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“How to Launch a Startup”
Videoconference-Training Program
February 12, 2013
Trade Representation of the Russian Federation
in the United States of America with the support of
Ministry of Economic Development
of the Russian Federation
U.S. Department of State
“How to Launch a Startup”
is a videoconference-training
co-organized
by the Trade Representation of the Russian Federation
in the United States of America
with the support of Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
and
the U.S.-Russia Business Council
under the framework
of the Innovation Working Group of the U.S.-Russia
Bilateral Presidential Commission,
in cooperation with the Skolkovo Foundation, Technopark “Skolkovo”
RIA Novosti and Cisco Systems.
Agenda of Videoconference-Training “How to Launch a Startup”
Goal:
The videoconference-training
will allow Russian startup
managers to learn more about
the complex strategy of
launching and implementing
startup projects, as well as
commercialization of inventions
and introducing them into the
market.
The videoconference-training
will:
•Provide information on the U.S.
experience in startup financing, and
including information regarding
legal support at the regional and
federal levels;
•Present practical examples of
successful commercialization of
innovative solutions;
•Address how to promote startup
projects with various instruments.
Videoconference-Training “How to Launch a Startup”
Time:
February 12, 2013
6 pm – 8 pm MSK
9 am – 11 am EST
7 am – 9 am MST
Locations:
Moscow (Russia)
Washington, DC (USA)
Boulder, Colorado (USA)
Moderator:
Samir Shakhbaz, U.S. Chief Editor,
Russian News Agency
“RIA Novosti”
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Participants
in the United States:
Participants in Russia:
•Oleg Fomichev,
Deputy Minister of Economic
Development of the Russian
Federation; Coordinator, Innovation
Working Group of the U.S.-Russia
Bilateral Presidential Commission,
•Heads of Russian Startups,
Entrepreneurs,
•Representatives of Innovation
Clusters,
•Technology Leaders.
•Lorraine Hariton, Special
Representative for Commercial and
Business Affairs, U.S. Department
of State; Coordinator, Innovation
Working Group of the U.S.-Russia
Bilateral Presidential Commission;
•Rinat Dosmukhamedov,
Russian Trade Representative
in the United States of America
•Randi Levinas, Executive Vice
President, U.S.-Russia Business
Council
•Evan Burfield, Chairman, Startup
DC (Washington, DC)
•Brad Feld, Managing Director,
Foundry Group (Boulder, CO)
Location:
•In Russian Federation - Technopark “Skolkovo”
•In the USA - Cisco Offices in Washington, DC and Boulder, CO
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Agenda:
Moscow (Russia) - Technopark “Skolkovo”, 100 Novaya Street, Skolkovo village, Odintsovsky
District, Moscow Region, Russia, 143025
Washington, DC (USA) - Cisco Office, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. North Building,
9th floor, Washington, DC 20004
Boulder, Colorado (USA) - Cisco Office, 5330 Airport Blvd, Boulder, CO 80301
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9:00 am* - 9:05 am
2
9:05 am – 9:10 am
Opening Remarks:
Samir Shakhbaz, U.S. Chief
Goals & Objectives. Introduction Editor, Russian News Agency
of Participants
“RIA Novosti”
Rinat
Dosmukhamedov,
Opening Remarks
Russian Trade Representative
by Co-Organizer
in the U.S.
Randi Levinas, Executive
Vice President, U.S.-Russia
Business Council
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9:10 am – 9:15 am
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9:15 am – 9:20 am
U.S. government policy in
the field of entrepreneurship
support, measures taken by the
U.S. administration to support
small business. U.S. government
programs that can be used by
Russian
entrepreneurs
who
expand their business to the U.S.
market
Remarks on the Russian Federal
Policies on innovation; programs
to support SMEs
Lorraine
Hariton,
Special
Representative for Commercial
and
Business
Affairs,
U.S. Department of State;
Coordinator,
Innovation
Working Group of the U.S.Russia Bilateral Presidential
Commission
Oleg Fomichev, Deputy Minister
of Economic Development
of the Russian Federation;
Coordinator, The Innovation
Working Group of the U.S.Russia Bilateral Presidential
Commission
* Boulder, Colorado (USA) starts at 7:00 am (MST)
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9:20 am – 9:35 am
Startup America / Startup DC: Evan
Burfield,
Chairman,
history,
mission,
activities; Startup DC (Washington, DC)
examples of startup support; U.S.
models and approaches
9:35 am – 9:55 am
Question-Answer Session
9:55 am –10:10 am Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Brad Feld, Managing Director,
Foundry Group (Boulder, CO)
10:10 am – 10:30 am Question-Answer Session
10:30 am - 11:00 am Closing Remarks
Samir Shakhbaz, U.S. Bureau
Chief Editor, Russian News
Agency “RIA Novosti”
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Speakers:
Lorraine Hariton, Special Representative, Commercial and Business
Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
Lorraine Hariton is the State Department’s Special Representative for
Commercial and Business Affairs (CBA), where she is responsible for
State Department outreach to the business community and commercial
advocacy efforts. She also chairs the U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Russia
Innovation Council on High Technologies (ICHT).
Throughout her 25-year private sector career, Ms. Hariton worked with
various technologies and products including mainframes, thin-client technology, e-commerce financial infrastructure, internet audio solutions and
speech applications. Most recently, Ms. Hariton worked on Smart Grid
initiatives including advanced metering and intelligent street lighting.
