Panel 1: Take Invest Summit Main Panel
18 February 2019, Monday
15.00 – Geneve Hall
Key Concepts for Start-ups: Understanding the Investment Strategies of Angel Investors, Angel Investor Groups, VCs, Private Equity Funds and Co-Investment Funds
This panel will focus on how we can increase open learning space opportunities for entrepreneurs to expand their understanding of the investment strategies of angel investors, the fund-raising strategies of successful entrepreneurs, term-sheet negotiation techniques, company valuations, due diligence checklists used by global investors, and ways to access co-investment funds.
Panel 2:
18 February 2019, Monday
15.30 – Geneve Hall
Increasing the Financial Inclusion of Migrants Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Migrants and hosting countries alike will benefit from increased financial inclusion of migrants. Migrants are keen risk-takers with a unique mindset who are able to empower economies in the pursuit of their dreams. As a natural outcome of increasing their financial inclusion, they will be more engaged with local economies, which in turn will mean more jobs, more social justice and increased revenue for governments. Migrants from Turkey in Germany are a good example. Migration to Germany started in the 1970s, and in the late 1990s, 50,000 Turkish migrant entrepreneurs had created 185,000 new jobs in Germany. The total amount of revenue generated by Turkish entrepreneurs in Germany is around 10 billion EUR. This panel discussion will focus on the question of how world economies can turn the ambitions of entrepreneurial migrants into a win-win scenario.
Panel 3:
18 February 2019, Monday
16.00 – Geneve Hall
A New Road Map for Start-Up Ventures: Taking Into Account Changes in the Role of the Internet — from Information to Services to Values
From a technical point of view, the internet has evolved from the ‘internet of information’ to the ‘internet of services’ and is currently taking another step towards becoming the ‘internet of values’. This third phase focuses on standards around blockchain, digital payments and other areas for the exchange of value. This new of role of internet also affects the focal points of start-ups and leads to different types of start-up ventures that accommodate and derive benefit from this change. This panel will focus on the start-up ecosystem’s response to the expanding role of the internet and will explore the opportunities that are on the way for start-ups and scale-ups.
Panel 4:
18 February 2019, Monday
16.30 – Geneve Hall
Enhancing Innovative Cultures Through Entrepreneurship: Innovation Education for Non-Business Students and Founders of Start-Ups, Scale-Ups and High-Growth Businesses
The past decades have seen a rapid increase in the offerings of entrepreneurship education worldwide. There is an explicit political agenda—both nationally and internationally— to promote entrepreneurship education at all levels of school systems. Policymakers expect entrepreneurial skills to be the key to developing an innovative culture, which in turn will result in higher competitiveness and economic growth. Educational systems and teaching methods must therefore move from traditional educational models to creative, interactive and student-centred ones that will prepare students to meet the challenges of the future. This panel will offer a unique opportunity for researchers, educators and politicians to share their experiences with the major challenges and advances in enterprise education, with a special focus on entrepreneurship and innovation.