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  • BASES

    27 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

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  • 2. Coming Up in BASES

    Monday, April 27th:
    > European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thought Leaders Seminar
    > Book Launch Mixer with Tina Seelig and Clara Shih

    Wednesday, April 29th:
    > ETL Seminar featuring: Jennifer Fonstad & Steven Perricone, BioFuelBox
    > A Case Study of Learning Lessons for Entrepreneurs

    Thursday, April 30th:
    > The MIT Club C3 Entrepreneurship Program presents: The Art and Science of Bootstrapping
    > Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum: 11th Annual UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition Finals

    Thursday, May 7th:
    > Coaches on Call: Bryan Schreier, Venture Capitalist, Sequoia Capital

  • 3. Featured BASES Events

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    Monday, April 27
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    European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thought Leaders Seminar
    4:15PM to 5:30PM ~ Skilling Auditorium
    Stanford University

    This Week's Topic: Serial Entrepreneurs in Norway and Italy

    This Week's Speakers:
    * Bjorn Haughland, Chairman, Symphonical (Norway)
    * Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO, Funambol (Italy)

    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 27
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    Book Launch Mixer with Tina Seelig and Clara Shih
    6:30PM to 8:00PM ~ Stanford Bookstore - Lover Level
    Stanford University

    Join Tina Seelig, author of What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20, and former student, Clara Shih, author of The Facebook Era, for a book launch mixer. The authors will tell the stories about how their books evolved, followed by a mixer. Open to students, faculty, and the community.


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    Wednesday, April 29
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    ETL Seminar featuring: Jennifer Fonstad & Steven Perricone, BioFuelBox
    4:30PM to 5:30PM ~ Skilling Auditorium
    Stanford University

    Jennifer Scott Fonstad is a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Considered one of the most senior women in venture today, Ms. Fonstad invests broadly in early stage companies, most recently taking an early leadership role in clean energy. Additionally, she has been working to change our country’s healthcare system through entrepreneurship.

    Steve Perricone is President and CEO (Co-Founder) of BioFuelBox Corporation. Steve has over 20 years experience in the technology industry, with over half of that in start-up environments. Most recently Mr. Perricone was Vice President of Worldwide Sales for SonicWALL (NASDAQ: SNWL). He joined SonicWALL when it had less than 20 employees and was instrumental in the growth of the company to over 450 employees worldwide.

    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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    Thursday, May 7
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    Coaches-on-Call: Bryan Schreier - Venture Capitalist, Sequoia Capital
    2:00PM to 4:00PM ~ Terman Engineering Center, Room 419
    Stanford University

    Bryan Schreier is a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital focusing on internet, enterprise and mobile investments. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2008, Bryan was Google's Senior Director of International Online Sales and Operations where he oversaw advertising sales, operations, and engineering across Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He also launched Google's Europe headquarters and was interim President of Sales in China. Prior to Google, Bryan served in Morgan Stanley's Technology Investment Banking Group. Bryan has a Computer Science degree from Princeton University.

    To register, please select a meeting time online and send an email to Belen (belen@stanford.edu) with a short write-up as to why you want to see the coach.

    http://sentest.stanford.edu/coaches_overview

  • 4. Featured Bay Area Events

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    Wednesday, April 29
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    A Case Study of Learning Lessons for Entrepreneurs
    7:30AM to 9:15AM ~ Frank Rimerman + Co., LLP
    1801 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304

    SDForum, in collaboration with Nixon Peabody and Frank Rimerman
    are delighted to announce the launch of a unique and innovative
    breakfast series: Building a Tech Business in Silicon Valley: A
    Case Study. The Series is NOT a "talking heads" panel program.
    Instead, the important lessons learned are communicated through
    discussions centering around detailed case descriptions.
    Audience members put themselves in the shoes of the company's
    principals as they suffer and succeed through the rollercoaster
    life of a startup.

    Each session will be kicked off by a panel of experts and then
    participants will discuss and debate what the founders should
    do, provide helpful insights and materials for the
    entrepreneurial attendees as they build and grow their own
    companies. The experts include seasoned entrepreneurs and
    CEO's, service providers, investors and executives with
    pertinent experience and insights. There will be a dedicated
    wiki to communicate with attendees, including disseminating
    background material prior to the sessions, session materials,
    news and other related pieces or posts, and speaker and sponsor
    information.

    http://www.sdforum.org


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    Thursday, April 30
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    Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum: 11th Annual UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition Finals
    6:00PM to 9:00PM ~ Andersen Auditorium, Haas School of Business
    2220 Piedmont Avenue Berkeley, CA, 94720

    The UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition is the marquee
    entrepreneurship event at Berkeley, nurturing entrepreneurial
    action across the UC Berkeley community. The competition gives
    students, alumni and local entrepreneurs the opportunity to
    work together to turn innovative ideas into real businesses.
    The event also brings together the finest research and
    technology ideas from both UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco.
    Each year participants develop business plans that are based on
    some of the most exciting new technologies.

    The UC Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum will present a very special
    program on April 30th when it joins with the student organizers
    of the 2009 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition to showcase
    the finalists of this year's competition and award prizes to
    the winners. The Bay Area entrepreneurial community is invited
    to join us for an exciting evening featuring the best and the
    brightest new ventures. Forum audience members will be invited
    to participate in the selection of the People's Choice Award,
    which carries a $5000 prize.

    http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/bef/index.html


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    Thursday, April 30
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    The MIT Club C3 Entrepreneurship Program presents: The Art and Science of Bootstrapping
    6:30PM to 9:00PM ~ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    950 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304

    Successful bootstrapping requires discipline and focus as well as ingenuity. First surviving, then sustaining and also investing in future, these three management challenges sometimes create opposing pull on limited resources. In hard times, the ingenuity and creativity of the company leadership is particularly tested.

    Each company invited to the panel has a different business model, operates in a different market segment and a unique set of challenges. Hear from these entrepreneurs about their strategies and practices for sustaining the companies during the downturn and positioning them for growth when the economic cycle turns.

    Moderator: Sramana Mitra, Strategy consultant and Forbes columnist

    Panelists:
    Michelle Munson, President, CEO and Co-Founder Aspera Software
    Beatrice Tarka, CEO and cofounder, Mobissimo
    Sridhar Vembu, CEO and Founder, Zoho

  • 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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