Past Speakers
2004
June 8, 2004, Kris Pister, PhD, Chief Technology
Office and founder of Dust Networks, on "Wireless Sensor Networks and
Smart Dust"
April 13,
2004,
Julie Daley & Kenton Hyatt, Ph.D. on "Creativity in Business"
khyatt@kairios.com
juliedaley@stanfordalumni.org
March 9, 2004, Dr. Sara Hart of HartCom, gave
a mini-workshop on "The Thinking Environment."
sarahart@hartcom.com
www.hartcom.com
February 10, 2004 Entrepreneurs Resource Expo
January 13, 2004, Neal Dikeman, of Jane
Capital Partners, spoke on "Positioning Your Company for an
Acquisition".
dikeman@janecapital.com
http://www.janecapital.com
2003
November 11, 2003, Jill Lublin, the author of the
national best selling book Guerrilla Publicity (part of the Jay Levinson
Guerrilla Marketing series), spoke on guerrilla publicity.
JMGeronimo@aol.com
http://promisingpromotion.com
October 14, 2003, Fred Davis, who was
instrumental in instrumental in the startups of Wired and CNET, spoke on
"Perfecting Your Pitch to Investors: The nuts and bolts of getting
funding".
Fred@Dig-It.com
www.Dig-It.com
September 9, 2003, Anna Marks, owner/editor of
Bay Area BusinessWoman newsmagazine, spoke on how to get your business in the news
via press releases that give editors what they want, etc.
Anna@BABWnews.com
www.BABWnews.com
August 12, 2003, a panel of three spoke on how to get money to fund businesses.
Oakland Business Development Corporation: Nicole Levin
Nicole@obdc.com
www.obdc.com
Marble Bridge Funding: Andrew Krone
AKrone@MarbleBridge.com
www.MarbleBridge.com
Mechanics Bank: Jesus Leon
Jesus_Leon@MechBank.com
www.MechBank.com
June 9,2003, Susanne Houfek spoke on how to create effective
business plans that appeal to venture capitalists and lenders.
SHoufek@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/SHoufek/
May 14, 2003, David Zweig, co-founder of
Salon.com, spoke on practical strategies "painfully acquired from the past 25 years of triumph
and tribulation."
DBZ@lmi.net
www.MemeWorks.org
April 9, 2003, Penelope Finnie, Chief Creative Officer
at Ask Jeeves, spoke on "Strategies for Entrepreneurs."
Penny@AskJeeves.com
www.AskJeeves.com
March 12, 2003, Arthur Washington of the local Northern
California Financial Development Corporation spoke on "How to Get
Financing."
Awashington@NorCalFDC.org
www.NorCalFDC.org
February 12, 2003, first Entrepreneurs Resource Expo
January 8, 2003, Robert Sakai, the Technology and Trade
Director of the Economic Development Alliance for Business gave a "2003
Economic Forecast for Bay Area Entrepreneurs".
RSakai@EDAB.org
www.EDAB.org
2002
December 11, 2002, Joellen Ademski of the Silicon Valley
Bank in San Francisco spoke on "How to Obtain Venture Capital in These
Difficult Times."
Jademski@SVBank.com
www.SVBsecurities.com
www.SVB.com
November 13, 2002, Cheryl Woodard of the Publishing
Business Group spoke on "Strategies for hard times: How to reach new
markets and grow your business in a shrinking market."
Cheryl@PublishingBiz.com
www.PublishingBiz.com
October 9, 2002, Craig Newmark of Craigslist.org
spoke about "Craig’s List: History and Real-Life Challenges",
including "Lessons Learned", "The State of the Web" and
"Disgruntled Customers as Teachers."
www.craigslist.org
craig@craigslist.org
September 25, 2002, Sharon Stagg of TechVentures
Network (formerly BARTA) spoke about Ace-Net, Cal-Tips, and other forms of
alternative funding for entrepreneurial businesses.
www.techventuresnetwork.org
sharon@barta.org
August 14, 2002, marketing pro and author of the bestseller
"Total Access", Regis McKenna, told us the essentials of
marketing success.
IMifflin@Regis.com
www.Regis.com
July 10, 2002, Arthur Washington of the Small
Business Development Center told us how to get financing help from the
SBA (Small Business Association).
AWashinton@NorCalFDC.org
www.EBSBDC.org
June 12, 2002, Bob Epstein, co-founder of Sybase, spoke to us about
the essential steps in having a successful business and successful product.
Bob@BobEpstein.to
www.GetActive.com
www.e2.org
May 8, 2002, Fred Davis "one of the most 100 influential leaders in the computer industry" told us about his marketing secrets.
Fred@dig-it-now.com www.prosumer.tv
April 10, 2002, Lee Tien of the Electronic Frontier
Foundation spoke about Privacy, Free Expression & Freedom of
Information.
www.eff.org Tien@eff.org
March 13, 2002, Ann Winblad spoke about "How to attract and secure investor funding", including how to find potential investors, what investors are looking for, tips on closing the deal, as well as do’s and don’ts.
www.hummerwinblad.com AWinblad@humwin.com
February 13, 2002, Joanna Glassner of Wired Magazine spoke about "Recognizing Signs of Recovery".
Joanna@wired.com
www.Wired.com
January 9, 2002, Susanne Houfek spoke about how to create effective business plans that appeal to venture capitalists and lenders.
SHoufek@aol.com
www.SusanneHoufek.com
2001
December 11, 2001, David Kory, Director of the Contra Costa Software Business
Incubator (CCSBI) in Concord, spoke on how a business incubator
can help start-up companies stay afloat in a dot.bomb world.
November 13, 2001, attorney Bruce Methven spoke on "Negotiating Better Contracts."
www.MethvenLaw.com
October 3, 2001, Craig Newmark of CraigsList.org spoke on "Generating
Strong Connections", with a focus on the importance of providing
down-to-earth information.
www.craigslist.org
Craig@craigslist.org
September 3, 2001, Ted Katagi, President of CompuWizards,
spoke on "Reducing Software Development
Costs."
www.compuwizardsusa.com
TKatagi@compuwizardsusa.com
August
1, 2001, attorney Bruce Methven spoke on "Protecting Your Inventions, Web Site and
Software."
July 11, 2001, attorney Bruce Methven spoke on "When and how to use non-disclosure agreements."
www.methvenlaw.com
June 6, 2001, Jon Chun gave a talk on the importance of
privacy for the Internet surfer.
Jon.Chun@SafeWeb.com
May 2, 2001, David Huffman gave a talk on
"Lessons Learned
the Hard Way."
www.linkify.com
March
21, 2001, David Daniels of CloudSource spoke on "Tips for Launching a Small
Tech Business and Keeping It Afloat."
