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    26 October 2009
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  • Table of contents:

    1. BASES Announcements
    2. Event of the Week - Virtual Goods Summit 2009
    3. BASES Events
    4. Table of Contents
    5. Highlights
    6. Events 10/26 - 11/2
    7. Feedback, Suggestions, Contact Info, and Even More Events

  • 1. BASES Announcements

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    Join the BASES Community!
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    Interested in joining the BASES organizing team? We are recruiting!
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    Acknowledgments:
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    BASES is generously sponsored by companies that share our goal in creating a vibrant and entrepreneurial campus at Stanford University. Thanks goes to our Platinum Sponsor: Lightspeed Venture Partner, our Gold Sponsors: Morganthaler Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, our Silver Sponsors: Mohr Davidow Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, Philips, and Norwest Venture Partners. BASES is also a proud partner of Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP).

  • 2. Event of the Week - Virtual Goods Summit 2009

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    Event of the Week - Virtual Goods Summit 2009
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    This week the BASES Digest is giving away two free tickets to the Virtual Goods Summit 2009 coming up this Thursday and Friday for our community. Tickets are normally priced $449.00 but two lucky winners will get these tickets for free to attend the summit. Click here http://bit.ly/377BKL for your chance to win and see below for the details of the event:


    Virtual Goods Summit 2009
    Where: Westin San Francisco (Market Street), 50 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA
    When: October 29th and 30th
    More Info: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/256639616


    The US market for "Virtual Goods" will reach $1 billion dollars in 2009, and $1.6 billion in 2010. The market opportunity for virtual goods continues to expand as developers and publishers get a deeper understanding of how virtual goods work and how best to maximize the business opportunity around them. The 2009 edition of the Virtual Goods Summit will bring together thought leaders in this space to talk about what's changed, what's working, and the key challenges facing the industry.


    Again we are giving away two free tickets exclusive to the BASES Digest community and click here http://bit.ly/377BKL for your chance to win.

  • 3. BASES Events

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    "DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar with Mark Pincus, Founder, Zynga and Bing Gordon, Partner, KPCB"
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    Date: Wednesday, October 28
    Time: 4:30 PM
    Location: Skilling Auditorium, Stanford University

    Join us for one hour as Mark and Bing share their thoughts.

    ETL seminars are free and open to the public. For more information, visit: http://etl.stanford.edu/

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    "BASES ETL Mixer: Zynga"
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    Date: Wednesday, October 28
    Time: 5:40 PM
    Location: Durand 450 (4th Floor of Durand, right behind Skilling Auditorium)

    Mark Pincus, Bing Gordon, and Zynga employees will be on hand to meet and mingle with students and giving away goodies!

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    "NextGen Conference"
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    Date: Saturday, November 14
    Time: 9:00 AM
    Location: Old Union Ballroom, Stanford University

    A one day conference for young entrepreneurs by young entrepreneurs Cory Levy and Daniel Brusilovsky.

    For more information, visit: http://www.nextgenconf.com

  • 4. Table of Contents

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS
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    Highlights:
    > SNAP Summit: FailCon
    > EcoTuesday :: Featuring Steve Newcomb of Virgance :: October 27
    > Plug and Play Acceleration and Collaboration Track (PACT)
    > Virtual Goods Summit 2009
    > Lean Startups - Do They Really Work?
    > Aalto Entrepreneurship Society, ArcticStartup and Stanford BASES
    > Bay Area Startup Weekend


    Monday, October 26th:
    > Opportunities for Clean Energy in the Us

    Tuesday October 27th
    > Startup-U: Fostering a Start-Up Environment / Building the Right Culture with Jim Long, Kevin Spain, Mark Mangiola & Greg Pappas
    > "Benchmarking the Global VC Industry--Emerging vs. Mature Markets."
    > SF Beta: FailCon After Party
    > Government and Non-Profits 2.0: Social Media - Lessons Learned
    > MobiTechFest Venture Conference
    > News Beyond Newspapers: Social, location and mobile innovations
    > Zip Talks

