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GIST ALGERIA STARTUP

BOOT CAMP
ALGIERS, ALGERIA
July 14-15, 2012

LEARN. CONNECT. SUCCEED.


The GIST Startup Boot Camp is an intense two day interactive training and mentoring event designed to
spark innovative thinking and trigger the creation of new startup ideas among promising entrepreneurs
in the ICT, ENERGY, HEALTHCARE, and AGRICULTURE sectors. In Indonesia we are also pleased to offer
workshops targeting business professionals, executives, mentors and journalists.

WHAT ?
WHY YO U

Because you are innovative, resilient and dedicated to starting technology-based companies.

Saturday, July 14
GIST Startup Boot Camp
WHO: Innovators looking to turn technology
ideas into new companies

Sunday, July 15
GIST Mentoring Sessions & Venture Pitch Competition
WHO: Technology entrepreneurs who want

to take their tech startups to the next level

LEARN:

Learn from expert investors, educators and entrepreneurs including:


Val Livada Senior Lecturer at Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
discusses starting your company and writing an executive summary
Scott Hartley Mohr Davidow mobile and consumer internet venture capitalist
gives an investors perspective to improve startup pitches
Jeff Hoffman Co-found of Priceline.com shares his experience as a serial entrepreneur
Ovidiu Bujorean MIT & Harvard alum shares the practical skill of building your professional network

CONNECT:

NETWORK with the best and the brightest entrepreneurial minds from West Africa & the U.S.
BUILD relationships with your peers and future business partners

SUCCEED:

Entrepreneurs pitch your ideas to investors and compete for a trip to the U.S. to network with and learn from entrepreneurs,
investors and other business experts from Boston, Silicon Valley, New York City and Washington, DC
Mentors strengthen the skills needed to nurture the next generation of technology entrepreneurs of your country

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About GIST: The GIST Initiative builds entrepreneurial ecosystems in 43 countries across
the Middle East, Africa and South and Central Asia by identifying, coaching and funding
promising entrepreneurs through its competitions, start-up acceleration services, online
social media platform and interactive mentorship programs. GIST is funded by the U.S.
Department of State and implemented by CRDF Global. www.gistinitiative.org

About Algerian Startup Initiative: Algerian Startup Initiative is a platform that promotes the
creation of technology startups between Algeria and the USA, in the fields of innovation
and entrepreneurship. Through its mentoring and networking capabilities ASIs hopes to
bridge entrepreneurs abroad with Algerian entrepreneurs for sharing their experience
with business plan generation, patenting, fund raising, HR management, marketing and
partnerships.

GIST Startup Boot Camp Speaker Biographies


Scott Hartley -Venture Capitalist, Mohr Davidow Ventures
Scott Hartley is an early stage technology investor at Mohr Davidow Ventures, a Sand Hill Road
venture capital firm in Menlo Park, California. MDV was founded in 1983, and has $2 billion invested
across companies in the web/mobile, clean-tech, and healthcare sectors.
Prior to venture capital Hartley worked for Google, Facebook, and Harvard Universitys Berkman
Center for Internet and Society. At Google he spent a year in India launching two operations teams, and
lectured on entrepreneurship for Google.org in Africa. Hartley has experience at the U.S. State
Department, where he worked for the Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, at the U.N.
Development Program, and at the White House, where he worked with the National Economic Council on issues of U.S.
economic policy.
Hartley holds his B.A. from Stanford University, his M.A. in International Affairs and his M.B.A. in Economics and
Finance from Columbia University.
Jeff Hoffman - Co-founder of Priceline
Jeff Hoffman is perhaps best known as a founder and CEO in the Priceline.com family of
companies, where Mr. Hoffman led the development and launch of Pricelines consumer
company (Priceline YardSale). Hoffman also served as an executive in Walker Digital, the parent
company of Priceline and one of the countrys most innovative creators of intellectual property
and new business models.
Hoffman is an accomplished entrepreneur and innovator in the fields of Internet, e-commerce,
and entertainment. Having launched his first software company while still a student at Yale
University, Hoffman has founded and grown a series of successful startup companies in his career, guiding his companies
to both acquisitions and public offerings. Mr. Hoffman is currently a founder and partner in ColorJar, a venture
accelerator firm that helps entrepreneurs and small business owners launch and grow new business ventures. In this
capacity, Mr. Hoffman works as a virtual CEO with startup companies all over the world to help turn great ideas into pro
fitable businesses.
Valentin Livada - Senior Lecturer in the Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
Val Livada founded Weybridge Partners in 1996 as a network of formal and informal associations
of practitioners and organizations focused on the creation of innovation ecosystems. The network
includes business and technology consultants, venture capitalists and angel investors, academics,
entrepreneurs, and lawyers in the United States and abroad. Livada brings 30 years of consulting
experience to his clients. Prior to establishing Weybridge Partners, he was the leading
practitioner in the area of innovation management for the PA Consulting Group.
In 2006, Livada helped found Nanonexis, an organization dedicated to the convergence of
nanotechnology and the built environment, and Boston Instruments, a group consolidating
emerging companies in the molecular spectroscopy sector. Livada holds an SB from MIT and an
MA and a PhD from Tufts University.
Gibs Song Principal, Main-Aquila Consulting
Gibs Song has over 25 years of experience from universities, startups and global companies in three
different countries. He has been focusing on startup activities during the past 3 years, gaining
insights into the failures and successes of a variety of companies. With diverse experience ranging
from technology development, strategic planning and executive management to venture investing,
Gibs is a founder, investor and advisor for 8 startups. Gibs has held positions including Project
Manager (Electric Vehicle Research Program) at the Electrochemical Science and Technology
Center at the University of Ottawa, Director of US Operations for Samsung Advanced Institute of
Technology, and remains Senior Consultant to Cheil Industries (Samsung company) since 2009 and
Executive Advisor to Palo Alto Research Center (Xerox company) since 2010. Gibs is an avid golfer, and enjoys
motorcycling and traveling.

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