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SUMMARY:Pitch Arena #3 - Enterprise Apps 2009
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091029T173000Z
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LOCATION:University Antwerp Management School
DESCRIPTION:Pitch Arena is one of the few networking events in the Benelu
 x for seed and \nearly stage founders. The evening event highlights the 
 newest ideas and \ncutting-edge businesses\, helping our innovators gain
  traction among their \npeers.\nIn the arena we have:\nA panel on "Ventu
 ring USA"\nThe USA remains thé most important market for ICT and interne
 t companies. \nEspecially\, the valley is a magnet for entrepreneurs fro
 m all over the \nworld. A crowded place filled with entrepreneurial indi
 viduals. For any \nstart-up it has resources\, capital\, talent and acce
 ss to the early adopter \nmarket\, i.e. clients. Being among other entre
 preneurs keeps the \nentrepreneur's mind sharp. But is it easy for a Bel
 gian start-up to get a \nfoothold in the golden valley? Are these resour
 ces easily available for \nWestern European entrepreneurs? What makes Be
 lgian entrepreneurs tick to go \nto the US and claim their position in t
 his fiercely competitive \nenvironment?\nAny start-up will benefit from 
 the findings and experiences shared by this \npanel of 2 Belgian entrepr
 eneurs running a venture capital backed business \nand the succesful ser
 ial etrepreneur Bart Becks. All of them are very \nactive in the US or a
 re even living there.\nFilip Tack (BE)\, CEO of Nomadesk \, "The easiest
  and most secure way to \nshare\, sync and backup business critical file
 s"\nFelix van de Maele (BE)\, CEO of Collibra "Tangible Solutions for yo
 ur \nBusiness Semantics"\nBart Becks (BE)\, serial entrepreneur\, curren
 tly co-founder at Glechar Music \nVentures\n4 Start-up pitches\nSome fre
 sh start-ups from Belgium/Netherlands that have just launched \npromisin
 g start-ups and need your help to build traction! Come and support \nyou
 r peers!\nDirk Stevens\, founder Wondergraphs (BE)\nPieter Wuyts\, 8Seco
 nds (BE)\nStefan Borsje\, co-founder PressDoc (NL) "Interactive online p
 ress releases \nfor companies\, organizations and individuals"\nBart v L
 oon\, co-founder\, TheDataTank (BE)\n===================================
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