Angelika Blendstrup, Ph.D.

Having moved 34 times across 3 different continents, and speaking 5 languages, I leverage my background to help international executives and start-up entrepreneurs find their voice in Silicon Valley via US business communications and pitch training [including accent reduction]. Over the years, I've worked and currently work with international executives and entrepreneurs from DreamWorks to Facebook, coming from Russia, Brazil, Spain, China, India and France, to name a couple, to help translate these executives' business stories and start up pitches into structured, understandable messages for the US business audience. I'm a Mentor at 500 Startups [500.co] where I work mainly with the international startups on their Demo Day pitches - what fun! In addition, I give seminars to international MBA students at UCLA's Anderson School of Business and UC Berkeley's HAAS School of Business and teach classes at Stanford University's Continuing Studies. I received a Master’s from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. I also hold a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Tübingen, Germany. Here are the classes I've taught at Stanford’s Continuing Studies Program: 1. Branding Yourself Strategically using social media 2. Communications for International Business 3. Managing Virtual Teams 4. English Business Writing for Executives Specialties Executive coaching international executives and start-up entrepreneurs from China, India, Russia, Spain, France etc. in: accent reduction speech, presentation skills, VC and angel investor pitching., ESL, US business communications, personal branding, social media in Silicon Valley. Fluent German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and English, teach workshops in 5 languages. Event organizations include: GABA, Startup Embassy, SiliconHouse Author: They Made It!: Co-Author: Communicating the American Way </p>