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6:30PM Pleasanton - EBIG Start-Ups/VCs SIG: Crafting the Financial Roadmap of your Startup
6:30PM Redwood City - DBF: Robert Biwer--Consul General of Luxembourg
7:00PM Mountain View - Mobile Monday Silicon Valley - Device Proliferation
| Event Name | FountainBlue's High Tech Entrepreneurs' Forum | |
| Date | Monday January 8, 2007 | |
| Time | 11:30AM to 1:30PM | |
| City | Sunnyvale | |
| Event Type | Speaker / Panel / Round Table | |
| Event Area | Management / Strategy / Planning | |
| Hosted By | FountainBlue | |
| Description | FountainBlue's High Tech Entrepreneurs' Forum is a networking, education and support group for high-tech entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley. This monthly lunch meeting is designed to share successes and challenges in a safe environment, focused on helping fellow members run and grow their entrepreneurial ventures. Each month, we focus on a different theme of interest to entrepreneurs and feature a guest facilitator with deep experience helping entrepreneurs. The SV High Tech Entrepreneurs' Forum is open to high tech entrepreneurs & their teams (such as staff members, advisers, board members or investors) with a wide range of entrepreneurial experience, at various stages of growing or supporting a new or existing entrepreneurial venture. Note that this event is for entrepreneurs only, no service providers please. For more information about the High Tech Entrepreneurs' Forum, visit http://www.fountainblue.biz/entrepreneurevents/hightechentrepren eurs.html and for notes from previous discussions, visit http://www.fountainblue.biz/resources/entrepreneursnotes.html. Theme and Guest Facilitators: High Tech Investment Trends We found out from the November session on Alternative Funding that entrepreneurs need to go beyond the concept phase and into the prototype phase before they can investigate seed and angel and other types of funding. For FountainBlue's January 8 High Tech Entrepreneurs' Forum, we will assemble a panel of angel investors who will share their advice on how to get funding for early stage companies and their perspectives on the fundable technology trends for the year. They will also be there to address questions you may have about the funding challenges for your organization. Angel investor Steve Bennet from Sand Hill Angels, as well as Bodega Partners and Outlook Ventures Angel investor and corporate executive Marc Burch will share opportunities for funding for high tech disaster recovery, life science and other high tech companies Angel investor Clifford Tong from Keiretsu Forum as well as Diverse Strategies Recovering VC, current angel investor and entrepreneur Ben Wan will share his perspectives on high-tech investment trends Angel investor Ron Weissman, member of the Band Of Angels and partner at Apax Partners It is our hope that this session will help entrepreneurs to better understand the trends in the year, to better position their organizations for outside funding, and to make strategic connections with potential investors. | |
| Cost | Free or $10 for other entrepreneurs, $20 at the door | |
| Ticket URL | http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=1228 55 | |
| Other ticket Information | http://www.fountainblue.biz/events/entreprene ursforum.html | |
| Organization Description | FountainBlue Consulting focuses on connecting entrepreneurs with C-Level executives and funders to double the likelihood of success of entrepreneurial ventures in half the time through coaching, training and networking. FountainBlue serves entrepreneurs by: - Providing coaching and training services focused on producing immediate results specifically in the areas of client acquisition and funding; - Providing strategy, marketing and project management consulting services to ensure vision alignment and effective execution; - Connecting entrepreneurs to experienced C- Level executives and service providers, including funders. If you are an entrepreneur interested in finding out more information, please e-mail us at entrepreneurs@FountainBlue.biz. FountainBlue serves C-Level executives by: - Creating and nurturing a high-caliber, high-integrity network of C-Level executives committed to supporting each other personally and professionally; - Presenting lunchtime talks on topics of interest to executives, including effective management practices, business and technology trends, and also business plan review competitions; - Providing access to entrepreneurial management opportunities; - Supporting executives in transition. If you are a C-Level executive interested in finding out more about the group, send an e-mail to C-LevelExecs@FountainBlue.biz. FountainBlue serves entrepreneurial funders and service providers by: - Connecting them with potential customers including successful executives and high- potential entrepreneurial organizations. If you are providing services to entrepreneurs and executives, and would like to partner with us, send an e-mail to info@FountainBlue.biz. | |
