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    13 April 2009
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  • Table of contents:

    1. Member Updates
    2. Coming Up in BASES
    3. Featured BASES Events
    4. Featured Bay Area Events
    5. Acknowledgements & Event Submission

  • 1. Member Updates

    ** Student Entrepreneurs - look out for the California Entrepreneurial Summit coming up on the 22nd. Visit: http://summit.sfsu-eship.org/
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    ** Interested in non-profits? How about CS? Then you should definitely check out the Social Profit Foundation which sponsors the Peter Thiel Fellowship Program. The program hopes to create the world's most relevant network of engineers creating social value on a massive scale.
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    ** Are you interested in clean technologies? Do you have an invention or idea that you would like to bring to the market? Would you like to meet other clean tech entrepreneurs? Then enter the California Clean Tech Open! http://www.cleantechopen.com - EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS MAY 20!
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    ** Don't forget! BASES Pitch workshop this Thursday, 7:00pm to 8:30 pm

  • 2. Coming Up in BASES

    Monday, April 13th:
    > European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thought Leaders Seminar
    > ASES Presents: The Economics Slowdown's Impact on Venture Capital & Entrepreneurs with Robert Trice

    Tuesday, April 14th:
    > SVASE First Impressions Funding Pitch Feedback, with DFJ, ONSET Ventures, Sand Hill Angels.

    Wednesday, April 15th:
    > ETL Seminar featuring: Mari Baker, CEO - Navigenics

    Thursday, April 16th:
    > VC Taskforce - VC Connect: Ask a VC

    Friday, April 17th:
    > WHAT I WISH I KNEW WHEN I WAS 20: Book Launch Party
    > SKMurphy: Peer Review for Websites
    > SPBA Mini-Business Luncheon: Michael Dawson

    Tuesday, April 21st:
    > Angel and Venture Investing - Cleantech

    Wednesday, April 22nd:
    > Coaches on Call: Heather Gates-Massoudi - Deloitte Servicess
    > 2009 Entrepreneurial Student Summit

  • 3. Featured BASES Events

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    Monday, April 13
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    European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thought Leaders Seminar
    4:15PM to 5:30PM ~ Skilling Auditorium
    Stanford University

    This Week's Topic: Venture Capital and Clean Tech in Germany and the UK

    This Week's Speakers:
    * Uli Fricke, General Partner, Triangle Venture Capital Group; Board Member, European Venture Capital Association (EVCA)
    * Sukbae Cha, CEO, ACAL Energy Ltd., UK (Fuel Cells)

    Stanford University's European Entrepreneurship and Innovation Thought Leaders Seminar is a weekly speaker series that presents industry leaders from Europe's hitech startup, venture finance, corporate and university research and technology commercialization communities to share their insights and experiences with aspiring and veteran entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley.



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    Monday, April 13
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    ASES Presents: The Economics Slowdown's Impact on Venture Capital & Entrepreneurs with Robert Rice
    8:00PM to 9:00PM ~ Cypress North, Tressider Union
    Stanford University

    Come here Robert Trice, Senior Managing Director of SK Telecom Ventures, speak on the state of the economy and entrepreneurship.

    Rob Trice brings a variety of domestic and international investing and business experience to SK telecom ventures. Prior to joining SK telecom ventures, he was a co-founding Partner of Nokia Growth Partners, the global growth-stage venture capital arm of Nokia with US$350m under management for direct and fund-to-fund investing. From late 2000 until the end of 2004, he worked at Nokia Venture Partners (now BlueRun Ventures) on early-stage venture investments in the US and overseas. Previously, he worked at DIRECTV in Los Angeles and Tokyo in a variety of operational and business planning roles. Rob also worked as an international policy analyst at a Washington, D.C. based think tank, the Center for Strategic & International Studies. He holds a Master of Arts from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia. Rob is based in Menlo Park, California.



