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    09 February 2009
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  • Table of contents:

    1. ** Countdown to E-Week **
    2. Member Updates
    3. Coming Up in BASES
    4. Featured BASES Events
    5. Featured Bay Area Events
    6. Acknowledgments & Event Submission

  • 1. ** Countdown to E-Week **

    It's an exciting time here at Stanford for emerging entrepreneurs and closet capitalists. The largest entrepreneurship celebration is just around the corner with a week long smorgasbord of delectable campus events and activities all centered around bolstering innovation and entrepreneurial spirit in students, parents, alumni and all members of the greater Stanford community.

    The festivities kick off next week with an empowering speech on Entrepreneurial Leadership from our very own president John Hennessy! Other events for the week include:
    > Venture Capital Speed Dating
    > "Startup 101" Job Fair
    > GSB Entrepreneurship Conference
    > And more mixers, showcases and contests than you can imagine

    All the details and more can be found at the E-Week website (http://eweek.stanford.edu/2009/)

  • 2. Member Updates

    ** Remember, first round submissions for Social E / E-Challenge are next Tuesday, February 17th!
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    ** If you are still looking for partners for Social E / E-Challenge, feel free to head over to
    http://bases.stanford.edu/forum to post projects or see what others are up to. Or, check out this week's mixer on Tuesday (be sure to RSVP on Facebook)

  • 3. Coming Up in BASES

    Monday, February 9th:
    > European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thought Leaders Seminar
    > Global Women's Leadership Network presents:Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity

    Tuesday, February 10th:
    > BASES Social-E / E-Challenge Mixer

    Wednesday, February 11th:
    > ETL Seminar featuring: Thomas Siebel, Siebel Systems
    > VC TaskForce - Capitalizing on Venture & Strategic Relationships

    Thursday, February 12th:
    > Coaches-on-Call: Brian Lieber - Battery Ventures
    > "Kick Start Your Start-Up"

    Wednesday, February 18th:
    > E-Week Kickoff: President Hennessy on Entrepreneurial Leadership

    Thursday, February 19th:
    > Panel Discussion: Careers in Product Creation & Manufacturing

    Friday, February 20th:
    > Venture Capital Speed Dating

    Saturday, February 21st:
    > Pitching and Presenting Workshop: Make Your Story Compelling
    > "Bring Your Product to Life" Workshop

  • 4. Featured BASES Events

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    Monday, February 2
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    European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thought Leaders Seminar
    4:15PM to 5:30PM ~ Skilling Auditorium
    Stanford University

    This Week's Speakers:
    * Dr. Alessandro Zago MBA PhD - Director of Venture Technology, Siemens Technology-to-Business (TTB)

    (Germany)
    * Erik Rutten - Senior Investment Manager, DSM Venturing (Netherlands)
    * Anup Jacob - Partner, Virgin Green Fund (UK)
    * Sebastiaan la Bastide - Head of New Concept Incubator, Roche Diagnostics Corporation (Switzerland)
    * Jason Yotopoulos - Head of Global Business Incubator, SAP Labs (Germany)

    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, February 10
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    BASES Social-E/E-Challenge Mixer
    7:00PM to 9:00PM ~ Grove Lasuen
    Stanford University

    Join us for a fun night filled with opportunities to:
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    → PITCH your venture, recruit teammates, find a team to join
    → MEET the Social-E and E-Challenge teams
    → ASK questions about the submission process and competition
    → INTERACT with past Social E-Challenge finalists and learn from their experience

    RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=49623363978


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    Wednesday, February 4
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    ETL Seminar featuring: Tom Siebel, Chairman of the First Virtual Group, and Founder of Siebel Systems
    4:30PM to 5:30PM ~ Skilling Auditorium
    Stanford University

    Tom Siebel was the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Siebel Systems, which merged with Oracle Corporation in January 2006. Founded in 1993, Siebel Systems became a global leader in application software with more than 8,000 employees in 32 countries, over 4,500 corporate customers, and annual revenue in excess of $2 billion. Before founding Siebel Systems, Mr. Siebel served as chief executive officer of Gain Technology, a multimedia software company that merged with Sybase in December 1992. From 1984 through 1990, he was an executive at Oracle Corporation, where he held a number of senior management positions. He is a frequent industry spokesman and is the author of three books: Taking Care of eBusiness and Cyber Rules, published by Doubleday, and Virtual Selling, published by the Free Press.

    Don’t forget about the scheduled dinner with Teresa that will follow her 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, February 12
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    Coaches-on-Call: Brian Lieber - Battery Ventures
    2:00PM to 4:00PM ~ Terman Engineering Center, Room 419
    Stanford University

    Brian joined Battery Ventures in 2004 and oversees investments related to the firm's Entrepreneur in Residence program. His investments include: A Place for Mom, Angie's List, Omniture (NASDAQ: OMTR), and Bangalore-based Tejas Networks. Prior to joining Battery, Brian spent five years as a senior associate with The Bowdoin Group, an executive search firm focused on the software and Internet sectors. Earlier in his career, he held regional sales executive positions with Santa Cruz-based UNIX operating system developer SCO, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOX) and Baltimore-based Allegis Group, a $3B technology outsourcing firm. Brian is an active member of the North Carolina Council for Entrepreneurial Development. He graduated from Wittenberg University with a BA in Political Science.

    Coaches-On-Call is a service where industry professionals hold "office hours," where students can gather advice and industry will have access to Stanford students.

    Please email Belen Torres-Gil (belen at stanford.edu) with a short bio to sign up.