    Wednesday October 28th
    > Emerging Media Morning Forum
    > “The Western Canadian High Tech Mission to the Silicon Valley”
    > FWE&E Event: When Women Lead
    > Build your Business in a Slow Growth Economy
    > Digital Media Conference West
    > 8th Annual BIO Investor Forum

    Thursday October 29th
    > Luncheon with Craig Newmark - the founder of Craigslist
    > Stanford Entrepreneurship Network – Coaches on Call - Nicola Corzine, Band of Angels
    > SF New Media Drinkup
    > Energy Efficiency - An Innovation and Business Opportunity
    > SIG Cleantech: Green Building Materials

    Friday October 30th
    > SDForum's Collaboration2.0 Conference: Collaborating in the Next Decade

    Saturday & Sunday October 24th and 25th
    > Have a Happy Halloween!!! :)

    Monday November 2nd
    > The Leading Enterprise Communication Event


    Competitions
    > 2009 Global Innovation Tournament Organized by Stanford University
    > Imagine H2O $70,000 - Prize competition

  • 5. Highlights

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    SNAP Summit: FailCon
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    When: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 from 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
    Where: Kabuki Hotel, 1625 Post Street, San Francisco, CA
    More Info: http://snapsummit4.eventbrite.com/ and 25% off tickets can be had at: http://snapsummit4.eventbrite.com/?discount=RFoP25

    SNAP Summit: FailCon” is a full-day conference focusing on the trials and tribulations of successful entrepreneurs. You aren’t a real entrepreneur until you’ve had to deal with failure, and recovering from it - financially, emotionally, and practically - can be challenging. Hear how some major players in the industry have dealt with startup troubles, recovered, and kept a positive, tenacious, and energetic attitude through it all.

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    EcoTuesday :: Featuring Steve Newcomb of Virgance :: October 27
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    When: Tuesday, October 27 @ 6:30pm - 9:00pm
    Where: Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Powell Street off Sutter, San
    Francisco
    More Info: http://ecotuesday.com

    Steve Newcomb will talk on how can we restructure the way we do business to create a more sustainable economy? Steve will talk about “What Comes After Capitalism?" Steve is a successful serial entrepreneur who has been involved in building 6 companies prior to Virgance, resulting in over $3 billion in market value.

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    Plug and Play Acceleration and Collaboration Track (PACT)
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    Where: Plug and Play Technology Center, 440 N Wolfe Rd., Sunnyvale, 94085
    More Info: http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/pact/index.php , 50% off tickets can be found here http://fallpact2009.eventbrite.com/ type in “DigestRocks” in the discount code section

    The Plug and Play Acceleration and Collaboration Tract is the premier international entrepreneurship event of the Silicon Valley. Join top Silicon Valley Venture Capital firms and the Plug and Play team as we review some of the most promising international startup companies in Digital, ICT, Web 2.0, Software as a Service, and other high tech arenas.

    Plug and Play will select ~30 international high tech startups to pitch in front of a live audience of Silicon Valley Executives, Venture Capital groups, and successful Entrepreneurs.
    This event is perfect for:
    • VC's seeking diverse, pre-screened deal flow
    • Companies seeking to learn more about Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship
    • Entrepreneurs interested in international expansion
    • Individuals interested in staying connected with the hottest high tech ventures in one of the leading entrepreneurial ecosystems.

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    Virtual Goods Summit 2009
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    When: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 12:00 PM - Friday, October 30, 2009 at 5:00 PM
    Where: Westin San Francisco (Market Street), 50 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA
    More Info: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/256639616 , the BASES Digest is giving away two free tickets! Click here to enter http://bit.ly/377BKL

    The market opportunity for virtual goods continues to expand as developers and publishers get a deeper understanding of how virtual goods work and how best to maximize the business opportunity around them. The 2009 edition of the virtual goods summit will bring together thought leaders in this space to talk about what's changed, what's working, and the key challenges facing the industry.

