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:

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!
eMarv

Tags: privateequity, startup, venture capital, andrew filipowski, flip filipowski, silkroad equity, buyout

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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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Tags: facebook, social networking, startup, startup investing, microsoft investments

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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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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?

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Meet the New Captains of Innovation

Save the Date
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 (expected) Dustin Moskovitz, Co-Founder, Facebook Rich Rosenblatt, CEO, Demand Media Gina Bianchini, CEO, Ning Brad Garlinghouse, SVP, Communication, Communities and Front Doors Yahoo! Karl Jacob, CEO, Wallop
1:00pm Fisher Center	CE0 Showcase -- Mobile & Wireless Jin Koh, CEO, Nuvoiz Neeraj Bansal, EVP, Sapphire Malcolm Allen, CEO, FreedomTel Michael Bates, CEO, IQzone Bill Howe, CEO, Azaire Networks Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts       Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners       Rod Randall, Senior Managing Director, Vesbridge       Jim Long, Venture Advisor, Gabriel Venture Partners *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
2:00pm McCaw Hall	CEO Showcase TJ Kang, CEO, ThinkFree Richard Onyon, Founder, FusionOne Isaac Sundarajan, CEO, Codenomicon Delip Andra, CEO, Minekey *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
2:45pm McCaw Hall	High Performance Global Innovation -- From Labs to Customer Doug Merritt, Corporate Officer & Member of the Executive Council, SAP AG
3:00pm McCaw Hall	Out of the Labs and Into the Market Moderator: George Gilder, Chairman, Gilder Technology Publishing Dr. Jai Menon, IBM Fellow, VP & CTO, Architecture & Strategy, IBM Doug Merritt, Corporate Officer & Member of the Executive Council, SAP AG Phil McKinney, VP & CTO Personal Systems Group, HP
3:45pm McCaw Hall	The Democratization of Media: Good or Bad? Moderator: Dan Farber, Editor-in-Chief, ZDNet Andrew Keen, author, Cult of the Amateur Bill Cleary, Founder, Cleary & Partners Barbara Waugh, Director, University Relations, HP George Gilder, Chairman, Gilder Technology Publishing

If you are in entertainment, media, advertising or public relations, or a venture capitalist or I-Banker playing in the new media space, this is an event you can't afford to miss. Click here to buy your ticket to the Stanford Summit now and take advantage of the "AO Insider" ticket rate before it expires. If you do not want to pay online or want to inquire about group rates, please call Kathy Osweiler at 415.751.0170 to order by phone or email her at kathy@alwayson-network.com.

 

We look forward to any thoughts on how our program is shaping up and hope to see you at The Stanford Summit in July!

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I was actually invited to be a blogger at the event, but unfortunately (unless I can convince my wife), I will not be able to attend. I am sure it will be a very interesting conference. Have fun for me!
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About TiEcon 2007

TiEcon 2007 is two action-packed days of aspiring, exploring, and networking:

Dream> Brilliant Minds share their dreams, stories, and insights

• Meg Whitman, President & CEO, eBay Inc.
• Tim O’Reilly, CEO, O’Reilly Media
• Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO, Salesforce.com

… and many more

Explore> Discover latest developments and hottest business opportunities

• Over 40 Panels and 200 Speakers cover topics on Entrepreneurship as well as Industry Segments
• Entrepreneurship panels include:
• When to turn in your badge to work in your garage?
• Where are VCs investing?
• Social entrepreneurship
• Growing for success

…and many more

• Industry panels include:
• Web 2.0
• Wireless 
• Life Sciences 
• Clean Tech

…and many more

Connect> Network with over 4000 Corporate Executives, VCs, Customers, and Entrepreneurs

• Take the shortest path to VCs at the Entrepreneurs Bazaar
• Engage with Panelists and learn from their stories from the front line
• Meet with Corporate Executives to grow your business
• Synergize with fellow entrepreneurs and professionals
• Mingle with target Customers and Partners

The New Face of Entrepreneurship – Theme of TiEcon 2007

The face of business is dramatically changing as Baby Boomers, the Generation Y, mid-career women, and new business leaders are coming together to create the most diverse and innovative pool of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs of today have broken age, language, geography, and money barriers.

For more info on the conference click www.tiecon.org

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Who Should Apply? Companies that are:  actively seeking funding in the range of $1 million to $10 million in any industry sector from sophisticated angels and / or venture capitalists in the Greater Washington, DC – Mid-Atlantic region. 

