BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//VLAB - ECPv6.15.13.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:VLAB X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://cc-housing.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for VLAB REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20110313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20111106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160414T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160414T180000 DTSTAMP:20260605T221244 CREATED:20190319T212142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250225T221800Z UID:1132-1460656800-1460656800@cc-housing.com SUMMARY:Founders Series: Disruptive Business Models in Enterprise Software DESCRIPTION:Founders' Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Disruptive Business Models in Enterprise Software\nA Fireside Chat with Ann Winblad\n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday\, April 14\, 20166:00 pm to 8:30 pm6:00 pm: Reception and networking7:00 pm: Fireside Chat \n \n \n \n \n \n San Francisco(Address will be sent to registered attendees.) \n \n \n \n \n \n Ann Winblad\, Founding Partner\, Hummer Winblad Ventures\nLars Leckie\, Managing Director\, Hummer Winblad Ventures (moderator) \nThe success of a new venture is often determined by the level of disruption it brings to the market. What is being disrupted? How is that disruption making an impact? Is the disruption truly innovative? Success in the competitive world of enterprise software requires innovation in both the business model and the technology. \nWhether you are a founder of a company or are just thinking about starting a company\, join us on Thursday\, April 14\, for an evening with Ann Winblad\, Founding Partner of Hummer Winblad Ventures. Hear from the pioneer of early-stage enterprise software investing to gain important insights for building a successful company. \nAmong the topics to be covered\, Ann will address: \n\nvalidating the demand for your product or idea\ncreating a platform versus building single applications\nunderstanding enterprise sales cycles\n\nDon’t miss out on this unique opportunity to connect with other startup founders and receive custom-tailored advice — and for a select few\, personalized mentorship — from Ann Winblad and Lars Leckie. Learn what it takes to build a winning strategy for your entrepreneurial venture.\n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker\n \n \n \n \n \n Ann Winblad \nAnn is the co-founder and a managing director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (www.hwvp.com) is a leading venture capital firm focused exclusively on software investing and manages over $1 billion in cumulative capital. Since Hummer Winblad Venture Partners’ inception in 1989\, the firm has launched over 100 new enterprise software companies. \nAnn has over 30 years of experience in the software industry as a successful software entrepreneur\, strategy advisor\, technical author and venture capitalist. Ann has a BA in Mathematics and in Business Administration from St Catherine University\, an MA in Education with a focus in International Economics from the University of St. Thomas\, St. Paul\, Minnesota\, and honorary Doctorate of Law degree from the University of St. Thomas. \nAnn has served as a director of numerous start-up and public companies. She currently serves on the boards of Ace Metrix\, MuleSoft\, OptiMine\, and Sonatype. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of St. Thomas and a board member of the Richard Schulze Family Foundation.\n \n \n \n \n \n Moderator\n \n \n \n \n \n Lars Leckie \nLars plays a critical role in selecting and managing HWVP’s investments in SaaS\, virtualization\, cloud\, and mobile technologies. Prior to joining Hummer Winblad Venture Partners\, Lars held founding and operational roles at multiple start-up companies. As a co-founder of AutoFarm (now Novariant)\, which is focused on GPS and robotics\, Lars was in charge of strategy\, product marketing\, business development\, and building the sales team across three continents. \nLars has a Masters of Science (Engineering) from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He also holds an Engineering Physics degree from Queen’s University (with honors). Lars currently sits on the board of Kiip\, PLUMgrid\, InsideSales.com\, Innovative Leisure\, and Aria Systems. He has played a key role in the firm’s investments in Karmasphere (Big Data Analytics) and NuoDB (Scalable SQL database). Lars also holds several US patents.\n \n \n \n \n \n View or download flyer for event: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download the printable PDF. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the VLAB Founders’ Series\nFounders’ Series events provide a unique opportunity for startups and technologists to take part in an interactive session. Come prepared with your burning questions! \nIf you would like to have the rare opportunity to take the “Hot Seat” on stage to receive feedback from the speakers\, please be sure to enter your question in the field below. Startup founders selected for the “Hot Seat” will be notified in advance. \nFor all other questions\, please contact founders.series@vlab.org. \nNote: Founder's Series tickets are for startup founders and are subject to approval. Please allow 24-48 hours for final ticket confirmation. URL:https://cc-housing.com/event/founders-series-business-models/ LOCATION:San Francisco\, CA CATEGORIES:Founders Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cc-housing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Founders-Series-Ann-Winblad-Chat.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160224T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160224T180000 DTSTAMP:20260605T221244 CREATED:20190319T212142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250225T224305Z UID:1134-1456336800-1456336800@cc-housing.com SUMMARY:Founders Series: Overcoming Barriers to Entry DESCRIPTION:Founders' Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Overcoming Barriers to Entry\n \n \n \n \n \n Wednesday\, February 24\, 20166:00 pm to 8:30 pm6:00 pm: Reception and networking7:00 pm: Fireside Chat \n \n \n \n \n \n San Francisco(Address will be sent to registered attendees.) \n \n \n \n \n \n Join special guest Anne DeGheest\, Managing Partner at HealthTech Capital\, and moderator Lisa Suennen\, Managing Partner of  Venture Valkyrie\, for an exclusive event open to founders of startups only. In established industries barriers to entry may be high\, making it difficult for new entrants to gain traction.  Anne and Lisa have funded and guided startups in the healthcare space\, an industry filled with barriers including government regulations\, extensive research costs\, and established players.  Attendees of this  event will get advice on how to navigate industries with high barriers to entry and discuss business models that create barriers for other entrants.\n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker\n \n \n \n \n \n Anne DeGheest \nAnne pioneered the HealthTech or Digital Health space as an entrepreneur\, angel investor\, corporate advisor and mentor capitalist. The companies she has founded and advised have created new market categories and have grown to over $6 billion in market capitalization. As an advisor to large corporations and entrepreneurs\, Anne’s experience dates back to 1986\, when she founded MedStars Ventures Partners.  In 2010\, she founded HealthTech Capital\, a new ecosystem between private angel investors\, venture capitalists and industry to fund and mentor new “HealthTech” companies that empower patients and decrease healthcare cost.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the VLAB Founders’ Series\nFounders’ Series events provide a unique opportunity for startups and technologists to take part in an interactive session. Come prepared with your burning questions! \nIf you would like to have the rare opportunity to take the “Hot Seat” on stage to receive feedback from the speakers\, please be sure to enter your question in the field below. Startup founders selected for the “Hot Seat” will be notified in advance. \nFor all other questions\, please contact founders.series@vlab.org. \nNote: Founder's Series tickets are for startup founders and are subject to approval. Please allow 24-48 hours for final ticket confirmation. URL:https://cc-housing.com/event/founders-series-overcoming-barriers/ LOCATION:San Francisco\, CA CATEGORIES:Founders Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cc-housing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/FS-AnneDegheest-920.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150506T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150506T200000 DTSTAMP:20260605T221244 CREATED:20190319T212142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T024435Z UID:1142-1430933400-1430942400@cc-housing.com SUMMARY:Founders Series: Consumer Based Marketplaces DESCRIPTION:Founders' Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Consumer Based Marketplaces\nMentorship from Jeff Jordan\,Partner\, Andreessen Horowitz\n \n \n \n \n \n Wednesday\, May 6\, 20155:30 pm to 8:00 pm5:30 pm: Reception and networking6:30 pm: Fireside Chat \n \n \n \n \n \n San Francisco(Address will be sent to registered attendees.) \n \n \n \n \n \n Jeff Jordan is a pioneer in transforming traditional marketplaces to e-commerce consumer based marketplaces and expanding business through product innovation. Join VLAB Founder Series\, Wednesday\, May 6th\, for an evening with Jeff Jordan\, partner at Andreessen Horowitz\, and gain insights that you can apply to your own startup. The discussion will be moderated by Michael Copeland\, Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. \nWith Jeff’s experience as an executive and VC\, he will share his insights on: \n\nProduct innovation and implementation in online marketplaces\nEconomically empowering users through “People marketplaces”\nTargeting previously un-addressable markets through new media technologies\nThe importance of taking risk to be disruptive\n\nJoin us at our next VLAB Founders Series event to connect with other startup founders and gain personalized feedback from Jeff Jordan about the opportunities for change in our daily consumption and commercial activities.