Location: Aldrich 7
Time: 3:30-4:15, Tuesday February 5th
Attendance: all 1st and 2nd year students are invited
Speaker: Oliver Samwer, Rocket founder
Description
Rocket Internet is the largest, fastest and most successful international online venture builder, that currently controls 60 companies.
We invite all students from 1st and 2nd year to come and learn about Rocket Internet directly from our founder, Oliver Samwer (recognized by Forbes as one of the top 12 global entrepreneurs to watch).
Launched in Berlin and now present in all regions of the world, our primary focus is on building proven, transaction-based business models in the online and mobile space.
Rocket is much more than a venture capital firm or an incubator. We bring together all key elements required to create great companies: team, concept, technology, and capital. We are 100 percent operationally involved in building our ventures and cover all critical functions with our expert teams. They work together seamlessly in order to ensure that best practices are implemented in all key areas.
These teams include: Engineering and Product Development, Online Marketing, CRM, Business Intelligence, Operations, HR, and Finance. In addition, we have a global mobile task force of top entrepreneurial talents that brings expertise and speed to all our markets.
We are passionate entrepreneurs and focus on performance. We understand that success is a result of hard work. We want to learn every day and share our knowledge with each other. We focus on the details and always try to solve problems ourselves.
We want to be selfless and pragmatic and have no time for politics. We believe that anything is possible. We move as fast as we can and take risks. We like to get and give autonomy and responsibility. We are flexible and tolerant towards ambiguity and uncertainty.
