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SCALEit is blessed with great mentors and an inspiring network that will welcome, host and help our SCALEit participants through their stay in Silicon Valley. Let us introduce you to some of the profiles that will be mentors and advisors on the program.

Steve Blank, serial-entrepreneur, author, lecturer, board member at Startup Weekend.

Bill Joos, principal at Go To Market Consulting, former VP at Garage Technology Ventures.

Jeff Sneider, founder and president at Startwings, partner with Progression Partners.

Paul Bragiel, Managing Partner at IO Ventures, Advisor & Investor at p5 llc

Elias Bizannes, director at Charles River Ventures, founder of StartupBus,

Fadi Bishara, founder of Blackbox, board member at MIT/Stanford Venture Lab, CEO of TechVenture

Scott Engler, co-founder and CRO of LongBoard Media

Mikkel Svane, co-founder og CEO of Zendesk

Torsten Kolind, co-founder and CTO at YouNoodle.

Martin Frid-Nielsen, co-founder and CEO of SoonR

Christian Birk, founder of Endomondo

Kasper Hulthin, co-founder of Podio

Jens C. Andersen, CEO of Invarian

Testimonials

Startups are no longer a US-centric phenomenon. The Danish SCALEit initiative that connects Danish tech startups with Silicon Valley is another example of a creative way to tap into the Silicon Valley ecosystem to start a technology cluster in Denmark. — Steve Blank, Serial Entrepreneur and Silicon Valley legend

Did you improve or optimize your business because of SCALEit? A more refined business model, a sharper pitch, validation of our global potential, invaluable contacts and a finetuning of our ambition level. — SCALEit participant

Did you improve or optimize your business because of SCALEit? Absolutely. We're far more focused on our core product now and have a far more structured roadmap laid out for at least the next 6-12 months. — SCALEit participant

Did you improve or optimize your business because of SCALEit? Yes! We learnt a lot in terms of scalability of our products and have changed our strategy after SCALEit. Now going after bigger markets! — SCALEit participant

As a tech startup you must build relations to Silicon Valley if you want to create a global footprint. With the most important tech partners plus 1/3 of the world’s venture capital, the place is an epicenter for entrepreneurs. — Juha Christensen, Partner in Sunstone Capital

It’s important to be present on the US market. Even though Danish startups can do outreach from Denmark, you won’t be a part of the ecosystem of partners, users and investors before you setup here. — Christian Birk, Co-founder of Endomondo

If you have ambitions to build a globalt tech company, there is no better place than San Francisco and Silicon Valley. No other place can you find a similar critical mass of capital, talent, experience and determination. — Mikkel Svane, Co-founder and CEO of Zendesk

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