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    Lean Startups - Do They Really Work?
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    When: Thursday, October 29 @ 6pm
    Where: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, 101 California Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111
    More Info: http://www.svase.org/?q=node/3155.
    Come and hear this lively debate, to understand if the Lean Startup route is for you!

    • What are the characteristics of a lean startup?
    • Will a lean startup business model lead to significantly greater returns for the investor?
    • What is minimum viable product?
    • How do you define your market?

    The Panel:

    • Steve Blank, Founder, E.piphany
    • Rob Hayes, Partner, First Round Capital
    • Craig Jacoby, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
    • Sean K. Murphy, CEO, SKMurphy, Inc.
    • Rashmi Sinha, Cofounder & CEO, SlideShare, Inc.

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    Aalto Entrepreneurship Society, ArcticStartup and Stanford BASES
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    Where: Wallenberg Hall, Stanford University
    When: October 30, 2009, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

    Aalto Entrepreneurship Society, ArcticStartup and Stanford BASES will bring together a panel of startup founders and VCs speaking about their experiences in building companies in the Valley. Event is organized in co-operation with Silicon Vikings.

    Meet with Aalto and Stanford University entrepreneurial students, Finnish and Valley startup founders
    and people alike. Come and join for some free beer, insights and good company.

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    Bay Area Startup Weekend
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    When: November 20-22nd
    Where: The Hacker Dojo - 140 South Whisman Rd, Mountain View, CA 94041
    More Info: http://bayarea.startupweekend.org/ - Register Now for 20% off – Use code “swearlybird”
    Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects.

    The participants that attend a Startup Weekend decide what they want to tackle over the weekend and come out at the end with several developed companies or projects. Attendees are responsible for bringing the same desire and passion to the project and walk out of the room with the task at hand, in a short 54 hours. Sound intense? It is.

  • 6. Events 10/26 - 11/2

    Opportunities for Clean Energy in the Us
    When: Monday October 26, 2009 @ 7pm
    Where: Tresidder Oak Room East, Stanford

    Startup-U: Fostering a Start-Up Environment / Building the Right Culture with Jim Long, Kevin Spain, Mark Mangiola & Greg Pappas
    When: 10/27/2009 @ 11:45am – 1:30pm
    Where: Mintz Levin, 5 Palo Alto Square, 1st Floor Conference Room, 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, 94306
    More Info: http://svase.com/?q=node/1961

    "Benchmarking the Global VC Industry--Emerging vs. Mature Markets."
    When: Tuesday October 27th @ 12pm – 1:30[m
    Where: 3rd Floor Philippines Conference Room, Stanford
    More Info: http://sprie.stanford.edu/events/benchmarking_the_global_...

    SF Beta: FailCon After Party
    When: Tuesday, October 27 @ 6-9:30pm
    Where: 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco
    More Info: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/403121748

    Government and Non-Profits 2.0: Social Media - Lessons Learned
    When: Tuesday, October 27 @ 7:00pm - 9:00pm
    Where: Samovar Conference Hall, 1077 Independence Ave, Mountain View
    More Info: http://www.meetup.com/CIO-IT-Executives/calendar/11558949/

    MobiTechFest Venture Conference
    When: Tuesday, October 27 @ 9:00am - 7:00pm
    Where: SUN Santa Clara Campus, 4030 George Sellon Circle, Santa Clara
    More Info: http://www.mobitechfest.com

    News Beyond Newspapers: Social, location and mobile innovations
    When: Tuesday, October 27 @ 6:00pm - 9:00pm
    Where: Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto
    More Info: http://vctaskforce.com/content/view/599/

    Zip Talks
    When: Tuesday, October 27 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm
    Where: Sandbox Suites 123 10th St. San Francisco, CA
    More Info: http://www.meetup.com/SF-Coworking/calendar/11034916/