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    Wednesday, April 15
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    ETL Seminar featuring: Mari Baker, CEO - Navigenics
    4:30PM to 5:30PM ~ Skilling Auditorium
    Stanford University

    Mari J. Baker serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Navigenics, Inc, a company that focuses on the future of health care through the use of genetic analysis. Ms. Baker served as President of BabyCenter, LLC (BabyCenter.com) that joined it in 1999. At BabyCenter, Ms. Baker also served as Vice President - Product Development and Senior Vice President & General Manager. Before joining BabyCenter, she was with Intuit, Inc. for ten years and played a significant role in the growth of Intuit.

    Don’t forget about the scheduled dinner that will follow the presentation! Enrolled Stanford Students are encouraged to apply at http://etl.stanford.edu/dinners/form.shtml

    Stanford University's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar is a weekly speaker series in which innovation leaders from the fields of business, finance, technology, education, and philanthropy, share their insights with aspiring entrepreneurs from all over the world.


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    Friday, April 17
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    SPBA Mini-Business Luncheon: Michael Dawson
    12:00PM to 1:00PM ~ GSB South Building, 2nd Floor, Upper Arbuckle Lounge Area
    Stanford University

    Mr. Michael Dawson, currently in the Graduate School of Business, is a co-president of the GSB Energy Club. Prior to joining Stanford, he has had extensive experience working with start-ups and entrepreneurial initiatives.

    Michael was a part of the initial team of a mobile phone start-up founded by the team that started Virgin Mobile USA, and then co-founded a SaaS project management application, MyQuire which grew to a team of 15. This technology has been very successful and was sold in the fall of 2008.

    Prior to gaining experience with start-ups, Michael graduated from Yale, where he spent summers in venture-capital and at start-ups. He then joined Katzenbach Partners, an entrepreneurial management consulting firm founded in 1998 by three McKinsey partners.


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    Friday, April 17
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    WHAT I WISH I KNEW WHEN I WAS 20: Book Launch Party
    7:00PM to 9:00PM ~ Kepler's Bookstore
    1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park

    You are invited to the launch party for "What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20." This book is about challenging assumptions, breaking the rules, making your own luck, and tapping into your entrepreneurial spirit to make amazing things happen. "Forget 20--This is the kind of stuff I wish I knew now... Tina is doing us all a big favor by giving us a road map to life!" — Guy Kawasaki, Co-Founder of Alltop, author of Reality Check and Art of the Start


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    Thursday, April 22
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    Coaches-on-Call: Heather Gates-Massoudi - Deloitte Services
    2:00PM to 4:00PM ~ Terman Engineering Center, Room 419
    Stanford University

    Heather’s primary focus is building venture capital relationships, working with venture capital funds and their portfolio companies to provide innovative service offerings and quality professional services. She frequently speaks on market trends, business issues facing entreprenuers, and other hot topics. She is a leader in the firm’s National and local women’s initiative.

    Before joining Deloitte Services, Heather was a Chief Financial Officer at a telecommunications software company. She wrote the business plan, led financing discussions, led operations and participated and all aspects of management of the Company. Prior to that, she was Vice President of Business Development at a venture-backed software and services company. While there, she successfully closed and managed relationships with large consulting firms including IBM Global Services. She was an investment banker at Hambrecht & Quist (now part of JP Morgan) in the software and internet industry group executing on initial public offerings, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity investment opportunities. She previously spent nine years as an audit professional at another Big 4 firm serving the technology sector. Heather has worked on numerous IPOs and other security offerings and has also served an as the key audit relationship for companies in the venture capital and technology, media and telecommunications industries.

  • 4. Featured Bay Area Events

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    Tuesday, April 14
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    SVASE First Impressions Funding Pitch Feedback, with DFJ, ONSET Ventures, Sand Hill Angels.
    5:30PM to 8:30PM ~ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94304

    First Impressions provides SVASE entrepreneurs with the opportunity to present to and receive formal structured feedback from prominent members of the entrepreneurial and venture funding communities. This is a great way to gain first hand experience on pitching for Venture Capital, make connections with VCs and Angels, and get a clear understanding on how to move your business forward.