Ms. Hariton served as President and CEO of Apptera from 2003 to 2005,
where she brought their first product to market and raised $8 million in venture capital. She served as
the CEO of Beatnik from 1999 to 2002, where she repositioned the company as a leader in the wireless
industry and raised more than $40 million in venture capital. Ms. Hariton also spent 15 years at IBM
serving in a number of executive capacities.
Ms. Hariton received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Mathematical Sciences
from Stanford University.
Oleg Fomichev, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Development
of the Russian Federation.
Oleg Fomichev was appointed Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation in November 2010. Prior to this position,
he was Director of the Department of Strategic Management and Budgeting at
the Ministry from 2008 to 2010 and was an Advisor to Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina in 2008. Mr. Fomichev was Director of the Department of Economic Policy and
Competitiveness at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
from 2006 to 2008, and was the Director for Development at the Center
for Strategic Research from 2004 to 2006. Mr. Fomichev was Deputy
Director of the Department of Economic Development Programs and Cooperation with International Financial Organizations in the Ministry of
Economic Development and Trade from 2000 to 2004.
Mr. Fomichev holds a B.A. in Management from Nizhniy Novgorod State Technical University and an
M.A. in Economics from both the Higher School of Economics and Erasmus University (the Netherlands).
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Rinat Dosmukhamedov, Russian Trade Representative in the United States
of America.
Rinat Dosmukhamedov was appointed the Russian Trade Representative in the
United States in November 2011.
Mr. Dosmukhamedov started his career as the journalist in regional newspapers.
Later, he founded the Public and Government Relations Office at MGIMO-University and MGIMO Journalist Association and served as the first head of those
organizations. He was also one of the founders of the Russian Public Relations
PR Association.
During 1998 – 2005, Mr. Dosmukhamedov was Deputy Minister of Taxation
of the Russian Federation and was responsible for modernization and development of the Russian tax system. In 2005 – 2009, he was one of the executive
officers at News Outdoor Group (News Corp.) Before coming to the Russian Trade Representation, Mr.
Dosmukhamedov was Deputy General Manager of the Russian Transport Modernization Program at
Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation and also was Vice Rector at the Moscow Tax University.
Rinat Dosmukhamedov holds a M.A. in Political Science from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO-University).
In 2013 received Silver Archer Award USA as “Person of the Year”.
Evan Burfield, Chairman, Startup DC.
A serial entrepreneur, Evan Burfield is the cofounder of 1776, chairman of
Startup DC, and managing partner with K Street Capital.
Evan became an entrepreneur in 1996 when he founded netDecide, shortly
after graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
Before he turned 25, he built netDecide into the leading provider of enterprise
wealth management solutions for top tier financial service firms such as Bank
of America and Ernst & Young.
In 2005, Evan graduated with a First Class degree in Joint Honors Philosophy,
Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford. In parallel to his studies at
Oxford, Evan was also the Director of Strategy for Oakwood Global Finance, where he led the private
equity firm’s analyses of new global markets and new business models in financial services. In 2006,
Evan returned to Washington, D.C. to found Synteractive, a consulting firm that builds innovative social apps for startups, corporations, and government agencies. Synteractive was honored as #64 on the
2010 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in America and was named the 2010 Microsoft Federal
Partner of the Year for their innovative work in building Recovery.gov.
As chairman of Startup DC, part of the Startup America Partnership, Evan Burfield has pioneered bold
initiatives for expanding startup activity in these areas, such as K Street Capital and Reboot America.
Evan also works closely with aspiring entrepreneurs through venture acceleration within high schools.
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Randi B. Levinas, Executive Vice President, U.S.-Russia Business Council.
Randi Levinas is Executive Vice President at the U.S.-Russia Business
Council (USRBC). She provides strategic advice to USRBC members
to assist them in achieving their commercial objectives in Russia and
the United States and manages the Council’s government relations portfolio. Ms. Levinas successfully led the U.S. business community
effort for U.S. Congressional approval of Russia’s graduation from the
Jackson-Vanik amendment and extension of Permanent Normal Trade
Relations (PNTR) to Russia.
Before joining USRBC, Ms. Levinas worked at major international law
firms where she collaborated in the development of strategy for clients
involved in WTO disputes and advised foreign corporations and trade
associations with respect to their international trade agendas in the United
States market.
Ms. Levinas graduated Summa cum laude with a B.A. in International
Relations and Spanish from Tufts University and received an M.S. in Foreign Service, with a concentration in International Business-Government Relations, from Georgetown University.
Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group
Brad Feld has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur for over twenty
years. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture
Capital and Intensity Ventures. Brad is also a co-founder of TechStars.
Brad serves on the board of several companies for Foundry Group. Active
with several non-profit organizations, he is chair of the National Center for
Women & Information Technology, co-chair of Startup Colorado, and on the
board of Startup Weekend. Brad is a nationally recognized speaker on the
topics of venture capital investing and entrepreneurship and writes the blogs
StartupRev, Feld Thoughts and AsktheVC.
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Contact
Trade Representation of the Russian Federation
in the United States of America:
Oleg V. Slepov,
Deputy Trade Representative
slepov@rustradeusa.org
Ministry of Economic Development
of the Russian Federation:
Maksim A. Romanov,
Head of the Innovative Infrastructure Office,
Department of Innovative Development
RomanovMA@economy.gov.ru
LLC “Technopark “Skolkovo”:
Sergey Kurilov,
CEO
sk@sk.ru
U.S.-Russia Business Council:
Svetlana Minjack
Director, Communications & External Affairs
sminjack@usrbc.org
Cisco:
Alexey Goryachev,
agoryach@cisco.com
Anastasia Merkulova,
amerkulo@cisco.com
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