Siliconiran Forum 2016

Always, different and various ideas enter “the creative minds;” mostly flashed from ideas including solving a problematic issue, improving a method, or fixing a problem. But, does every single idea lead to a successful business? If I want to run an internationally successful business in my own country, will I do get successful? How can I find an idea fully compatible with Iran’s business ecosystem? The members in this panel will answer these questions.

The accelerators have been operating for about a decade. During the period, they have experienced different innovative and technological waves. In Iran, there are various accelerators whose leaders will talk about their experience in a panel in Iran Silicon. They will talk about the challenges they had when creating and managing an accelerator in unexperienced Iran. They will talk about government, other players’ positive role in creating a new business atmosphere here in this country. In addition, they will talk about entrepreneurial events and their role in accelerators’ operation in Iran.

After starting a business and spending time to make it meet growth, there is an inevitable step to be taken for the growth and the survival of the company; financing. What are your current financial solutions as well as methods of attracting the investment for your knowledge-based projects? To meet such a demand, should we invest on investment angels or venture capitalists; two section that have key role in providing the startups with required budget? Is there any other solutions? When is it good to take finance aid? What do the large innovative companies do to meet their financial demands? What is the best strategy and time for selling the shares of the company and how we can you provide the required capital in the best possible way? What should be considered for the Green Economy approach? Is our investment enough responsive to the Resistive Economy?

The innovative companies, for the sake of being regarded as a thought leader in their own domain, has no way but employing the best and the most capable employees; those creative and energetic people who can constantly suggest brainy solutions. How can you convert such people to a value? How can you use the pure knowledge and innovations wandering outside your company’s wall? Our members in this panel will talk about the methods, challenges here in this domain.

The domestic entrepreneurs should not limit their minds and think about selling their products within the borders of this country, only. What opportunities have been created in post-sanction era in Iran? How can we develop Iran’s domestic market in other countries, especially in the neighboring ones? Is the competiveness the “only” option? What are the solutions that can make us assure that you can probably win the hearts and minds in international market despite the presence of powerful and experienced rivals? In case of exporting Iranian products and goods, what are the capacities and advantages of neighboring and Islamic countries in the regard? What are the environmental consequences of your business?

The dynamic and creative environments meet the changes in a non-stop way. The sheer part of this change is rooted in the creativeness and innovativeness of human capital of a company. Creating an environment where innovators can find the required appetite for working enthusiastically is the necessary thing for such a trend to be continued. Providing employees with required attractiveness and a friendly atmosphere are among the things you can do to make sure that such a trend will constantly continue in years ahead. In this panel, the speakers will talk about the challenges, and the solutions as well as the ethical aspects of the business.