Enhancing Value Through Community

About the Author: Laís de Oliveira

ENTREPRENEUR | WRITER | COMMUNITY BUILDER

Entrepreneur with over fifteen years of experience in community building, Laís has participated in the development of vibrant communities across the world.

Lais was part of the development of entrepreneurial communities around the world. From leading 2000 volunteers across Argentina, Chile and Uruguay as the president of a non-profit organization, to selecting and training community leaders across 3 continents (Latam, Africa, APAC) for Startup Grind and, finally, developing evidence-based ideas to accelerate economic growth through startup communities, working for governments and innovation agencies in 75+ ecosystems as part of Startup Genome's executive team.

Before joining Startup Genome, she sold her first business (8spaces.co) to Flyspaces.com, Southeast Asia's largest marketplace for workspace and spaces for professional activities, where she served as Malaysia Country Manager and Chief Community Officer. Driven by building ecosystems to empower entrepreneurship and creativity, she has built some of the fastest growing communities in Malaysia, working for theMalaysian government in their top economic development agencies, and also building independent grassroots communities.

Originally from a small town in Brazil, she lived in Mauritius, Argentina, Chile, Malaysia, Indonesia, United States and Portugal, travelled over 35 countries and learned five languages (fluent Portuguese, English and Spanish, conversational French, and Indonesian).

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PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Modum at Web Summit 2019 (Copy)

Startup Showcase at Web Summit 2019 (Copy)

Main Stage at CASE 2019, Sao Paulo, Brasil (Copy)

Policy Stage at CASE 2019, Sao Paulo, Brasil (Copy)

Startup Grind Barcelona, Spain, 2019 (Copy)

Startup Grind Global, Silicon Valley, 2019 (Copy)

Ecosystem Summit at Collision, New Orleans, 2018 (Copy)

Social Good Brasil Festival, Florianopolis, 2018 (Copy)

CITIES, Uberlandia, Brasil, 2018 (Copy)

Startup University at Web Summit, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018 (Copy)

Swedish House at Web Summit 2018, Lisbon, Portugal (Copy)

Coworking Unconference, Penang, Malaysia, 2018 (Copy)

IP Smart at Johor Baru, Malaysia, 2018 (Copy)

Ecosystem Summit at Web Summit, Lisbon, Portugal, 2017 (Copy)

Forum at Web Summit, Lisbon, Portugal, 2017 (Copy)

Startup University at Web Summit, 2017 (Copy)

Hacking Communities for Peatix, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2017 (Copy)

South Summit 2017, Madrid, Spain, 2017 (Copy)

TechSauce 2017, Bangkok, Thailand (Copy)

Techne Summit 2017, Alexandria, Egypt (Copy)

TALKING TO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD about

COMMUNITY BUILDING | ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE PLACE MAKING | FUTURE OF EDUCATION
STARTUP ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

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Speaker: Startup Grind Barcelona 2018 (Spain), CASE 2019 (Brazil), Social Good Brasil 2018, CITIES 2018 (Brazil), CUAsia 2018 (Malaysia), IP Smart 2018 (Malaysia), South Summit Madrid 2017 (Spain), Echelon 2017 (Malaysia), Chinese Chamber of Commerce Malaysia 2017 (Malaysia), SLUSH 2016 (Singapore), TEDxMMU (Malaysia), MaGIC Academy (diverse events from 2014 to 2017) by Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre and more.

Emcee, Host and Moderator: Ecosystems Couch Conference 2019 (by TNW, Startup Genome and Financial Times) 2019, WebSummit Lisbon in 2017, 2018 and 2019, Techne Summit Alexandria 2017, TechSauce 2017, Echelon Singapore from 2015 to 2016), Startup Grind (36+ events) and more.

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Enhancing Value Through Community

About the Author: Laís de Oliveira

ENTREPRENEUR | WRITER | COMMUNITY BUILDER

TALKING TO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD aboutCOMMUNITY BUILDING | ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE PLACE MAKING | FUTURE OF EDUCATIONSTARTUP ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

HIGHLIGHTs

TALKING TO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD about

COMMUNITY BUILDING | ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE PLACE MAKING | FUTURE OF EDUCATION
STARTUP ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT