NOVEMBER 20TH | 17:00 at Basecamp (sienkiewicza 18/22)
Driven by Innovations
One-of-a-kind Startup WRO Meetup featuring special guests!
NOVEMBER 20TH | 17:00 AT BASECAMP (SIENKIEWICZA 18/22)
Driven by Innovations
One-of-a-kind Startup WRO Meetup featuring special guests!
ABOUT THE EVENT
A series of meetings full of practice and substantive knowledge. For everyone interested in the local startup ecosystem – from founders to investors to students. Together we want to build a platform that will help interesting projects find inspiration, partners and funding, and graduates discover their dream jobs. Startup WRO Meetup #7 “Driven by innovations” will feature very special guests.
AGENDA
Wednesday [20.11]
16:30 – 17:00
Registration
17:00- 17:10
Welcome
17:10 - 18:10
Panel Discussion
moderator: dr Marcin Śledzikowski – Equity Partner, SDZLEGAL Schindhelm
Paulina Walkowiak – CEO & Co-founder of cux.io
PhD Marcin Piatkowski – Professor at Kozminski University and Lead Economist at The World Bank. Author of ‘Europe’s Growth Champion’
Dominic Monkhouse – Host of Top 2% Global Podcast ‘Mind Your F**king Business’ | Elite Business Coach and CEO Mentor
18:10
Fireside Chat
Maciej Jacenik – Startup Wroclaw
Filip Rakowski – Co-founder & CTO, Alokai
18:40
Networking
21:00
Closing
SPEAKERS
Paulina Walkowiak
CEO & Co-founder of cux.io
I am the CEO and co-founder of cux.io – UX & Analytics Automation Tool that helps eliminate conversion blockages in e-commerce.
I help companies to translate knowledge about users into specific business decisions. I support corporates in data-driven transformations and developing analytical strategies. Worked, among others, for TVN Media, PZU, Prisjakt, and EFL.
My background is in market research (ex Kantar) – for 5 years I’ve been supporting big players (such as banks, telecoms, and energy companies) in launching new products/services and customer experience research.
I’m a TEDx speaker and academic lecturer. Strong Women in IT, Winner of the ranking of 50 Most Creative People in Business.
Proudly call myself a mompreneur. Together with my husband and children, we’re a family of digital nomads with the experience of living in Berlin, a tiny cabin in the woods in eastern Poland, Madeira. Currently based in Lisbon.
PhD Marcin Piatkowski
Professor at Kozminski University and Lead Economist at The World Bank. Author of ‘Europe’s Growth Champion’
Professor at Kozminski University and Programme Leader at the World Bank in New Delhi. Author of the book ‘Golden Age. How Poland became a European growth leader and what the future holds’, in which he analyses Poland’s path from stagnation to growth leader in Europe. Expert on economy and innovation, especially in the context of systemic transformation and economic development in Central and Eastern Europe.
Dominic Monkhouse
Host of Top 2% Global Podcast ‘Mind Your F**king Business’ | Elite Business Coach and CEO Mentor
The ‘secret weapon’ that helps tech companies achieve explosive growth! Elite Business Coach and CEO Mentor, author of two smash hit books ‘Mind Your F**king Business’ and ‘F**k Plan B’ and Host of Top 2% Global Podcast ‘Mind Your F**king Busines’; Dominic Monkhouse is on a mission to demystify business growth. As a Founder and CEO he has a track record scaling up award-winning technology service businesses and has been called ‘Britain’s best boss’ for his habit of creating great places to work. He now specialises in helping ambitious business leaders achieve fast and sustainable growth by building high performing teams and developing clear, actionable strategies.
dr Marcin Śledzikowski
Equity Partner, SDZLEGAL Schindhelm
Attorney-at-law and partner at SDZLEGAL SCHINDHELM Law Firm, PhD in legal sciences from the University of Wrocław.
I am the author of over 50 publications at the intersection of law and economics and a university lecturer. My work primarily focuses on strategic advisory for entrepreneurs and resolving complex domestic and international corporate disputes. I also provide support to start-ups in the early stages of their operations, including during pre-seed and seed funding rounds. Additionally, I assist VC/PE funds in their global investments.
I serve on the supervisory boards of public companies, including those with state treasury involvement, where I am responsible for ensuring compliance with corporate governance principles, with particular attention to protecting minority shareholders’ rights.
Filip Rakowski
Co-founder & CTO, Alokai
Co-founder/CTO @ Alokai (formerly Vue Storefront) – a platform for modern enterprise eCommerce stores, Tech Council member of MACH Alliance – an organization of the world’s largest eCommerce companies focused on promoting and standardizing a modern approach to architecture. Forbes 30 under 30, YCombinator Alumni (W21).
