Origin Stories: Will Riga be a startup city?

Please join us at the next Origin Stories event, where we will look for the secret ingredients for startup success! REGISTER for the event here: https://goo.gl/SSLH9n ORIGIN STORIES VOL III: WILL RIGA BE A STARTUP CITY? In partnership with Latvijas Mobilais Telefons 18.30 Open doors 19:00 Welcome by Marija Rucevska, CEO of TechChill 19:10 Discussion: WILL RIGA BE A STARTUP CITY? Today, cities and countries in Europe and around the world are actively competing to attract the greatest minds, brightest talents and most innovative companies that create high value-added products and services. Does Riga have the potential to become a regional startup and technology hub? Does a strong city brand help startups and IT companies looking at global markets? What are the roles of business, infrastructure, and policymakers to make it happen? Participants will discuss the current opportunities, challenges, barriers, and advantages of Riga as a global startup city. Introduction & moderated by Ingmārs Pūķis, Latvijas Mobilais Telefons Participants: Raimonds Aleksejenko, LR Ekonomikas Ministrija Kristaps Skutelis, TestDevLab Alina Dolmate, Vividly Mārtiņš Vaivars, Toneboard Rūdolfs Krese, ZGI Capital 19:50 Q&A If you have some questions for our participants, now is the time! 19:55 TechChill Quiz Be prepared to answer a few tricky questions about startups and LMT, and you just might be the lucky one to get a free pass to the biggest and coolest tech event around, afterparties included. 20.00 Networking continues with free beer & startup talks! See you there! Entrance is free, but spaces are limited - so please register. ****REGISTER HERE: https://goo.gl/SSLH9n **** ---------------------------------------------------- TechChill Origin Stories is a series of warm-up events that will aim to look at the necessary ingredients for startup success, focusing on the real-life entrepreneurship experiences at the core of TechChill 2018 agenda. The series will be organized together with partners and key stakeholders in the Latvian startup ecosystem. Get your TechChill 2018 pass: techchill.co/pass