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Bootstrapping or as Guy Kawasaki puts it: Plan B for Fund Raising

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I just read Guy Kawasaki's blog post today on the OPEN Forum. Excellent as usual!

He touches on the typical steps for fundraising through VCs (Plan A) and the pitfalls and then goes onto Plan B (the better bootstrapping approach, which is in essence, don't quit your day job and build your company with as little money as possible).

For another excellent read, you can also see his book, The Art of the Start. Great read!

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Winnington Capital Group - A Canadian private equity company for small to mid-sized companies

Is your company making money and looking for growth capital? You may want to check these guys out!

Winnington is preparing to launch 2 new investment funds: (1) Winnington Opportunity Fund LP, a public equity hedge fund focusing on small to mid-cap companies, and (2) Winnington Private Equity Fund LP, a private equity fund also focusing on the small to medium sized enterprise. These funds will be of interest to the high net worth individual seeking to diversify a portfolio through the use of alternative investments.

Winnington Capital Group

Need help fundraising, let me know.

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An experienced Private Equity company run by a very successful man, Andrew Filipowski

SilkRoad Equity Company Information

Just thought I'd post about an excellent private equity company I have known about for a while, SilkRoad Equity, run by the very successful Andrew "Flip" Filipowski. (How many other people can say they sold a company to a large technology company, CA, for a dew billion dollars?) They invest in a wide range of opportunities focusing on those with high growth potential and strong management. They have an extensive portfolio of companies and what really impresses me is the following statement from their site:

We do not acquire businesses with a predefined exit strategy; rather, we focus on the entry strategy. Beginning with a deep appreciation for the employee skill sets and customer relationships, we are intent on nurturing and supporting a company's growth and enhanced value.

Now, how many other private equity companies have you seen with anything similar to that on their website?

If you are searching for capital and have high growth potential and strong management, make sure SilkRoad is at the top of your list!

Much Success!
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free practical ecommerce magazine subscription - courtesy of Yahoo

I know this is not an event, but I thought you still might be interested especially since there are many small companies trying to do the e-commerce thing.

Here's the link: http://www.practicalecommerce.com/yahoo

Here's a description of the magazine from their website:

We help small-to-midsize businesses improve their online operations with down-to-earth articles and advice.

Each issue contains ecommerce-related features, interviews, website profiles and many recurring departments, such as search engine optimization, customer conversion, legal issues, pay per click advertising and much more. Your subscription also includes EcommerceNotes, our easy-to-follow enewsletter.

Let me know when you make your first million because of what you learn. I'll happily take my 1% commission. :)

Enjoy!

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02/26 - Startups Leveraging GPS and Web 2.0 Technology & 03/09 - Deadline to apply for the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Business Plan Competition

It may be the middle of February, but the 2008 MITEF season is just heating up!

Mark your calendars today for these important dates...

** 02/26 - Startups Leveraging GPS and Web 2.0 Technology

How are startups using global positioning (GPS) and Web 2.0 technologies to develop fast-growing businesses that will make a difference?

Find out at this event featuring Investors Without Borders, TRX and GeoRadio.

WHEN: Tuesday, February 26, 6:30-9 p.m. (buffet and networking followed by presentations)

WHERE: NRECA, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA (by Ballston metro)

COST: FREE* for MITEF members, $30 for non-members

RSVP: www.mitef.org

** 03/09 - Deadline to apply for the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Business Plan Competition

Your team could win thousands of dollars worth of prizes to start your business, and a trophy that no other business plan competition in the country gives - an authentic championship belt manufactured by a supplier to the professional wrestling industry!

Intrigued? Sunday, March 9 is the deadline for executive team registration and executive summary submission.

More info: www.mabpc.org

Please forward this email to your friends, colleagues and interested entrepreneurs.

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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE UPCOMING MITEF EVENTS:

** 02/26 - Startups Leveraging GPS and Web 2.0 Technology

How are startups using global positioning (GPS) and Web 2.0 technologies to develop fast-growing businesses that will make a difference?

