These events are in collaboration with our partner Microsoft Reactor, hosting a Startup Founder Series during the month of March.

8th of March, 13.00 CET – Female Founders Fireside Chat

Being a female entrepreneur is not easy. Have you ever wondered what kind of challenges you need to overcome as a Female Founder? Have you faced prejudice based on your gender when it comes to raising startup capital, balancing business and family life, and getting respect from your colleagues?
In this fireside chat, we will interview 2 Female Founders who are changing their industry and creating an impact on their communities across two different continents: Europe and Latin America.
Let´s see what challenges and lessons they´ve learned so far in building their growing startups.

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16th of March, 13.00 CET – Taking Your Next Financing Step

Raising capital can be the difference between scale and stagnation but all too often startups and scaleups only look at venture funding as a viable option. There are so many options out there to get the funding you need to take your business to the next level.
This session will look to give startups and scaleups of all development stages insights into how they should be thinking about financing their company. The speakers will talk through the different financing instruments that can be used and at what development stage they are most effective.

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23rd of March, 13.00 CET – Mentoring – The Way to Success

Entrepreneurship is an increasingly global phenomenon. We know that the barriers to turn an idea into a business have never been lower. At the same time, entrepreneurs at any maturity level still need a lot of assistance, and there are more resources than ever available to help them. Hear us share insights and learnings from our growth mindset program that’s connecting top startups with Microsoft employees and Microsoft Regional Directors.

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30th of March, 13.00 CET –Crossing the Chasm: What do Enterprise customers really want (and need)?

In “Crossing the Chasm” Geoffrey Moore outlines the challenges Startups and Scale-Ups face when shifting from selling to a Innovator and Early-Adopter audience to the mainstream market – the pragmatic Early Majority. But what do Enterprise organisations really want (or more importantly need) in a post-Covid landscape of even faster Digital Transformation? In this session DevOpsGroup co-founder and Microsoft Regional Director Steve Thair will share what he’s seeing in DevOpsGroups Enterprise customer segment and some of the lessons he’s learnt as a start-up co-founder as DevOpsGroup “crossed the chasm” to meet the needs of its FTSE35 customers.

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