7:30AM Walnut Creek - NAWBO-SF: Networking Breakfast (Walnut Creek)
7:45AM Dublin - B2B Power Exchange - Leads Group for True B2B Business Developers
8:00AM San Francisco - SVASE Event: 'VC Breakfast: Gabriel Venture Partners: Focus On Networking, Communications, Wireless.
| Event Name | Business Networking Breakfast | |
| Date | Thursday December 21, 2006 | |
| Time | 7:00AM to 8:30AM | |
| City | Mountain View | |
| Event Type | Social Gathering / Mixer / Party | |
| Event Area | Other | |
| Hosted By | Silicon Valley BNI | |
| Description | We are an active business referral group who meet every week. We have over 25 members and generate hundreds of thousands of dollars of business for each other every year ($20,000 per member per year on average). We are actively looking to recruit more members. Here's who we are looking for. You are welcome to join us as a visitor to see how it works. | |
| Cost | 10 | |
| Other ticket Information | http://www.siliconvalleybni.com | |
| Organization Description | We are an active business referral group who meet every week. We have over 30 members and generate hundreds of thousands of dollars of business for each other every year. | |
| Event Contact Info | Philippe Alexis, info@siliconvalleybni.com | |
| Venue | Chevy's | |
| Venue Address | 2116 W. El Camino Real Mountain View, CA, 94040 | |
| Contact Phone | 650-858-0118 | |
| Venue Directions | http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=maps&q=2116+W+ El+Camino+Real,+Mountain+View,+CA | |
| Event Name | NAWBO-SF: Networking Breakfast (Walnut Creek) | |
| Date | Thursday December 21, 2006 | |
| Time | 7:30AM to 9:00PM | |
| City | Walnut Creek | |
| Event Type | Social Gathering / Mixer / Party | |
| Event Area | Management / Strategy / Planning | |
| Hosted By | National Association of Women Business Owners - San Francisco Chapter | |
| Description | These morning breakfast meetings provide a comfortable forum for business women and entrepreneurs to meet monthly, exchange ideas and discuss business challenges. The Relationship and Referrals Breakfasts are a dynamic, informative and productive way to spend your breakfast-- - Join a supportive group of women who frequently share similar experiences & sensibilities - Have an opportunity to gain professional support, input and advice - Be a part of a safe place to test ideas and ask questions with women who have high professional standards - Develop public speaking and presentation skills - Be a part of a resource group and gain access to a wide array of business resources - Gain new friends who share common interests and values - Discover possible collaborations and people who will support you in growing your business - Gain access to a national directory of WBOs - Benefit from many member discounts through business suppliers, etc. Cost includes continental breakfast. This group meets the third Thursday of every month, ongoing. | |
| Cost | Pre-reg: Members $12, Guests $15; at door +$3 | |
| Other ticket Information | http://www.nawbo-sf.org/breakfast_series.html | |
| Organization Description | As an organization with a "customer first" philosophy, we: strengthen the wealth-creating capacity of our members and promote economic development; create innovative and effective changes in the business culture; build strategic alliances, coalitions and affiliations; and transform public policy and influence opinion makers | |
| Event Contact Info | Rhoda Singer, Chapter Administrator, info@nawbo-sf.org | |
| Venue | Il Fornaio | |
| Venue Address | 1430 Mt Diablo Blvd Walnut Creek, CA, 94596 | |
| Contact Phone | (415) 333-2130 | |
| Event Name | B2B Power Exchange - Leads Group for True B2B Business Developers | |
| Date | Thursday December 21, 2006 | |
| Time | 7:45AM to 10:00AM | |
| City | Dublin | |
| Event Type | Speaker / Panel / Round Table | |
| Event Area | Sales | |
| Hosted By | B2B Power Exchange | |
| Description | Please pre-register, because we try to limit attendance to 25 people per location. For locations and other information, call 925.201.3410 or register online at http://www.b2bpowerexchange.com/application.asp Agenda: 7:45 - 8:15am Registration and pre-meeting networking 8:15 - 8:25am Welcome, Business Card Exchange, Order breakfast 8:25 - 9:35am Introductions including: *Your elevator pitch *A brief description of your services *The sizes and types of companies you work with *The titles of decision makers for your offering *Types of companies you are interested in partnering with *Specific requests 9:35 - 9:40am Sharing of local events that may be of interest to other members 9:40 - 10:00am Networking, lead exchange and appointment setting For general information on the B2B Power Exchange, please visit http://www.b2bpowerexchange.com/default.htm Send to Outlook: http://www.fullcalendar.com/vc.cfm?i=128354 | |
| Cost | Non-members $35 prepaid, 40 at door, includes breakfast; Members free. | |
| Ticket URL | http://www.b2bpowerexchange.com/join.htm | |
| Other ticket Information | http://www.b2bpowerexchange.com/dublin.htm | |
| Organization Description | B2B Power Exchange is a lead exchange group that focuses on helping entrepreneurs, CEOs, consultants and business development pros that sell to senior decision makers at companies with $10 million or more in annual revenues. Our members focus on large, complex business-to-business sales, so most lead groups and Chamber mixers don't provide them with the resources they need. We're different. Our forum of power players knows that the fastest way to the executive suite is through partnerships with others focused on B2B. That's why we leverage our combined skills and executive contacts to expand our pipelines and increase the value we offer our corporate clients.
