Legal Bridge to Silicon Valley
Audience This program is designed for professionals seeking to enhance their business and legal expertise from the hand of top Bay Area leaders: Lawyers or legal professionals interested in deepening their knowledge related to innovation, entrepreneurship & startups and best practices in legal and business activities. Entrepreneurs interested in understanding how to use their relationship with lawyers to their advantage, to help meet their business goals. Business Professionals seeking inspiration to redirect their career. Silicon Valley may 2017 5 intensive days ENGLISH
Legal Bridge to Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is the world s innovation hub, home to many of the world s largest technology corporations, as well as thousands of small startup companies. It is an area renowned for its fast growth, and global reference of best practices in innovation and business development. Silicon Valley also hosts some of the world s most innovative legal practices lawyers who work there have to deal with unusual situations every single day. As new businesses, products and services emerge, new rules & regulations need to be drafted as the legal system adapts to innovation. Legal Bridge to Silicon Valley is a program designed to teach best business & legal practices to lawyers and entrepreneurs, to meet current and future challenges as a team. Participants will understand how to better exploit the relationship between business and legal professionals to meet their business objectives, while gaining an overall vision of the Silicon Valley ecosystem whilst building their network with valuable industry leaders. This 5 day program is held in Silicon Valley. Rather than traditional classroom lectures, the group of participating executives will hold meetings with business leaders from dynamic companies, industry frontrunners, startups, venture capitalists and law firms. I invite you to join us in the 3rd intake of this unique program that will represent a turning point in your career! Marti Manent, Program Director
3 Reasons to Attend the Program Legal Bridge to Silicon Valley 360 View of Silicon Valley: I n 5 days you will have exclusive meetings with Silicon Valley professionals working in a variety of areas: fast growing companies, industry frontrunners, startups, venture capitalists and law firms. Meetings will be held in their offices, allowing participants to get a clear understanding of how they conduct their business. Legal Bridge provided me with a 360 degree view of business making in the Silicon Valley, not just from a legal standpoint, but from a variety of perspectives. From startups in their early stages to giants of the industry, from angel investors to high profile venture capital companies and law firms, I experienced first-hand how businesses operate and how deals flow in this unique, one of a kind location. Additionally, having the chance to meet other peers with similarinterests was absolutely priceless and provided me with new ideas and hugely expanded my network of contacts. 1 Past LB2SV intakes have included meetings with: Aaron Moses, People Engagement Manager at Facebook Alvaro Ramos, Legal Director at Cisco Systems Belinda Johnson, General Counsel at Airbnb Bernardo Hernandez, CEO of Flickr Bill Reichert, Managing Director of Garage Ventures Bruce Ives, SVP & Deputy GC at Hewlett-Packard Dennis Herrera, City Attorney of City and County of San Francisco Dr. Roland Vogl, Executive Director of CODEX, Stanford Law School Jackeline Hernandez, VP Operations of PlugandPlay Joanna Rees, Venture Capitalist John Bautista, Partner at Orrick Mark Cameron White, Partner at White Summers Matthew Gubiotti, Litigation Counsel at Google Miguel Valls, Angel Investor Henry Ward, CEO & Co-founder of Eshares Owen Byrd, Chief Evangelist Officer of Lex Machina Phil Malone, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School Flavio Picchi, Founder of StartDireito
3 Reasons to Attend the Program 2 Legal Bridge to Silicon Valley Valuable Networking: The group of participants is small and carefully selected, so that they are able to conduct meaningful, high quality conversations amongst themselves and with the contributors they meet therefore creating valuable contacts that may prevail in the future within participants professional networks. Also, participants will be coached throughout the program as to how to effectively present themselves to industry leaders and create a lasting first impression. As someone who has devoted his professional and academic life to the study of social networks and among others their impact on investments in the startup ecosystem, I was very positively surprised by the outstanding program that IE put together to provide relevant insights into the Silicon Valley. The visits at Stanford University, at relevant startups, regulators and investors alike helped me to better connect the dots. Personalization: Each meeting will be driven by the outcomes of the program and will consist of active interaction with speakers, rather than typical lectures. To make it personalized to your own objectives, once you are enrolled we will send you a survey so that meetings can be tailored. Prior to the start of the program, we will send you the list of speakers with information about them, so you can prepare questions. 3 IE s team was very professional and customer oriented with a clear focus on quality interactions and gave our group, in just a few days, a very good understanding of the dynamics and their relevance for the rest of the world. Muchas gracias for a unique experience, and see you all again next year! Dr Murat Ünal, Founder and Chief Executive of SONEAN, http://www.sonean.com
