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See the website for booking information and complete course contents.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1014503/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1014503/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1014503/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:50:45 -0700 2008-08-15T23:50:45-07:00 Starting a Cafe or Restaurant Workshop 2009-08-01 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/77553/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/77553/ Leichhardt Campus, Sydney Secondary College Enter Derbyshire Road off William Street Leichhardt New South Wales Australia http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/77553/
See the website for booking information.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1177806/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1177806/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1177806/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:15:38 -0700 2008-10-05T03:15:38-07:00 Starting a Cafe or Restaurant Workshop 2009-08-08 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/90330/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/90330/ Alexandria Park Community School - Junior Campus Park Rd and Power Ave Alexandria New South Wales Australia http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/90330/ Details later.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2563394/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2563394/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2563394/#comments 45.5185 -122.661 Fri, 01 May 2009 08:14:34 -0700 2009-05-01T08:14:34-07:00 Startupalooza II 2009-10-10T20:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/52522/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/52522/ CubeSpace 622 SE Grand Ave Portland Oregon 97214 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/52522/
After rising to #2 in 2008 in the PwC Money Tree, cleantech investing plummeted 75% in Q1'09 to #4 in the industry rankings, after Software, Biotech, and Med Devices. Many of the cleantech deals that required over $50M in venture financing and hundreds of millions in project finance are either dead or pursuing new strategies that are more capital efficient and require less debt. Scores of companies are applying for government funds to supplement their equity base. Come listen to and quiz our panel of experts to see if the cleantech bubble has burst or if this is simply the pause that refreshes the industry.

Agenda:

8:00am-8:30am Registration and Breakfast
8:30am-8:45am Introductions
8:45am-9:00am Overview
9:00am-9:45am Panel Discussion

Steve Bengston, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Matt Garratt, Battery Ventures
Mamoom Hamid, USVP
Allison Leopold Tilley, Pillsbury Winthrop
Dan Rubin, Alloy Ventures
Robert Walker, Sierra Ventures
Don Wood, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

9:45am-10:00am Question and Answer

$20/SDForum Members, $30/non-members, $0/Platinum Pass.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2811992/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2811992/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2811992/#comments 37.4189 -122.15 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:26:13 -0700 2009-06-05T00:26:13-07:00 SDForum Quarterly Venture Breakfast with Pillsbury Winthrop 2009-07-21T08:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/11204/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/11204/ Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2475 Hanover Street Palo Alto California 94304 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/11204/
Each session begins at 8:30 and runs until 11:30. East Bay Sessions are held on Wednesdays and Peninsula Sessions on Thursdays. The next Workshops begins September 9th, 2009 in the East Bay and September 10th on the Peninsula.

Each three hour session will start with a review and feedback on the prior week's work, followed by a seminar on a new topic and an Assignment on the new topic on which work will begin during the session, with coaching from the instructors.

The instructors will provide individualized feedback on the participants' work, to ensure they are started on the right track. Assignments will be reviewed and discussed in the following week's meeting.
Session 1: Overview
Session 2: Executive Summary
Session 3: Go-to-Market Strategy
Session 4: Marketing Plan
Session 5: Financial Plan
Session 6: Business Plan
Session 7: Investor Presentation
Session 8: Practice Pitching

$1500.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2989067/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2989067/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2989067/#comments 37.6636 -121.8758 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:45:57 -0700 2009-06-23T20:45:57-07:00 BAE Workshop: 8-Week Entrepreneurial Training Series (East Bay) 2009-09-09T08:30:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/579242/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/579242/ Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce Offices 777 Peters Ave Pleasanton California 94566 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/579242/
Each session begins at 8:30 and runs until 11:30. East Bay Sessions are held on Wednesdays and Peninsula Sessions on Thursdays. The next Workshops begins September 9th, 2009 in the East Bay and September 10th on the Peninsula.

Each three hour session will start with a review and feedback on the prior week's work, followed by a seminar on a new topic and an Assignment on the new topic on which work will begin during the session, with coaching from the instructors.

The instructors will provide individualized feedback on the participants' work, to ensure they are started on the right track. Assignments will be reviewed and discussed in the following week's meeting.
Session 1: Overview
Session 2: Executive Summary
Session 3: Go-to-Market Strategy
Session 4: Marketing Plan
Session 5: Financial Plan
Session 6: Business Plan
Session 7: Investor Presentation
Session 8: Practice Pitching

$1500.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2989776/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2989776/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2989776/#comments 37.4154 -122.143 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:11:55 -0700 2009-06-24T11:11:55-07:00 BAE Workshop: 8-Week Entrepreneurial Training Series (Silicon Valley) 2009-09-10T08:30:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/39374/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/39374/ Cooley Godward Kronish LLP 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto California 94304 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/39374/ Then register for the FundingPost event on July 21 -

