Visiting Scholar at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
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I'm an EU-guy working in Silicon Valley and a Valley-guy working in Europe on innovation & entrepreneurship, with a strong affection for clean tech. I love kickstarting new stuff and teaching.
Kickstarting new stuff is what I do best, especially on the cross roads of startups, innovation and building innovation ecosystems. Some of the things I started:
• www.ClimateLaunchpad.eu, probably the worlds largest competition for clean tech business ideas. 28 countries, >750 applications, >300 startups trained
• Climate-KIC Startup Accelerator, with to date around 500 startups enrolled and >200 M€ attracted in funding
• Dutch Innovation Platform for (and chaired by) the Dutch Prime Minister, de...