Conference Presentation, Panel, Keynote
Pitch@Palace - Prince Andrew, The Duke of York and Alumni from the Program
Milken InstitutePrince Andrew, Jayne Van Hoen, HRH The Duke of York, Jared Carney, Tim Guillams, Joachim Horn, Jason Lee, Daniel Murray, Rockwell Shah, Serena Rosser, DAN GALPIN, DAN GALLUP, DAN ARIELY, JOACHIM LECKER, ROCKWELL LEVY JR., DAVID ROCKEFELLER JR., ROCKWELL BROOKS, JASON CHENG YING, ROCK WELLS
- The organization aims to globally expand its operations from the United Kingdom to foster entrepreneurship, including planned 2017 events in China, the UAE, and Australia, with returns to Africa and Latin America, alongside continued development in the United States.
- Strategic plans involve enhancing offerings through business process engineering advice, building a global alumni network, and establishing commercial partner connections to provide professional know-how and early intervention.
- Future growth targets include achieving self-sustainability via the global network, expanding the Pitch at Palace program, and increasing the venture capital success rate from one in ten to three in ten by identifying viable businesses earlier.
- Specific business initiatives include engaging professional service firms via their CSR budgets to access new ventures and arranging high-pressure "Palace" events where the Queen may meet entrepreneurs and display their products at Windsor Castle.
- Individual company projections include Sam Labs growing by 250% quarter-over-quarter with 65 global partners and presence in 1,500 schools and 20,000 homes, while Mobula seeks relocation to Los Angeles contingent on benefactor support.
- Funding and expansion plans feature Helix targeting a $10 million Series B round to advance rare disease treatments, Illumar raising seed investments via the Milken app, and Paziz expanding services to airplanes and exploring sleep productivity impacts with Netflix leadership.
- Risk and opportunity assessments suggest the global network will offer advantages for entrepreneurs and investors, with a focus on de-risking programs prior to venture capital involvement and ensuring effective capital utilization.