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Meetup #6 - Meet the VC
Students, entrepreneurs and future founders will have a chance to get valuable tips and support for developing their projects from the world of technology. Opportunities for their funding at early stages is the topic of the sixth meeting of the Startup WRO Meetup series. This time it will be held under the theme “Meet the VC's”.
“An investor can wing someone, but he can also trample them.” - What else could you hear at the Startup WRO Meetup?
Does the fund choose you, or do you choose the fund? At the same time, both. There must be chemistry, and not just business chemistry. No less important is the interpersonal one. The investment fund has to believe in you - not just in your idea, but in you. In turn, you should check out the fund and see if you want to work with exactly these people. Because it's a serious relationship and, as it turns out, it's a marriage not just of convenience. This is one of the conclusions of the sixth Startup WRO Meetup.
Young entrepreneurs met at the Startup WRO Meetup. They talked about funding
Financing startup projects was the topic of this year's first Startup WRO Meetup, which took place on February 28 at Basecamp Student on Sienkiewicza Street. Representatives of young technology companies could not only learn from which sources to raise money for their projects, but also make many interesting contacts, including with investors.
Startup WRO Meetup #5, or the beginning of the second season of meetups
The second edition of the Startup WRO Meetup series has just been launched. These are content-networking meetings for startups, entrepreneurs and technology enthusiasts. This year's first event organized by Startup Wroclaw took place on February 28, 2024.
Coverage of Startup WRO Meetup vol. 4
Special guests from the United States appeared on stage: Daniel Kottke, one of Apple's first contributors, and Athur Mrozowski, responsible for Netlix's initial success.
In Wroclaw, they talked about American business.
More than 200 new technology creators, investors and people who wanted to learn more about the road to success in the technology and entertainment industry attended the fourth, and last this year, edition of Startup WRO Meetup. This time, too, no one complained about the lack of inspiration and knowledge that can help you develop your own startup or career.
Startup WRO Meetup vol. 3 - Connecting science with business
September saw another meeting of the Startup WRO Meetup series. This time the event gained an international dimension, thanks to the presence of special guests from Turku Science Park Ltd, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turun yliopisto - University of Turku and Business Turku in Finland. The main topic of discussion was the issue of cooperation between science and business, and participants had the opportunity to exchange experiences and seek new paths of cooperation.
“Into the (un)known”, or Startup WRO Meetup #2 about expansion
The “Polish Startups 2022” report compiled by the Startup Poland Foundation shows that the vast majority of startup founders in Poland have plans to expand abroad. What are the biggest challenges when it comes to going abroad? What mistakes should be avoided? Experts will attempt to answer these and other questions on April 26 during the “Startup Wro Meetup x Let's get (c)loud” meeting.
Video coverage of Startup WRO Meetup #1
A panel discussion, 3 keynote speeches, 2 pitch decks, networking and more than 150 participants. The meeting was attended not only by members of the Wroclaw startup ecosystem, but also by foreign guests from Israel, the UK and the Czech Republic. Check out the video from this year's first Meetup!
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February 24, 2023 marked the first Startup WRO Meetup after a long break! Among experts, founders, mentors and investors, we discussed various funding opportunities for young technology companies and this year’s prospects for raising funds for research and enterprise development.
We hosted foreign experts and local startups. Among the speakers was Efi Ben Artzy, who, among other things, is a mentor in various startup programs around the world and works with startups from various industries, which he supports in achieving innovation and better product development. He also advises business angels on how to evaluate startups for successful investments and supports companies in raising funds. Dr. Peter Ney, another special guest, has 40 years of experience in senior management positions in the industry (banking, insurance, telecommunications, utilities, government) and experience in advising Big Four companies. The Startup WRO Meetup stage featured Madnetic Games and NanoSci.
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On April 26, together with partners Startup Poland Foundation, Google Cloud and OChk, we talked about overseas expansion. Startups both successful and unlucky after going abroad took the stage. Among the experts, we discussed the most common mistakes and best practices.
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Accompanied by special guests from Turku Science Park in Finland, we discussed cooperation between science and business. Representatives of the largest universities in Wroclaw took part in the panel discussion, and presentations were given by organizations whose goal is to connect the academic and business communities.
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The co-founders of the successes of Apple and Netflix were guests at the last edition of this year’s Startup WRO Meetup, which took place on November 22, 2023 at Basecamp on Sienkiewicza Street. More than 200 innovators, founders, investors and students took part in the debates, which this time were held under the theme “Across the Atlantic.”
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Financing technology projects was the topic of this year’s first meeting of the Startup WRO Meetup series, which took place on February 28 at Basecamp Student on Sienkiewicza Street. Representatives of both new projects and young businesses were able not only to find out from which sources to raise money for their projects, but also to make many interesting contacts, including with potential investors.
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During Meetup vol. 6 we talked about investment opportunities for young companies and what the investor-startup relationship looks like. Representatives of Polish VC funds appeared on stage in both a panel discussion and a Reverse Pitching session.
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