We are a next generation seed accelerator for technology startups, based in the heart of Silicon Valley. We connect entrepreneurs with a global network of seed investors, mentors and market entrance partners, and work with entrepreneurs to run their startups more effectively.

blackbox connect is an intense educational program for startups from around the world that want to dive into Silicon Valley's ecosystem.

We are already collecting applications for the April 2012 edition.

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blackbox connect // Nov 2011

Palo Alto, October 31st - November 5th, 2011

The first edition of blackbox connect was organized around the research from Startup Genome Project, which was conducted by blackbox together with Stanford and Berkeley faculty. CEOs, investors and executives who took part, came from Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Argentina.

Videos

Christine Herron, Intel Capital

David Hornik, August Capital

Speakers

Steve Blank
Steve Blank Stanford
Bill Draper
Bill Draper III Draper Richard
David Hornik
David Hornik August Capital
Saad Khan
Saad Khan CMEA Capital
Toni Schneider
Toni Schneider True Ventures
Christine Herron
Christine Herron Intel Capital
Daniel Zimmermann
Daniel Zimmermann Wilmer Hale
Neil Jacobstein
Neil Jacobstein Singularity University
Enrique Allen
Enrique Allen 500 Startups
Joachim Schwendenwein
Joachim Schwendenwein University of Graz
Andy Tsao
Andy Tsao Silicon Valley Bank
Burton Lee
Burton Lee Stanford University
Max Skibinsky
Max Skibinsky Inporia
Alex Moskalyuk
Alex Moskalyuk Facebook
Emil Eifrem
Emil Eifrem Neo4J
Ankit Gupta
Ankit Gupta Pulse
Rachel Pike
Rachel Pike Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Amit Garg
Amit Garg Norwest Venture Partners
Amit Garg
Josh Breinlinger SIGMA Partners