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    04 May 2009
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  • Table of contents:

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

  • 1. Special BASES Announcement

    ** See Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, speak at Stanford! **
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    Come see the man who's been turning the business world upside down speak in person this Wednesday at Memorial Auditorium. BASES is honored to have as its distinguished ETL guest Microsoft's eccentric and visionary CEO. We would like to welcome the entire BASES - Stanford community and beyond to come listen as Steve discusses innovation and entrepreneurship in difficult times.

    Tickets will be available at White Plaza between 12:00 and 1:00 PM on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and tickets will be REQUIRED at the door.

    We hope you are all as excited as we are to hear Ballmer's interesting slant on the state of the world's economic affairs and the entrepreneurs of tomorrow who will help shape it into something new and magnificent.

  • 2. Member Updates

    ** Working this summer but want to study entrepreneurship? TheFunded Fouder Institute is launching its inaugural entrepreneurial training program for new company founders. The program lasts 4 months and meets once a week in the evening to go over exciting business coursework with their team of 25 company CEO's and mentors. Scholarships are available. http://www.foundersinstitute.com

  • 3. Coming Up in BASES

    Monday, May 4th:
    > European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thought Leaders Seminar

    Tuesday, May 5th:
    > STANFORD US-ASIA TECH MGT-Entrepreneurship in Asian High-tech Industries

    Wednesday, May 6th:
    > ETL Seminar featuring: Steve Ballmer, CEO - Microsoft
    > Stanford's Open Source Group Presents: Steve Cousins, CEO of Willow Garage
    > SVASE Main Event: Finding Angels to look After You

    Thursday, May 7th:
    > Coaches on Call: Bryan Schreier, Venture Capitalist, Sequoia Capital
    > PITCH 2009
    > SolarTech - CALSEIA Inaugural Summit

  • 4. Featured BASES Events

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

    This Week's Topic: Scottish and German Clean Tech and Medical Imaging Entrepreneurs

    This Week's Speakers:
    * Richard Yemm, CTO, Pelamis Wave Power Ltd.
    * Horst Bruning, CEO and Founder, Animage LLC

    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, May 5
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    STANFORD US-ASIA TECH MGT-Entrepreneurship in Asian High-tech Industries
    4:15PM to 5:30PM ~ Skilling Auditorium
    Stanford University

    TOPIC: Opportunities and Challenges of Entrepreneurship in
    Korean High-Tech Industries

    SPEAKER(S):
    Sangmoon Park, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Department of Management College of Business
    Administration Kangwon National University

    Instructor: Richard Dasher (rdasher at stanford.edu)

    http://asia.stanford.edu/events/skilling.html


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    Wednesday, May 6
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    Stanford's Open Source Group Presents: Steve Cousins, CEO - Willow Garage
    12:30AM to 1:30PM ~ Paul G. Allen Building, Room 101X (formerly the CIS-X auditorium)
    Stanford University

    The open source group's May meeting will feature a talk by Steve Cousins and Brian Gerkey, CEO and research scientist, respectively, from Willow Garage, a robotics startup in Menlo Park. The talk will cover the story of the company's founding and their open source software, including the Robot Operating System, and the OpenCV computer vision package. The talk is free and open to all; pizza and drinks will be served.


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    Wednesday, May 6
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    ETL Seminar featuring: Steve Ballmer, CEO - Microsoft
    4:15PM to 5:30PM ~ Memorial Auditorium
    Stanford University

    Steven Anthony Ballmer needs no introduction. He has been the chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation since January 2000. Ballmer joined Microsoft on June 11, 1980, and became Microsoft's 24th employee, the first business manager hired by Gates. As a visionary and leader, Steve Ballmer has led Microsoft to the top of the computer software world.

    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, May 7
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    Coaches-on-Call: Bryan Schreier - Venture Capitalist, Sequoia Capital
    2:00PM to 4:00PM ~ Terman Engineering Center, Room 419
    Stanford University

    Bryan Schreier is a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital focusing on internet, enterprise and mobile investments. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2008, Bryan was Google's Senior Director of International Online Sales and Operations where he oversaw advertising sales, operations, and engineering across Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He also launched Google's Europe headquarters and was interim President of Sales in China. Prior to Google, Bryan served in Morgan Stanley's Technology Investment Banking Group. Bryan has a Computer Science degree from Princeton University.

