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    06 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

    ** 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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    ** Have an idea for a social venture? Apply for free mentoring, tools, and aid at http://www.sparkseed.org
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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
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    ** Pitch your idea to Sequoia Capital's Michael Moritz! Women 2.0's third-annual Startup Competition is accepting pitch ideas on paper napkins (that's right, you heard us right, all applications MUST be on napkins) until April 10th, 2009. For more information, visit: http://pitch.women2.org/

  • 2. Coming Up in BASES

    Monday, April 6th:
    > European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thought Leaders Seminar

    Tuesday, April 7th:
    > Coaches-on-Call: Jeffrey Schox - Registered Patent Attorney and Stanford Professor
    > Face to Face with Esther Dyson
    > Green Financing for Green Businesses

    Wednesday, April 8th:
    > ETL Seminar featuring: Jensen Huang, Co-Founder, NVidia
    > BASES E Challenge Workshop- Morgenthaler Ventures
    > SVASE CXO Leadership Forum: Recruiting an Investable Team

    Thursday, April 9th:
    > SVASE Startup-U SFO: PR on a Shoestring Budget

    Friday, April 10th:
    > SKMurphy: Bootstrappers Breakfast

    Monday, April 13th:
    > European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thought Leaders Seminar

  • 3. Featured BASES Events

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    Monday, April 6
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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 & Biosciences Innovation in Estonia

    This Week's Speakers:
    * Allan Martinson, Managing Partner, Martinson Trigon Venture Partners
    * Kalev Kask, CEO and Founder, eGreen International

    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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    Tuesday, April 7
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    Coaches-on-Call: Jeffrey Schox - Registered Patent Attorney and Stanford Professor
    2:00PM to 4:00PM ~ Terman Engineering Center, Room 419
    Stanford University

    Jeffrey Schox is a Registered Patent Attorney and the founding member of Schox Patent Group, a boutique patent firm devoted to building patent portfolios that attract funding for startup ventures. Drawing on his experience of over ten years in patent law and his degrees in both mechanical and electrical engineering, he has filed over 250 patent applications in a broad range of cutting-edge technologies. As a Consulting Professor, Jeffrey teaches patent law in both the engineering school and the law school at Stanford University.


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    Wednesday, April 8
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    ETL Seminar featuring: Jensen Huang, Co-Founder, NVidia
    4:30PM to 5:30PM ~ Skilling Auditorium
    Stanford University

    Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang co-founded NVIDIA Corporation in April 1993 and has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors since its inception. Under his leadership, NVIDIA has become the world leader in visual computing technologies and one of the semiconductor industry's largest fabless companies.

    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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    Wednesday, April 8
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    BASES E Challenge Workshop- Morgenthaler Ventures
    6:30PM to 8:00PM ~ Stanford GSB, Bishop Auditorium
    Stanford University

    Come hear from the founders and CEOs of some of the Valley's most exciting young companies.

    Panel:
    - Dalton Caldwell, founder of imeem (Consumer Internet)
    - Andrew Cleeland, CEO of Ardian (Healthcare)
    - Guido Appenzeller, founder of Voltage Security (Enterprise)
    - Martin Roscheisen, founder of Nanosolar (Cleantech)
    - Ken Gullicksen and Drew Lanza, partners at Morgenthaler Ventures,
    co-moderators

    Panel followed by networking.

    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=79582681110


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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.

  • 4. Featured Bay Area Events

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    Tuesday, April 7
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    Face to Face with Esther Dyson
    7:00PM to 9:00PM ~ Samovar Conference Hall
    1077 Independence Ave, Mountain View, CA 94043

    Esther Dyson takes the long-term view about marketing, personal data, social media, and whatever you want to ask her about. Freshly back from a six-month sabbatical training as a backup cosmonaut in Russia and Kazakhstan (during which she also managed to visit England, Uganda, France, Azerbaijan, Finland and Germany), Dyson is known for her insight and her ability to take an outsider's view of an industry she has been part of for decades. She has no canned speech, so come prepared with curiosity and questions. You can follow her on Twitter (edyson), Facebook Flickr (flickr.com/photos/edyson) or, occasionally, the Huffington Post. As usual Gourmet Dinner and wine is included.


