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”There is only one startup event that I always attend. It's Startup Day!”

- Ted Valentin (Founder, Knackeriet)

”You don't have to be first to be best, but Startup Day was the first and managed to remain the best. One place to meet all disciplines!”


Maral Kalajian

Marketing


"I have been going to SUD since they started, it was the forum that helped me realise that becoming an entrepreneur was a reality and not just a crazy dream that never would be possible to achieve as a mere mortal."

- Pranav Kosuri, Co-founder & CCO at Shortcut Labs AB

”I’ve never seen anything like this and I’ve attended many events throughout the world. This is by far the most direct, straight to the point event that I’ve ever attended”

- York Zucchi, entrepreneur

”There is such a great energy and you have a long tradition of startup founders here”

-Ghita Wallin, Head of Partnerships at Slush

AGENDA

Full Program Startup Day 

Studio 1

11.00 Welcome
Rasmus Rahm, Excecutive Director: SSES & Maddy Savage, Moderator

11:10 Sydney Lai, Head of Business: Audacy
How to build hard sh!t - from space startups to virtual reality

11:30 Sofia Appelgren, Founder: Mitt liv
The world is changing. Can Sweden keep up?

11:50 Elina Berglund Scherwitzl, Co-Founder: Natural Cycles
Fail to give up- the power of tenacity in groundbreaking research and building a startup

12:10 – 13:40 Lunch Break | Food Trucks

12:40 Lunch Break Activity: The Pitch Pit, an open-mic-style pitching track with a spontaneous chance to listen to other pitches, then a spontaneous chance to pitch your idea or startup, and then a chance to spontaneously judge others! Experience the full circle of the Pitch Pit.  Moderated by Alberto Corti: SSES, judged by Ulf Ericsson: SSES Campus, Maral Kalajian: ‎Watty.io, Andreas Saari: Wave Ventures.

13:40 Nikolaj Køster, VP of Commercial: Spiri
The future of shared, electric urban mobility

14:00 Niklas Laninge, Founder: Daily bits of
Three dysfunctions of a startup

14:20 Malin Bobeck, Smart textile artist
Future of fiber - Connecting people through art using textile that connect

14:40 Coffee  break

15:20 Filip Lundin, Founder: Sopköket
There is no competition

15:40 Andreas Saari & Anton Backman, Founders: Wave Ventures
How to tell your own story

16:00 Shahan Lilja, Founder: Mavenoid
Amplifying Intelligence: Rise of the Humans

16:20 Coffee Break

16:50 Linn Frisinger & Nadja Forsberg, Founders: Swedish Stockings
Stitching a tear in the textile industry

17:10 George Gachara, Co-Director: The Nest
Role of arts and creativity as a progressive enabler for startups

17:30 Moderator wraps up the day


Studio 2

11:30 Pre Pitch Pit Workshop
One hour Pitching Workshop with the best pitching coaches from Slush, SUP46, STING and Wave Ventures! Good pitching takes good practice - prepare for the Pitch Pit! Learn how to write and structure your pitch and train how to pitch on a real stage before you meet the jury! Joining the workshop does not mean you have to join the Pitch Pit. First come, first served.

12:40 SSES Skills Workshop: Sell Early, Sell Lean
In a fast-paced entrepreneurial landscape, you need the tools and knowledge to reach customers and sell products, early. This Toolbox shows you how to sell your product before you have a product. Lead by Oytun Yildirimdemir & Theresia Silander Hagström from eatit.io. First come, first served.

13:50 SSES Skills Talk: Intro to Online Marketing
Skills learned in this talk: Basic knowledge of online marketing and online marketing strategies. Learn how to take a strategic approach to paid and unpaid marketing and to choose the right marketing channels based on your type of business. Learn how to reason around ad creative, video ads and understand the mechanics of virality. Lead by Adam Peleg from START podcast. First come, first served.

15:00 -17:30   The Castle Lecture and Hangout
Jesper Lindmarker & Daniel Brooks - Next stage organizations
A 45 min lecture on individual and organisational development, participatory culture and building a Castle next to the royal castle that disrupts our view of what work life is.
The Castle Hangout - Experience a different way of working
Don't just listen to us, join us after the lecture! Meet some of our members and participate in what we believe to be the future of work. We are a co-working space practicing participatory culture.


The Cave: Life Science Focus Track
This track is moderated by Emma Lindahl, Service & UX Designer: Valtech

13:40 Jesper Ericsson, Director of Sales and Marketing: BioLamina
Building for the better of mankind – the stem cell revolution

14:00 Sofia Svanteson, Founder: Ocean Observations
From idea to beta

14:20 Coffee break                               

15:20 Giulia Gaudenzi, Phd student: Karolinska Institutet
Life science for health equity

15:40 Mohammed Homman, Founder: Vironova
Entrepreneurship and Passion for innovation

17:40 After Party!

Pre Pitch Pit 

Workshop One hour Pitching Workshop with the best pitching coaches from SlushSUP46STING and Wave Ventures! Starting 11:30 in Studio 2. Good pitching takes good practice - prepare for the Pitch Pit! Learn how to write and structure your pitch and train how to pitch on a real stage before you meet the jury! Joining the workshop does not mean you have to join the Pitch Pit.

The Pitch Pit

Look out for the Pitch Pit starting 12:40 in Studio 1, an open-mic-style pitching track with a spontaneous chance to listen to other pitches, then a spontaneous chance to pitch your idea or startup, and then a chance to spontaneously judge others! Experience the full circle of the Pitch Pit. Maximum 3 min / pitch.

Moderated by Alberto Corti: SSES,  judged by Ulf Ericsson: SSES Campus, Maral Kalajian: ‎Watty.io, Andreas Saari: Wave Ventures.


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Speakers

Maddy Savage

Moderator

Main Stage

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Shahan Lilja

Founder: Mavenoid

Amplifying Intelligence: Rise of the Humans

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Sydney Lai

Head of Business: Audacy

How to build hard sh!t - from space startups to virtual reality

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George Gachara

Co-director: The NEST

Role of arts and creativity as a progressive enabler for startups

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Gustaf Josefson

Rise of the digital Nervous system

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Dr. Elina Berglund Scherwitzl

Co-founder: Natural Cycles

Fail to give up - the power of tenacity in groundbreaking research and building a startup

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Niklas Laninge

Founder: Daily Bits Of

Three dysfunctions of a startup

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Sofia Appelgren

Founder: Mitt Liv

The world is changing. Can Sweden keep up? 

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Nikolaj Køster

VP of Commercial: Spiri

The future of shared, electric urban mobility

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Malin Bobeck

Smart textile artist

Future of fiber - Connecting people through art using textile that connect

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Filip Lundin

Founder: Sopköket

There is no competition

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Andreas Saari & Anton Backman

Founders: Wave Ventures

How to tell your own story

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Emma Lindahl

Moderator

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Mohammed Homman

Founder: Vironova

Entreprenurship and Passion for innovation

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Giulia Gaudenzi

PhD student: Karolinska Institutet

Life science for health equity

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Sofia Svanteson

Founder: Ocean Observations

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Jesper Ericsson

Director of Sales and Marketing: BioLamina AB

Building for the better of mankind – the stem cell revolution

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Theresia Silander Hagström & Oytun Yildirimdemir

Workshop Leaders

Sell Early, Sell Lean

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Adam Peleg

Skills Talk Leader

Intro to Online Marketing

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Jesper Lindmarker & Daniel Brooks

The Castle Lecture

Next stage organizations

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