Soft-Landing Startups Silicon Valley2019

Connect by Sep 8 '19

Nov 11-15 '19 (5 days)

San Francisco, US

“I've launched 3 weeks after coming back from Silicon Valley. Quick decisions instead of the 'best' decisions and fail fast culture really made an impact on me”

If you're thinking of scaling in the United States, then Silicon Valley is often the first place on the list.

No nonsense business and moving fast are two concepts many people bring back from visiting the Valley - as well as having made tangible connections to build on when you take your first steps to setting up in the US.

What can you get from our mission on 11-15 November, 2019?
- Break misconceptions and knowledge barriers - what is the local business culture like and how can you work it to your advantage?
- Get a crash course on incorporating in the United States, hiring norms & sales the Silicon Valley way
- Meet the local people who can help you scale up - local investors, VCs & successful startups that have scaled there (learn from both their failures and successes)

Participation in the programme is free of charge and travel expenses are reimbursed up to 950 EUR thanks to Startup Europe.

Read more about the mission, the preliminary agenda and who you'll meet there, on the website: tinyurl.com/yyly47bc

This is a competitive programme, so make sure to show us why you stand out.
Deadline: Sunday, 8 September, 2019
* Please note we are especially looking for female founders!*

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SOFT-LANDING MISSION FOR STARTUPS & SCALEUPS

Soft-Landing connects startup ecosystems and facilitates growth for European scaleups. With Soft-Landing Missions, promising European startups and scaleups have the chance to dive into a 1-week experience in a foreign ecosystem to help them grow their business internationally. Participation in the programme is 100% free of charge and travel expenses are reimbursed up to 950 EUR per startup thanks to Startup Europe. Due to programme capacity, only one startup representative is allowed to participate. MISSION TO SILICON VALLEY This is the APPLICATION FORM for the Mission for Startups and Scaleups to Silicon Valley, 11-15 November 2019. Let us know why you should be selected to the delegation and how your business could benefit from it. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Check the eligibility criteria on www.soft-landing.eu before submitting your application. Join fast and be part of the growing SoftLanders community!

Your company

Tell us about your startup in 5 sentences.
Your tweetable elevator pitch (max 20 words).
Which sector best describes your business?
If "other", please define.
Your service line

Please specify
What are your biggest achievements to date? Please provide information regarding prototype development, product testing, market validation, number of users/customers, scaling sales, etc.
How to best position your business in terms of revenue per year? Value in EUR.
Are you incorporated/legally established?

What is the year of incorporation?

Provide details

Your Team

Where is your team located at the moment? City, Country
How many employees/team members do you have?
What is the role of the team member that will join the mission?

Product/Service

Describe your product/service. Please explain the business model.
What makes it unique? What problem are you trying to solve? How are you different than your competitors?
In one sentence, what problem are you trying to solve?
Describe who are your target customers.
Who are your competitors? Please name a few.
How are you different than your competitors?

Mission to Silicon Valley

As you are aware of, Soft-Landing organises Missions for startups and scaleups to Berlin, Paris, Vilnius, Zoetermeer and the US. Make sure you are applying to Mission most adequate to your business. All details on www.soft-landing.eu

Please explain why you would like to participate in the Mission and visit this ecosystem.
What potential challenges have you identified in developing your business in the US?
Are you considering this ecosystem as a potential business location for your company (venture, branch, etc.)?
Please give further details.
What is your strategy to set up your business in the US?
Are you in contact with any companies, organisations or individuals in the US?
Please provide further details.
What are your top 3 priority activities while visiting the ecosystem? Please select only 3 priorities.

Please specify
Have you identified any additional companies, organisations or individuals that you would like to meet during the programme? If yes, please describe who and explain why.
How are you prepared to share and spread the know how received with your startup peers when back in your ecosystem?

Other (Legal & Contacts)

How did you hear about this programme?

Feel free to provide ecosystem or mentor/colleague name

Which one?
Have you participated in previous Startup Europe initiatives?
Please provide details, including year.
Are you applying to other Soft-Landing Missions apart from this one?
Which one(s)?
If accepted, I commit to participate in the full programme.
I confirm that all information provided complies with the Declaration of Honour. The template for the Declaration of Honor is available on soft-landing.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1.2.-Missions_Declaration-of-Honor.pdf Only selected applicants will be required to fill in the document. For now, please confirm you comply with it.
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Please provide your company website (if applicable).
Please provide your email address for communication with the Soft-Landing team if selected.
Please provide your phone number for communication with the Soft-Landing team if selected. We may run short interviews to clarify certain aspects.

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