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4th Annual Entrepreneurs Roundtable (ERT)

Date/Time: Tuesday, April 15th, 2008, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Venue: Marine Memorials, Commandants Room, 10th Floor
Address: 609 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA

The Entrepreneurs Association and Lester Center announce the 4th Annual Entrepreneurs Roundtable (ERT). Meet "Practicing Founders & CEOs of the Hottest Current Startups" in a relaxed & informative setting. Founders who attended last year were raising money right around ERT [Silicon Clocks ($11M), Meetro ($2M), etc.]. This was a sell-out last year, and this year will be even more exciting!

Format:
Speak to entrepreneurs on a personal basis
High entrepreneur-student, approx. 1:2, ratio

Agenda:
Cocktail/Open Bar Networking Reception
Four breakout sessions – organized around industry and business function
Appetizers/Snacks/Drinks throughout the event
After-party at Lucid bar

Registration & Payment:
Limited Seating applies.
Register now by contacting daniel_mayo@mba.berkeley.edu.
EA Members: $25; Non-EA Members: $35;
By Check: Paid to "UC Regents"; Drop Check in Daniel Mayo's mailbox.
By Paypal: Send payment to "daniel_mayo@mba.berkeley.edu".

Parking:
(1) Olympic Garage, 665 Sutter; Validate ticket at event registration table (after parking your vehicle) to receive discounted cost of $4/hour;
(2) Priority Parking, 530 Mason; Pick up pass at event registration table (after parking your vehicle) to receive discounted cost of $14/day;

 

10th Annual Venture Capital Roundtable

Date: October 29th, 2007
Time: 6:30-9:00pm
Location: MacArthur Park Restaurant, Palo Alto

This is the Entrepreneurs largest event of the fall in which we bring together students and venture capitalists for an evening of conversation. If you are interested in a career in venture capital or want to network with venture capitalists in a friendly setting absent of projectors, business plans or coffee, this is the event for you. This event will be co-marketed by Haas students interested in contacting VCs, the Lester Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Haas Alumni Relations Office. As EA members you have first priority, but register quickly as this event will sell out. Registration by invitation only.

Agenda:
6:30-7:30pm - Networking with VCs
7:30-9:00pm - Dinner and discussion

VCIC – Kickoff Meeting 10/24

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 24th from 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Venue: room C135

Are you interested in a career in Venture Capital or Private equity? Are you an entrepreneur wondering how VCs make their funding decisions? Have you ever ‘pitched’ anything to a VC? Why not try it before it really counts.

Be a VC for a day and compete in the 2008 Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC)!

There will be a kickoff meeting on Wednesday, October 24th from 12:30pm to 2:00pm at Haas, room C135. You’ll have the chance to learn more about the competition and meet potential team members.

Please also see http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/vcic.asp about the Berkeley VCIC and http://www.vcic.unc.edu/ for national competition info. If you have any further questions, please contact Eliot Bencuya (eliot_bencuya@mba.berkeley.edu) or the Lester Center at lester@haas.berkeley.edu.

Berkeley Lab Tour

Date/Time: Thursday, October 18th at 10-12am
Venue: Berkeley Labs
Meeting Spot: Haas Main Gate on Gayley (where the passenger pick-up is)
Transportation: A bus has been arranged to pick us up in front of Haas

A tour guide and a research scientist will lead a group of students through their (famous) facilities. They will be speak to the lab’s 75 year history, and take you around their centers where they conduct some of the fundamental studies of the universe; quantitative biology; nanoscience; new energy systems and environmental solutions.

Ideas@Haas Kickoff

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 10th from 4-6PM
Venue: Andersen Auditorium

It’s time to kick off Ideas@Haas! What’s that, you ask? Ideas@Haas is designed to help us meet other people who are interested in entrepreneurship. If you don’t have an idea for a new business or want to generate more ideas, join us! This is open to 1st and 2nd year MBA students, as well as other Berkeley graduate students.

The session will include “Speed Dating” to meet others with similar interests, forming small teams, and getting started on idea generation. Please complete this brief survey to let us know what your interests are. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=fYNSokuibf_2bh2JEQhkHjyg_3d_3d

The survey is your RSVP for the event. It is critical that you fill out the survey before Monday, October 8th, 2007 at 11:59pm if you plan to attend.

Please direct any questions you have about Ideas@Haas or the kick-off session to Jeff Rauenhorst (jeff_rauenhorst@mba.berkeley.edu).

