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    02 March 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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    ** Be sure to check out Highland Capital's summer entrepreneurship program for students and recent graduates who want to gain the opportunity to work on their start-up under the incredible supervision of Highland's seasoned management team. Check out http://www.hcp.com/summer for more information!
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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, March 2nd:
    > European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thought Leaders Seminar
    > FountainBlue's Clean Energy Entrepreneurs' Forum

    Tuesday, March 3rd:
    > SPBA presents 'Steve Jobs of Japan' Toru Takasuka & Hideshi Hamaguchi
    > UC BERKELEY-HAAS: Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series

    Wednesday, March 4th:
    > ETL Seminar featuring: Elizabeth Holmes, Founder and CEO - Theranos Inc.
    > SVPMA Monthly Event - Applying Design Thinking Principles in Product Management with Dr. Sara Beckman, UC Berkeley

    Thursday, March 5th:
    > Startup House Information Session
    > UC BERKELEY-HAAS: Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum

    Friday, March 6th:
    > FountainBlue's Funding Road Trip: Your Value Proposition

  • 3. Featured BASES Events

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

    This Week's Topic: Private-Public Models of Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Europe

    This Week's Speakers:
    * Sten Tamkivi, Chief Evangelist, Skype Estonia
    * Christian Bason, Innovation Manager, Danish MindLab
    * Dr. Sven Schade, Directorate General Enterprise & Industry, European Commission
    * Dr. Robert Trezona, Head of Research and Development, The Carbon Trust

    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, March 3
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    Stanford Pre-Business Association presents the 'Steve Jobs of Japan', Toru Takasuka & Hideshi Hamaguchi
    7:00PM to 8:00PM ~ Old Union 216C
    Stanford University

    Mr. Hamaguchi and Takasuka (co-founders of LUNARR) will share their concept development process and discuss entrepreneurship in the US and Japan. Delicious cupcakes will be served!

    Toru Takasuka
    - Founder and CEO of LUNARR
    - Developed Japan's first corporate intranet with Hideshi Hamguchi at Matshushita Electric Works (Panasonic)
    - VP / Director for Matsushita's V-Internet Operations
    - Started Cybozu, one of the most successful software companies in Japan

    Hideshi Hamaguchi
    - Chief Operating Officer, LUNARR
    - Director of New Business Planning Group at Panasonic
    - Executive Vice President of Panasonic Electric Works Laboratory of America, Inc.


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    Wednesday, March 4
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    ETL Seminar featuring: Elizabeth Holmes, Founder and CEO - Theranos Inc.
    4:30PM to 5:30PM ~ Skilling Auditorium
    Stanford University

    Elizabeth Holmes has been President and CEO of Theranos since she founded the company in 2003. Holmes left Stanford University to build Theranos around her breakthrough patents and her vision of enabling individuals to take control of their health through real-time diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of targeted ailments in a non-invasive fashion. She took the company from concept to reality, driving a major transformation in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries today.

    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, March 5
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    Startup House Information Session
    7:30PM to 8:00PM ~ 200-002, History Building
    Stanford University

    Tired of living with your parents?
    Tired of the time it takes to find a good job?

    Startup House will help you get a job in a Silicon Valley startup and help you find great housing.

    Want to live with 10 other Stanford students with similar interests in startups, computers, and having a good time? College life doesn't have to end when spring quarter does. With Startup House, you can expand your college experience and find a great job with an entrepreneurial company.

    Why we do it: Huge companies like IBM and Microsoft are able to offer full internship programs due to their large size. Startups offer great work opportunities, but are unable to support full internship programs because of their small number of interns. Startup House provides an incredible internship experience for startups that would not otherwise be able to offer one.

    Benefits:
    Identification of jobs and matching you to an employer
    Resume help and interview prep, if requested (our job is getting you a job)
    The possibility of living in the Startup House, housing that is both cheaper and cooler
    Programming such as speakers and events, equal to that of a large company's internship program
    A great community of intelligent, fun-loving people who have interests in entrepreneurship and technology

    Come join us Thursday evening for a light information session about our exciting summer opportunities and FREE PIZZA!!!

    When: Thursday, March 5 -- 7:30pm to 8:00pm
    Where: 200-002, History Building
    Facebook Event Info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=78179152064

    Please bring your resumes, or if you cannot attend in person, please email them to julianjw@stanford.edu.