    To register, please select a meeting time online and send an email to Belen (belen@stanford.edu) with a short write-up as to why you want to see the coach.

    http://sentest.stanford.edu/coaches_overview

  • 5. Featured Bay Area Events

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    Wednesday, May 6
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    SVASE Main Event: Finding Angels to look After You
    6:00PM to 8:30PM ~ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94304

    Angels are the optimistic financiers who give many startups
    their crucial early infusions of cash, and are often the
    logical next stop for investment capital, after your own
    savings and those of your friends and family.

    Unlike VCs, angels invest small amounts of their own money - as
    little as $10,000 and usually less than $1 million - in very
    young companies. But like all investors, many angels have been
    drenched with losses during the recent stock market gyrations.
    That has left them skittish, investing in fewer technology
    start-ups and demanding more of those they do consider, leaving
    founders struggling to find money at the stage they need it
    most.

    However, there are still active angels out there! As many
    angels are quite low profile, or even secretive, the problems
    for many aspiring entrepreneurs are: how do I find angels that
    might be interested in my startups, how do I find out if they
    are still actively investing, how do I approach them, and what
    do they want to see from me so they will invest?

    To find the answers to these questions, and more, come join our
    panel of committed, enthusiastic angels, as they explore the
    best ways to get angels on your side and on you team.

    Moderator: Steve Bengston, Managing Director, Emerging Company
    Services (ECS), PricewaterhouseCoopers

    WHEN: Wednesday, May 6
    6:00 - 7:00 pm: Networking and hors doeuvres
    7:00 - 8:15 pm: Panel discussion and Q/A
    8:15 - 8:30 pm: Additional networking

    http://www.svase.org/?q=node/2022




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    Thursday, May 7
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    PITCH 2009 - Women 2.0 Pitch Startup Competition
    6:00PM to 9:00PM ~ Microsoft San Francisco
    835 Market St. (Westfield Center) #700

    Join us for an exciting night of Pitches from Women 2.0's Pitch - Startup Competition. The Judges are evaluating the submissions as we speak, and we'd love to have have you join us to meet the top 5 finalists. Pitch 2009 is a unique Women 2.0 startup competition open to early-stage ventures globally. This year we received more than 90 global submissions from companies with at least one female co-founder across Web 2.0, mobile, cleantech, biotech, retail and other sectors. At Pitch Night, YOU, the audience participates by voting for the People's Choice Award using your mobile phone. We'll award 4 awards on Pitch Night. To register for the event, please visit http://pitch2009.eventbrite.com/. Limited seats are available. More information about PITCH can be found on the Women 2.0 website, http://pitch.women2.org.



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    Thursday, May 7
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    SolarTech - CALSEIA Inaugural Summit - Accelerating the solar economy
    6:30PM to 9:00PM ~ eBay
    2211 North First Street, San Jose, Ca

    SolarTech - CALSEIA Inaugural Summit "accelerating the solar economy" May 6th & 7th, 2009 - San Jose, CA The Solar Industry has the power to re-boot the innovation and vitality that is famous in the Silicon Valley, which in turn can help revitalize our economy. As our valued member, SolarTech in partnership with CALSEIA invite you to join them for this ground-breaking event. Valued SolarTech & CALSEIA members receive a discount. Please see below for registration code. "Accelerating the Solar Economy" The prime focus of the SolarTech / CALSEIA Summit is collaboration. Participants will define actions that will lead to reduced system costs and cycle times for residential and commercial installations. The ultimate goals are to substantially accelerate the adoption of solar and to stimulate new markets and growth of jobs in the solar industry. The main objectives of the Summit are: Discuss, Leverage Best Practices and Shape Future Standards Join Industry Thought Leadership Foster.

    http://www.calsolarsummit.org

  • 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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