WHEN: Tuesday, February 26, 6:30-9 p.m. (buffet and networking followed by presentations)

WHERE: NRECA, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA (by Ballston metro)

COST: FREE* for MITEF members, $30 for non-members

RSVP: www.mitef.org

Featured presenters:

Investors Without Borders: IWB will describe a new form of syndicated, remote mini-lending and investment in a Web 2.0 format. It's a web-based, peer-to-peer lending platform equipped with social networking tools, a credit/reputation building system, and investment and loan management tools to link borrowers and lenders across the globe.

This lending platform will provide a new channel for monitored capital flows to small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing markets.

The goal: To attract socially responsible investors, Diaspora members (migrants living abroad), and philanthropists - giving individuals around the world the ability to browse and fund rated SME loan requests with online investments as small as $100. It's a low-cost investment mechanism that may shape the multi-billion dollar flow of capital from emigrants and socially responsible investors to developing countries - and influence the foreign assistance policies of countries and major NGOs.

TRX: This spin-off of Techno-Sciences, a 30+ year old company transitioning from research to engineering solutions, focuses on remote, wireless tracking and monitoring of people in high risk circumstances.

GeoRadio: Entertainment content company Gotham Studios is developing a GPS triggered, location-based advertising and entertainment network for mobile devices.

Three panelists and the Forum audience then will discuss the following questions:

- How will the companies be viewed by investors and customers?

- How well do the startups view their markets?

- Are they ready for market?

- What should investors consider in rating the startups?

- What should the startups alter in their plans?

Don't miss this exciting and educational event - RSVP today: www.mitef.org.

** 04/29 StartupLab: Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles

Mark your calendars now. Details coming soon...

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** Apply to be a MITEF presenter, or to participate in an invitation-only program:

- DC StartupLab - Emerging Washington metro area business present before an expert panel in a case-study format.

- Maryland StartupLab - Emerging Maryland businesses present before an expert panel in a case-study format.

- Talk to the Angels - An educational diagnostic salon for seed-stage ventures

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Other items of interest to the entrepreneurial community...

The 2008 Southeast Venture Conference (SEVC) - February 27-28, Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, VA

Opportunity and collaboration will take center stage with exclusive networking opportunities, featured speakers, investor/executive panels and approximately 40 of the region's top private technology firms presenting to a national audience of venture capitalists, investment bankers and private equity investors

More info: http://www.seventure.org/

The Enterpreneur Center @ NVTC has launched its new website. View the site and access its resources at http://tec.nvtc.org.

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* MIT Enterprise Forum membership is open to the public.

The Forum is a nonprofit organization. A $75 annual membership provides free entrance

to most activities. Visit www.mitef.org to join.

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Morrison & Foerster
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The Entrepreneur Center @ Northern Virginia Technology Council
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CELEBRATING OVER TWO DECADES
For over twenty years, the MIT Enterprise Forum of Washington, DC-Baltimore

(www.mitef.org) has been the premier and longest established organization for promoting

entrepreneurship in the Washington/Baltimore area. It is open to all, both non-MIT and MIT-associated, entrepreneurial-conscious individuals, including you! It is one of 23 worldwide chapters of the MIT Enterprise Forum, Inc. Each year, Enterprise Forum headquarters produces three newsletters full of information on Enterprise Forum programs, as well as articles of interest to entrepreneurs and Enterprise Forum members. The latest issue is now available online and can be found at http://enterpriseforum.mit.edu.

The MITEF: "The Epicenter of The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem”
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“MIT Enterprise Forum®" and “Enterprise Forum®” are registered trademarks of the MIT

Enterprise Forum, Inc.

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Now don't you wish you had a Facebook? or Facebook gets another $40 million!

Just saw this on the Silicon Valley Business Journal website:
Report: Investor puts $60M into Facebook

so this social networking thing isn't just a fad! ;-)

$300 million ($240M from Microsoft) invested in Facebook in the last 2 months. Not bad at all!

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12/13/07 - Baltimore Discovery StartupLab (a new MITEF event)

12/13/07 - Baltimore Discovery StartupLab (a new MITEF event)

The Forum screens candidate firms, coaches them and presents the two finalists before you and a panel of experts. Don't miss this new, exciting Forum event. Stay tuned for more details.

