Keynote | Luncheon
Panel | Review Panel
Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Dinner and Breakfast will feature keynote speakers. Past speakers
include: Dr. Henry Samueli, Co-Founder of Broadcom Corporation,
Melanie Griffith, Managing Director and partner, OneWorldLive.com,
Mark Tolliver, President and General Manager, Sun-Netscape Strategic
Alliance, Allan Thygesen, EVP, Wink Communications, Art Berg,
President, Invictus Communications, Inc., George Bell, CEO, Excite,
Mark Cuban President and Co-Founder, broadcast.com, Guy Kawasaki,
CEO, Garage.com, and Sky Dayton, Earthlink
Investor Luncheon Panel
VentureNetSM features a panel of partner-level investors
from top tier venture capital firms. Past firms include: Versant
Ventures, Lehman Brothers, Bowman Capital, Sierra Ventures, Artemis
Ventures LLC, Palomar Ventures, CMGI@Ventures, Zone Ventures,
Redleaf Group, LLC and more...
Review Panels
Following each round of capital presentations, a panel of investors
will offer their opinions on the presentations they just witnessed.
The goal is to offer the presenters and audience valuable, first-hand
feedback on what works and what doesn't when pitching to investors.
Panelists are encouraged to offer their opinions on specific market
segments, business models or value statements to illustrate the
ease or difficulty entrepreneurs face in their quest for capital.
Specifically,
the panels will offer their comments on how the presenters can
better pitch their businesses, including areas like overall presentation
(aesthetics, presenter ability, pace, etc.), which was the "strongest"
or most compelling presentation, which was the "weakest"
or least compelling presentation, major information missed, common
mistakes, and which was the best presentation in the round.
