What makes one startup create exponential growth and the other flame out?

There’s many conferences and unconferences that are dealing with many technical, tactical issues. And these are all good, but the key question is one that vexes those trying to pick the right horse, isn’t it?

 

Startup Epicenter Program, March 27-29: Should be a great event!

SF Bay Ventures is proud to announce a program from one of our portfolio companies. It is called Startup Epicenter and the first will be a zinger. Quickly learn how to grasp the new media realities from experts in the field and those who are funding them. Blended together, these workshops should offer an exhilirating program designed to help those prepare for the fun yet uniquely challenging and sometimes exhausting demands of the entrepreneurial storyline. Whether you’re investing A or B rounds or seeking your first Angel investments.

• March 27-29 Startup Epicenter Intensive Workshops

FYI: The program on March 29 starts at 2 in the afternoon, which leaves your morning free to attend the Compelling Demos Workshop that our Partner, SK Murphy, is presenting with Peter Cohan of the Second Derivative.  We’re jazzed that he’s onboard!

Please visit the web site soon and enter the competition to take part in these exciting programs!There’s Vinod Khosla as the keynote speaker and an impressive line-up of VC’s (and Angels)…. here’s a partial list:

• Clint Chao, General Partner, Formative Ventures 
• Richard Redelfs, General Partner, Foundation Capital 
• Richard Dickson, Partner, Fenwick & West & Chair, Startups and Venture Capital Group
• Avery Lyford, CEO, Digisense
• Dan Grosh, Partner, Nosal Partners
• Ken Elefant, General Partner, Opus Capital
• Ted Rheingold, “Top Dog,” Dogster, Catster
• Philip Korn, Managing Director, SVB Capital
• Carol Sands, Founder & Managing Member, The Angels’ Forum / Halo Funds
• Jeff Nolan, CEO, Teqlo (formerly with SAP)
• Jim Simmons, Entrepreneur In Residence, Draper Richards
• John Steuart, Managing Director, Claremont Creek Ventures
• Sramana Mitra, “entrepreneur CEO”
• Rich Simoni, Partner, Asset Management Company
• Brian Hajima Ogata, Chair, WCA RFID SIG
• Will Price, Principal, Hummer Winblad
• Anand Jagannathan, CEO, Kriyari
• Stowe Boyd, Co-Founder Blue Whale Labs, /Message
• Noah Kagen,  Founder, OkDork.com & MyMint.com
• many more to be added – please check daily

Just some of the panelists include the following:

• Prashant Shah, Principal, Hummer Winblad
• Jim Tyber, Trinity Ventures
• Steve Dines, Managing Director, Sand Hill Angels
• Richard Helfrich, Managing Director, Alameda Capital
• Ram Sriram, EIR, Fuji Xerox
• Dylan Steeg, Sr. Investment Manager, Intel Capital
• TBD, Keiretsu Forum
• TBD, Band of Angels
• TBD, SVB Capital
• TBD, Norwest Venture Partners (NVP)
• many more to be added – please check daily

Apply here to take part in the Funding Pitch portion of the intensive workshops. Send a 1-2 page executive summary and at least two of the following items to be considered for one of the openings for this program.

• web page – secure view acceptable
• link to product demo
• blog link
• video on YouTube,etc.
• Customer Referral/Testimonial(s)
• 1-2 paragraph description (your 30-45 sec. pitch)
• Financial Estimates
• PowerPoint funding pitch presentation

Please do not send: Business plan

E-Mail to Applications-at-StartupEpicenter

It’s a rolling admissions process that started yesterday, March 2nd.

 

Thanks for attending the SVASE Events!

The almost always increasing attendance since last October is quite heartening indeed! We have the five Startup-U sites, but we will start to consolidate these down to three most likely. There are also new programs that may come online including SVASE BIGs, and other programs with partners such as Plug & Play in Sunnyvale and others that we can’t mention yet.