Category Archives: UNconvention 2012

Meet Dr. Burton Lee, PhD MBA – Lecturer, European Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Stanford University School of Engineering; Managing Director, Innovarium Ventures, Silicon Valley and Speaker at UNconvention

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

Based in Silicon Valley, Dr. Burton Lee lectures and conducts research on European Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Stanford School of Engineering. Burton concurrently serves as Managing Director of Innovarium Ventures, a financial, technical and strategic senior advisory services firm … Continue reading →

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InnoPitch Award 2012 – Interview with João Romão, from Wishareit

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

Two weeks before the grand presentation at the Young Innovators Unconvention’ Town Hall Session we asked the six InnoPitch Awards 2012 finalists to briefly answer four questions in order to introduce themselfs to the world. Check out João Romão (JR) … Continue reading →

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InnoPitch Award 2012 – Interview with Lars Sudmann from Sudmann & Company bvba

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

Two weeks before the grand presentation at the Young Innovators Unconvention’ Town Hall Session we asked the six InnoPitch Awards 2012 finalists to briefly answer four questions in order to introduce themselfs to the world. Check out Lars Sudmann (LS) … Continue reading →

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Microsoft BizSpark supporting early stage start-ups worldwide-free software tools, cloud, and much more

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

Microsoft BizSpark is a global program that helps startups succeed by giving them access to Microsoft software development tools, providing market visibility to help promote their business and connecting them to the BizSpark ecosystem, including investors, advisors and mentors. In … Continue reading →

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InnoPitch Award 2012 – Interview with Martin Van Aken, 8th Color-Sybil

Posted on June 16, 2012 by

Two weeks before the grand presentation at the Young Innovators Unconvention’ Town Hall Session we asked the six InnoPitch Awards 2012 finalists to briefly answer four questions in order to introduce themselfs to the world. Check out Martin Van Aken … Continue reading →

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InnoPitch Award 2012 – Interview with Matteo Tangi, UpLab

Posted on June 16, 2012 by

Two weeks before the grand presentation at the Young Innovators Unconvention’ Town Hall Session we asked InnoPitch Award 2012 six finalists to briefly anwer four questions in order to present themselfs out to the world. Check out Matteo Tangi (MT) … Continue reading →

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InnoPitch Award 2012 – Interview with Tamas Haidegger, Hand-in-Scan

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

Two weeks before the grand presentation at the Young Innovators Unconvention’ Town Hall Session we asked InnoPitch Awards 2012 six finalists to briefly anwer four questions in order to present themselfs to the world. Here we catch up with Dr. … Continue reading →

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Female entrepreneurs and the obstacles they face

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

If you google ‘Women Entrepreneurship’, the first hit you can get is one that leads you to the European Commission’s – well, yes – Women’s Entrepreneurship portal. The portal offers vast information about female entrepreneurship ambassadors, national as well as … Continue reading →

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Meet Marne Levine,Vice President, Global Public Policy-Facebook, and speaker at the UNconvention

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

Marne Levine will be a keynote speaker at the UNconvention on the 26th of June from 16:00. In her role as Vice President, Global Public Policy-Facebook, Marne manages the company’s global public policy strategy, working with governments and non-governmental organizations … Continue reading →

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Turning the mindset towards innovation through cultural exchange – and why that matters

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

What would immediately strike you if you were a fresh European entrepreneur in your early 20s, that has just landed in U.S. to meet with biggest innovators and VCs ? This is definitely not something that comes easy every day. … Continue reading →

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