The MITEF is seeking Maryland companies to present. Go to www.mitef.org to apply.

DATE/TIME: Tuesday, 12/13, 6:30- 8:30 p.m. (buffet and networking followed by program)
LOCATION: JHU Applied Physics Lab, Parsons Auditorium, Laurel, MD (just south of Columbia on Route 29)
COST: Open to the public. Free for MITEF members. $25* for non-members

RSVP: http://www.mitef.org/content.aspx?page_id=87&club_id=582681&item_id=29521

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12/11/07 - DC Discovery StartupLab (a new MITEF event)

12/11/07 - DC Discovery StartupLab (a new MITEF event)

The Forum screens candidate firms, coaches them and presents the two finalists before you and a panel of experts. Don't miss this new, exciting Forum event. Stay tuned for more details.

The MITEF is seeking startup companies in the Washington metro area to present. Go to www.mitef.org to apply.

DATE/TIME: Tuesday, 12/11, 6:30- 8:30 p.m. (buffet and networking followed by program)
LOCATION: NRECA, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA (by Ballston Metro)
COST: Open to the public. Free for MITEF members. $25* for non-members

RSVP: http://www.mitef.org/content.aspx?page_id=87&club_id=582681&item_id=29521

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A Facebook Apps fund? - Maybe I should start creating a facebook app!

I know this is not an event but I thought I'd post it here in case you are interested in building a Facebook app...

I just read on TechCrunch that a Silicon Valley venture capital organization, Bay Partners, recently launched a fund just for FaceBook apps called AppFactory. Maybe I should start building a Facebook app!

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GoingGreen 2007 for greentech CEOs, researchers, VCs and investors - September 10th - 12th 2007 - University of California, Davis

For those interested in greentech, you might be interested in GoingGreen 2007. Personally, I would greatly enjoy going to the event since greentech is now, but alas, I'm not able to go... Anyways, read on for more info...

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GoingGreen is where cutting-edge greentech CEOs meet the movers and shakers from the biggest industries on earth. Green technology innovators are transforming the global energy, water, agriculture, transportation, construction, manufacturing, and resource recovery establishments. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on the most promising emerging green technologies and new entrepreneurial opportunities.

At GoingGreen, our editors will also honor the GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies. Thirty of the top CEOs from the GoingGreen 100 will pitch their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in our “CEO Showcase.”

Who Attends
Seven hundred greentech CEOs, business development officers, eminent researchers, venture capital and private-equity investors, and leading members of the press and blogging community will attend GoingGreen. Over 20,000 webcast viewers from over 100 countries will also tune in and interact with the program. Executives attend GoingGreen to identify and debate emerging trends, build high-level relationships and create new business opportunities.

Click here to see how the program is shaping up.

Trends and Topics
The Green Energy of Tomorrow Batteries Water Supply, Storage & Treatment Photovoltaics The Green City Growing Biofuel Alternative Fuels - Landfill Waste, Animal Fat, Plant Fiber Organic & Biofuel Impacts on Global Agriculture Global Warming Challenges Water Entrepreneurs Wastewater Treatment Opportunities Distributed Energy Infrastructure The Virtual Utility Wind Power Fuel Cells vs. Batteries	Green Consumer Products The Next Generation Automobile Biofuel Refining The Green Home Waste and Pollution Treatment The 500,000 Year Timeline Green Energy Companies Mega-Projects - Watering & Cooling the World Big vs. Small - Synergies for Green Civilization Fuel Cells Public & Private, Who is Greenest? What are the Most Lucrative, Transformative Green Technologies?

Click here to see how the program is shaping up.

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Meet the New Captains of Innovation - Stanford Summit: July 31-August 2, 2007

Meet the New Captains of Innovation

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July 31st-August 2nd, 2007
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

As those who have attended any of the four annual Stanford Summits know, the Stanford Summit is a two-and-a-half-day executive gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. The Stanford Summit features the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential investors and journalists in keynote presentations, panel debates and private company CEO showcases. The Stanford Summit's goal is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry.

