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
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