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TOTAL ACCESS: The Fundraising Series
Part 2 of 4: Fine-Tuning Your Story
Thursday, October 9th, 2008, 7:30am - 11:00am
Orrick, Menlo Park, CA

To participate in this session, your company must submit a slide deck. A panel of VCs will review the presentations and give specific feedback to help you understand what VCs want to hear in each major section of a pitch. Each CEO will present his/her "Tag Line" and "Elevator Pitch." CEOs will be selected to present different sections (i.e. value proposition, financial, etc.) of their pitches and receive feedback from the panel. From this session, the panel will select 10 CEOs to continue on to Parts 3 & 4 of this program series. As part of Orrick's complimentary TOTAL ACCESS program for entrepreneurs, you are invited to participate in "The Fundraising Series" - a four-part program aimed at giving you the inside information, contacts and coaching you need to accelerate your capital campaign. Please note that registration for Parts 1 and 2 is open to all, but Parts 3 and 4 are reserved for 10 companies that will be selected from those who attend Parts 1 and 2. Food and refreshments will be served during each session. The program details are as follows: Learn what VCs really want to know about your business. You will have the opportunity to: Review a five-year operating plan; Analyze and build your target market size; Study market strategy; Understand the competitive landscape; Build your financial model; and Construct an investor value proposition. For more details and to RSVP, contact Alice Pao at 650-614-7398.


VC TaskForce presents "VC Connect: Ask a VC"
Thursday, October 9th, 2008, 6pm - 8:30pm
Wilson Sonsini, Palo Alto, CA
Cost: $35 VC Taskforce Members, $45 Affiliate, $65 Non-Member

The session will begin with a brief panel discussion of: "How do investors assess the market opportunity for a new technology?" And then the floor will be open to questions from entrepreneurs on this and all other topics. As an added bonus: The panelists have committed to providing feedback within one week of the event on any questions or executive summaries you send them. Moderator: Bill Reichert (Garage Technology Ventures). Panel: Ed Esber (Halo Fund), Keith Gillard (BASF), Jorge Calderon (Launch Capital), and Saurabh Srivastava (Artiman Ventures). For more info, visit the VC Taskforce page for the event.


2008 Clean Tech Open Transportation Symposium
Thursday, October 9th, 6pm - 9pm
UCLA Campus, Los Angeles, CA
Cost: $20 pre-registered, $30 cash at the door

Traffic congestion, air pollution and rising fuel costs are strong drivers for our modes of transportation. What technologies are emerging to address these issues? How are savvy entrepreneurs and investors taking advantage of the massive market for transportation? Come listen to the expert panel address applications of clean technologies and innovative business models for transportation issues. Hear from two local entrepreneurs working for mass transportation solutions. Get the perspective from local government on successful programs and incentives to implement clean technologies. Learn from investment and marketing experts on how to take these technologies to market and deploy them at scale. Proterra's brand new Hybrid-Electric Bus will also be on display. As with all Clean Tech Open events, join us for food and drinks, and plenty of networking opportunities. For more info, check out www.cleantechopen.com.


Virtual Goods Summit 2008
Friday, October 10th, 2008, 8:30am - 5:30pm
Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF
Cost: $404 (After 10% savings for registering with "WOMEN2")

The Virtual Goods Summit 2008 is a one day conference focused on the emerging market opportunity for virtual goods and economies. This year's conference will build on the success of last year's event and dive even deeper into some of the key themes facing industry participants today. We'll feature a blend of panel discussions and expert-led breakout sessions covering everything from getting started with virtual goods to maximizing revenue opportunity around virtual goods and economies. This year's conference will bring together leading entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, technologists, and industry participants to spend the day discussing the present and future of this exciting new space. For more information, check out www.vgsummit2008.com.


BarCampAfrica
Saturday, October 11th, 2008, 9am - 6pm
Google Campus, Mountain View, CA
Cost: $25 to attend, $300 to sponsor

BarCampAfrica 2008 will be held at the Google Campus in Mountain View, CA on October 11th, 2008 as a way to bring people interested in Africa, on a variety of levels and topics, together in one place for a day of exploration, connection and enjoyment. For more info, visit barcamp.org/BarCampAfrica.