| Event Contact Info | Linda Holroyd, Linda.Holroyd@FountainBlue.biz | |
| Venue | Plug and Play Real Estate | |
| Venue Address | 440 N Wolfe Road Sunnyvale, CA, 94085 | |
| Contact Phone | 650-996-3987 | |
| Event Name | Marketing Management and Direct and Interactive Marketing Career Event | |
| Date | Monday January 8, 2007 | |
| Time | 6:00PM to 8:30PM | |
| City | Cupertino | |
| Event Type | Seminar / Workshop / Class | |
| Event Area | Career / Job Fair | |
| Hosted By | University of California Extension, Santa Cruz | |
| Description | UCSC Extension coordinators, instructors and past and present students make program presentations and discuss the career trends and options available in a variety of marketing careers. | |
| Cost | Free | |
| Ticket URL | http://www.ucsc-extension.edu | |
| Other ticket Information | http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/ucsc/email/mark eting/careerEvents.html | |
| Organization Description | University of California Extension, Santa Cruz, is the premier provider of continuing education programs in Silicon Valley. We provide training for individuals, groups and corporations. Our courses are designed to improve professionals' careers and productivity through knowledge of technologies and business practices employed in today's workplace, and to enhance their creativity through personal enrichment courses. | |
| Event Contact Info | David Fastenau, dfastenau@ucsc-extension.edu | |
| Venue | UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley | |
| Venue Address | 10420 Bubb Road Cupertino, CA, 95014 | |
| Contact Phone | (408) 861-3844 | |
| Venue Directions | http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/ucsc/generalInf o/maps/index.jsp | |
| Event Name | Human Resource Management/Recruiting and Staffing Career Event | |
| Date | Monday January 8, 2007 | |
| Time | 6:30PM to 8:30PM | |
| City | Cupertino | |
| Event Type | Seminar / Workshop / Class | |
| Event Area | Career / Job Fair | |
| Hosted By | University of California Extension, Santa Cruz | |
| Description | Coordinator Jeanne Palmer makes a program presentation and discusses the trends and options available in a variety of human resources careers. | |
| Cost | Free | |
| Ticket URL | http://www.ucsc-extension.edu | |
| Other ticket Information | http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/ucsc/email/mark eting/careerEvents.html | |
| Organization Description | University of California Extension, Santa Cruz, is the premier provider of continuing education programs in Silicon Valley. We provide training for individuals, groups and corporations. Our courses are designed to improve professionals' careers and productivity through knowledge of technologies and business practices employed in today's workplace, and to enhance their creativity through personal enrichment courses. | |
| Event Contact Info | David Fastenau, dfastenau@ucsc-extension.edu | |
| Venue | UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley | |
| Venue Address | 10420 Bubb Road Cupertino, CA, 95014 | |
| Contact Phone | (408) 861-3844 | |
| Venue Directions | http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/ucsc/generalInf o/maps/index.jsp | |
| Event Name | Engineering Management: Globalization and Automation | |
| Date | Monday January 8, 2007 | |
| Time | 6:30PM to 9:00PM | |
| City | Cupertino | |
| Event Type | Seminar / Workshop / Class | |
| Event Area | Management / Strategy / Planning | |
| Hosted By | UCSC-Extension | |
| Description | How do Silicon Valley high-tech workers adapt to globalization and automation? Is it job loss or job opportunity? And what about young professionals just starting their careers? What does their future look like? This talk consists of a collection of thoughts and experiences of Silicon Valley veterans in software engineering, quality engineering and software QA and testing. Topics include formal and informal training, networking through local and national professional organizations, Internet resources, the importance of flexibility and willingness to try something new. Learn about UCSC Extension's cutting-edge programs that help you enhance your skills. | |
| Cost | FREE | |
| Other ticket Information | http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/ucsc/email/mark eting/careerEvents.html | |
| Organization Description | UCSC Extension's new comprehensive curriculum in Software Quality Engineering and Management blends foundation-level courseware with cutting-edge developments in software quality engineering, software testing and test automation. This curriculum includes a series of core and elective courses structured around four different tracks of specialization.