Participating organizations include: The Business Alliance of George Mason University, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, The Dinner Clubs, ExecutiveBiz, The Entrepreneur Center at NVTC, Entrepreneur Roundtable of George Washington University, Greater Baltimore Technology Council, The Marathon Club, Maryland DBED, Mid-Atlantic Venture Association, Netpreneur, Inc., Northern Virginia Technology Council, Springboard Enterprises, Technology Council of Maryland

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Related Publications:
  • 2007 Investor Patron Letter
  • 2007 Sponsorship Opportunities
  • 2007 ESCF Company Alpplication

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Entrepreneurship in Nanotechnology

Thursday, November 9th

6:00 – 8:00 PM

Tech LR5, Northwestern University

 DESCRIPTION:

Come hear presentations on new technologies in the exciting field of nanotechnology at Northwestern University’s Nanotech Institute in Evanston. Explore opportunities to assist with the development of

business plans and get involved on the ground floor of new businesses.  This is one of those rare opportunities you get as a student that others don’t get.  

Light refreshments served

Click here for a PDF. Please email Professor Barry Merkin (b-merkin@kellogg.northwestern.edu) if you expect to attend. 

Larry and Carol Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice

847-491-3255

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Mobile Entrepreneur Day

Partnering for Growth Across the Mobile Value-Chain

November 17, 2006 | 8:00am - 1pm | Mountain View, CA | Microsoft Campus

For emerging companies, building and nurturing strong partnerships is critical to success. Mobile Entrepreneur Day – brought to you by Gabriel Venture Partners, Microsoft, Motorola, and Under the Radar – is a half-day symposium dedicated to de-mystifying the partner process for startup companies across the mobile value-chain. We will cover the following:

• What drives the mobile value-chain?
• What/who influences the ecosystem?
• How can Motorola, Microsoft, and their network of partners help accelerate the growth of a startup?
• What is the best way to engage with them? Challenges? Opportunities?
• What areas are VCs investing and looking at?

Most importantly, meet the representatives from these companies who can get you in the door!

AGENDA

8:00 Registration Opens/Continental Breakfast

9:00 Keynote

Rajeev Chand, Rutberg & Co

9:30 How to Partner across the Value Chain

Motorola
Microsoft
A carrier (TBD)

10:45 Networking/Coffee Break

11:15 VC Panel: What are VC’s Investing in?

Gabriel
Motorola Ventures

12:15 Networking/Lunch

If you would like to attend, please register at http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=120444.

Your Registration Fee is Underwritten By

LOCATION:

Microsoft | Conference Center, Building 1
1065 La Avenida Street | Mountain View, CA 94043
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/info/usaoffices/northernca/siliconvalley.mspx

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Just saw this on Guy Kawasaki's blog and wanted to get the word out. Here's a blurb from the site:

The event is designed to uncover and showcase the most exciting of the newest startups in high technology. Launch: Silicon Valley is looking for new companies that are ready for launch, but are not already well-known. These are companies who have a product or service available (as of November 8), but have not been out for more than several months. All technology sectors and all geographies will be considered.

If you want to nominate a company (or if you are a company and want to nominate yourself!), please email a two-page executive summary to LaunchSV@svase.org . The deadline for submissions is October 15.

Launch: Silicon Valley is not a pitchfest or a beauty pageant. Companies will not be pitching for funding; they will be looking for buzz, customers, mindshare, and possibly talent and partners. But not funding. Launch: Silicon Valley wants to focus on finding companies that are not already well-funded and well-known, and that can't afford their own fancy PR campaigns and the exorbitant fee to present at some elegant resort.

If you want to nominate a company (or if you are a company and want to nominate yourself!), please email a two-page executive summary to LaunchSV@svase.org . The deadline for submissions is October 15. If you have any questions about the event, or if you want to register to attend, please go to: http://www.LaunchSiliconValley.org.

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from an email from The Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP):

Dear Colleagues, Associates and Friends of STVP,

The Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) invites you to visit our growing collection of online entrepreneurship education resources, the STVP Educators Corner at http://edcorner.stanford.edu/. We just launched a new version of the site, which includes a fresh new interface and over 1,000 resources, such as video clips, podcasts, presentations, and web links.

Visitors to the STVP Educators Corner tell us that these materials are invaluable. The site provides an opportunity to be mentored by the technology world's most influential executives and innovators. Click on these links to access samples from the site:

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The 2006
Entrepreneur Venture Conference
October 5, 2006
Microsoft, Silicon Valley

 Overview
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2006

 Objective

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