Arturs Lindemanis, the Head of Department of Entrepreneurship at RISEBA (Riga International School of Economics and Business Administrations). Dr. Lindemanis's lecture is about Born Global-Entrepreneurship. The lecture contains many interesting examples and case studies.

Drawing on 20 years of experience as a consultant, entrepreneur, investor, and executive, Dr. Lindemanis focuses on enabling new ventures achieve their potential for high growth internationally in today’s turbulent markets with extreme competition and accelerating changes in technology.

He has participated in more than 50 US and international ventures in diverse high tech, industrial, financial and consumer markets spanning North America, Europe and Asia. In addition to negotiating strategic partnerships with international corporations such Alcoa, Harris Semiconductor, Hyundai, Genentech, Nippon Steel, Samsung, Siemens, and Worthington Industries, Dr. Lindemanis has arranged over $30 million in financing from private placements, institutions, venture capital and initial public offerings.

Seeking new challenges, Dr. Lindemanis moved to Latvia in 2003 to contribute through academic service. Drawing on his Western “real world” experience, he strives to link education with the business and public sectors. Having secured funding from the EU, UNDP and other donors to support various economic development projects, he tends to disrupt traditional university educational systems. As Head of the Entrepreneurship Department at RISEBA, he advocates entrepreneurial vision, radical innovation, and collaboration to help companies grow. The best stimulus for economic development and educational reform are successful ventures.

Dr. Lindemanis is also going to host a workshop on 14th of April with the theme:

Selling your idea – how to acquire financing for your business.

See the details from our website:

http://www.hmea.fi/workshops.html