FundingPost has hosted 150+ sold-out venture events in 17 cities over the past 7 years.
At our next Silicon Valley event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing:
How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! We will be discussing trends in Early-Stage Investing, hot sectors, sectors that these Angels and VCs look at, things that are most important to them when they are considering an Investment, the best and worst things an entrepreneur can do to get their attention, additional advice for entrepreneurs, and, of course, the best ways to reach these and other Investors. There will be plenty of time for networking with the Investor panelists, both before the panel & after the panel!
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3010846/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3010846/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3010846/#comments 37.4405 -122.164 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:39:14 -0700 2009-06-26T12:39:14-07:00 FundingPost's Silicon Valley Angel & Venture Event 2009-07-21T14:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/19298/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/19298/ Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel 625 El Camino Real Palo Alto California 94301 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/19298/
Neil Wilkinson, technical director of Yahoo!7 and Yahoo!Xtra, and Pamela Fox, developer programs engineer for the Google Maps API, will give an insiders perspective of their mashup development tools.

Then you will have a chance to immediately put this knowledge to use building your own mashup on the spot.

The workshop is especially suited for university students, researchers and developers who want to apply this new technology in their projects. Familiarity with a programming language like Java or JavaScript is recommended.

See the workshop website for further information and registration.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3015954/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3015954/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3015954/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:19:02 -0700 2009-06-30T21:19:02-07:00 HCSNet Hands-on Workshop on Building Mashups 2009-07-27 2009-07-28 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/67034/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/67034/ Macquarie University Balaclava Road North Ride New South Wales 2109 Australia http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/67034/
Jeannette Bitz-a seasoned PR executive with more than twelve years experience developing successful PR strategies for technology companies-will discuss the value of communicating with the most important media, reporters and influencers in your market prior to your launch. She'll also take a look at the changing media landscape and how it's affecting PR today. Business and industry trade publications are cutting back and closing. Industry bloggers are gaining in importance. Social media-Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and even YouTube-have become key communications tools for the media and PR professionals.

Who should attend: This session is designed for start-up companies preparing to launch their product or company into the market. Since top-level executives are often involved in such launches, company presidents as well as vice presidents and directors of marketing will find the presentation of interest.

Free for eBig Members, $15 for Pre-registered Guests or $20 at the door.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3018388/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3018388/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3018388/#comments 37.6962 -121.903 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:17:41 -0700 2009-07-02T20:17:41-07:00 What Every Startup Needs to Know about Public Relations 2009-07-13T18:30:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/46650/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/46650/ Four Points by Sheraton 5115 Hopyard Rd. Pleasanton California 94588 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/46650/
For two days we will be celebrating women and addressing some of the issues that appear to be ever-present. You will leave the conference feeling refreshed, reinvigorated, and confident you have what it takes to get your idea off the ground and allow it to take shape.

Visit http://herstartup.eventbrite.com to register.

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Sharon Hadary, Founder & Former Executive Director of
Center for Business Women's Research
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3018505/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3018505/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3018505/#comments 38.6556 -90.3018 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:38:08 -0700 2009-07-02T22:38:08-07:00 Highly Empowered Women Conference 2009-09-25T18:30:00Z 2009-09-26T13:30Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/583750/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/583750/ Moonrise Hotel 6177 Delmar Blvd. University City Missouri 63130 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/583750/ Bootstrapper's Breakfasts are for founders of early stage technology startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious about growing their business.

At Bootstrapper's Breakfast we have serious conversations about growing a business based on internal cashflow. This is not for entrepreneurs who want to meet VCs, this is for founders who are actively bootstrapping a startup. We meet in the back room at several Silicon Valley restaurants so space is limited.

These breakfasts are facilitated by SKMurphy, Inc. as a service to the Silicon Valley bootstrapper community, so there is no sales pitch from us or anyone else who attends. The first breakfast was held at Coco's in the heart of Silicon Valley in 2005. Since that time, they have grown to multiple locations through out the Bay Area.

Cost of breakfast + tip.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3018518/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3018518/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3018518/#comments 37.795 -122.3961 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:07:38 -0700 2009-07-02T23:07:38-07:00 Bootstrappers Breakfast 2009-07-17T07:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/580134/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/580134/ Boudin Bakery - Embarcadero 4 4 Embarcadero Center San Francisco California 94111 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/580134/
Presented by PublicDecisions, Co-sponsored by Learning Times, NY University Law School/Institute for Information Law and Policy, Public Agenda, Involve and National Issues Forum Institute

Don't Just Tell Them, Show Them
Why just talk with stakeholders about environmental management (or any other subject)? Let them experience it!

Conducted entirely in the virtual world Second Life, this one-day conference will provide you with the opportunity to experience and learn about the possibilities of hosting stakeholder learning events using virtual reality.

You'll participate in presentations (including a virtual deliberation held in Second Life), discussions . . . even "field trips" that demonstrate how virtual reality is being used for stakeholder learning today.