    Emerging Media Morning Forum
    When: Wednesday, October 28 @ 8:30am – 10am
    Where: cott's Seafood Restaurant and Grill 855 El Camino Real, Town, (Embarcadero and El Camino) Country Shopping Center Palo Alto, CA
    More Info: http://www.svama.org/morningforum.html#EmergingMedia

    “The Western Canadian High Tech Mission to the Silicon Valley”
    When: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 @ 4:30 – 6:30PM
    Where: RUDY’S BAR - 117 UNIVERSITY AVENUE – PALO ALTO

    FWE&E Event: When Women Lead
    When: 10/28/2009 @ 6:00pm – 8:30pm
    Where: Symantec 350 Ellis Ave, Building D Mountain View, CA 94043
    More Info: http://svase.com/?q=node/3499

    Build your Business in a Slow Growth Economy
    When: Wednesday October 28th @ 8:30am – 4pm
    Where: KPMG, 500 E. Middlefield Rd, Mountain View, California
    More Info: http://www.silicomventures.com/bootcamp/10_28-9_2009.html

    Digital Media Conference West
    When: Oct. 28th @ 8pm – 6pm
    Where: Hotel Kabuki, SF
    More Info: http://www.digitalmediaconference.com/west/

    8th Annual BIO Investor Forum
    When: Wednesday, October 28 at 08:00 AM
    Where: The Palace Hotel 2 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA
    More Info: http://investorforum.bio.org/opencms/bif/2009

    Luncheon with Craig Newmark - the founder of Craigslist
    When: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 12:00 PM (PT)
    Where: Urban Tavern, 333 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA
    More Info: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/439337069

    Stanford Entrepreneurship Network – Coaches on Call - Nicola Corzine, Band of Angels
    When: October 29th 2009
    Where: Terman Engineering Center, room 419
    More Info: http://sen.stanford.edu/coaches

    SF New Media Drinkup
    When: Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ 6pm – 9pm
    Where: Otis, 25 Maiden Ln, San Francisco, CA
    More Info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152349689698

    Energy Efficiency - An Innovation and Business Opportunity
    When: Thursday, October 29 @ 6:00pm - 9:00pm
    Where: SAP Labs, Building D, 3410 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto
    More Info: http://www.gaba-network.org

    SIG Cleantech: Green Building Materials
    When: Oct 29th, 6:00 - 9:00pm
    Where: TiE Office, Suite Number: 108, 2903 Bunker Hill Lane, Santa Clara , CA
    More Info: http://sv.tie.org/TGS/EM/viewevent/viewEventPT?id_event=3829

    SDForum's Collaboration2.0 Conference: Collaborating in the Next Decade
    When: Friday, October 30 @ 9:00am - 4:00pm
    Where: TechMart Center, 5201 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara
    More Info: http://www.sdforum.org/collaboration

    The Leading Enterprise Communication Event
    When: Monday, November 02 at 08:00 AM
    Where: Moscone Convention Center 747 Howard St San Francisco, CA
    More Info: http://www.voicecon.com/sanfrancisco/about/

    2009 Global Innovation Tournament Organized by Stanford University
    When: Submissions are due before November 13th
    More Info: http://www.unleashingideas.org/tournament?_c=1

    Imagine H2O $70,000 - Prize competition
    When: Submissions are due before November 16th
    More Info: http://www.imagineh2o.org

  • 7. Feedback, Suggestions, Contact Info, and Even More Events

    Events to promote in the Digest? Digest feedback or suggestions?
    Email Chris McCann: chris.r.mccann@gmail.com

    Sign up for BASES and the BASES Digest
    http://bases.stanford.edu/about-us/digest/

    And if you want even more events check out these event calenders:
    http://www.vlab.org/events.html
    http://www.women2.org/
    http://sen.stanford.edu/events
    http://svase.com/?q=event
    http://sf.garysguide.org/

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