\n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker\n \n \n \n \n \n Jeff Jordan\nJeff serves on the board of Airbnb\, Belly\, Crowdtilt\, Instacart\, Pinterest\, Walker & Company\, and 500px. Jeff also oversees A16Z’s investments in Fanatics\, Julep\, and zulily. \nJeff was chief executive officer and executive chair of OpenTable. Before Open Table\, Jeff was president of PayPal\, making them the global standard for online payments. Earlier\, as senior vice president and general manager of eBay North America\, he drove the successful acquisitions of PayPal and Half.com. Before eBay\, Jeff was chief financial officer of Hollywood Entertainment and president of Reel.com. Jeff holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business\, where he serves on the Advisory Counsel.\n \n \n \n \n \n This is event is sponsored by \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the VLAB Founders’ Series\nFounders’ Series events provide a unique opportunity for startups and technologists to take part in an interactive session. Come prepared with your burning questions! \nIf you would like to have the rare opportunity to take the “Hot Seat” on stage to receive feedback from the speakers\, please be sure to enter your question in the field below. Startup founders selected for the “Hot Seat” will be notified in advance. \nFor all other questions\, please contact founders.series@vlab.org. \nNote: Founder's Series tickets are for startup founders and are subject to approval. Please allow 24-48 hours for final ticket confirmation. URL:https://cc-housing.com/event/founder-series-consumer-based-marketplaces/ LOCATION:San Francisco\, CA CATEGORIES:Founders Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cc-housing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/FSJeffJordan5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150312T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150312T203000 DTSTAMP:20260605T221245 CREATED:20190319T212142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T035610Z UID:1145-1426183200-1426192200@cc-housing.com SUMMARY:Founders Series: The Art of Relationship Building DESCRIPTION:Founders' Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Art of Relationship Building\nAn Evening with Heidi Roizen\n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday\, March 12\, 20156:00 pm to 8:30 pm6:00 pm: Reception and networking7:00 pm: Fireside Chat \n \n \n \n \n \n San Francisco(Address will be sent to registered attendees.) \n \n \n \n \n \n Relationships are fundamental to every successful startup. \nApproaching business interactions with a relational perspective\, rather than a transactional one\, lays the groundwork for long-term success. \nIf you are a startup founder\, join us on Thursday March 12th\, for an evening with Heidi Roizen\, Operating Partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson\, and hear from a Silicon Valley icon with deep experience. \nHeidi will share her insights on: \n\nBuilding relationships\, not just a Rolodex\nRe-thinking the art of negotiation\nMaintaining your cool under adversity\nHow ethics sets the tone\n\nDon’t miss out on this unique opportunity to connect with other startup founders and receive personalized mentorship from Heidi Roizen. Learn what it takes to build successful and meaningful relationships for your entrepreneurial venture. \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker\n \n \n \n \n \n Heidi Roizen \nHeidi\, a Stanford University Graduate School Alumni\, and renowned Silicon Valley VC\, is also a successful entrepreneur and former CEO of T/Maker (an early personal computer software company). She was the former VP of World Wide Developer Relations at Apple\, and in addition to being a key decision-maker at DFJ\, Heidi also teaches classes on Entrepreneurship at Stanford University. \nHeidi serves on the board of DMGT (LSE: DMGT)\, ShareThis\, Mode Media\, and Technorati\, and is on the advisory board of Springboard Enterprises and the National Center for Women in Information Technology.\n \n \n \n \n \n Moderator\n \n \n \n \n \n Hank Barry \nHank Barry is co-chair of Sidley Austin’s Emerging Companies and Venture Capital practice group and a co-founder of the firm’s Palo Alto office. Hank’s previous roles include managing director at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and CEO and a Board member of Napster\, Inc. Hank represents Amazon.com Inc. and other companies in digital media matters\, as well as technology startups and venture capital firms.