " Director, Client Relations
" " 650-543-3182 (T), 415 812 6646 (M) " " mika.eriksson@finpro.fi
" " lsa@innovationcenterdenmark.com
" " Marianna Lubanski " " Tekes
" " Director of Innovation Center Denmark, " " 3945 Freedom Circle, Suite 110
Silicon Valley " " Santa Clara, CA 95054
mlu@innovationcenterdenmark.com " " www.tekes.fi
" " 650-543-3180 " " Kaarlela Mirja
" " Head of Tekes Silicon Valley
" " Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark " " 408-748-7400 (T), 408-893-8237 (M)
" " 2, Asiatisk Plads " " mirja.kaarlela@tekes.fi
" " DK-1448 Copenhagen K
" " Denmark " Germany" German American Business Association
" " Anita Nielsen (GABA)
" " Investment Manager, Clean Tech " " 1715 Villa St, Ste G
" " 650-543-3186 " " Mountain View, CA 94041
" " anitni@um.dk " " Thomas Neubert
" " 650-386-5015
" Estonia" Enterprise Estonia " " chairman@gaba-network.org
" " 440 N. Wolfe Rd.
" " Sunnyvale, CA 94085 " " PolyTechnos Venture-Partners
" " Andrus Viirg " " Promenadeplatz 12
" " Director of Enterprise Estonia, Silicon " " D-80333 Munich, Germany
Valley " " Dirk Kanngeiser
" " 415-335-3843 " " +49-0-89-2422-620
" " Andrus.Viirg@eas.ee " " dirk.kanngeiser@polytechnos.com
" " www.eas.ee



" Ireland" Enterprise Ireland " " Ase Petterson Bailey
" " 800 West El Camino Real, Suite 420 " " 415-986-0765
" " Mountain View, CA 94040 " " ase.pettersen.bailey@innovationnorway.no
" " americas.enterprise-ireland.com
" " David Smith " " Royal Norwegian Counsel General
" " 650-294-4082 " " 20 California St., 6th Floor
" " David.Smith@enterprise-ireland.com " " San Francisco, CA 94111
" " Simone Boswell " " Sten Arne Rosnes
" " SVP Digital Media, Internet, " " Counsel General
Entertainment " " 415-986-0766 (T)
" " simone.boswell@enterprise-ireland.com " " sten.arne.rosnes@mfa.no

" " Irish Innovation Center News " " Strategic Business Insights
" " 189 W. Santa Clara Street " " 333 Ravenswood Avenue
" " San Jose, CA 95113 " " Menlo Park, CA 94025
" " John Stanton " " www.strategicbusinessinsights.com
" " President " " Eilif Trondsen, Ph.D.
" " 408-380-7200 " " Program and Research Director
" " john.stanton@irishic.com " " 650-859-2665
" " etrondsen@sbi-i.com
" Italy" Business Association Italy America " " www.linkedin.com/in/eiliftrondsenvwc
(BAIA)
" " 333 Market Street, 25th Floor " Scotland" Scottish Development International
" " San Francisco, CA 94105 " " Calum Lancastle
" " www.baia-network.org " " Senior Vice President, U.S. Western
" " Marco Marinucci Region
" " 650-253-7804 " " calum.lancastle@scotent.co.uk
" " mmarinucci@gmail.com
mmarinucci.ixmba2005@alumno.ie.edu " Spain" Spain Nexus
" " Fabrizio Capobianco " " 145 Vallejo Street
" " fabricapo@gmail.com " " San Francisco, USA
" " www.linkedin.com/groups/Mind-Bridge- " " Jose Mateos
Mentors-3825878 " " 415-963-1180
" " josemateos@wikreate-expansion.com
" Norway" Innovation Norway " " http://www.spainnexus.com
" " 20 California St., 6th Floor
" " Anne Hovi Worsoe
" " Director
" " 415-986-0765
" " anne.worsoe@innovationnorway.no