So mark your calendar, and click here to take advantage of the 25%-off ticket we have reserved for you before it expires.

Previous executive speakers include Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Skype founder, Niklas Zennstrom, Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com, Rob Glaser of RealNetworks, Verisign's Stratton Sclavos, Jonathan Schwartz of Sun Microsystems, Jon Miller of AOL, Marten Mickos of MySQL, and Trip Hawkins of Digital Chocolate.

Other notables include YouTube founder and CEO Chad Hurley, FCC Chairman Michael Powell, Stanford Law professor Larry Lessig, Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, Don Evans, Secretary of Commerce, Clinton National Security Advisor, Sandy Berger, The "Dean for President" campaign's Joe Trippi, George Gilder, and Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott.

Who Attends
More than a thousand technology, media and advertising CEOs, business development officers, media buyers, venture capital and private-equity investors, and leading members of the press and blogging community will attend the Stanford Summit. Over 20,000 webcast viewers from over 100 countries will also tune in and interact with the program. Executives attend the Stanford Summit to identify and debate emerging trends, build high-level relationships and create new business opportunities.

Stanford Summit 2007 Program & Speakers:

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

6:00pm	Welcoming Remarks from our Hosts Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn Tom Byers, Professor, STVP, Stanford University Tina Seelig, Executive Director, STVP, Stanford University
6:10pm McCaw Hall	AlwaysOn 100 Top Company Awards Co-Moderator: Packy Kelly, Partner, KPMG Co-Moderator: Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn
6:30pm McCaw Hall	Introducing the New Captains of Innovation Moderator: Guy Kawasaki, Co-Founder, Truemors Craig Sherman, CEO, Gaia Online Paul Martino, CEO, Aggregate Knowledge Gil Penchina, CEO, Wikia (invited) Trevor Healy, CEO, Jajah (invited)
7:30pm McCaw Hall	AlwaysOn Reception in the Ford Gardens, Sponsored by Nova Scotia Business Robert Daigle, VP Business Development, Nova Scotia Business

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

8:45am McCaw Hall	Beyond Search: Discovery Moderator: James Joaquin, Partner, Bridgescale Paul Martino, CEO, Aggregate Knowledge Joe Greenstein, CEO, Flixster David Hyman, CEO, MOG Bambi Francisco, Co-Founder & CEO, Vator.TV
9:00am Fisher Center	CEO Showcase -- Web Services Todd Humphrey, CEO, Cleverset Hari Shetty, CEO, iPolipo Jin Koh, CEO, Startforce John Bruce, CEO, iUpload Ivan Koon, CEO, YouSendit Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts David Carlick, Managing Director, Vantage Point Venture Partners David Weiden, Partner, Khosla Ventures *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
9:30am McCaw Hall	Keynote: Joe Schoendorf The Global Economic Power Shift--Away from Europe and to Asia
9:50am McCaw Hall	Customer Powered Innovation Moderator: Jeanne Bliss, author, Chief Customer Officer Brett Caine, President, Citrix Online Adam Selipsky, VP, Amazon Web Services Danny Kolke, CEO, Etelos Steven Aldrich, VP Strategy & Innovation, Small Business Division, Intuit
10:00am Fisher Center	CEO Showcase -- Consumer Michael Downing, CEO, GoFish Vipin Jain, CEO, Retrevo Mike Metzger, CEO, PayScale Joel Smernoff, CEO, PalTalk Dean McEvoy, Managing Director, Booking Angel Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts George Zachary, Partner, Charles River Ventures Chi-Hua Chien, Venture Development, Accel Partners Ed Lambert, SVP, Bridge Bank *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
10:45am	Break
11:00am McCaw Hall	A Brief Look at Second Life Philip Rosedale, CEO, Linden Lab
11:15am McCaw Hall	How Real is the Virtual Web? Moderator: Jaron Lanier, Scholar-In-Residence, CET, UC Berkeley Irving Wladawsky-Berger, VP, IBM Philip Rosedale, CEO, Linden Lab Craig Sherman, CEO, Gaia Online Chris Melissinos, Chief Gaming Officer, Sun Microsystems
11:15am Fisher Center	CEO Showcase -- Enterprise Jeany Stein, CEO, Design Universe Des Cahill, CEO, Habeas Michael Schmitt, CEO, Siderean Jeremiah Josey, Chairman, Pozilok Charles Kendric, CEO, Isomorphic Software Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts Katherine Egbert, MD & Senior Equity Analyst, Jefferies & Company *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
Noon McCaw Hall	The Patent Crisis: Crossroads for the Business of Technology Moderator: Michael Brandis, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold Chip Lutton, Chief Patent Counsel, Apple Michelle Lee, Assoc. General Counsel, Head of Patents, Google David Kappos, Asst. General Counsel, Intellectual Property, IBM David Hayes, Partner, Intellectual Property Group, Fenwick & West
Noon Fisher Center	CE0 Showcase -- Mobile Anu Nigam, CEO, 411Sync Gary Tauss, CEO, Mobidia James Siminoff, CEO, SimulScribe Dr. HP Jin, CEO, TeleNav Mark Cannon, CEO, Digit Wireless Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts George Zachary, Partner, Charles River Ventures Rob Trice, Partner, Nokia Growth Partners Andy Abramson, Principal, Comunicano *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
11:30am -- 12:30pm	Buffet Lunch -- in the Ford Gardens

