EYnovation™ EY Mass Expertise Week Day 3 - Antwerp

Our experts work together with a large number of startups and scale-ups, and are well connected within the ecosystem ranging from investors, incubators, the governement and other entrepreneurs.

We want to help you become successful and give you quick and easy access to a vast amount of topic experts, a large international network and resources normally only available to corporates with large budgets.

Below you can find the people with whom you can book your meetings with.

Can’t make it to Antwerp? Join us in Hasselt or Kortrijk!

Hasselt

Kortrijk

Too busy that week? Send us an email mentioning the type of expert you need and we’ll connect you!

Who are the experts?

JAN DE CLIPPELEER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - INNOVATION ENABLER
The Factory, ex-imec.istart, ex-Agfa, Serial Entrepreneur, Senior Intrapreneur, Startup Coach/Mentor

QUESTIONS ABOUT?
Business Model Innovation and Go2Market Strategy
International Software R&D Management
IT Service Management expertise in High Tech industries (Healthcare IT, Publishing,…)

JOHNNY WATERSCHOOT

SENIOR MANAGER - INNOVATION ENABLER
The Factory, ex-iMinds/imec, ex-Intel Capital, Startup Coach/Mentor

QUESTIONS ABOUT?
Business plans & Marketing Strategy
Pitching
Finding funding for your startup
Working with (corporate) investors

CEDRIC TEYSSEN

SENIOR CONSULTANT - INNOVATION ENABLER
The Factory, ex-Sales EMEIA Showpad

QUESTIONS ABOUT?
Foundations of a SaaS sales engine
Inbound & Outbound Prospecting
Managing the Sales Funnel
When and how to go international
Which commercial profiles to hire and how to compensate/retain them?

MELANIE CAPOCCIUTI

CONSULTANT
The Factory, EYnovation - Graphic Designer

QUESTIONS ABOUT?
Corporate Identity & Branding
Design & Conceptualization
Story Telling & Customer Experience

BRUIN BOURGOIS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
EY

QUESTIONS ABOUT?
Build your organization (design, organize, transition)
Leadership (yourself, lead people, do the right things, achieve results)

WOUTER WENDELEN

MANAGER
EY Subsidia

QUESTIONS ABOUT?
Identification of relevant government grants & incentives tailored to the stage you’re in;
Their role in a larger financing scheme;
Planning and scoping grant applications;
Eligibility requirements;

MICHAEL POLLET & SEPP BRANT

LAWYERS
EY Law

QUESTIONS ABOUT?
Contract questions (eg. Re: term sheets, NDAs, commercial agreements, shareholders’ agreements, etc.);
General corporate questions (eg. Re: incorporation of companies, corporate structures, corporate advise, etc.);
M&A and restructuring advice;
Co-founder issues;
General legal questions;

AISHA SARAF KOTHARI

MANAGER
The Factory - Business Development EYnovation & Founder of AISPI

QUESTIONS ABOUT?
Market entry strategy and commercial market positioning
How to create a business plan
Digital marketing

GLENN GEZELS

CONSULTANT EYNOVATION
The Factory - Business Development EYnovation

QUESTIONS ABOUT?
Investor Readiness
Lean Startup Methodology
Connecting to other Entrepreneurs

SOPHIE BLIECK

MANAGER & SHAUNI TAILDEMAN - SENIOR TAX CONSULTANT
People Advisory Services

QUESTIONS ABOUT?
Tax Effective Compensation Mechanisms
IP Remuneration for developers
Hiring employees
Withholding tax exemptions

GLORIA MATHYS

CONSULTANT
The Factory - Marketing - Former Googler

QUESTIONS ABOUT?
Marketing & Communications (Digital, Multilingual)
Community Management (Social Media & Strategy)
Content Curation (Copywriting, Site Management)

WOUT BODVIN

SENIOR CONSULTANT
Private Client Services

QUESTIONS ABOUT?
General wealth and succession planning
Capital structuring
Transfer of family businesses
Purchase of real estate and related notarial matters
Family Governance
Starter Charter

LIZE VANHOUDT & KATRIEN VAN BELLEGHEM

MANAGER & TRUSTED BUSINESS ADVISOR  & SENIOR MANAGER
ACR - Accounting, Compliance & Reporting

QUESTIONS ABOUT?
Figures, from accounting till reporting
How to optimize your financial administration
How to digitalize your financial administration

P.S.: Can't find the expert you need? Shoot us an email or provide feedback in the registration form so we can invite the right experts next time!

P.P.S: In case of a no show, we will have to charge 75 EUR per session booked.

This event is part of our program execution for VLAIO (Vlaams Agentschap voor Innoveren en Ondernemen) and is as such open to all Flanders-registered start-ups.

https://thefactory.works/start-ups-scale-ups/

For more information feel free to contact the EYnovation team