    Startups wishing to be considered to present at the April 14 First Impressions should send a copy of their Presentation to the First Impressions Program Chair, Chad Salinas, at chad.salinas@najdorf.com by latest Mon, Mar 30, 2009. (Chad can also provide you with a copy of the SVASE Funding Pitch slide deck make sure to email him for your copy well in advance, and see the FAQ's following panelist bios for answers to most of yoru questions))

    "My presentation at First Impressions led not only to a number of valuable investor and VC contacts, but also brought me closer to other entrepreneurs, with a valuable exchange of experiences. In addition, winning the popular vote was a key affirmation that the pitch worked." Jan Samzelius, CEO,
    ByteShield (Byteshield subsequently raised an undisclosed amount from Angels in July 2008).

    http://www.svase.org/?q=node/1933


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    Thursday, April 16
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    VC Taskforce - VC Connect: Ask a VC
    6:00PM to 8:30PM ~ Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
    950 Page Mill Road (Main Entrance), Palo Alto, CA 94304

    VC Connect: A Q&A roundtable between entrepreneurs and investors from smaller or newer VC funds There are lots of conferences, panels and beauty pageants for entrepreneurs, but when do you really have the chance to ask VCs the questions you really need answered? At VC Connect, that's when. Come with your questions to a Q&A roundtable with a panel of experienced, savvy and open venture capitalists who are eager to answer your questions, and hopeful of meeting the next great entrepreneur. The panel features partners of venture funds that are smaller or newer. These investors may be a better fit for your startup than the standard big-brand Sand Hill Road fund.


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    Friday, April 17
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    SKMurphy: Peer Review for Websites
    11:30AM to 1:00PM ~ Plug and Play Tech Center
    440 N Wolfe Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94085

    Looking for feedback on your website? Want to improve your website? SKMurphy will host an upcoming Peer Review Event for Websites. Three fellow CEOs will present their website while the roundtable will provide feedback. This event is open to all. There are two ways to participate: * Presenter (whose website will be reviewed by peers) * Roundtable Reviewer


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    Tuesday, April 21
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    Angel and Venture Investing - Cleantech
    3:00PM to 6:30PM ~ Silicon Valley Capital Club
    50 W. San Fernando Suite 1700, San Jose, CA 95113

    Angel and Venture Investing - April 21, 2009 Despite the money belt tightening throughout the Life Science and Biotech industries, Cleantech funding stands strong. With reaching $8.4 billion dollars in 2008, this new it industry feels no economic crisis. At this panel, Cleantech entrepreneurs and start ups will meet with Cleantech Investors to learn what investors look for in a company, and how to land the deal. Neal Dikeman, Jane Capital Partner Todd Kimmel, Mayfield Fund Alex Kinnier, Khosla Ventures Nancy Pfund, DBL Investors Susan Preston, CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund and CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Network Craig Taylor, Alloy Ventures Susan Roberts, Citibank


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    Wednesday, April 22
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    2009 Entrepreneurial Student Summit
    3:00PM to 9:00PM ~ Plug & Play Tech Center
    440 N. Wolfe Rd., Sunnyvale, CA 94085

    What to Expect:

    * Meeting officers and members from entrepreneurial student organizations.
    * Learning from the experience of accomplished entrepreneurs and service partners.
    * Networking with student entrepreneurs from all over Northern California.

    http://summit.sfsu-eship.org/

  • 5. Acknowledgements & Event Submission

    Have an event you'd like us to include in our next Digest? Please use our simple online form located at http://bases.stanford.edu/about-us/digest/submit-event/. Please note that we reserve the right to publish only events we feel will best benefit our entrepreneurial community. Thank you!

    BASES is made possible through the generous sponsorship of leading venture capitalists, law firms, banks and corporations. BASES Platinum Sponsor: Lightspeed Venture Partners. Gold Sponsors: Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates. Silver Sponsors: Mohr Davidow Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, Philips, Norwest Venture Partners, and PlugandPlay TechCenter. The grand prize sponsor for the E-Challenge business plan competition is Morgenthaler Ventures.

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