1st STARTup Live Athens

guest post by Christos Kyliakoudis

STARTup Live Athens brings together people from different backgrounds to present and develop innovative ideas and create a dynamic network of people interested in entrepreneurship.
Participants could come with their own business idea in an early stage, or in a supporting role aiming to join others to develop business ideas to a level, where they can be presented to investors.
Participants interested to present their idea will attend in October an online pitch training, in order to prepare properly for the first part of the weekend. At the beginning of the weekend will be invited to pitch their idea in 90 seconds.
Teams will be formed to develop these ideas in a creative environment. Coaches, business angels, former start-up entrepreneurs and many more motivated participants will help to develop these ideas further.
The groups will receive feedback on their final presentation by a panel of experts. At the end of the weekend the best of them will stand out and will be awarded. Apart from intensive working, participants can talk with investors, sponsors and other people who can move their ideas forward; the possibilities to build a network are without boundaries.

Some of the mentors are:
• Tasos Pagakis – Head of Communications of Hellas Hub North Balkans and South East Mediterranean Ericsson
• Jessica Erickson - Head of Communications 6Wunderkinder
• Evangelia Siachou –Assistant Professor in of Management Hellenic American University
• Vassos Vamvas – Adjunct Professor for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Hellenic American University
• Alex Christoforou - CEO Wadja Media Limited
• Katerina Kanelidou - Founder of Creative Empowerment
• Eric Parks - CEO Gipht.me
• Τim Lagerpusch - Business model expert, startup incubation, Managing Director of Center of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, co-founder of B-n-p
• Odysseas Ntotsikas – Managing Director Think Digital
• Giannis Doxaras - Business Development Officer Niobium Labs Ltd.
• Maria Vlachou- CEO Fereikos Helix
• Stavros Kontaxis - Partner Avakon Media
• Panagiotis Gezerlis - eBusiness & mBusiness professional, blog
• Kyra Choucroun - Social Enterprise Ambassador Sandbox
• Manouchehr Shamsrizi - Βusiness Development Director Future Systems Consulting , Global Justice Fellow Yale University
• Harry Miloniadis - Cofounder Minimoko Brand Consultancy
• Sofoklis Kiriazakos - Managing Director Converge
• Dimitris Athanasiadis- Business consultant Terrainnova
• Lina Ioanou - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center of Athens University of Economics and Business
• Ian Choo - Faculty at Niels Brock, Copenhagen Business College

Date:
4-6 November, 2011
Location:
Hellenic American Union (map)
Massalias 22, Athens 10680, Greece
+30 210 36 80900

For more information regarding the schedule please visit our website:
http://www.starteurope.at/event/startup-live-athens-1/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/startupliveathens