Startup Georgia Boot Camp Agenda

Day 1 Wednesday, November 19th, 2014

Open to Public
Location: Marriott Courtyard Tbilisi

10:00 - 10:30

Welcoming Remarks and Introductions

GITA

10:30 11:15

Business Canvas 101: Preview of Each Canvas Element

Scott Gillespie, Jigsaw Group

11:15-12:00

Why Lean Startup Methodology? Recognizing the Hype.

Mohamad Khawaja, N2V

12:00 -12:30

Creating Your Linked In Profile

Ira Koretsky, Expand USA

12:30 -13:30

Lunch Break. (Take a sit with someone you do not know!)

13:30 - 14:30

Customer Discovery Process: Do People Care?

James Chung, George Washington University

14:30-15:15

Value Proposition: Why Clients Buy?

Scott Gillespie, Jigsaw Group

15:15-16:00

Get Funding: Design and Deliver the Perfect Investor Presentation

Ira Koretsky, Expand USA

16:00 - 16:15

Coffee Break

16:15-17:00

Investor Perspective: Overview of Potential Sources

Marco Rubin, Exoventure

17:00 - 17:45

What do you do? How to Develop Your Own Compelling Value Proposition
Ira Koretsky, Expand USA

Day 2 Thursday, November 20h, 2014

Open to Public
Location: Marriott Courtyard Tbilisi

10:00 - 11:00

Customer Discovery: Defining Market Segments

Scott Gillespie, Jigsaw Group

11:00 11:45

Paths for Forming your Startup

Warren Haber, Exoventure

11:45 12:30

Investor Perspective: Overview of Potential Sources

Marco Rubin, Exoventure

12:30 -13:30

Lunch Break. (Take a sit with someone you do not know!)

13:30 - 14:30

Seed Investment Structure: Introduction to Term Sheet

Marco Rubin, Exoventure

14:30 - 15:15

Getting a Mentor: How to Reach, Keep a Relationship and Make the Most of it
Spike Morelli, Spikelab

15:15 - 16:00

Introduction to Conducting Business in the US and Beyond

Val Livada, MIT

16:00 - 16:15

Coffee Break

16:15 - 17:00

Lean startup for hardware products, examples of food trucks, fashion stores and 3 D
Printing
Spike Morelli, Spikelab

17:00 - 17:45

Digital Marketing for Startups: Planning, Analysis and Driving Impact.

Mohammad AL-Khawaja, N2V