Startup cycles

Elise SassStartup-Lead in Central-Eastern Europe@elisesassa-elsass@microsoft.com

Elise Sass

Psychology and Interactive Media

Community manager at Dog and Cat-owners social network

Social media marketing

Advisor @ Garage48 foundation - hackathons in East Europe and Africa

Project manager on internet businesses @ real-estate company

Cofounder and program manager @ Startup Wise Guys

Startup-Lead in Central Eastern Europe @ Microsoft

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

• Idealistic• “My idea” - little

sharing• No investment

practice

Beginner

• First failures• Angel investors• Investing in Startup community

• Vision and clear action plans• Connections @

communication

Intermediate

• VC and angel network • national and international

• Legal experience• Learn from previous

startup generation

Advanced

Countries can learn from each otherCommunicate with each other

Think globally from Day #1

Bring together different disciplines

“ If we would have been a Chinese team, there would have been hundreds of us in

just few months, not 4 techies - thanks to just few of us we came up with unique approach because we didn’t have any time or resources to waste” Technical

co-founder of Skype

Less is more!

Typical development cycles

Share the experience between countries and disciplines

Elise SassStartup-Lead Central Eastern Europe@elisesassa-elsass@microsoft.com