Silicon Valley Experience 2016

Boardman is organizing this coming September 10.-17.9.2016 a unique trip opportunity to San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

The previous week long innovation excursion trips to Silicon Valley have received excellent feedback from participants. The coming program is not only aimed towards growth entrepreneurs but is also being complemented with an ”executive track” geared towards larger companies top level management. Our local Boardman partner, Risto Lähdesmäki, is the official Silicon Valley trip host.

Trip Itinerary

The trips itinerary is built keeping in mind the participant’s needs and wishes and taking advantage of the contacts found within the Boardman network. The itinerary includes but is not limited the following:

• Welcome to the Valley introduction- whats hot and whats not!
• Company visit’s in Silicon Valley to Finnish companies, local growth companies as well as global corporations
• Themed round table discussions
• University and research center visits (for example Stanford, Berkley)
• Familiarization with Start-up accelerators and funding possibilities
• Pitching workshops and opportunities, for example PnP Fall Expo
• Common seminars, events and evening get-togethers with local entrepreneurs, leaders, organizations and other influential actors
• Completely unique meetings, contacts and networking as well as learning possibilities. 

Read about the past Silicon Valley Experience trip:

• Merja Karhapää, Why Sillicon valley?
• Susanna Rantanen, Facebookin käänteinen johtamiskulttuuri
  
• Lauri Järvilehto, Suomi tarvitsee Piilaakson henkeä 
• Juha Harju, Rakentakaamme Suomesta Pohjolan Piilaakso
• Yrjö Närhinen, Positiivinen etunoja, kasvun kierre ja uutuuden nälkä – oppeja Piilaaksosta
• Ville Iho, Maailmaa muuttuu kiihtyvällä vauhdilla
• Jaana Rosendahl, Piilaaksosta meidät erottaa ”Suo, Kuokka ja Jussi”
• Katri Harra-Salonen, Tulevaisuus on jo täällä, se vain ei ole jakautunut tasapuolisesti
• Tommi Rasila, #cando #payitforward #thinkbig
• Jaana Rosendahl,  Asiakastalous on jo täällä – Valitset sen tai et
• Tuomas Syrjänen, A deeper understanding of Silicon Valley 
• Markko Vaarnas, Takeaways from Silicon Valley – Do’s and Dont’s for aspiring startups
• Juha Harju, Yrityskulttuuriin Piilakson asennetta
• Matti Copeland, Piilakson vahvuus on halu ja uskallus kokeilla ja unelmoida – ei vatulointi 

Companies visited last year:

• PwC
• NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Center
• BetterDoctor
•  Idean
• Nordic Innovation House
• Yahoo
• Bitbar
• SalesForce
• Kaiser Research Center
• SRI International
• Standford University
• Facebook
• Pandora
• Goodwin Procter LLP
• Bryan Cave
• Tekes Silicon Valley
• Google

Program Package

package fee: 2500€ + alv 24%

Included in the package is the above mentioned visits and itinerary, dining, event tickets and local transportation. Please note! Registration can only be done to the Growth Company track! Participation in the Executive track is by invite only. You can register via the link found below.

SOLD OUT! If you are interested, please contact Taru Lindeman, taru.lindeman(a)boardman.fi

Travel and Accomodation arrangements

We will reserve group flights and accommodations according to the current registration status. More information about these arrangements will be published shortly.

Each participant also has the option to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements, but then is responsible for arranging their own local transportation to join the group.

Please note: The number of trip participants is limited!

Testimonials

”The trip was very well organized and exceeded all my expectations- I could never have believed that for such an agenda there would be such top quality speakers, top level business leaders and opinion leaders. And to top it all off there were also local Finnish start-ups and companies that spent time with us and shared their stories. All trip logistics and scheduling worked wonderfully.”– Mikko Leinonen, Vice President, Head of Customer Experience Management, Tieto

”The participants on the trip formed very close bonds. New doors for opportunities were opened to this group of people ranging from access to new customers, to starting joint projects together to creating supporting relations as friends, sparring partners and business partners. The visits on the trip and guest speakers were very high profiled and having the opportunity to meet, get to know and network with them was a one-off experience. Now I have several doors to go knocking on.”- Susanna Rantanen, Founder, Emine & Hee.bo

”Fantastic trip, nothing more to add or to take away! I think all Finnish growth entrepreneurs should visit Silicon Valley at least once in their life. I still get the tingling sensation when I think back to how awesome the trip was.” – Teemu Malinen, Chief Executive Officer, Sofokus Oy

Pictures

Click HERE to browse through the pictures from last year’s trip.