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European Entrepreneurship & Innovation
(ME421)
Year Ten|| Winter 2019 || Hewlett 201 Aud
Mondays 4:30 – 5:50pm
Course Instructor
Dr. Burton H. Lee PhD MBA
Burton.Lee@stanford.edu

Copyright © 2019 Burton H. Lee
All Rights Reserved.

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Who Will Benefit from this Course?
• If you understand Asia and the USA, but don’t know
much about the European tech sector
• Thinking about returning home (in Europe) to start
your own company, to work in a corporate, or
university
• Want to understand key issues in entering the
European market
• US-based founder planning to expand to Europe
• Building your Europe network
• General interest in understanding economic models
and innovation regions outside Silicon Valley, including
Africa, Latin America, Asia & Europe

ON EUROPE

IF WE CAN
UNDERSTAND THE
EUROPEAN STARTUP &
INNOVATION
ECOSYSTEM …

… WE CAN
UNDERSTAND THE
GROWTH ECOSYSTEMS
SEEN TODAY IN MOST
EMERGING ECONOMIES

Massive and Growing European presence
in Silicon Valley

“The European Union
Invades Silicon Valley”

BREXIT Vote in UK Parliament
TUES Jan 15 2019

Focus of Seminar Series
• Startups + venture capital + entrepreneurship with
A Little Bit of Context
– Social, economic, historical, political context in Europe
– Comparison of corporate & university models
– vs ‘Naïve or Simple Entrepreneurship’ practiced in
Silicon Valley
• But, this is NOT a ‘policy’ or ‘economics’ seminar

The Story of European Entrepreneurship in Europe
Europe vs Silicon Valley
Jan 4 2016
Entrepreneurship and
Innovation in Europe Today
Europe vs Silicon Valley
Europeans in Silicon Valley
Arts, Culture,
Design, Language
& Traditions
History &
Politics
Law &
Policy
Institutions &
Personalities
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QUESTIONS ??

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THANK YOU !!