Purpose:
Angelika Blendstrup, one of the partners of The Business Bridge, provides innovative workshops and shares her unique understanding of the American business world to support established French companies and start-ups planning to expand to the Silicon Valley.

The Business Bridge services include:

• delivering access to a network of trusted partners and service providers to present a turn-key solution to establishing a successful business
• coaching French executives in the American business way
• facilitating VC financing
• helping companies position and market their products in the USA
• leveraging the largest French-speaking business network for effective business development initiatives

Angelika Blendstrup is the business communications expert for The Business Bridge. She focuses on:

• introduction and presentation skills (e.g. elevator speech, business introduction, product presentation)
• explanation of the American business culture in contrast to the French one to avoid faux-pas and costly mistakes
• accent improvement and US idiom training to build credibility and make a lasting impression (you never have a second chance to make an excellent first impression)
• networking effectively in US business situations
• reviewing and improving marketing collaterals

We bring a multicultural, multi-educational background and expertise to our clients:

Angelika Blendstrup, Executive Club Chair (Présidente de Commission de L'Executive Club), has a Ph.D. in Bilingual, Bicultural Education from Stanford University. She speaks five languages and has taught cross cultural communications skills to international executives both privately as well as in companies in the Silicon Valley such as DreamWorks, Sun Microsystems, Tibco and Roche. Angelika is the founder and principal of Blendstrup & Associates, whose focus is to coach foreign-born professionals in accent reduction, presentation skills and how to work successfully in the US business culture.