Entrepreneur Immersion Program
HyeTech EIP 2022
July 15-24, 2022 Los Angeles and Silicon Valley
10
Days
15
Participants
30+
Sessions
10
Visits
Participant startups
Zegashop
a SaaS eCommerce builder platform, which is built to load fast, convert and scale eCommerce sales quickly.
Wirestock
Wirestock is the easiest way to sell content online. We help creators sell on the largest stock content marketplaces from a single place.
Uteach
Uteach is an all-in-one platform and website builder with a custom-built solution making the launch of an online school a matter of several minutes.
TAssist
TAssist aims to improve treatment of spinal disorders and disk herniations.
Schedex
Schedex is an operations focused employee management and shift-scheduling SaaS for F&B and hospitality industries in Middle East, North Africa and Europe.
Orderbyte
Orderbyte is the all-in-one digital storefront, ordering system and virtual restaurant builder for commercial kitchens.
Manot
Manot diagnoses the anomalies in the real-world domain which can disrupt the effectiveness of your model.
HopShop
HopShop is Shazam for Fashion. It's a mobile app, that helps shoppers to find and buy any clothes and accessories seen on the web, social media, and even in real life.
Garoon Tech
Garoon Tech develops a digital platform for professional agricultural consultancy - a mobile application connecting farmers with agronomists.
FiveBrane
LeeLoo helps AI engineers to optimize the dataset while developing models and cut production time up to 60%.
eSwap
eSwap is a B2B cloud-based inventory, order and shipping management SaaS platform for multi-channel sellers, retailers, brands and wholesalers.
Dowork.ai
Dowork.ai Bot is a Slack and MS Teams chatbot that helps teams to run async standups and keep the Jira board up to date.
Buildern
Buildern is a growth and operational excellence engine for small construction companies.
Akilea
Akilea is a mobile app that creates a personalized beauty and wellness routines for its users.
10X Immersive
We are a deep-tech startup in virtual reality. We develop evidence-based solutions with Hypno content, that help children to relieve their pain and stress.
Program
The program is designed to guide founders through first sales and fundraising.
The main focus of the Program was on:
First sales
setup and turn on sales engine
Sessions and Talks
Meet domain experts, professionals and investors from the chosen industries
Company Visits
Meet and interact with leading companies, venture capitalists and accelerators
Visits
Speakers
Artem Harutyunyan
Co-Founder and CTO at bardeen.ai
Relocating to Silicon Valley, raising Venture Capital remotely
Arra G. Yerganian
President at Laurel Springs School
Building a member-driven, comprehensive, differentiated and unified brand voice
Ben Toker
Intersection Between Human + AI | Entrepreneur | Strategist | Advisor
Failure, resillience and stress management
Claire Degerin-Ricard
Immigration Attorney
US Immigration Law for startups: Visa needs, requirements, processes
Daniil Stolyarov
Board Observer at Xometry
Building relationships with VCs
Davit Buniatyan
Building Database for AI
Getting the most out of accelerators: how they work, how to choose the accelerator most fit for you
Gary Sevounts
Chief Marketing Officer at Socure
Building strategic messaging, awareness, and industry leadershipand and establishing effective demand generation engines
Gohar Galyan
Business Development at Google
Networking and Building Relationships: SV Business Etiquette, Removing Barriers of Communication
Hamlet Azarian
Growth hacking Expert
Growth hacking strategies frameworks and tactics
Levon Brutyan
Growth hacking Expert
Early Stage Fundraising
Magdalena Yesil
Entrepreneur, VC, Author, Board Member, and Immigrant
Networking and Building Relationships: SV Business Etiquette, Removing Barriers of Communication
Mariam Hambarchyan
Lead User Researcher at NeoSensory, Inc.
Habit forming products
Nerses Ohanyan
SVP of Customer Success at Vineti
Startup Charm School: Do's and Don'ts
Oren Knopfmacher
CEO Avails Medical Inc. - Medical Diagnostics Entrepreneur & Digital Sensor Expert
Raising funding in Biotech
Rohit Dewan
CTO & Executive Officer at Rakuten
Failure, resillience and stress management
Ryan Southwick
Team Builder, Passionate Software Developer, and Scrum Evangelist
Hiring for Resillience
Subbu Viswanathan
Compliance Officer and SVP, Quality, Security & Compliance at Vineti
Creating a culture around compliance, security, and privacy: why starting early matters, how to start, lessons learned and templates to use
Suzanna Khatchatrian
Senior Director of Data Engineering at Slack
Overview of Data Engineering at Slack
Tushar Makhija
Early stage SaaS executive
Fireside chat
Vahe Kuzoyan
President & Co-Founder at ServiceTitan
Builsing a unicorn: hustling, getting through tough times, always be selling mindset
Yervant Zorian
Chief Architect at Synopsys
The Art and Science of Listening — Conducting User and Customer Discovery Interviews
Sponsors and partners
They make it happen
EasyDMARC
Venture Sponsor
HELTUN
Seed Sponsor
Zero Broker
Seed Sponsor
Expper Technologies
Seed Sponsor
Flexy Design
Design Sponsor
As well, personal contributions were received from Vahe Kuzoyan and Arsen Gevorgyan.
Organizers
HyeTech
HyeTech is a gathering of Armenian professionals who share the technical, business and entrepreneurship savvy that makes the Silicon Valley a unique place to work and live.
SmartGateVC
Investing in capable, unstoppable and unbreakable teams.
Backed by Tim Draper and seasoned tech entrepreneurs, SmartGate is a venture capital firm targeting tech companies in AI, Security and IoT.
Globally - Global Entrepreneurship Foundation
Hosting and supporting
Globally is a 501c3 nonprofit organization registered in Berkeley, California. It supports Armenian entrepreneurs and provides hosting since 2012. Over 30 tech entrepreneurs were hosted by Globally team.