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    31 March 2009
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  • Table of contents:

    1. Member Updates
    2. A Message from BASES
    3. Coming Up in BASES
    4. Featured BASES Events
    5. Featured Bay Area Events
    6. Acknowledgements & Event Submission

  • 1. Member Updates

    ** Student Entrepreneurs - look out for the California Entrepreneurial Summit coming up on the 22nd. Visit: http://summit.sfsu-eship.org/
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    ** 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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    ** Applications due April 9th! 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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    ** 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. A Message from BASES

    Hello BASES members!

    Spring is finally here, and with it comes the full force of next generations entrepreneurs. It must be something in the air here on the west coast that just reaches down into your core and lights up your brightest dreams and aspirations, because that's the only way we can explain the incredible amount of entrepreneurial thought and action that's taking place as we speak.

    The next few weeks hold some exciting events, both here at Stanford and beyond. In the next month alone, the Bay Area will see two startup weekends (StartupWeekend in San Francisco and Venture Weekend here at Stanford). Not only that, but the BASES E and Social E-Challenge are gearing up to duke it out this quarter in a "winner-takes-all" business battle for a total prize of $50,000.

    Just look around you. Everyone is feeling the urge to strike out on their own, but we're here to tell you that you're not alone. As a BASES community member, you will never be left without access to events, advice, mentors, or simply other entrepreneurial friends like yourself.

    We are pleased to be serving the Bay Area's largest entrepreneurial community and its most important member, you!

    Stay tuned for more entrepreneurial action than you can shake a stick at. You'd better grab your hat.

    Best wishes,
    - The BASES Team

  • 3. Coming Up in BASES

    Tuesday, March 31st:
    > Asia Entrepreneurship Update

    Wednesday, April 1st:
    > Marketing for Non-Marketing Professionals [First Class]
    > How to Prioritize Your Products Within and Across Strategic Business Units
    > VCTaskforce: The Elevator Pitch Roundtable

    Friday, April 3:
    > Bay Area Game Jam
    > Startup Weekend

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

    Tuesday, April 7th:
    > Coaches-on-Call: Jeffrey Schox - Registered Patent Attorney and Stanford Professor

    Thursday, April 7th:
    > Green Financing for Green Businesses

    Wednesday, April 8th:
    > BASES E Challenge Workshop- Morgenthaler Ventures

  • 4. Featured BASES Events

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    Tuesday, March 31
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    Asia Entrepreneurship Update
    4:15PM to 5:30PM ~ Skilling Auditorium
    Stanford University

    Prof RIchard Dasher gives the lead-off lecture in the EE-402T spring quarter series on "Entrepreneurship in Asian High Tech Industries." He discusses the climate for entrepreneurship and venture investing in key Asia economies before and after the Crash of 2008.


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    Wednesday, April 1
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    5-Session Evening Course in April - "Marketing for Non-Marketing Professionals"
    7:00PM to 9:00PM
    Stanford University

    Ever listen to marketing "professionals" and suspect they were just repeating the latest buzzwords? Are you a skilled engineering, sales, or finance manager who wants sufficient marketing knowledge to distinguish good marketing ideas from bad ones? This course will provide you with a straightforward introduction to the critical aspects of marketing and lead generation.

    The course will cover approaches to building outbound marketing programs and offer a comprehensive view of the marketing cycle from planning to implementation, competition, retention, and more. Using plain language to introduce students to sophisticated marketing tools and techniques, practical examples from inside some of the world’s most successful startup companies will be provided along the way.

    http://stanford.stupidmarketing.com


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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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    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

  • 5. Featured Bay Area Events

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    Wednesday, April 1
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    How to Prioritize Your Products Within and Across Strategic Business Units
    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: How to Prioritize Your Products Within and Across Strategic Business Units Speaker: Michael Menard, President, The GenSight Group Date: Wednesday, April 1st, 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: Product prioritization and selection is the most critical, least understood and most common mishandled aspect of business today. The products you select today define who you will be tomorrow. In this session attendees will learn: * How to create and define product prioritization criteria * How to merge objective and subjective product prioritization criteria * The power of data visualization and multi-variant product prioritization * How to optimize the Product Portfolio while comprehending resource constraints and


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    Wednesday, April 1
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    VCTaskforce: The Elevator Pitch Roundtable
    6:30PM 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 2009. 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.


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    Friday, April 3
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    StartupWeekend
    6:00PM ~ Microsoft San Francisco Office
    835 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94103

    StartupWeekend is a 3-day hackathon in which developers show up on Friday, organize into teams, implement any product ideas they like, and launch by Sunday. It's been covered on CNN, NBC, TechCrunch, WashingtonPost, and many other news outlets. It's a great event where startups form, partnerships are established, and communities develop. . Last year, Startup Weekend San Francisco brought together 140 people who created a company and developed a community that still has close business and personal relationships (at least 2 companies had their co-founders meet at the event, and several people were hired by people they met at the event). Visit http://sf2.startupweekend.com Join: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=63794290902 There is also a special ticket category called: Sunday Evening Demos With just 5$ you get dinner plus you get a chance to witness what was made during the weekend.


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    Friday, April 3
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    Bay Area Game Jam
    9:00AM to 4:00PM ~ Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus
    1065 La Avenida, Mountain View, CA 94043

    The Bay Area Game Jam will take place at Microsoft's Silicon Valley Campus on April 4th and 5th. It is a place for developers to come together and compete to see who can create the best game in a 24 hour period using the new free Wild Pockets 3D web-based game engine. The grand prize is $2,500 and publication, distribution and promotion of the winning game on Crispy Gamer's website. There will be also be free food, a stage rock band tournament, industry speakers, recruiters from top companies, giveaways, PR coverage and much more! If you are interested in attending or learning more please visit - http://wildpockets-fc.eventbrite.com or http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=51878762156

    http://wildpockets-fc.eventbrite.com


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    Thursday, 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.

  • 6. 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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