Legal Bridge to Silicon Valley Outcomes of the Program Following completion of this program, participants should be able to: 1. Understand how lawyers can be ideal partners for entrepreneurs in an innovative environment. 1. Lawyers will gain an innovative perspective about how to communicate better with their entrepreneurial clients to help them meet their objectives. 2. E ntrepreneurs will understand how to get the best results from their legal service providers. 2. Have a clear vision of how companies operate in the Bay Area, how market forces, trends and best practices influence their decisions, and what they perceive as current and future challenges and opportunities. 3. Be able to build valuable relationships and networks in Silicon Valley, through newly acquired contacts during the program. 4. Understand what problem-solving, organizational, and professional skills are needed to succeed in an innovative environment like Silicon Valley. 5. H ave an effective personal elevator pitch to introduce themselves in any business meeting or networking event. 6. Gain inspiration to change / improve their careers: 1. A fter LB2SV, 30% of participants have started their own businesses. 2. A fter LB2SV, 60% of participants who have kept their jobs have reported improvements thanks to the outcomes of the program. 3. A ll participants have expressed gaining valuable insight from being exposed to market leaders during the program. I had the privilege of joining the Legal Bridge to Silicon Valley in the 1st Intake. It exceeded my expectations and exposed me to many fields, such as startups support, ecosystem from entrepreneurship, legal frameworks, success stories, in addition to a great networking opportunity. I think this is a golden opportunity for anyone aiming to become an entrepreneur, or to simply, get inspired. Omar Shabaan, General Manager, Business Development at Healthcare Development Holding Co.
Program Content Legal Bridge to Silicon Valley INTRODUCTION YOUR JOURNEY TO SILICON VALLEY What to expect? Setting goals and expectations Sharing your goals and expectations Putting Silicon Valley in perspective: why is it the place for Innovation? Most relevant places in Silicon Valley, from San Francisco to San José. LAW FIRMS Contrast between legal needs of startups and big companies - Overview of a typical big IT Transaction of an established company - Overview of small entrepreneurial transactions Dealing with intellectual property & patent issues The importance of NDAs and investment legal procedures Legal Innovation START UPS AND INFLUENTIAL INSTITUTIONS Startup legal needs Intellectual Property Strategy in Tech Startups Best Innovation Practices Talent management in a startup How companies with disruptive business models solve legal problems Stanford University & CODEX San Francisco Government. VENTURE CAPITALISTS & BUSINESS ANGELS Understanding the role of investors The difference between VCs and Business Angels Picking where to invest: how to choose the million dollar idea Approaching VCs and Business Angels THE GIANTS Intellectual property strategy Patent Trolls & patent legal issues Best Innovation Practices Talent Management in big companies How to survive in a world of constant innovation INCUBATORS Who should start in an incubator? How are startups chosen by incubators? Legal implications NETWORKING Creating your personal Elevator Pitch Networking event with Bay Area professionals. INTRODUCTION YOUR JOURNEY TO SILICON VALLEY What to expect? Setting goals and expectations Sharing your goals and expectations Putting Silicon Valley in perspective: why is it the place for Innovation? Most relevant places in Silicon Valley, from San Francisco to San José. LEARNINGS AND CONCLUSIONS Putting learnings in perspective Setting future goals
DATES May 22 th 26t h, 2017 Visits will be held every day from 8.00 am to 7.00pm aprox. Evenings will be free time PLACE Silicon Valley, California FEES & FINANCIAL AID the tuition fee is 5.800. it includes program materials, breakfasts, lunches, private transportation within the Bay area and Hotel. evenings will be free time and open for participants. Participants in this program are eligible to apply for a number of financing options to fund their program. Among these alternatives, particular mention may be made of installment payments, external loan financing and scholarships. To learn more about these opportunities, visit IE s Financial Aid website: www.ie.edu/financialaid INFORMATION ADMISSION PROCESS Please note that the size of the intake is restricted and that participants undertake a selection process designed to ensure that they will be able both to contribute and to gain full value from the program. This comprises the following steps. 1. Application The admissions process starts upon your submission of the online application which you can find in our website: http://www.ie.edu/execed/legal-bridge-to-silicon-valley- 2. Personal Interview with the Program Director CONTACT Ana Ruth Marenghini- Program Manager Email: AnaRuth.Marenghini@ie.edu Phone: +34 915.689.782 ie Law School Executive Education Email: lawschool.execed@ie.edu Phone: +34 91 568 97 82 / +34 91 568 98 23 http:// www.execed.ie.edu/law Castellón de la Plana, 8 28006 - Madrid Follow us: www.twitter.com/ielaw
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