TECH STARTUP LAUNCHPAD – business models for software and apps

Join us in ORBIT Lab for the second Tech Startup Launchpad, where accomplished Mentor, Business Angel, Educator and Entrepreneur alike, Rodrigo de Alvarenga, will share his experiences with entrepreneurial students and people from the tech startup scene.

The topic will be business models for tech entrepreneurs. While finding the right skills for your tech startup is one challenge, making sure your business model fits the industry and customers is equally important. Rodrigo de Alvarenga will take you through different business models for apps and software-based startups. Using case examples, he will guide you on how to choose the correct business model for your startup. He will also share his personal story of how he went from being an educator in entrepreneurship to becoming an entrepreneur himself.

PROGRAMME
16.00: Arrival and networking
16.15: Moving from consulting to venture building, Rodrigo de Alvarenga
17.00: Break
17.15: Business models for tech entrepreneurs, Rodrigo de Alvarenga
18:00: Open pitches for tech startups – pitch your idea to the audience*

*See guidelines for pitches at the bottom.

ABOUT TECH STARTUP LAUNCHPAD
Tech Startup Launchpad is an initiative in ORBIT Lab to support the local tech startup ecosystem and student entrepreneurship by getting students and startups together to share knowledge, skills and experiences.

This event will be the second of a series of events focusing on tech entrepreneurship and networking. It is a platform where you can get inspired, learn from the experiences of others and share your own, and potentially join a startup or find co-founders for your own idea.

In ORBIT Lab, we work with entrepreneurship from a tech perspective. Our goal with Tech Startup Launchpad is to facilitate synergies between tech students and the tech startup ecosystem. The Tech Startup Launchpad events are open for anyone with an interest in the tech startup ecosystem.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: RODRIGO DE ALVARENGA
Rodrigo de Alvarenga has an extensive CV. He has worked in major national and international banks such as HSBC, Safra and Santander.

He became an Angel Investor in 2010 by supporting three early-stage projects that failed and in 2012 by investing in a startup focused on energy efficiency for industrial uses based on R&D and a patent.

In 2013, he left the financial market to devote himself to HAG.Group – a Venture Builder he founded in 2010 as a consulting firm – and to his passions: people, entrepreneurship, innovation and startups.

Since then, he has become the Director of Startup Grind, the largest global startup community in Brazil, that has more than 3.5 MM entrepreneurs in +140 countries and +350 cities.
In July 2015, he became a Professor at PUCPR Business School, also assuming the coordination of the Business Undergraduate Program (until 2016). He still teaches at PUCPR (graduate & undergraduate programs) and at FAE Business School (graduate programs) and also coordinates the newborn Research Group on Entrepreneurship at PUCPR.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
This event is open for students and local tech startups and others with an interest in the local tech startup scene.

LANGUAGE
This event will be in English.

LOCATION
ORBIT Lab, room 132, Finlandsgade 28, 8200 Aarhus N.

OPEN PITCH GUIDELINES FOR TECH STARTUPS
After Rodrigo’s talk, the stage is open to anyone who wishes to pitch their tech startup to the audience. You should prepare a five-minute pitch about your tech startup and a couple of concrete questions/challenges for the audience that you would like some feedback on. These questions and challenges should relate to the technical aspects of your startup. The audience may also ask questions.

For questions about pitching, please contact Serena Leka, ORBIT Lab Entrepreneurship expert: sela@ase.au.dk / 41 89 30 16.

General questions may be addressed to Litte Dalsgaard, ORBIT Lab Community Manager: litte@ase.au.dk / 93 52 14 47.