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    06 January 2009
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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 & Event Submission

  • 1. Member Updates

    ** Apply now for the Mayfield Fellows Program - applications due Feb. 2nd
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    ** Check out Stanford's latest course on European entrepreneurship: ME 421
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    ** BASES Career Services is still accepting companies interested in presenting at
    our upcoming spring career fairs
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    ** Get ready for our Entrepreneurial Bootcamp coming up in two weeks!
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    ** Want more ways to stay in touch with BASES? Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/BASESEvents

  • 2. This Week in BASES

    Wednesday, Januray 7th:
    > VCTaskforce: The Elevator Pitch Roundtable
    > SDForum Semantic SIG: Semantics-Powered Search in Enterprises and
    Communities

    Thursday, January 8th:
    > SVASE VC Breakfast Club with Eric Buatois, General Partner, Sofinnova Ventures
    > SVASE MAIN EVENT: Angel investors to the rescue in 2009?

    Monday, January 12th:
    > Angel Investor Panel - Technology Predictions

    Thursday, January 15th:
    > Mayfield Fellows Program Information Session

  • 3. Featured Stanford Events

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    Monday, January 12
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    Angel Investor Panel - Technology Predictions
    5:30PM to 7:30PM ~ Stanford Graduate Community Center, in the Havana Room
    750 Escondido, Stanford CA

    High Tech angel investors are generally seasoned executives with deep strategic and operational experience in running successful start-ups as well as extensive experience within corporations in various roles. The angel investors we've recruited for this month's panel have been seen a wide range of high tech business plans, and have their own thoughts and recommendations on technology trends for 2009 – what will get funded, where the markets and business is heading, how to be successful in these challenging times.

    Our panel will feature:

    • Facilitator Brian Boyer, Partner, TIPS Group

    • Panelist Jim Connor, Membership Co-Chair and Board Director, Sand Hill Angels

    • Panelist Bill Powar, Keiretsu Forum

    • Panelist Ron Weissman, Band of Angels

    • Panelist Jeff Yu, Managing Director, Angels Forum


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    Thursday, January 15
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    Mayfield Fellows Program Information Session
    5:00PM to 6:00PM ~ Terman Engineering Center, Fourth Floor Lounge
    Stanford University

    The Mayfield Fellows Program is a unique nine-month work/study program that focuses on high technology entrepreneurship. This 3 quarter sequence of courses (spring, summer, & fall) is designed to teach students from across campus about entrepreneurial leadership in emerging technology companies.

    The Mayfield Fellows Program offers a dozen undergraduate or co-terminal masters students the opportunity to work intimately with top entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and professors both in the classroom and during a paid summer internship at a start-up company. Details about the program and an on-line application can be found at:

    http://stvp.stanford.edu/teaching/mfp/

  • 4. Featured Bay Area Events

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    Wednesday, January 7
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    VCTaskforce: The Elevator Pitch Roundtable
    6:00PM to 8:30PM ~ Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
    2475 Hanover Street, Palo Alto

    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.

    If you are an investor come and listen to entrepreneurs' pitches. You
    never know where you'll find your next deal. Find out how our panel of
    investors rate the entrepreneurs' pitches; which VCs pass and for what
    reasons.

    http://www.VCTaskForce.com


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    Thursday, January 8
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    SVASE VC Breakfast Club with Eric Buatois, General Partner, Sofinnova Ventures
    8:30AM to 9:30AM ~ Townsend, Townsend and Crew LLP
    379 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto,, CA, 94301

    Sofinnova Ventures invests in Life Science and Technology start-
    ups. Our professionals are seasoned business operators,
    possessing deep domain and investment expertise. We know how to
    help entrepreneurs build successful, global businesses.

    http://www.svase.org/?q=node/1982


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    Thursday, January 8
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    SVASE MAIN EVENT: Angel investors to the rescue in 2009?
    6:00PM to 9:00PM ~ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR Campus)
    950 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA, 94304

    With public markets in the midst of a roller coaster ride, are
    Angel investors down for the count, or will they stay in the
    game and ride the wave back to economic recovery? According to
    long-time angle god-father, Ron Conway, Baseline Ventures,
    they are still actively looking at funding pitches and have
    money for promising start-ups. So while over-extended Venture
    Firms are talking layoffs & cash crunch for their portfolio
    companies, Conway still feels it's a great time for
    entrepreneurs to start companies, and for Angels to invest in
    capital efficient startups. Do other Angels feel the same way,
    or are they hiding out in the hills till the good times return?

    Come meet with and hear leading angel investors in a lively
    exchange as they explore trends and provide insights on the
    following critical questions:
    ﾷHow have the dynamics and metrics of Angel investing changed
    in the past 12 months?
    ﾷWhats happening to valuations & how much equity are Angels
    now looking for?
    ﾷWhat does a startup need to look like to be attractive for
    Angels today?
    ﾷWhat investment instruments do they prefer & what involvement
    do they want?
    ﾷHow are Angels working with Venture Capitalists for the next
    round of funding?
    ﾷWhat technology sectors are most attractive to Angel investors
    right now?

    http://www.svase.org/?q=node/1904

  • 5. Acknowledgments & Event Submission

    Have an event you'd like us to include in our next Digest? Please send all event submissions to BASES.digest@gmail.com with the subject, "Digest Event Submission" and remember to include all relevant information, preferably summarized. Thank you!

    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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