Field trips include
1) Tufts University (3D planning for Acton, Massachusetts that actually can be manipulated "in world" by participants in Second Life);
2) Centre for Water Studies (uses Second Life to showcase six water habitats that participants can interact with in world);
3) EcoCommons (provides an in-world network for environmentally-focused nonprofits, such as the Sierra Club and the Mountain Lion Foundation, for promoting awareness, community-building and environmental education) and
4) Virtual Native Lands (an island that uses Second Life for engaging people around the world in discussions about environmental issues affecting tribal nations around the world)

What You'll Learn:
► The benefits and drawbacks of working with stakeholders in Second Life, including when it's appropriate, efficient and effective—and when it's not
► How Second Life differs from other technologies used for stakeholder engagement
► How Second Life can be used for a range of subject areas, including—but not limited to—environmental management
► Tips for using Second Life effectively, including how to access existing "islands" or spaces within Second Life's virtual world and how to create your own space

View the conference agenda at http://www.publicdecisions.com/mini_conferences_3.html

No Experience Needed
You don't need prior experience with Second Life to attend, but you will need to create a Second Life account (it's free) in order to participate.

An orientation for registrants new to Second Life (and those who want a refresher) will be provided prior to the conference.

WHERE
Online, in Second Life

FEE
Seats are Limited to the First 75 Registrants
$75 USD for Circle Club members, $85 USD for nonmembers

Register at http://www.publicdecisions.com/mini_conferences_2.html

Registration includes the PublicDecisions post-event report, “Using Virtual Reality for Stakeholder Engagement”

Not a Circle Club member? Join now at www.PublicDecisions.com (go to the upper RH corner of the page for the Circle Club link). Membership is free and you can unsubscribe at any time.

QUESTIONS? Contact Paul Coelus at paul@publicdecisions.com

Second Life is a registered trademark of Linden Research, Inc.
LearningTimes and the squirrel logo are trademarks of LearningTimes, LLC.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3019016/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3019016/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3019016/#comments 37.2718 -119.2729 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:50:47 -0700 2009-07-03T12:50:47-07:00 Using Virtual Reality for Stakeholder Engmt for Env Mgmt 2009-07-16T11:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/583957/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/583957/ Online, in Second Life Second Life Second Life California United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/583957/
There's no better to speak on this subject, than our keynote speaker for July - Ms. Teri Takai, CIO for the State of California , sixth largest economy in the world. Since her appointment as the Chief Information Officer for the State of CA, Ms. Takai has launched a series of initiatives and is championing the new role of IT as a backbone for increasing the efficiency of the government.

She'll share her vision for the role of IT in reinventing the government and among other things, will discuss :

What is her three-to-five year vision for IT deployment in the State of CA

How will IT change the way the people communicate with and within government in years to come?

How will the new stimulus bill impact IT deployments and what areas will have priority?

What are their biggest challenges facing the CIO today and how is the state addressing it?

New Initiatives : Cyber-security, Cloud-Computing, Social Media in government

What role does technology innovation play in reinventing government?

If you are a technology professional involved in selling/marketing with the government, this is an event you cannot afford to miss.

Visit www.techcoire.com to learn more and to register.

$50 before 7/19 ; $60 after.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3066098/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3066098/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3066098/#comments 38.6068 -121.268 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:37:20 -0700 2009-07-05T12:37:20-07:00 Technology & Innovation in Reinventing Government 2009-07-23T18:30:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/48364/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/48364/ Sacramento Marriott Rancho Cordova 11211 Point East Drive Rancho Cordova California 95742 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/48364/
Vehicle navigation solutions used to be exclusive, expensive options in premium car brands. Over the last five years navigation solutions have matured and are now being offered in a variety of device platforms.

Are we experiencing a full commoditization or are there new unexploited opportunities for consumers and the connected car?
What are these opportunities, who will be able to benefit from them and what can consumers and businesses expect?
How can companies continue to offer successful navigation offerings or are in-car navigation solutions and PNDs facing the same fate as PDAs ten years ago?
Are connected PND offerings and the connected car a viable, long-term strategy? If so, how will companies address recurring cost requirements and identify the right content mix?
What is the next leap for navigation and connected vehicle solutions in a location-based context (i.e. advertising) and who will lead in the emerging value-chains?

Join the panel discussion with industry representatives, moderated by Thilo Koslowski, Vice President Automotive and Vehicle ICT, Gartner Inc.

Complimentary appetizers, beer, wine and soft drinks will be served.

$20 members, $40 non-members (Pre-registration online), $50 at the.
]]> http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3068649/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3068649/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3068649/#comments 37.415 -122.1487 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:36:16 -0700 2009-07-07T23:36:16-07:00 Navigation and the Connected Vehicle 2009-07-21T18:00:00Z http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/560950/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/560950/ Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP 1530 Page Mill Road, Suite 200 Palo Alto California 94304 United States http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/560950/