MITEF Russia Startup BootCamp

Organized by MIT Enterprise Forum of Russia, the Startup BootCamp will include lectures, panel discussions and the Elevator Pitch. The Elevator Pitch prize - trip to The Global Innovator Competition in March 2012.

BOOTCAMP PROGRAM

9 December, Friday
Pitching, Marketing and Gaining Attention
9:00 - 9:45. Registration
9:45 - 10:00. Welcome Remark
10:00 - 10:45. Presenting with Impact (how to polish your elevator pitch). (Scott Bailey, MassChallenge);
10:45 - 11:30. How to write good business plan (Sergey Gribov)
11:30 - 12:00. Coffee Break
12:00 - 12:45. IP Basics (Page Heller, National University of Science & Technology-MISiS)
12:45 - 13:30. Marketing dos and dont's for start-up entreprenuers (Elena Kadeykina)
13:30 - 14:30. Lunch
14:30 - 16:00. Panel discussion: Incubators as an instrument to grow successful company (Moderator: Dmitry Tseitlin, Minerva Capital Partners)

10 December, Saturday
Finance Your Start & Sales, IP
10:00 - 10:45. How to find the right business model
10:45 - 11:30. Term sheet demystified (Moderator: Sergei Arkhipov, MITEF Russia)
11:30 - 12:00. Coffee Break
12:00 - 13:30. Panel discussion: How to raise capital (Moderator: Nick Puntikov, MITEF Russia)
13:30 - 14:30. Lunch
14:30 - 15:15. USA incubators. Similarities and differences/Which one you should apply to (Scott Bailey, MassChallenge)
15:30 - 17:00. Open lecture: Securing Early Stage Funding from US VC (David Berry, Flagship Ventures and Essentient).
17:00 - 19:00 Networking

11 December, Sunday
Elevator Pitch
10:00 - 13:00. Elevator Pitch, Mentors’ session
13:00 - 14:00. Competition winner announcement

All lectures will be in English. The registration is free:
http://mitef.ru/ru/events/282-startup-bootcamp-2011