EA Club Meeting

Date/Time: Thursday, Sept. 6th, 2007, 12:30-2pm
Venue: C220, Haas

Please join us to see how you can get involved in entrepreneurship and venture capital!

Learn about EA Programs:
• Ideas@Haas
• Partners for Entrepreneurial Leadership (PEL)
• Venture Capital Roundtable (VCRT)
• Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC)
• Entrepreneurs Roundtable (ERT)
• Berkeley Collaboration Mixers (BCM)
• Berkeley Lab Tours (BLT)
• Life As An Entrepreneur (LAAE)
• Paul Rogers Fund

Days At Haas 1

Date/Time: Wednesday, April 13th

3rd Annual Entrepreneurs Roundtable (ERT)

Date/Time: Wednesday, April 18th, 2007, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue: Marine Memorials, Commandants Room, 10th Floor
Address: 609 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA

The Entrepreneurs Association and Lester Center announce the 3rd Annual Entrepreneurs Roundtable (ERT). Meet "Practicing Founders & CEOs of the Hottest Current Startups" in a relaxed & informative setting. Founders who attended last year were raising money right around ERT [Silicon Clocks ($11M), Meetro ($2M), etc.]. This was a sell-out last year, and this year will be even more exciting!

Format:
Speak to entrepreneurs on a personal basis
High entrepreneur-student, approx. 1:2, ratio

Agenda:
Cocktail/Open Bar Networking Reception
Four breakout sessions – organized around industry and business function
Appetizers/Snacks/Drinks throughout the event
After-party at Lucid bar

Registration & Payment:
Limited Seating applies.
Register now by contacting jolly_ahluwalia@haas.berkeley.edu.
EA Members: $25; Non-EA Members: $35;
By Check: Paid to "UC Regents"; Drop Check in Jolly Ahluwalia's mailbox.
By Paypal: Send payment to "jolly_ahluwalia@haas.berkeley.edu".

Parking:
(1) Olympic Garage, 665 Sutter; Validate ticket at event registration table (after parking your vehicle) to receive discounted cost of $4/hour;
(2) Priority Parking, 530 Mason; Pick up pass at event registration table (after parking your vehicle) to receive discounted cost of $14/day;

EA Club Meeting

Date/Time: Tuesday, February 27th, 2007; 6:30pm

EA will have its 1st meeting of 2007 on February 27th, 2007. EA leadership team will present what's in the works for this upcoming year and wants to hear from you your suggestions as well!

EA Presents: John Doerr & The Lifetime Achievement Award

Date: Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Registration: 7:15pm, Bank of America Forum. Food & Drinks will be served
Presentation: 8:15pm, Andersen Auditorium

Meet Silicon Valley Icons:
John Doerr, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Award Recipient
Vinod Khosla, Founder, Sun Microsystems, Khosla Ventures
Brook Byers, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Bill Campbell, Chairman, Intuit
And more of the biggest names of Silicon Valley

Join EA and the Lester Center on Tuesday, February 27th at 7:15pm to present John Doerr with the Lifetime Achievement in Entrepreneurship & Innovation Award. John Doerr is a partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (“KPCB”) joining in 1980.

9th Annual Venture Capital Roundtable (VCRT)

Date/Time: November 2nd, 2006 in Palo Alto, 6:30pm-9:00pm

Want to work for a Venture Capital Firm?
Want to start your own business?
Curious about how the current market will affect VC relationships with startups?
If the answer is YES to any of these questions or if you are otherwise curious about the VC industry, come to the 9th Annual Venture Capital Roundtable
Dinner hosted by the Entrepreneur’s Association.

Berkeley Collaboration Mixer (BCM)

Date: Tuesday, Nov  14th, 2006, 6 – 8pm
Venue: 521 Cory (Hogan Room), Food & Beverages will be served.
Map: http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/BC56.html

Do you wish to partner with engineers and help them market their technologies?  Are you seeking engineers to help you research on your business idea? We are bringing together Haas students and Engineering students who are interested in collaborating to build business plans and develop real business ventures backed by engineering research.

Entrepreneurs Roundtable (ERT)

Date/Time: Thursday, April 13th, 2006 from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The Entrepreneurs Association and Lester Center announce the second annual Entrepreneurs Roundtable on Thursday, April 13th in San Francisco.
The agenda:
Two breakout sessions – organized around industry and business function, respectively – to allow for up-close interaction with the entrepreneurs. A limit on the number of attendees to guarantee a high entrepreneur-student ratio. Time assigned for large group conversations and networking. Appetizers and open bar for all.