1:45pm McCaw Hall	Why Aren't VCs Happy? Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman, Jefferies & Company
1:45pm Fisher Center	CEO Showcase -- Hardware & Infrastructure Steve Lewis, CEO, Teneros Billy Marshall, CEO, rPath John LeMoncheck, CEO, SiBEAM Dr. Geoff Barrall, CEO, Data Robotics Paul Johnston, CEO, Twrra Fuel Technologies Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts Adam Selipsky, VP, Amazon Web Services Mark Zawacki, Managing Director & Founder, Milestone Group Ping Li, Accel Partners *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
2:00pm McCaw Hall	VCs: Are You Happy? Moderator: Sam Angus, Corporate Partner, Fenwick & West Roger McNamee, Partner, Elevation Partners Erik Straser, General Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman, Jefferies & Company Bill Gurley, General Partner, Benchmark Capital
2:45pm McCaw Hall	Building the Green Data Center Moderator: Dave Edwards, Research Analyst, Morgan Stanley Steve Sams, VP, Global Site & Facilities, IBM Global Technology Services Mike Rigodanzo, SVP Technology Services, Technology Solutions Group, HP Stephen Trainor, VP Strategy, Level-3 Subodh Bapat, VP & Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems
2:45pm Fisher Center	CEO Showcase -- Advertising & Web Services Christina Tutone, Managing Director, Ad It Last Lance Podell, CEO, Pulse360 Jay Hallberg, CMO, SpiceWorks Jack Jia, CEO, Baynote Toby Armstrong, CEO, Rent Hire Buy Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts Adam Selipsky, VP, Amazon Web Services Tom Cole, General Partner, Trinity Ventures *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
3:30pm	Break
3:45pm McCaw Hall	CE0 Showcase Indy Gill, CEO, Unwired Buyer Marketta Silvera, CEO, Apptera Luis Solis, CEO, Group Systems Colin Fabig, CEO, Wookah Nathaniel Colangelo, CEO, U1 Technologies *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
4:30pm McCaw Hall	Fireside Chat -- Co-Creating the Global Mobile Experience Om Malik, GigaOm Tero Ojanpera, CTO, Nokia
4:50pm McCaw Hall	Where is the Mobile Convergence Tipping Point? Moderator: Om Malik, GigaOm Larry Lang, VP & GM, Mobility Signaling & Control Business Unit, Cisco Tero Ojanpera, CTO, Nokia Len Lauer, EVP & Group President, QUALCOMM Philip Alveda, CEO, MobiTV
5:35pm McCaw Hall	Entrepreneurship as an Extreme Sport Tina Seelig, Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program
7:00pm	Hawaiian Luau in Dorman Grove