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    Wednesday, February 18
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    E-Week Kickoff: President Hennessy on Entrepreneurial Leadership
    4:30PM to 6:30PM ~ Kresge Auditorium
    Stanford University

    Featured Speaker: John Hennessy Join us for a thought-provoking, inspirational talk about entrepreneurial leadership by Stanford President, John Hennessy. His insights come from leading Stanford University as well as his prior experiences as a successful entrepreneur and his current role as a board member for several high technology ventures, including Google, Cisco Systems, and Atheros Communications. As part of the festivities, we will launch Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford and give out audience prizes.

    Hosts: Stanford Entrepreneurship Network (SEN), Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), and Business Association of Entrepreneurial Students (BASES)

    http://eweek.stanford.edu/2009/0218.html


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    Thursday, February 19
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    Careers in Product Creation and Manufacturing for New Graduates
    6:00PM to 8:00PM ~ Hartley Conference Center, Mitchell Building, School of Earth Sciences
    Stanford University

    Itching to invent new products and be an innovator after graduation? Enjoy a light dinner while learning about career opportunities with established manufacturing companies looking for entrepreneurial talent. Stanford alumni and other representatives from blue-chip companies will talk about how manufacturing companies can offer all of the excitement of a start-up without all of the risk. Representatives from the Career Development Center will also be on hand to share resources and offer career planning advice. This will be a highly interactive session, with plenty of opportunity to ask questions of the panelists. (This session is open to Stanford students only. Space is limited. First come, first served)


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    Friday, February 20
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    Pitchfest: Venture Capital Speed Dating
    1:30PM to 5:00PM ~ Wallenberg Learning Theater, Building 160
    Stanford University

    Stanford students: Pitch your business ideas to Silicon Valley venture capitalists (VCs). Apply in advance for 3-4 opportunities to give three-minute pitches to VC pairs and receive three minutes of feedback. This portion of the event is restricted to pre-registered students and VCs.

    At 4:00, the event opens to the public for a networking mixer. Come join us to meet entrepreneurial students and VCs.

    Register: http://ases.stanford.edu/vc3/


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    Saturday, February 21
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    Pitching and Presenting Workshop: How to Make Your Story Compelling
    10:00PM to 12:00PM ~ Hasso Plattner Institute of Design ("d.school"), Building 52
    Stanford University

    Learn how to tell your story in a way that will hold your audience captive, whether you're pitching ideas, products, your company, or yourself. You'll find out how to structure your message, make it irresistible, and WOW them with visuals. Apply these principles and tips to pitches of any length and to any audience, whether it be investors, customers, partners, employees, employers, the media or others.

    This hands-on workshop will be led by marketing expert, Theresa Lina Stevens, and design guru, Forrest Glick, both of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. A complimentary light brunch will be served. Space is limited to the first 30 people. Arrive early.


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    Saturday, February 21
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    "Bring Your Product to Life" Workshop
    1:00PM to 3:00PM ~ Hartley Conference Center, Mitchell Building, School of Earth Sciences
    Stanford University

    Ideas to prototype to market - Entrepreneurs are those that can successfully navigate this path. Bringing Products to Life is about taking the necessary steps so that products can scale in the market, sustainably. Led by Marc Theeuwes, Consulting Associate Professor, Stanford's Mechanical Engineering Design Division, this is an interactive workshop with a world class panel that brings practical insights from over 100 years of collective experience with leading products and services. Entrepreneurs, bring your product ideas to this workshop and learn from the experts.

  • 5. Featured Bay Area Events

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    Monday, February 9
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    Global Women's Leadership Network presents: Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity
    4:30PM to 7:00PM ~ California Mission Room, Benson Center
    Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara

    Join us for a Global Innovation Dialogue with Judy Estrin, author of
    Closing the Innovation Gap. A technology pioneer and business leader, Judy
    will describe what is required to reignite innovation in business,
    education, and government.

    Judy will present highlights from her book, including the fundamentals
    required to nurture innovation and examples from established companies,
    startups, and research labs that illustrate the power of innovation.

    Judy Estrin is CEO of JLABS, LLC. She co-founded seven technology
    companies and was chief technology officer at Cisco Systems. She has been
    named three times to Fortune magazine's list of the 50 most powerful women
    in American business.


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    Wednesday, February 11
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    VCTaskforce: Capitalizing on Venture & Strategic Relationships
    6:00PM to 8:30PM ~ Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
    2 Palo Alto Square, Palo Alto

    Many of Silicon Valley's most successful start-ups have capitalized on
    their relationships with strategic partners and investors, taking
    advantage of key customer relationships and sharing development costs for
    new products. However, working with a strategic investor for a start-up
    also has its risks with respect to investment terms and the liquidity
    event.

    How can start-ups and venture capital investors that co-invest with
    strategic investors better manage their relationships with strategic
    investors and partners?

    VC Taskforce's Corporate Venture Capital special interest group has formed
    a panel to address these issues and provide advice to companies and
    investors.

    http://www.VCTaskForce.com


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    Thursday, February 12
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    "Kick Start Your Start-Up"
    7:00PM to 9:00PM ~ Chill Desserts
    125 Kearny Street San Francisco, CA, 94108

    Meet VCs and successful Bay Area entrepreneurs at this
    networking and coaching workshop. You'll meet the founders of
    four vibrant small businesses in this unique workshop with a
    panel discussion on bringing a start-up to life, and real-time
    coaching in small-table groups -- all while enjoying Chill
    Desserts' "Best of the Bay" delectables!

  • 6. Acknowledgments & Event Submission

    Have an event you'd like us to include in our next Digest? Try out our automated event submission system, available publicly on the web at http://bases.stanford.edu/about-us/digest/submit-event/. Please note that we reserve the right to publish only events we think will most benefit our subscriber base. 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 and PlugandPlay TechCenter. The grand prize sponsor for the E-Challenge business plan competition is Morgenthaler Ventures."

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