buy from startup belgium - first event presentation
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Startups need reference customers more than they need money. This event will bring together Belgium's top B2B digital / industrial startups, and corporate decision makers / buyers for an evening of innovation, networking, and doing business. Registration is not open yet; to take part in the event, pre-register here: http://bit.ly/buyfromstartup_be See you in October!TRANSCRIPT
Buy from Startups EventBuy from Startups Event
Bring in innovative thinking of startups.Bring in innovative thinking of startups.
Give Startups reference customers they need.Give Startups reference customers they need.
Lose – lose situationLose – lose situation
Startups: Startups: burn tons of cash hunting for burn tons of cash hunting for reference customers reference customers
Incubation and acceleration programs: Incubation and acceleration programs: limited success despite lively “startup scene” limited success despite lively “startup scene”
Business Angels: Business Angels: reluctant to invest into reluctant to invest into unproven projects unproven projects
Corporations and govt.: Corporations and govt.: can’t reliably buy can’t reliably buy innovative solutions from startupsinnovative solutions from startups
What can we do?What can we do?
Create more mentoring and acceleration Create more mentoring and acceleration programs for startups? programs for startups?
More government investment funds?More government investment funds?
Legislation?Legislation?
More money into subsidies? More money into subsidies?
Or....Or....
Good startups donGood startups don’’t t need pampering and need pampering and govt. moneygovt. moneyThey need customers. They need customers.
Solution: Solution: Startup Marketplace Startup Marketplace event and network event and network
What will it take?What will it take?
Focus on issues that big corporates want to solve Focus on issues that big corporates want to solve in innovative waysin innovative ways
Bring the "right" people from big corporates Bring the "right" people from big corporates togethertogether
Let selected startups preset their solutions, make Let selected startups preset their solutions, make extra one-time effort to get customers: price, extra one-time effort to get customers: price, serviceservice
Create the right atmosphere for productive Create the right atmosphere for productive networkingnetworking
Let’s Do it!Let’s Do it!
11stst Event : Event : Start it @KBC-Toren (Antwerpen)
2323rdrd October 2014 (14-19 H) October 2014 (14-19 H)
Big name keynote (maybe)Big name keynote (maybe)
10 min pitches – 8 startups10 min pitches – 8 startups
Meet buyers, sellers, Meet buyers, sellers, investors investors
Food and drinks Food and drinks
What do we need?What do we need?
Help us get the word out: call for corporate Help us get the word out: call for corporate buyers buyers
Help choose subjects: which problems can Help choose subjects: which problems can startups help you solve? startups help you solve?
Whom would you like to hear as Keynote Whom would you like to hear as Keynote speaker?speaker?
Startup selection meeting these issues + Startup selection meeting these issues + maturity to roll out. maturity to roll out.
What we will doWhat we will do
We will scour Belgium for top B2B startups, and We will scour Belgium for top B2B startups, and we will choose the best. we will choose the best.
Here are the partners confirmed today: Here are the partners confirmed today:
Our network includes startup support Our network includes startup support organizations, incubation programs, investors, organizations, incubation programs, investors, events… Watch this space! events… Watch this space!
Focus on startups with Focus on startups with products or prototypesproducts or prototypes
Portrait of presenting startup:Portrait of presenting startup:
•Refreshing solution for real problemRefreshing solution for real problem
•Digital and/or manufacturingDigital and/or manufacturing
•Product/service well defined, available for roll-Product/service well defined, available for roll-outout
•Several small companies as customers, but still Several small companies as customers, but still looking for needed Reference Clientlooking for needed Reference Client
Interested? Interested? Pre-register: Pre-register: http://
bit.ly/buyfromstartup_be
Leo ExterLeo Exter
[email protected]@westartup.eu
@leoexter@leoexter
+3247745753+3247745753
Stefan SchippersStefan Schippers
[email protected]@beep.be be
@StefanSchippers
+32475414439+32475414439