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    02 December 2008
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  • Table of contents:

    1. Member Updates
    2. This Week in BASES
    3. Featured Stanford Events
    4. Featured Bay Area Events
    5. Acknowledgments

  • 1. Member Updates

    ** E-Challenge / Social E-Challenge Kick-Off EXTRAVAGANZA!!
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    ** See past-BASES all-star Rebeca Hwang speak at FountainBlue
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    ** Check out NUSEA's cleantech conference next Thursday

  • 2. This Week in BASES

    Tuesday, December 2nd:
    > BASES E-Challenge & Social-E Challenge Mini-KickOff

    Wednesday, December 3rd:
    > VCTaskforce: The Elevator Pitch Roundtable

    Thursday, December 4th:
    > 5th Annual Neat Ideas Fair
    > SVASE - Attracting Venture Capital in a Down Market

    Friday, December 5th:
    > SKMurphy: Bootstrappers Breakfast

    Monday, December 8th:
    > FountainBlue - High Tech Forum: Technology Predictions for 2009?

    Thursday, December 11:
    > NUSEA Rainmakers Conference Fall 2008: Trends and Innovations in Energy Efficiency

  • 3. Featured Stanford Events

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    Tuesday, December 2
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    BASES E-Challenge & Social-E Challenge Mini-KickOff
    7:30PM to 9:00PM ~ GSB-S170
    Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford CA 94305

    Please join us on December 2 for the kick-off to our two largest business plan competitions: the E-Challenge and Social E-Challenge. Snacks and refreshments will be provided!

    Keynote Speaker: Lata Krishnan ( CFO of Shah Capital Partners )
    Location: GSB-S170 ( http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=08-350 )

    GRAND PRIZE: $100,000 Total Prize Money

    http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=44720089807

  • 4. Featured Bay Area Events

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    Tuesday, December 2
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    BASES E-Challenge & Social-E Challenge Mini-KickOff
    6:00PM to 8:30PM ~ Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
    2475 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA, 94304

    The VC Taskforce Elevator Pitch Roundtable is a great
    opportunity for entrepreneurs to network with investors and
    other CXOs, present their company and idea, and hear first-hand
    what it takes to raise early-stage capital in 2008. Each of our
    events has consistently drawn an excellent entrepreneur-to-
    investor ratio.

    If you are an entrepreneur in a startup and currently seeking
    capital, come prepared with your best 90-second elevator pitch.

    www.VCTaskForce.com

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    Thursday, December 4
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    5th Annual Neat Ideas Fair
    10:00AM to 6:00PM ~ Barrett Ballroom, Student Union, SJSU
    One Washington Square San Jose, CA, 95192

    The Neat Ideas Fair is an annual forum to promote creativity
    and entrepreneurship at SJSU by generating and highlighting
    Neat Business Ideas. Open to anyone affiliated with SJSU
    (students, alumni, faculty, and staff). Check out the fun
    exhibits and learn how to take yoru idea to the next level!

    http://www.cob.sjsu.edu/svnif/

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    Thursday, December 4
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    SVASE MAIN EVENT - Attracting Venture Capital in a Down Market
    5:30PM to 8:30PM ~ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94304

    While exits in the form of IPOs have been non-existent in
    recent months, and the number of startup acquisitions has
    slowed considerably, the effects of the current economic
    climate are only now beginning to impact the market for seed &
    early stage venture capital.

    To help understand what this means to you, come meet with and
    hear leading venture investors in a lively exchange, when they
    explore trends and provide insights on the following critical
    questions:
    - How can already funded startups not only survive but thrive,
    in this market?
    - What do new startups need to look like to attract venture
    funding?
    - What does this mean for valuations?
    - What does this mean for exit options?
    - What does this mean to the already shifting venture capital
    community?
    - What does this mean for Silicon Valley  will it still be the
    world center of entrepreneurship & venture capital in the next
    decade?

    http://www.svase.org/?q=node/1823

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    Friday, December 5
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    SKMurphy: Bootstrappers Breakfast
    7:30AM to 9:00AM ~ Hobee's
    4224 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA, 94306

    oin Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast.

    * 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.

    http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/


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    Monday, December 8
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    FountainBlue - High Tech Forum: Technology Predictions for 2009?
    5:30PM to 7:30PM ~ Jones Day
    1755 Embarcadero Road in Palo Alto

    For this month's high tech entrepreneurs' forum, we have invited an investor, a corporate intrapreneur, an entrepreneur and an analyst to speak on the evolution of the technology markets and to make technology predictions for 2009, while providing advice to entrepreneurs on how to best navigate the business and technology changes expected in the new year.

    Our panel will feature:

    - Facilitator Arthur Beeman, Partner, Jones Day LLP
    - Panelist Tom Foremski, Founder and Editor, Silicon Valley Watcher
    - Panelist Rebeca Hwang, Director of Network Strategy and Development, YouNoodle, Member Board of Directors and Chair of Judging California Clean Tech Open
    - Panelist Lars Leckie, Principal, Hummer Winblad
    - Panelist Eghosa Omoigui, Director, Strategic Investments, Consumer Internet, Semantic Technologies, Intel Capital
    - Panelist Katya Stesin, Serial Entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of recently funded Razoom

    http://www.sventrepreneurs.com/

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    Thursday, December 11
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    NUSEA Rainmakers Conference Fall 2008: Trends and Innovations in Energy Efficiency
    6:15 PM to 9:30 PM ~ Advanced Micro Devices Commons Auditorium
    One AMD Place, Sunnvale, CA 94085

    In recent years, the need to utilize energy efficiently and generate energy from alternative sources has become imperative. Irrespective of how energy is generated in the years to come, efficiency in using the existing energy will remain an important sphere wherein businesses and consumers would have to jointly work. With the spike in interest in cleantech from start-up companies and venture capitalists, the energy efficiency and cleantech sector is a huge and rapidly growing industry worthy of further discussion. The event will consist of a keynote speech as well as panel discussions on the consumer trends and the opportunities the Energy Efficiency Sector provides for businesses and consumers.

    http://www.nusea.org/rainmakers/speakers.php

  • 5. Acknowledgments

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

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