Thursday, August 2, 2007

8:00am Fisher Center	Europe is Back! Welcome to the South of France Team Cote D'Azur Breakfast Raffle for a ticket to the Monte Carlo 2008 Formula 1 Grand Prix Winner must be present to win.
8:45am McCaw Hall	Will the Internet Still Be Here in 20 Years? Moderator: Al Delattre, Global Partner, Accenture Nick McKeown, Professor, Stanford University Andy Bechtolsheim, Co-Founder, Sun Microsystems
9:30am McCaw Hall	The New News Moderator: Andreas Kluth, Technology Correspondent, The Economist Ann Grimes, Acting Dir., Graduate Program in Journalism, Stanford University Alan Warms, CEO, BuzzTracker Chris Tolles, CEO, Topix Dan Cohen, CEO, Pageflakes
9:30am Fisher Center	CE0 Showcase -- Next Gen Media Tools Steve Rosenbaum, CEO, Magnify.net Reena Jadhav, CMO, Conduit Adam Selig, CEO, Visible Technologies Vincent Hsieh, CEO, Aleric Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts David Carlick, Managing Director, Vantage Point Venture Partners Sharon Wienbar, Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners Jim Armstrong, Managing Director, Clearstone Venture Partners *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
10:15am	Break
10:30am McCaw Hall	Who do the Big Brands Want to Eat to Grow Their Businesses? Moderator: John Cooper, MD & Co-Head Software & Services, Montgomery & Co Dan'l Lewin, Corporate VP, Strategic & Emerging Business Development, Microsoft Kara Nortman, VP, M&A, IAC Ned Hooper, VP, Corporate Business Development, Cisco Salman Ullah, Director, Corporate Development, Google
10:30am Fisher Center	CE0 Showcase -- Technology Enablers Shawn Hardin, CEO, Flock Leonard Backus, CEO, Datamash James Rogers, CEO, Nextrials David Thompson, CEO, Genius.com Mike Connor, GM & SVP, EffectiveUI *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
11:15am McCaw Hall	Presenting the Hollywood "IT" List Moderator: Paula Parisi, EVP, The Hollywood Reporter Carmi Zlotnik, Former EVP, New Media Programming, HBO Stefanie Henning, SVP, Global Marketing & New Media, Fox Television
11:15am Fisher Center	CE0 Showcase -- Web Services & Collaboration Ken Liu, CEO, MindTouch Aaron Levie, CEO, Box.Net Jeff Solomon, CEO, Leads360 Pankaj Malviya, CEO, LongJump David Rolston, CEO, Forterra Systems Levy Cohen, CEO, Collarity Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts Jim Long, Venture Advisor, Gabriel Venture Partners Maha Ibrahim, General Partner, Canaan Partners *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
11:30am -- 12:30pm	Buffet Lunch -- in the Ford Gardens
1:00pm McCaw Hall	Social Networking 3.0 Moderator: Charlene Li, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research Chris DeWolfe, CEO, MySpace (e

Startup Events Blog

September 10, 2008

Bootstrapping or as Guy Kawasaki puts it: Plan B for Fund Raising

April 08, 2008

Winnington Capital Group - A Canadian private equity company for small to mid-sized companies

March 28, 2008

An experienced Private Equity company run by a very successful man, Andrew Filipowski

February 20, 2008

free practical ecommerce magazine subscription - courtesy of Yahoo

February 14, 2008

02/26 - Startups Leveraging GPS and Web 2.0 Technology & 03/09 - Deadline to apply for the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Business Plan Competition

December 01, 2007

Now don't you wish you had a Facebook? or Facebook gets another $40 million!

October 22, 2007

12/13/07 - Baltimore Discovery StartupLab (a new MITEF event)

12/11/07 - DC Discovery StartupLab (a new MITEF event)

October 04, 2007

A Facebook Apps fund? - Maybe I should start creating a facebook app!

August 27, 2007

GoingGreen 2007 for greentech CEOs, researchers, VCs and investors - September 10th - 12th 2007 - University of California, Davis

July 11, 2007

Meet the New Captains of Innovation - Stanford Summit: July 31-August 2, 2007