" Spain" StepOne Ventures Silicon Valley " Switzerland" Swissnex"
" " 350 Townsend St., Suite 307 " " 730 Montgomery Street
" " San Francisco, CA 94107 " " San Francisco, CA 94111
" " Beto Juarez " " Birgit Coleman
" " 210-573-1112 (M) " " Innovation and Partnerships
" " beto@stepone.com " " 415-912-5901 ext. 105
" " www.linkedin.com/in/betojuareziii " " birgit.coleman@swissnexSanFrancisco.org
" " www.stepone.com " " www.swissnexSanFrancisco.org
" " Gioia Deucher
" " StepOne Madrid " " 415-912-5901
! ! Cécile Baux " " gioia.deucher@swissnexsanfrancisco.org
" " +34-653-229-589
" " info@stepone.com " UK" Tanner Highlen
" " www.stepone.com " " www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=62713261

" " The Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce " " World Bank
" " 145 Vallejo St, Suite 3 " " 1818 H St NW
" " San Francisco, CA 94111 " " Washington DC, 20433
" " Isabel Arcones " " Jean-Louis Racine
" " iarcones@gmail.com " " 202-473-1719
" " http://www.linkedin.com/in/iarcones " " jracine1@worldbank.org
" " www.worldbank.org
" " 22@Barcelona
Asia
! ! Àvila 138, 3a planta
" Australia" ANZA Technology Network
" " 08018 Barcelona, Spain
" " 226 Broderick St
" " Andreu Vea
" " landreu@gmail.com
" " Viki Forrest
" " CEO
" Sweden" Bootstrap Labs
" " 415-309-7068
" " 540 University Ave, Third Fl, Ste 300
" " viki@anzatechnet.com
" " Palo Alto, CA 94301
" " www.anzatechnet.com
" " Nicolai Wadstrom
" " CEO
" " TangibleFuture, Inc.
" " 415-935-1469
" " 1801 Bush St, Suite 114
" " nicolai.wadstrom@bootstraplabs.com
" " Richard Caro
" " rgcaro@tangiblefuture.com
" " www.tangiblefuture.com



" India" The Indus Entrepreneurs - TIE " Malaysia" Malaysia Industrial Development
" " www.tiesv.org Authority
! ! Vish Mishra " " 226 Airport Parkway, Ste 480
" " CEO " " San Jose, CA 95110
" " vish@tie.org ! ! Sohaimi Sharif
! ! Kiran Kini Malhotra " " Director, MIDA
" " Executive Director, TiE Silicon Valley " " 408-392-0617 (T)
" " 408-567-0700 ext. 233 " " midasanjose@aol.com
" " kiran@tie.org
" Singapore" IDA Singapore
" Japan" Jetro " " 3 Twin Dolphin Dr, Ste. 150
" " 201 Third St " " Redwood City, CA 94065
" " San Francisco, CA 94103 ! ! Joachim Ng
! ! Manabu Saito " " 650-593-1716 (T)
" " Director Business Development " " Joachim.Ng@ida.gov.sg
" " 415-392-2523 (T) ! ! Jasmine Leng
" " manubu_saito@jetro.go.jp " " 650-593-1716
! ! Jane Chung " " jasmine.leng@ida.gov.sg
" " Director, Public Relations
" " 415-392-2523 (T) " Taiwan" ITRI
" " jane_chung@jetro.go.jp " " 2880 Zanker Road, Suite 109
" Korea" NIPA 3003 ! ! Sean Wang
" " N. First St. STE 342 " " 408-428-9988 x 12
" " San Jose, CA95134 " " seanwang@itri.com
! ! H. Kyu Lim
Facilitators
" " Head NIPA Silicon Valley
" " Shawn Spano
" " 408-232-5467 (T), 408-455-8266 (M)
" " shawn.spano@sanjoseca.gov
" " hklim@nipa.kr

" " Minna Holopainen
" " Kotra-Korea Trade Investment Promotion
" " minna@inﬂuxcommunication.com
Agency
" " 3003 N. 1st St
" " Peter Maranan
" " peter.maranan@fentrexinc.com
! ! Kyoung Moo Kwon
" " Director of IT Service Center
" " 408-432-5002 (T)
" " kyoungmoo@kotra.or.kr


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