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    Startup House matches Stanford students with Silicon Valley tech startups by providing an unparalleled housing and internship experience. Our program is open to all students from Freshmen to Co-Terming Seniors who are interested in job placement and/or shared housing and who have an interest in technology, computers, or entrepreneurship. Startup House is a Stanford Student Startup company, founded by two Stanford computer science undergraduates.

  • 4. Featured Bay Area Events

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    Monday, March 2
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    FountainBlue's Clean Energy Entrepreneurs' Forum
    5:30PM to 7:30PM ~ Silicon Valley Bank
    3005 Tasman Drive, in their Kellogg Auditorium, Santa Clara

    Clean Green Policy Changes in a New AdministrationWe have made history with the adoption, inauguration and launch of this new administration, which is addressing our immediate economic challenges with the opportunities arising from a new industry. This month’s Clean Energy Entrepreneurs’ Forum will profile national and international policymakers, as well as local investors, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, as they lead a discussion on clean green policy, how it’s changing in the new administration, and what that means to our companies, our country, ourselves. Our panel will feature:• Facilitator Craig Lobdell, Partner, KPMG• Panelist David Arfin, VP of Customer Financing, Solar City• Panelist Peter Williams, Chief Technology Officer, Big Green Innovations, IBM• Panelist Marianne Wu, Partner at Mohr Davidow• Panelist Elise Zoli, Partner and Chair, Clean Energy Practice, Goodwin Procter LLC

    http://www.svcleanenergy.com


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    Tuesday, March 3
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    UC BERKELEY-HAAS: Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series
    6:30PM to 8:30PM ~ Haas School of Business, Wells Fargo Room, C420
    Berkeley, CA, 94705

    Topic: "Business Models / Pitching"

    The Best Practices Series brings to UC Berkeley and the Haas
    School the best practitioners from the Berkeley and Silicon
    Valley community to speak about the practical aspects of
    entrepreneurial activity. The series is timed to match the
    academic year and also the business plan competition season,
    particularly the Berkeley Business Plan Competition and the
    Global Social Venture Competition.

    Entrepreneurs from the Berkeley campus and the community in
    general are encouraged to come to each of the sessions.

    Each session will start with light refreshments and networking.
    Please check the Lester Center's email for exact starting times,
    speaker bios and mailing list.

    http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/calendar/


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    Wednesday, March 4
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    SVPMA Monthly Event - Applying Design Thinking Principles in Product Management with Dr. Sara Beckman, UC Berkeley
    6:30PM to 9:00PM ~ Network Meeting Center at the TechMart
    5201 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA

    Organization: SVPMA - Silicon Valley Product Management Association

    Topic: Applying Design Thinking Principles in Product Management

    Speaker: Dr. Sara Beckman, Senior Lecturer, University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business Date: Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

    Time: 6:30pm - 9pm Location: Network Meeting Center at the TechMart - 5201 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara

    Cost: Free for Members. $25 for pre-registered Non-Members. $35 at the door.

    More info: http://www.svpma.org/meetings.html

    Presentation: You've heard a lot in the past couple of years about design and design thinking. But, what are the underlying principles of design thinking? Who do you need on your team to execute them well? And, how does all this relate to product management? In this session, we'll introduce the basic principles of design thinking, talk about whether or not "cross-functional" is enough when you are trying to engage in good design work, and connect to what you as product managers do and manage through a prod

    http://www.svpma.org



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    Friday, March 6
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    SVPMA Monthly Event - FountainBlue's Funding Road Trip: Your Value Proposition
    8:30AM to 1:00PM ~ Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP
    3175 Hanover Street in Palo Alto

    FountainBlue’s Funding Road Trip: Your Value Proposition

    Date and Time: Friday, March 6, 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

    Location: Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP3175 Hanover Street in Palo Alto

    Audience: Early-Stage, Funding-Bound Clean Energy, High Tech and Life Science Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs

    Cost for 2 Entrepreneurs: $80 for FountainBlue members, $85 for Partners, $90 General, $100
    On-SiteRegistration: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=162535 by Wednesday, March 4 at noon
    FountainBlue is pleased to launch its spring Funding Road Trip Series event, the first of a three-month series serving high tech, clean energy and life science entrepreneurs within Silicon Valley. Our workshop series is designed to help entrepreneurs think through their company’s offerings as well as the market opportunity, and then communicate that opportunity succinctly and compellingly to strategic investors. This first workshop of the series focuses on ‘Your Positioning’, with modules on top ten mistakes in business plans, po

  • 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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