CEO Academy 2019

Growth Strategies for Global Tech Startups CEMS Course at Warsaw School of Economics

What is CEO Academy?

A series of unique seminars on developing effective strategies for businesses operating in the new tech industry. Lectures and workshop are delivered by CEOs and top level executives of fastest growing Polish startups.
Learn from real-life examples how to build a highly profitable global business from scratch and scale it worldwide fast.

In cooperation with Daftcode the programme is conducted by professor Piotr Płoszajski,
from the Department of Management Theory.

Reasons to take part in the CEO Academy

For everyone

Opportunity to learn how to build a strategy for digital products
Working on real cases and real digital products
Certificate
1,5 ECTS point

For the best students

Summer Mentorship Days with CEOs
Chance to join Daftcode Group and get a job offer in business and strategy area

Who can join the course?

Be sure to join our unique CEO Academy if you’re an ambitious proactive student of Warsaw School of Economics with great management skills and business knowledge.

Members of CEMS Club and other student organizations are welcome, as well as students of 3rd, 4th and 5th year.

Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to learn from the best experts in the field and boost your future career! You will find detailed information below.

Open lecture before the course

Venture Building 101. How we build new startups and grow with them

A free open lecture from Daftcode CEO Paweł Seweryn & Skriware CEO and a CEMS Alumni Karol Górnowicz.
During the talk and following Q&A session you will learn about:

Venture building business
model and process
How do we go from an idea
to fully-fledged company?
The path from a student
to a scale-up CEO
Growing together with your globally
scaling venture

Schedule of the course

12 March,
17:10 - 18:50

SGH, Building C, room C-3C

Lecture

Venture into the unknown - first steps in founding your startup, market assessment and launch preparation

Paweł Seweryn, CEO of Daftcode
19 March,
17:10 - 18:50

SGH, Building C, room C-3C

Lecture

(Growth) hacking your way to build The Brand

Paweł Światczyński, Maciej Żakowski, Co-founders of Restaurant Week
25 March, 17:10 - 18:50

SGH, Building C, room C-3C

Lecture

So you want us to invest in your venture?

Marcin Kurek, Managing Partner of Market One Capital
26 March,
17:10 - 18:50

SGH, Building C, room C-3C

Lecture

Developing a product and working with dev teams

Michał Jędraszak, CEO of Straal
2 April,
17:10 - 18:50

SGH, Building C, room C-3C

Lecture

Lasting impact with digital strategy supported by performance tactics.

Maria Dulnikiewicz, Managing Director of Performante
16 April,
17:10 - 18:50

SGH, Building C, room C-3C

Lecture

Customer experience – the key to scale your business globally

Benjamin Kuna, Co-founder of Tylko
23 April,
17:10 - 18:50

SGH, Building C, room C-3C

Lecture

Where to go next? Building growth on global corporate market

Jacek Szlendak, CEO of Perfect Gym
14 May,
17:10 - 18:50

SGH, Building C, room 4A

Lecture

Driving the wave of growth: lessons learned from startup to scaleup

Hubert Rachwalski, CEO of Nethone
18 May,
9:00 - 17:30

Daftcode, Plac Europejski 1

All day workshop

Go to Market Strategy for Real-life Digital Product

Paweł Seweryn, CEO of Daftcode
Natalie Pilling, CEO of EL Passion
Marcin Krzemień, CEO of Rocket Luncher
Adam Komarnicki, CEO of Indoorway
& other CEOs from Daftcode Group
18 May,
18:00 - 20:00

Charlie Cocktail Bar

The finale

Informal Banquet

Winners' announcement

Who is behind this?

Daftcode is a Polish venture builder – a company that creates its own tech enterprises. From concept stage, onwards and upwards – transforming bold ideas into fast growing products and businesses.

Daftcode creates, grows and supports ventures that develop cutting-edge technologies in areas such as online payments, business intelligence, smart building, education, 3D printing, food delivery, and many others.

VC Investments

Keynote Speakers

Marcin Kurek

Managing Partner of Market One Capital

MarketOne Capital is an early stage venture capital fund focused on European Marketplaces and SaaS. They invest mainly in seed and series A rounds.
Hubert Rachwalski

CEO of Nethone

Nethone is the global leader in AI-driven KYU (Know Your Users) solutions that help enterprises from all around the world convert cyberthreats into well-informed, profitable decisions.
Jacek Szlendak

CEO of Perfect Gym

Perfect Gym is the world's fastes growing management software for gym & fitness industry. Present on five continents, serves over 1000 companies
Maria Dulnikiewicz

Managing Director of Performante

Performante is a digital marketing agency operating on150+ markets. The company specialises in combining creative concepts with performance executions.
Karol Górnowicz

CEO of Skriware

Skriware develops a home and school-suited 3D printing educational ecosystem that focuses on developing STEAM skills through hands-on experiences.
Michał Jędraszak

CEO of Straal

Straal is a one-stop-shop payment solution processing millions worth of transactions every month for subscription merchants around the world.
Benjamin Kuna

Co-Founder of Tylko

Tylko is a new-generation design company that allows everyone to design and order customised furniture with use of an Augmented Reality app.
Natalie Pilling

CEO of EL Passion

EL Passion is a product house with more than 200 digital products delivered to customers from all over the world.
Paweł Światczyński

Co-founder of Restaurant Week

Restaurant Week is the biggest Polish restaurant festival and e-commerce platform for restaurants. Present in over 30 cities, allows thousands of guests to experience unique culinary cultures.
Maciej Żakowski

Co-founder of Restaurant Week

Restaurant Week is the biggest Polish restaurant festival and e-commerce platform for restaurants. Present in over 30 cities, allows thousands of guests to experience unique culinary cultures.
Adam Komarnicki

CEO of Indoorway

Indoorway provides location data and analytics to improve efficiency of indoor processes for Industry 4.0
Marcin Krzemień

CEO of Rocket Luncher

Rocket Luncher is a food ordering app that help office workers order and pick up lunches from local restaurants.
Paweł Seweryn

CEO of Daftcode

Daftcode is a Polish venture builder – the company that creates enterprises from the start, transforming bold ideas into fast-growing products and businesses.
prof. Piotr Płoszajski

Dept. of Management Theory
Warsaw School of Economics (SGH)

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