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| Event Contact Info | Chris Pareja, chris@b2bpowerexchange.com | |
| Venue | Mimi's Cafe | |
| Venue Address | 4775 Hacienda Drive Dublin, CA, 94568 | |
| Contact Phone | 925-201-3410 | |
| Venue Directions | http://www.mimiscafe.com | |
| Event Name | SVASE Event: 'VC Breakfast: Gabriel Venture Partners: Focus On Networking, Communications, Wireless, | |
| Date | Thursday December 21, 2006 | |
| Time | 8:00AM to 9:30AM | |
| City | San Francisco | |
| Event Type | Seminar / Workshop / Class | |
| Event Area | Entrepreneurship | |
| Hosted By | Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs | |
| Description | Event: 'VC Breakfast: Gabriel Venture Partners: Focus On Networking, Communications, Wireless, Infrastructure Software And Systems' Date: Thursday, December 21, 2006 At 08:00 Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes Contact Info: CONTACT: VCBC Chair: Jai Kumar, contact no. - 408-406-4693 Email: jai@vigyana.com URL: www.svase.org/index.php? option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=149&extmode=view&extid=652 The featured VC will be Scott Chou, General Partner, Gabriel Venture Partners. www.gabrielvp.com/ EVENT LOCATION: The Jackson Hole Group, 100 Spear Street, Suite 935, San Francisco, CA 94105 This event is co-sponsored by Bridges, SF LLC www.bridgessf.com. and Jackson Hole Group, www.jacksonholegroup.com Gabriel Venture Partners Gabriel Venture Partners οΎ® is an early-stage venture capital firm committed to building capital-efficient market leaders of tomorrow by actively assisting entrepreneurs in technology and technology-enabled businesses. Gabriel is based in Silicon Valley and has over $260 million under management. Gabriel's investment team consists of seasoned technology entrepreneurs and industry executives, each with international operating experience and strong domain expertise. Representative investments include Placeware (acquired by Microsoft), NetScaler (acquired by Citrix), and Iridigm (acquired by Qualcomm), as well as India investments such as Allsec (IPO), IL&FS Investsmart (IPO), and Provogue (IPO). With a mission of creating future industry leaders by assisting entrepreneurs, Gabriel Venture Partners is a "hands-on" venture capital firm that leverages the deep operating experience of its team to grow equity value in our portfolio companies. We take great pride in knowing that any one of our portfolio company CEOs could attest to Gabriel's assistance throughout key growth cycles in the company's history, and our passion in leveraging our collected experience, resources, and discipline through best-practice investment processes to build tomorrow's market leaders. As an early-stage fund, we believe in focusing our investments in areas that we not only know well but can also bring relevant resources and networks into play to create rapid and valuable growth for our portfolio companies. Our core areas of investment are Networking, Communications, and Information Technologies with specific market emphasis in Wireless, Infrastructure Software & Systems, and Enterprise Software & Services. We currently manage two funds from our offices in Silicon Valley and the Mid-Atlantic Region, with a portfolio of companies located primarily on the West and East Coasts. Scott Chou Scott Chou joined Gabriel Venture Partners in 2000, bringing a broad base of experience in venture capital, technology, and startup operations to the Firm. His extensive experience working with early stage technology ventures is a direct reflection of his passion for introducing innovations to society. Scott leads Gabriel's Disruptive Technologies practice and proactively manages relationships with universities as well as corporate and government labs in search of groundbreaking innovations with enormous market potential. Scott entered the venture capital arena via the Kauffman Fellows Program, a prestigious fellowship in venture capital awarded annually to a select number of recipients. He completed his fellowship at Onset Ventures, a groundbreaking firm in seed capital investing. Scott currently serves as Chairman of the Kauffman Fellows Alumni Association. He is also the author of Maxims, Morals, and Metaphors: A Philosophical Guide to Venture Capital , a popular book used in teaching the art of venture capital. Scott joined his first startup as a software developer while still in high school, working on a small business accounting package. He has since worked for five other technology ventures as well as world-renowned research and development organizations. At Bellcore, Scott conducted pioneering research in broadband packet switching for the Internet. At IBM, he received an Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for his design work in enterprise storage systems. Scott was also instrumental in the launch of the handheld computing market while working at Poqet Computer, a startup later acquired by Fujitsu. From there, he founded Memory Card Associates, a systems integration firm focused on portable computing. Most recently, Scott was the founding manager of the engineering and manufacturing organizations within Integrated Computing Engines (ICE), a venture-backed startup in the graphics workstation market. Scott is a director in three Asia-Pacific joint ventures launched by U.S.-based portfolio companies. These ventures typify Gabriel's strategy of assisting companies with outsourcing and business development in Asia-Pacific. Scott speaks Mandarin Chinese and splits time between his San Francisco and Shanghai residences. Education and Honors MS Engineering, Stanford University (full fellowship) MS Computer Science, Harvard University (full fellowship) BS Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (with honors) COST: $25 SVASE Members; $39 Affiliates; $49 Non-members. This event is for ENTREPRENEURS ONLY, BY PREREGISTRATION ONLY. This event is co-sponsored by Bridges, SF LLC www.bridgessf.com. and Jackson Hole Group, www.jacksonholegroup.com CONTACT: VCBC Chair: Jai Kumar, contact no. - 408-406-4693 LOCATION: The Jackson Hole Group, 100 Spear Street, Suite 935, San Francisco, CA 94105 | |
| Cost | $25 SVASE Members; $39 Affiliates; $49 Non-members. This event is for | |
| Other ticket Information | www.svase.org/index.php?option=com_extcalenda r&Itemid=149&extmode=view&extid=652 | |
| Organization Description | The Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE); is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs within and beyond Silicon Valley to bring their ides to life. SVASE provides entrepreneurs with real-world business knowledge, contacts in the investment community and network of service providers to launch and manage successful start-ups. | |
| Event Contact Info | Jai Kumar, jai@vigyana.com | |
| Venue | The Jackson Hole Group | |
| Venue Address | 100 Spear Street, Suite 935, San Francisco, CA, 94105 | |
| Contact Phone | 408-406-4693 | |