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| Event Contact Info | Claudia Dencker, cdencker@ucsc-extension.edu | |
| Venue | UCSC-Extension | |
| Venue Address | 10420 Bubb Road Cupertino, CA, 95014 | |
| Contact Phone | 408-861-3860 | |
| Event Name | Ready. Set. Launch - The Secrets to a Successful Launch (On a Shoestring Budget) | |
| Date | Monday January 8, 2007 | |
| Time | 6:30PM to 9:00PM | |
| City | East Palo Alto | |
| Event Type | Speaker / Panel / Round Table | |
| Event Area | Marketing | |
| Hosted By | SDForum Marketing SIG | |
| Description | One of the biggest challenges for any businesses is "the launch". Whether it is the initial company launch or the launch of a second-generation product the process is similar and the results are equally important. Start-ups and small business have limited resources, both people and capital, and have only one chance to get it right. Hear Laura Lowell discuss how to plan and execute an effective launch. Whether you are a small startup or part of a more established company, a launch is one of your more important marketing investments. But that doesn't mean you have to spend a fortune, and it doesn't have to take forever. Topics covered will include developing a practical launch strategy, creating compelling customer-relevant messages, optimizing your marketing mix, and best practices from a variety of industries. Bio: Laura Lowell is the principal of Impact Marketing Group, a marketing agency offering marketing strategy, messaging, and integrated marketing planning services for new and growing high-tech companies. | |
| Cost | Free for SDForum members, $15 for non-members | |
| Other ticket Information | http://www.sdforum.org/SDForum/Templates/Leve l1.aspx?pid=10109&sid=7 | |
| Organization Description | Marketing tips and tricks to get you, your products and your services noticed. | |
| Event Contact Info | Ed Buckingham, ed.sdforum@gmail.com | |
| Venue | DLA Piper, LLP | |
| Venue Address | 2000 University Ave.(University Circle) East Palo Alto, CA, 94303 | |
| Contact Phone | 408.414.5950 | |
| Event Name | EBIG Start-Ups/VCs SIG: Crafting the Financial Roadmap of your Startup | |
| Date | Monday January 8, 2007 | |
| Time | 6:30PM to 9:00PM | |
| City | Pleasanton | |
| Event Type | Speaker / Panel / Round Table | |
| Event Area | Entrepreneurship | |
| Hosted By | East Bay I.T. Group | |
| Description | Start-Ups/VCs SIG "Crafting the Financial Roadmap of Your Startup" As you launch your startup, you must steer it on the financial path to success. To do so, you need to develop an effective financial roadmap and thoroughly understand how it will unfold over the next 5 years. This roadmap should provide you with a clear vision of your objectives and milestones to a) help you decide whether your project is financially feasible, b) set a common direction for your management team, and c) enable investors and lenders to assess the desirability of funding your venture. Presented by Anthony Nassar of Venture Momentum, Inc., this technical workshop is designed for startup entrepreneurs who are in the process of developing their business plan and seeking angel and/or VC funding. In this workshop, we will use a case study to illustrate how to build a 5 year financial plan step-by- step. You will learn: -a systematic methodology for developing a robust financial plan -how to build a credible revenue model -rules for building a flexible expense model -techniques for preserving scalability and data integrity as you make subsequent updates to the plan -ways to validate your model using publicly available data -how to project the ownership of the founders, employees, and investors -how to derive valuation data from the financial plan -how to debug your financial planning spreadsheet. You will also receive a printout of the financial model. Send to Outlook: http://www.fullcalendar.com/vc.cfm?i=131080 | |
| Cost | $10 pre-registered, $20 at the door. | |
| Ticket URL | http://www.ebig.org/sig/sig.aspx?SIGid=23&Eve ntID=815&old=&eventdesc=full | |
| Other ticket Information | http://www.ebig.org/sig/sig.aspx?SIGid=23&Eve ntID=815&old=&eventdesc=full | |