WITI presents "The Women and Technology Summit"
October 12-15, 2008
Santa Clara, CA
Cost: $895 includes 1-yr WITI membership!

The Women and Technology Summit is WITI's most popular event of the year. Speakers include Genevieve Bos (Co-Founder & Publisher at Pink Magazine), Sarah Imbach (VP of Product & Customer Operations at LinkedIn), and Rose Hagan (Senior Trademark Counsel at Google). Download the flyer for more info. Register using promo code cbwitsv2008 by September 24th, 2008 and receive full conference registration & 1 year of WITI membership (a $350 value) for only $895! Take advantage of this special offer at www.witi.com/sv2008.


TiE presents "Straight from the Gut: Secrets of Successful Web Companies"
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008, 7:30am - 8:30pm
TiE Conference Center, Santa Clara, CA
Cost: $129

Straight from the Gut is a 1-day conference featuring entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, industry gurus and bloggers whose experiences and stories will inspire and educate you in your journey towards building a successful consumer Internet business. Your event host: Manish Chandra (Founder & CEO, Kaboodle). Your Keynote Speaker: Guy Kawasaki (Founder, CEO, Garage Technology Ventures). Speakers: Victoria Barrett (Forbes), Navin Chaddha (Managing Director, Mayfield Fund), Sonya Chawla (Slide), Jeff Clavier (Softech), Matt Cohler (VP Strategy & Business Operations, Facebook), Russel Fradin (President, Adify), Tod Francis (Managing Director, Shasta Ventures), Gautam Godhwani (CEO, Simply Hired), Rajeev Goel (CEO, Pubmatic), Jessica Guynn (Los Angeles Times), Ammar Hanafi (General Partner, Alloy Ventures), David Hornik (August Capital), Matt Malden (CEO, Yield Software) Keiron McCammon (Co-founder, Chief Archtitect, Kaboodle), Chris Michel (Founder, Military & Affinity Labs), Sergio Monsalve (Norwest Venture Partners), Ali Partovi (Founder, iLike), Ted Rheingold (Founder & CEO, Dogster.com), Mike Speiser (Managing Director, Sutter Hill Ventures), Leonard Speiser (Yahoo!), Erik Stuart (Dir. of Corporate Development, eBay), Gary Swart (CEO, oDesk), Lance Tokuda (Founder & President, RockYou), and Jessica Vascellaro (Wall Street Journal). For more info and to register, visit TiE's page for the event.


Women Who Tech presents "Owning Your Power: Telesummit led by Susan Mernit"
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008, 11am - 12pm
Teleseminar
Cost: $30

What is the mindset it takes to be a leader? How can women improve their skills as owners and drivers of businesses, both within a larger workplace and within their own business? What kind of emotional intelligence, mindset and conviction does it take to be as powerful and clear as you can be in your life—and apply that to whatever you do? Women Who Tech and NTEN are gearing up for an amazing teleseminar led by Susan Mernit, one of the most inspiring women in tech. This talk with Susan Mernit, who's created content, developed product and run businesses—and non-profit endeavors—in a wide variety of settings, from companies as large as AOL to her own small startup—draws on her 15+ years of experience working in tech and media, and on conversations with dozens of entrepreneurial women. Find out more about some of the critical skills and mindsets that support success, how to nurture those in your own spirit, and how to make them a part of your ongoing life. This is a don't miss conversation if you're looking to connect the dots and better integrate your own professional ambitions and your inner life. For more info and to register, go to NTEN's page for the event. Problems registering? Please email Anna at anna@nten.org.


Clean Tech: THE Robust Global Growth Engine.. Even in Uncertain Times: Perspectives from the Top Clean Tech Execs
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008, 7:30am – 2:30pm
Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara, CA
Cost: $75 for WITI Members, $150 for non-members

After presenting the current state of the clean tech industry, the panel will provide straight talk on business opportunities for entrepreneurs and SMB and global Fortune corporate leaders. Get key market intelligence on where investments are made, activity levels across technology and other sectors, and trends. Participate in engaging discussions on what is required to drive innovation and agility, to upgrade corporate citizenship, and seize profits for continued robust growth. Speakers include Kjerstin Barley (Sr Vice-President and Industry Leader, Technology and Business Services, GE Capital), Dr. Cheemin Bo-Linn (CEO, Peritus Partners), Marianne Wu (Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures), Laurie Yoler (Managing Director, GrowthPoint Technology Partners and Founding Board Member, Tesla Motors), and Elise Zoli (Partner, Goodwin Procter and Head, Clean Tech Law Practice). Register here.


