Bootstrapping

We are going to talk about various options to bootstrap your new venture. All talks are in Hebrew unless it is otherwise specified.

Agenda:

18:00 - 18:30 Gathering & Networking

18:30 - 18:50 MVP fast track, Eli Swed, App U Go

• Mobile apps: The importance of MVP

• Various level of conducting a MVP

• Examples

18:50 - 19:10 Intro to Crowdfunding, David Stark, Our Crowd

• What is crowdfunding

• The pros and cons of reward-based crowdfunding

• Equity crowdfunding as a new source of capital

• Intro to OurCrowd

• 19:10 - 19:30 Intro to the Grants, Dr. Marina Fridin

• Grants the Israeli government povides

• Other grants you can apply for

• Can you start a new company just with the grants, without giving up of any equity?

19:30 - 20:30 - Networking

About the speakers:

Eli Swed is an entrepreneur and product professional with over 15 years of hands-on early stage experience. Took part in many startup programs, from the '06 first IsraelWebTour to the 2014 batch of the Elevator accelerator. Met countless number of investors, knows the difference between having an MVP - and not having one.

App U Go is introducing the MVP revolution: the first ever functional iOS Minimum Viable Products at a fraction of the full development time and cost.

David Stark is Investments Partner at OurCrowd. OurCrowd, the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platform with its community of more than 7000 investors from across the globe. OurCrowd has invested over $110M in its 60 portfolio companies since launching in February 2013.
Bloomberg Businessweek said that OurCrowd “has blown up the exclusivity around tech fundraising” and the BBC World Service's Ed Butler has called the platform "a bit of a monster." TheStreet.com dubbed OurCrowd as “Crowdfunding for Real Investors.”
David began his career as an investment analyst at Blackstone in the Real Estate Private Equity group, where he was involved in multiple leveraged buyout acquisitions with a combined value of over $700 million.
David graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics and was a Joseph Wharton Scholar.

Dr. Marina Fridin is a scientist and an entrepreuner with startup experience. Dr. Fridin has over 15 years of experience helping the companies to receive local and multinational grants, while working with Israel Chief Scientist office as well as with various international governmental funds.

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