| Organization Description | the East Bay IT Group is an umbrella organization dedicated to bringing tech partners and interested people together in the east bay for continued economic technology development. | |
| Event Contact Info | Steve Tennant, info@ebig.org | |
| Venue | Crown Plaza Hotel | |
| Venue Address | 11950 Dublin Canyon Rd Pleasanton, CA, 94588 | |
| Contact Phone | 000-000-0000 | |
| Venue Directions | http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hote l/sfopl | |
| Event Name | DBF: Robert Biwer--Consul General of Luxembourg | |
| Date | Monday January 8, 2007 | |
| Time | 6:30PM to 9:00PM | |
| City | Redwood City | |
| Event Type | Speaker / Panel / Round Table | |
| Event Area | Software | |
| Hosted By | DBF - Where the French are... | |
| Description | Robert Biwer Consul General of Luxembourg--Luxembourg Board of Economic Development Mr. Robert Biwer has been the Consul General of Luxembourg in San Francisco, California, since August 2001. His jurisdiction covers half of the United States, from the Mid-West and Texas to the West Coast. He is also the Executive Director of the Luxembourg Board of Economic Development, a Government agency in charge of attracting foreign investment to Luxembourg. Mr. Biwer was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Luxembourg Army and from 1988 to 2000 he had been serving as Aide de Camp to H.R.H. Crown Prince Henri of Luxembourg (*). In this function, Mr. Biwer accompanied the Crown Prince on numerous economic missions to the United States and many other countries all over the world. In 1993 Mr. Biwer attended the Public Affairs Officer Course of the US Defense Information School in Indianapolis, and in 1994 he completed the International Finance Seminar of the Industrial Bank of Japan in Tokyo, Japan. He was born in 1959 and is married with three children. | |
| Cost | $30 (FACofC members receive $5 discount) | |
| Other ticket Information | http://www.dbf.net | |
| Organization Description | French connection of the Silicon Valley since May 1994 Monthly meeting include networking with buffet guest speaker usually french. First monday of each month | |
| Event Contact Info | - -, flaugier@ropers.com | |
| Venue | Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley | |
| Venue Address | 1001 Marshall Street, 4th floor Redwood City, CA, 94063 | |
| Event Name | Mobile Monday Silicon Valley - Device Proliferation | |
| Date | Monday January 8, 2007 | |
| Time | 7:00PM to 9:00PM | |
| City | Mountain View | |
| Event Type | Social Gathering / Mixer / Party | |
| Event Area | Wireless / M-Commerce | |
| Hosted By | Events Group | |
| Description | January 2007 Silicon Valley MoMo Because the first Monday of January is New Years Day, were going to be pushing the first meeting of 2007 back by a week. Were really kicking it off with a bang though. Weve got two speakers with a ton of experience to tap into and a great topic. Heres the info in MoMo standard format: * What: January 2007 Mobile Monday (Dealing with Device Proliferation) * When: January 8th, 2007 7:00pm * Where: AOL Building 12, 401 Ellis St., Mountain View, CA * Who: Anyone interested in mobility * Cost: Nothing! Weve got two speakers lined up for the evening: * Barbara Ballard - from Little Springs Design will talk about various strategies for handling the multiple-device rendering problem, including class-based design: a hybrid approach that both reduces costs over some approaches and improves the user experience. * Tom Park - Director of Engineering at Hands-On Mobile is going to talk about the development end of dealing with device proliferation. Device proliferation is a topic that affects all mobile developers, whether the content is delivered via SMS, WAP, or Java/BREW clients. This talk will focus on the problems and solutions for efficiently deploying JavaME apps to hundreds of phones. Should be a fantastic evening, hope to see you all there! - Mike | |
| Cost | Cost: Nothing! | |
| Other ticket Information | http://www.mobilemonday.us/ | |
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| Venue | AOL Building 12 | |
| Venue Address | 401 Ellis St Mountain View, CA, 94041 | |