SD Forum presents "What Makes an A+ VP of Engineering?"
Thursday, October 16th, 2008, 6:30pm
SAP, Palo Alto, CA
Cost: $15

Meet other locals who are interested in Engineering Leadership as a strategic competency. Discuss engineering leadership and its aspects: team-building, direction-setting, career planning, project experiences, etc. The Engineering Leadership Special Interest Group of SDForum presents Jim Pitkow on "What Makes an A+ VP of Engineering?". Speaker Jim Pitkow is currently currently working on some early stage projects and investments. Most recently, Jim was CEO and Chairman of Moreover Technologies, where he successfully restructured the company through acquisition by VeriSign in October of 2005. Before Moreover, Jim was the President and Chairman of Outride Inc., a spinout from the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), which was acquired by Google. The company was the first to bring user model-based information retrieval to commercial viability. Prior to his work at Outride, Jim was a research scientist at Xerox PARC and Chair of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Characterization Activity. For details, visit projectmgmt.meetup.com/73/calendar/8788111/.


San Francisco Webgrrls Networking Meeting
Thursday, October 16th, 2008, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Art Institute of California, San Francisco
Cost: Free

Join San Francisco Webgrrls for an evening of networking, connecting and a ticket raffle to Biztechday! Networking at Webgrrls meetings is very focused. Everyone will take a minute or two to introduce themselves...tell us who you are and what you do and tell us what you NEED and what you can OFFER. The evening will include Informal networking, where everyone can connect more personally with the right people and exchange business cards, opportunities and leads. In addition to the great networking, we will be raffling off tickets to Biztechday a no-fluff one day technology learning bootcamp for small business owners and entrepreneurs. It is the place for you to learn how to grow your business using the power of the Internet & Web 2.0 technologies. We encourage all of you to invite clients, friends, and colleagues (both male and female). For more info, go to the Webgrrls event page.


Y-Combinator Winter 2009 Funding Deadline
Friday, October 17th, 2008, applications due 10pm
Mountain View, CA

Y Combinator is now accepting applications for the winter 2009 funding cycle in Mountain View, CA from January through March 2009. If you want to apply, please submit your application online by 10pm PST on October 17th, 2008. Groups that submit early have an advantage because we have more time to read their applications. For more info, visit Y Combinator's Winter 2009 Funding page.


SanFran MusicTech Summit
Monday, October 20th, 2008
San Francisco, CA
Cost: $109-$199 early bird tickets

The next SanFran MusicTech Summit on Monday, October 20th, 2008, will bring together the best and brightest developers in the Music/Technology Space, along with the musicians, entrepreneurial business people, and organizations who work with them at the convergence of culture and commerce. We will meet to discuss the evolving music/business/technology ecosystem in a proactive, conducive to dealmaking environment.


Stanford/MIT Venture Lab presents "Global Mobile: Tools for companies on the world stage"
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008, 6pm - 8pm
Stanford Business School
Cost: Tiered pricing

With the huge growth of overseas markets and resources, mobile start-ups need to shift away from a "local" only focus and go "global." Global means that these companies need to possess the right combination of management capabilities, innovation, market savvy, infrastructure and an overseas footprint to compete on a worldwide scale. In today's competitive mobile markets, what are the challenges facing mobile start-ups to compete on the global stage? What go-to-market strategies and operational capabilities must they have in place to succeed? What are the tools and technologies which help companies to globally expand? Device Anywhere not only has a variety of customers around the world, but they also provide tools for other mobile companies to locally develop and test mobile applications across hundreds of handsets across live networks around the world. Faraz Syed, CEO & Co-founder of DeviceAnywhere, will share his experience of expanding his company globally, while helping other companies also go global. For more info, go to VLAB's page for the event.


