SEMINARS and TRAININGS

2010                                                             GUEST SPEAKERS 

17 June  Startup Summer Fair  
25. May Connect Estonia Annual General Assembly  
27. April Seminar: Real-World Experiences in Recruiting  Justin Fidler (Sona Systems),
 Stig Terje Henriksen (Kalev  Chocolate Factory AS)
12. April Workshop: excecution (in Estonian)

 Erki Mölder (Quattromed),
 Hannes Lents

17 March  Seminar: From Business Model to Business Case: Survival in the Real World  Nelson Gray
 10. March  Workshop: go to market  Pärtel Tomberg,
Hannes Lents
 17. Feb  Seminar on motivating a team (in Estonian)  Aleksander Pulver
 28. Jan  Workshop: How to create and expected and needed product? 
 (In Estonian)
 Hannes Lents,
 Alari Aho,
 Kaspar Soidla

2009                                                              GUEST SPEAKERS 

 3. Dec  ArcticEvening in Tallinn
(in cooperation with OpenCoffee and Connect Estoniaga)
 Martin Koppel (Fortumo)
 Petteri Koponen (Lifeline Ventures)
 Kai Lemmety ( Floobs)
 25. Nov

 Afternoon session: How Does Startup Funding Work in Finland? 
in cooperation with Entreprise Estonia Helsinki

 Sami Heikkiniemi (TEKES)
 Oct, 28

 

 Partnership and Deal-Making in the Global Arena  Andreas Sundgren (Sweden)
Andris Bērziņš (Latvia)
 Sept, 30  Afternoon seminar: How to make star-ups grow?  Ragnar Sass (United Dogs & Cats)
Jouko Vierumäki (Fromdistance)
  June, 3  Connect Estonia General Assembly 2009  
 May 25-26  ItechLaw & EAS present: Second Annual Tallinn Conference  
 May, 19  Connect Estonia seminar about taxes (in Estonian)

 Ivo Vanasaun, Deloitte
 Olga Lavrova, Deloitte

 April, 29  Seminar and matchmaking event "From Science to Entrepreneur & from Entrepreneur to Science"  David Brown, Canatu
Jari Mieskonen, Conor Venture Partners
Juhani Lahdenperä, PlexPress
Erik Puura, University of Tartu
+ research projects of University of Tartu
 March, 25   Increasing International Business:
How to Take Advantage of Economic Crisis and Expand Your Business Internationally Without Major Investments
 Steve Grossman
 February, 26  Fundraising and Exit Planning- Mission Impossible? Killu Tõugu Sanborn
February, 4  Taking a Company International  Patrick Turner, INSEAD
Guus Keder, Axiom Venture Capital
January, 28  ArcticEvening Tallinn in cooperation with Arctic StartUp
(Photos here)
 4 start-ups, in panel: Allan Martinson, TVMP
Sten Tamkivi, Skype
Taneli Tikka

              

 2008                                                                                          GUEST SPEAKERS

October, 28 Finance Seminar "Learn From Experience: How to raise Capital?" Linda Höljö, InnovatsionsKapital
Manu Mäkela, Conor Venture Partners
Anneli Aljas, MarkIT
Erki Mölder, Quattromed
Ave Piik, Luiga Mody Hääl Borenius,
Andrus Treier, KredEx
September, 24 To the foreign market- how to choose and protect a trademark?  Mart Enn Koppel, Patendibüroo Koppel OÜ
 Villu Pavelts, Patendibüroo Lasvet OÜ
March, 27 From coach to professional board  Jussi Harvela, Moaffak Ahmed, Pekka Rissanen, Ave Piik, Yrjö Ojasaar
February, 27 Doing business in the Baltics and venturing in Belarus

Pekka Puolakka, Sorainen
Maksim Salahub, Sorainen

 


2007                                                                                GUEST SPEAKERS

December, 4 Go-to-market: Going beyond the Baltics  Thorgeir Einarsson, Elevera AB, CEO
 Thomas W. Nash, Xalles Ltd, Chairman and CEO
November, 6  Copyright and EU Public Licence (in Estonian) Heiki Pisuke, Glimstedt Straus and Partners Law Office
October, 18 Legal basics about selling and buying a company (in Estonian) Peeter Kutman, Luiga Mody Hääl Borenius
Marko Saag, Luiga Mody Hääl Borenius
September, 27 Entering to the new markets - opportunities for growing (IT) companies Jussi Harvela, Moaffak Ahmed, Justin Fidler, Eduardo Ibacache
June, 5 Bootstrapping - How to generate income from your intellectual property  Dr Patrick Andrews, Break-Step Productions Ltd.
April, 24 Entrepreneurship trends in Asia  Patrick Turner, INSEAD Singapore campus
February, 23 Company valuation - scientific valuation or black art?  Nelson Gray, Firth Ventures, UK
January, 24 No business without a trademark (in Estonian)  Mart Enn Koppel, Patendibüroo Koppel OÜ
 Villu Pavelts, Patendibüroo Lasvet OÜ



2006
Mart Enn Koppel, Patendibüroo Koppel OÜ
Jaak Ostrat, Patendibüroo Lasvet OÜ
Eric Martin, Afema AB, Sweden
Eric Martin, Afema AB, Sweden
Peter Kelly, Helsinki School of Creative Entrepreneurship
Nelson Gray, Firth Ventures
Alan Barrell, University of Cambridge
Andrus Treier, Kredex
Allan Martinson, Martinson Trigon Venture Partners


2005
Marika Popp, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Tarvo Tamm, Kristjan Kalda, Connect Estonia
Alex Talacchi, EU Commission Innovation Policy Unit
Heike Scheuerpflug, Saarbrucken Science Park
Dr Isaac Shariv, Yeda R&D Co. Ltd, Israel
Arie Sadovski, University of Haifa, Israel
Gil Avnimilech,  School of Management
Ben Gurion University at the Negev, Israel
Rolf Reiner, Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation Vittorio Modena, University of Pavia, Italy

Tarvo Tamm, Connect Eesti
Rain Rannu, Mobi OÜ


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