US Market Access Center
STARTUP HARVEST
Alfredo Coppola
CEO, US Market Access Center
September 18, 2014
Think Big. Start Smart. Scale Fast.
Quick Introduction: The USMAC in 60 Seconds
 Founded in 1995 as the 1st
accelerator to help non-US
entrepreneurs succeed in Silicon
Valley
 Since then, we have helped
1,800+ international companies
 Offices in San Francisco &
Menlo Park
 Active programs in 19 countries
 108 Mentors
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Quick Introduction: Our Team
Alfredo Coppola
Co-CEO
Chris Burry
Co-CEO
Jeff Snider
Chief Content Officer
Gigi Wang
VP, Early Stage &
Innovation Programs
David Smith
Sr. Mgr. TechMatch
Programs
Natasha Kurtova
Sr. Mgr. Russian & North
Africa Programs
Michel Ktitareff
Mgr. French
Programs
Bob Christopher
Venture Funding
Programs
Stefano Caccia
Mgr. Italian Programs
Maria Escarti
Mgr. Spanish
Programs
Ken Singer
Global
Entrepreneur
Programs
Melissa Glass
Program Manager,
Marketing Director
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USMAC: Recent Mentor Recruits
Howard Steinberg
IAC (Match.com, Ask.com, Tinder,
Vimeo)
Stefano Natoli
Director of Multichannel retail at
Apple, formerly Nike, Toshiba
Kelli Richards
Former Director of Music &
Entertainment, Apple
Ken Singer
Serial Entrepreneur, CET at UC
Berkeley
Geoff Baum
Former EIR at Adobe
Bob Christopher
Serial entrepreneur, angel
investor
Jeff Burton
CEO, Skydeck at Berkeley and cofounder of Electronic Arts
David Gene Oh
Leap Motion, Ubisoft
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USMAC: Our Global Footprint
Ireland
Finland
Sweden
Japan
Baltics
Benelux
Russia
France
Poland
Catalonia
S. Korea
Italy
Spain
Czech Republic
Algeria
Colombia
Singapore
Brazil
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USMAC: CzechAccelerator Companies
Notable US MAC Alumni from Czech Accelerator
Company
Sector
Achievements
Key US Clients/Partners
Atollon
Enterprise software
Currently building
partnerships
B3D
3D printing
Established US office
Currently expanding
Corinth
E-learning
Established US office
Microsoft
Geosense
Geographic information
Established US office
systems
Techstars, Google and more
Imagemetry
Imaging Solutions for
Mobile
Bank of America, NASA,
Chevrolet, Amex, Visa, USAA,
Marriott, Johnson Controls,
Fedex, Amazon, CNN, Xerox
Kiwi Digital
e-Retail
Presentigo
Sales Automation
Strive (formerly
uLikeIT)
Zoner
Established US office
Established US office
Established US office,
hired sales executive
Various multinational partners
Currently expanding
Mobile applications
Established US office
CNET, Yahoo! Online Dating,
Mashable, Geekatoo
Web services
Established US office
Multiple
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Silicon Valley: Benefits for Czech Companies
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Access to expertise from
mentors & industry experts
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Access to 100s of
multinational corporations
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Connections to angel
investors & VCs

Expansion of network
through dozens of meetups
& industry events/week
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Silicon Valley: Benefits for Czech Companies
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San
Francisco
Silicon Valley is the entire corridor from
San Francisco south to San Jose – 100km
Palo Alto
Mountain
View
JoseScale Fast.
Think Big. StartSan
Smart.
Silicon Valley: It’s BIG!
 Approx. 6M people
 400,000+ tech jobs (~25% of the work force)
 More millionaires & billionaires per capita than
anywhere else in US and Europe
 More patents issued each year than anywhere else
in the US
 ~50% of all venture investing in the US
 2,000+ angel investors
 29 of the 100 largest US companies have HQ in SV
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Silicon Valley: It’s BIG!
Market Capitalization of US Tech Companies
1. Apple $473B
Insert largest mkt cap
2. Google $336B
company in that country
3. Microsoft $239B
Apple’s sales this year
4. IBM $237B
will easily top $120B
5. Oracle $152B
6. Qualcomm $115B
7. Cisco $111B
8. Intel $107B
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Silicon Valley Today: Extremely Competitive!
 Thousands of experienced, serial entrepreneurs
 28,000 startups less than 2 years old
 60% of CEOs not American-born
 People change jobs 14 times by age 37, on avg.
 Decisions are made at lightning speed
 Follow up in hours, not days or weeks
VERY hard to break through the noise
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USMAC: CzechAccelerator Conference
 US MAC’s experience and plans in CEE
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San Francisco
Palo Alto
Let’s Connect
San Jose
Our Headquarters
facebook.com/usmarketaccess
US Market Access Center, Inc.
1370 Willow Rd.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
@usmarketaccess
Contact
Alfredo Coppola, Co-CEO
linkedin.com
Groups – US Market Access Center
Phone
+1-415-699-7564
www.usmarketaccess.com
Email
[email protected]
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