An Evening with Jean Jennings Bartik – 1945 ENIAC Programming Pioneer
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008, 7pm
Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA

The Computer History Museum’s VIP reception honors Jean Bartik and recognizes the ENIAC Programmers Project’s long quest to make a feature-length documentary about the women of ENIAC, WWII Rosie the Riveters who invented many of the concepts of modern programming! In conversation with Linda O'Bryon, Bartik will also discuss: Leading the programming team to convert ENIAC to one of the first stored-program machines (and working with Dr. John von Neumann on ENIAC's first instruction set); Working in “Technical Camelot” at the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, as programmer of BINAC and logic designer of UNIVAC; Sexism and stereotypes at Remington Rand and her first-hand experience with the abuse of women and the misuse of technology; Friends and pioneers computing history should not forget, including tributes to Betty Holberton, Kay Mauchly Antonelli, the other ENIAC programmers, Dr. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert; Some pieces of advice to live by. To learn more about this inspiring story and opportunities for documentary support and sponsorship, please go to www.eniacprogrammers.org or contact Kathy Kleiman at Kathy@eniacprogrammers.org.


BizTechDay
Saturday, October 25th, 2008, all day event
Hilton, 333 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA
Cost: $249 (Save $20 with Women 2.0 Exclusive Discount WOMEN2BIZTECH)

BiztechDay is a one day no-fluff technology learning experience designed for entrepreneurs and small business owners. This is the place for business community to learn how to grow their businesses using the power of the Internet & Web 2.0 technologies. All presenters are also business owners and entrepreneurs themselves who have applied these technologies and boost their revenue creatively.

Some of the workshops/panels include: How to Use Linkedin/Facebook/Yelp to Promote Your Business (+ 20 more websites); How to Collect Money Online Using Paypal, Google Checkout & Amazon Payment; How to Develop Your Own YouTube Video & Podcast to Market Your Business; How to Setup a High Traffic Business Website & Basics to Search Engine Optimization; How to Setup a Successful Email Marketing Campaign; How to Create Your Own Social Network and Build Your Customer Base; How to Promote Your Event & Get Hundreds of People.

For more info and to register, visit biztechday.com.


The Golden Seeds presents "Entrepreneur Training Session"
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008, 9am - 3pm
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, New York, NY
Cost: $280

The Entrepreneur Training will be on October 29th beginning 9am until 1pm followed by lunch and an optional afternoon workshop from 1:30pm - 3pm. The equity capital raising process is the main focus of the session including: What investors are looking for in a business plan and a live pitch, and How to value your early stage company. The training combines instruction with workbook exercises. Attendees create their own elevator pitch, and complete a valuation exercise including creating a capitalization table. For more information, visit the Golden Seed's event registration page or check out the a href="http://www.goldenseeds.com/home/">Golden Seeds chapter in your area.


Silicon Valley Web Builder presents "The Chronicles of Web Standard: the HTML 5, the Comet and the WebSocket"
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008, 7pm - 9:30pm
Google, Bldg 43, Tunis Tech Talk, Mountain View, CA
Cost: Free if you register online

The Chronicles of Web Standard: the HTML 5, the Comet and the WebSocket will be an exciting event coving Comet, HTML 5, the latest, and future enhancements to the web. AJAX became popular because it allows a browser to request additional information from the server. One major limitation of AJAX is that the browser must initiate the request for data from the server. Comet solves this problem by allowing the server to push data to the browser at any time. This event will start with a general introduction to Comet, followed by an in depth panel discussion moderated by Kevin Nilson with panelist: John Fallows, Alex Russell, and.. . After the panel Kevin Nilson will give a Technical Comet Presentation which outlines: Overview of Polling, Long Polling, and Streaming, followed by Details Bayuex using Cometd. Register at webstandard.eventbrite.com.


Stanford Gumball Challenge
November 2008
Stanford, CA

The Stanford Gumball Challenge is a microfinance benefit competition sponsored by the non-profit Gumball Capital. In the competition, student teams at Stanford are given a starter package with a bag of gumballs, a $27 loan, and a guidebook with info on microfinance. The teams then have 1 week to start profitable ventures with their loan and gumballs ñ but how they choose to do so is completely up to them. At the end of the week, the student teams return their $27 loans, and distribute their own revenue in micro-loans to developing world entrepreneurs. In this way the competition fosters generations of entrepreneurs empowering entrepreneurs. If you would like to roll out the Gumball Challenge at your school or college, please drop us a note at info@gumballcapital.org. More information is available at www.gumballcapital.org.