Building Successful Internet Businesses

Next Tuesday we will be hearing from Mads Faurholt, Managing Director and Partner of Rocket Internet, the largest technology incubator in the world.

Mads will be giving a talk about what it takes to create a successful internet venture and how you become the market leader in a competitive environment. Also hear more about the exciting new ventures Rocket Internet is starting and the latest... [read more]

Next Tuesday we will be hearing from Mads Faurholt, Managing Director and Partner of Rocket Internet, the largest technology incubator in the world.

Mads will be giving a talk about what it takes to create a successful internet venture and how you become the market leader in a competitive environment. Also hear more about the exciting new ventures Rocket Internet is starting and the latest e-commerce trends happening around the world.

The founders of Rocket Internet have started over 100 successful internet businesses in Europe, South America and Asia in the last 12 years with over 34 successful exits to eBay, Verisign, Groupon and many others. They were also early investors in Facebook, Eventbrite, LinkedIn and Zynga. In the last 18 months Rocket Internet built up Citydeal/Groupon International in 43 countries as well as many other entrepreneurial ventures.

Mads and his team are currently launching a number of internet ventures worldwide. They are looking to hire MBA and Undergraduates as founders for new internet ventures and in a number of senior full-time leadership and Internship roles.
If you'd like to talk with Mads 1 on 1 hang around after the event. You can also e-mail him at ac@rocket-internet.com with “Mads - Aalto” in the subject field.

About Mads:
Mads Faurholt is the Global Managing Director of Rocket Internet and currently focusing on the Africa and the APAC region. Within the last 9 months, Rocket Internet has launched more than 30 companies in these regions and has scaled to more than 3000 employees.

Before taking on the role as Global Managing Director, Mads was the International Vice President of Groupon primarily focusing on Asia and Co-founder and Managing Director of the Groupon & Tencent JV in China, GaoPeng. Since then, Groupon has been listed on NASDAQ.

Prior to joining Rocket Internet, Mads was a consultant to the CEO and Board at KKR and Permira controlled broadcasting group ProSiebenSat1, and a consultant with McKinsey and Company in Switzerland. Mads is also the founder of several start-ups across Europe.

Mads holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Economics from Copenhagen Business School.

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