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    Tuesday, April 7
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    Green Financing for Green Businesses
    5:30PM to 7:30PM ~ Hanson Bridgett
    425 Market Street, 26th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105

    Whether you are looking to start or expand a business, install solar panels or replace outdated equipment with energy efficient gear, green financing is available! Urban Solutions presents "Green Financing for Green Businesses," a free-of-charge workshop on the availability of capital for green projects. This unique event features speakers from a diverse range of funding sources including a traditional bank, a non-profit lender, and an angel investor to address your financing needs regardless of the stage of your green project. For more information, visit www.urbansolutionsSF.org and to RSVP, please e-mail green@urbansolutionsSF.org. Seating is limited.



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    Wednesday, April 8
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    SVASE CXO Leadership Forum: Recruiting an Investable Team
    11:30AM to 1:30PM ~ Montgomery & Hansen
    525 Middlefield Road, Suite 250 Menlo Park,, CA, 94025

    This event is a collegial luncheon designed to foster
    discussion in a confidential format among founders, officers
    and managers (CEO, CFO, CTO, CMO) of startup technology
    companies. We request that participants be involved in the
    management of a technology company.

    Advance registration only, limited to 25 registrants, no walk-
    ins admitted.

    Pre-registration closes 11 AM the day of the event.


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    Thursday, April 9
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    SVASE Startup-U SFO: PR on a Shoestring Budget
    11:45AM to 1:45PM ~ DLA Piper
    555 Mission Street, Suite 2400 San Francisco, CA, 94105

    AGENDA:
    11:45-12:00 Registration, Networking and Food
    12:00-12:15 SVASE/Startup-U Overview, Introductions, Speaker
    Intro
    12:15-1:15 Speaker Presentation & Interactive Q&A
    1:15-1:30 Networking with the presenters!

    Pre-registration closes at 9 AM the day of the event.

    With your help, we will start on time so the speaker can
    provide you with as much interactive information as possible.

    Please note topics are subject to change without notice.

    Popular FAQs regarding Startup-U:

    What is the cost of this event?
    A $5 (member) or $15 (affiliate/non-member) registration fee,
    plus a $1.50 credit card processing fee, includes event and
    lunch, available through advanced online registration. A $10 or
    $20 fee is collected at the door.

    What is the format of a Startup-U event typically?
    Generally speaking, each event begins with an introduction by
    the host followed by a brief talk about SVASE and self-
    introductions by each of the attendees. After the
    introductions, the host introduces a speaker (usually 20 minute
    presentation, followed by group discussion) or the discussion
    topic; the exact format varies based on the host and that
    variety is what makes this event so exciting!

    Who should attend?
    Startup entrepreneurs, anyone thinking about forming a startup,
    service providers, angels and VCs active in the Silicon Valley
    information tech and biotech entrepreneur communities. Past
    participants include:
    Current and aspiring entrepreneurs
    Venture Capitalists, Angels and other members of the funding
    community
    Service Providers (e.g. human resources, contract programming,
    etc.)
    Independent Consultants (e.g. sales, marketing, engineering,
    etc.)

    Do I need to be a member of SVASE to attend this event?
    Non-members and guests of members are welcome to attend any 2
    SVASE Startup-U events. Afterwards, we recommend that non-
    members become members of SVASE. For more information on the
    benefits of joining SVASE, please visit our website at
    www.svase.org/?q=membership or alternatively, you can also join
    at the event itself.

    Please note additional parking expenses will be incurred if you
    choose to park in DLAs garage. DLA Piper does NOT validate
    parking.

    This event is co-sponsored by DLA Piper, www.dlapiper.com.


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    Tuesday, April 7
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    SKMurphy: Bootstrappers Breakfast
    7:30AM to 9:00AM ~ Omega Restaurant
    90 S. Park Victoria Milpitas, CA, 95035

    Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast, at our
    East Bay location. -- easy acces to 280/680.

    * Compare Notes
    * Exchange Ideas
    * Learn from Others Mistakes
    * Brainstorm with Peers
    * Find Partners
    * Small Group Atmosphere
    * Serious Conversation
    * In by 7:30AM Out by 9AM

    At Bootstrappers Breakfast we have serious conversations about
    growing a business based on internal cashflow. This is not for
    entrepreneurs who want to meet VCs, this is for founders who are
    actively bootstrapping a startup.

  • 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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