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the VLAB Founders’ Series\nFounders’ Series events provide a unique opportunity for startups and technologists to take part in an interactive session. Come prepared with your burning questions! \nIf you would like to have the rare opportunity to take the “Hot Seat” on stage to receive feedback from the speakers\, please be sure to enter your question in the field below. Startup founders selected for the “Hot Seat” will be notified in advance. \nFor all other questions\, please contact founders.series@vlab.org. \nNote: Founder's Series tickets are for startup founders and are subject to approval. Please allow 24-48 hours for final ticket confirmation. URL:https://cc-housing.com/event/founders-series-relationship-building/ CATEGORIES:Founders Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cc-housing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/FS_Heidi-e1432006229121.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140923T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140923T203000 DTSTAMP:20260605T221245 CREATED:20250221T202906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T051336Z UID:16427-1411495200-1411504200@cc-housing.com SUMMARY:Founders' Series: Building Durable Startups for Lasting Impact DESCRIPTION:Founders' Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Building Durable Startups for Lasting Impact\nOffice Hours with John Lilly\n Moderated by Robert Scoble\n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday\, September 23\, 20146:00 pm to 8:30 pm6:00 pm: Reception and networking7:00 pm: Fireside Chat \n \n \n \n \n \n Menlo Park\, CA(Address will be sent to registered attendees.) \n \n \n \n \n \n Building a sustainable startup with lasting impact is not an easy endeavor. If you are a startup founder with a compelling vision of the future\, join us on Tuesday\, September 23rd\, to receive mentorship from John Lilly\, Partner at Greylock Partners.  John\, a renown Silicon Valley VC\, is also a successful entrepreneur as former CEO of Mozilla\, the organization behind Firefox\, as well as the founding CEO and CTO of Reactivity (acquired by Cisco in 2007). \nJohn focuses on the consumer internet market. He is Greylock’s investment lead in Dropbox and led their investments in Tumblr (acquired by Yahoo\, 2013) and Instagram (acquired by Facebook\, 2012).  John is on the Board of Directors of MessageMe\, Clearslide\, Citrus Lane\, and Code for America. John previously served on the boards of directors of TripIt (acquired by Concur\, 2011) and CenterRun (acquired by Sun Microsystems\, 2003). Hear John address: \n\nBuilding your team\nSuccessfully scaling your business\nDistribution and network effects\nChoosing your investors\n\nJoin us at our next VLAB Founders Series event to connect with other startup founders and gain personalized feedback form John Lilly and Robert Scoble. Learn what it take to build your durable\, scalable and impactful company. \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker\n \n \n \n \n \n John Lilly\, Partner\, Greylock Partners \nBuilding a sustainable startup with lasting impact is not an easy endeavor. If you are a startup founder with a compelling vision of the future\, join us on Tuesday\, September 23rd\, to receive mentorship from John Lilly\, Partner at Greylock Partners.  John\, a renown Silicon Valley VC\, is also a successful entrepreneur as former CEO of Mozilla\, the organization behind Firefox\, as well as the founding CEO and CTO of Reactivity (acquired by Cisco in 2007). \nJohn focuses on the consumer internet market. He is Greylock’s investment lead in Dropbox and led their investments in Tumblr (acquired by Yahoo\, 2013) and Instagram (acquired by Facebook\, 2012).  John is on the Board of Directors of MessageMe\, Clearslide\, Citrus Lane\, and Code for America. John previously served on the boards of directors of TripIt (acquired by Concur\, 2011) and CenterRun (acquired by Sun Microsystems\, 2003). \n \n \n \n \n \n Moderator\n \n \n \n \n \n Robert Scoble\, Rackspace \nAs Startup Liaison for Rackspace\, Robert Scoble travels the world for Rackspace’s startup program\, tracking the bleeding edge of technology.  He’s a technology evangelist who has interviewed thousands of executives and innovators around the globe and has shared his insights and learnings with his millions of followers on YouTube\, Twitter\, Google+.  He has also authored several technology books\, and his latest is The Age of Context. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the VLAB Founders’ Series\nFounders’ Series events provide a unique opportunity for startups and technologists to take part in an interactive session. Come prepared with your burning questions! \nIf you would like to have the rare opportunity to take the “Hot Seat” on stage to receive feedback from the speakers\, please be sure to enter your question in the field below. Startup founders selected for the “Hot Seat” will be notified in advance. \nFor all other questions\, please contact founders.series@vlab.org. \nNote: Founder's Series tickets are for startup founders and are subject to approval. Please allow 24-48 hours for final ticket confirmation. URL:https://cc-housing.com/event/building-durable-startups-for-lasting-impact/ LOCATION:Menlo Park\, CA\, Menlo Park\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Founders Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cc-housing.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/FS.Lilly_.banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140513T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140513T203000 DTSTAMP:20260605T221245 CREATED:20190319T212145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T055753Z UID:1153-1400004000-1400013000@cc-housing.com SUMMARY:Founders Series: The Perfect Pitch - Connecting with Investors DESCRIPTION:Founders' Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Perfect Pitch\nConnecting with Investors\nOffice Hours with Bill Reichert\, Managing Director\, Garage Technology VenturesModerated by James Beriker\, President and CEO\, Simply Hired \n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, May 13\, 20146:00 pm to 8:30 pm6:00 pm: Reception and networking7:00 pm: Fireside Chat \n \n \n \n \n \n Silicon Valley(Address will be sent to registered attendees.) \n \n \n \n \n \n Are you a startup founder pitching your idea to investors? Join us on on Tuesday\, May 13th as our featured luminary\, Bill Reichert\, Managing Director at Garage Technology Partners\, shares valuable insights into the venture capital investment process. \nKey topics will include: \n\nCommunicating the essence of your company and how to get investors on board with your vision\nDeveloping a compelling pitch\nConnecting with potential investors\nDevising plausible growth plans\, sales cycles\, and market segmentation\nAddressing risk with potential investors\nAspects of negotiating your Seed and Series A investments\n\nLimited spaces are available for this exclusive event where you will have the opportunity to discuss your burning questions with Bill Reichert in a candid environment. \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker\n \n \n \n \n \n Bill Reichert \nBill brings a wealth of experience as a successful serial entrepreneur and as Managing Director at Garage Technology Partners. Bill has been a member of the Board of Directors of MiaSole\, CaseStack\, WhiteHat Security\, ClearFuels Technology\, ThermoCeramix\, cFares\, and STEP Labs (acquired by Dolby Labs). Some of Garage’s earlier investments include Pandora Media (NYSE: P)\, Digital Fountain (acquired by Qualcomm)\, Coremetrics (acquired by IBM)\, iNest (acquired by LendingTree)\, Psionic (acquired by Cisco)\, LeftHand Networks (acquired by HP)\, Answers.com (NSDQ: ANSW)\, Hoku Scientific (NSDQ: HOKU)\, and Kaboodle (acquired by Hearst Corp). Prior to joining Garage in 1998\, Bill co-founded Academic Systems\, funded by Kleiner Perkins\, Accel Partners\, and Microsoft\, and acquired by Plato Learning (NSDQ: TUTR). Earlier\, Bill was a senior executive at venture-backed technology companies. \nGarage Technology Ventures is a seed-stage and early-stage venture capital firm based in Los Altos\, California. Garage makes focused investments in promising early-stage technology companies and works intensively with them to help them grow and succeed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the VLAB Founders’ Series\nFounders’ Series events provide a unique opportunity for startups and technologists to take part in an interactive session. Come prepared with your burning questions! \nIf you would like to have the rare opportunity to take the “Hot Seat” on stage to receive feedback from the speakers\, please be sure to enter your question in the field below. Startup founders selected for the “Hot Seat” will be notified in advance. \nFor all other questions\, please contact founders.series@vlab.org. \nNote: Founder's Series tickets are for startup founders and are subject to approval. Please allow 24-48 hours for final ticket confirmation. URL:https://cc-housing.com/event/founders-series-perfect-pitch/ CATEGORIES:Founders Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cc-housing.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/302.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131024T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131024T203000 DTSTAMP:20260605T221245 CREATED:20250221T202906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250222T054334Z UID:16432-1382637600-1382646600@cc-housing.com SUMMARY:Founders' Series: Office Hours with Carl Showalter\, from Opus Capital DESCRIPTION:Office Hours with Carl Showalter\, from Opus Capital \nExclusive Event for Startup Founders & Technologists \n\n\n \nModerated by Bill Schreiber\, Partner at Fenwick & West  \nThursday\, October 24\, 2013 \nLOCATION:  Mountain View\, exact location TBA\n \n6:00 pm – Registration & Reception\n7:00 – 8:30pm – Event Program \nThis is an exclusive event for startup founders and technologists.   \nAre you a startup founder or an innovator at a tech company with burning questions looking to get some great advice on your venture or idea from an industry luminary in enterprise infrastructure\, big data\, SaaS and the Internet of Things?  Join us at our next VLAB Founders Series event on Thursday\, October 24th featuring Carl Showalter\, General Partner at Opus Capital. \nPlease apply to attend the October 24th Founders Series event here ! \nPlease apply by 12 PM Tuesday\, October 22 for an invitation to attend this event.  \nAbout Carl Showalter \nCarl Showalter brings a wealth of experience in the areas of the Internet of Things\, network virtualization\, next generation wireless\, and data center/cloud infrastructure software. His investment portfolio includes many exciting startups including Panzura\, SpiderCloud Wireless\, Arraynet and Vertascale. Before joining Opus as a founding General Partner\, Carl was a General Partner with Lightspeed Venture Partners. Prior to this\, Carl served as Vice President of Marketing at Juniper Networks. Before Juniper\, Carl was Vice President of Dial and Broadband Services for UUNET\, overseeing the 300-person\, $1B revenue division. He also held various sales and management positions at ANS\, an AOL company\, where he helped build AOL’s modem access network and then helped launch hardware-based firewalls and IP VPNs in the mid 1990′s. \nOpus Capital is an early stage\, IT-focused venture fund that invests in startups focused on building big businesses leveraging trends around the cloud\, mobility and big data. \n\nAbout VLAB Founders Series \nFounders Series events provide a unique opportunity for early stage startups and technologists to take part in an interactive “office hours” style session\, so come prepared with your burning questions! Several startup founders are invited to take the “Hot Seat” on stage\, where they each have the opportunity to ask Carl questions and receive feedback\, specifically about their startup idea\, execution\, or positioning. \n\nApplication process for the Founders Series event with Carl Showalter: \n\nApply here to the Founders Series event (application is brief and painless…we promise!)\nPurchase a ticket. You will receive an email with a link where you can register for the event by purchasing a ticket (Early Bird price: $25\, Regular price: $35).\nEvent location notification. Once you have purchased a ticket\, you will receive an email with event location 48 hours prior to event.\nHot Seat finalists. If you have requested to be a “Hot Seat” candidate\, semi-finalists will be notified no later than 24 hours prior to the event date. All Hot Seat semi-finalists will be requested to have a brief discussion with VLAB Founders Series Chair/Co-Chair prior to event. Final selection will be announced at event.\n\nApply early for the best chance at an invitation! \n\nFor all other questions\, please contact founders.series@vlab.org URL:https://cc-housing.com/event/office-hours-with-carl-showalter/ LOCATION:Mountain View\, CA\, Mountain View\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Founders Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130529T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130529T203000 DTSTAMP:20260605T221245 CREATED:20250221T202906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250222T054335Z UID:16440-1369850400-1369859400@cc-housing.com SUMMARY:Founders' Series: Apply to Startup Office Hours with Bob Borchers of Opus Capital DESCRIPTION:Apply to Startup Office Hours with Bob Borchers of Opus Capital \nA Founders’ Series program \nWhen:\nMay 29\, 2013 \n6:00pm – 7:00pm: Networking / Refreshments \n7:00pm – 8:30pm: Interactive Office Hours Program\n \n\n   \n\n  \nWhere:\nMenlo Park\, CA \n\n \nThis event is exclusively for startup founders. \n  \nPlease apply by 11 p.m. on May 28 for an invitation to the May 29th program: http://goo.gl/3kRWi\n \n  \n  \nVLAB Founders’ Series is proud to announce this month’s featured expert\, mobile and consumer marketing veteran Bob Borchers\, Partner at Opus Capital.  Bob is focused on investments in mobile applications and services as well as adjacent opportunities in hardware and software. Prior to joining Opus Capital\, Bob was part of the original iPhone team at Apple and was instrumental in the development\, launch and global expansion of the revolutionary iPhone\, iPhone OS\, App Store and iPhone 3GS. Before Apple\, he pioneered mobility solutions at FusionOne and spent six years at Nokia where he co-founded the Vertu business. \n\n \n The Founder’s Series event is a great opportunity to learn from the featured expert and to network with other founders. \n\n \n Several lucky founders will be selected for a turn on the “hot seat\,” where each will have will have six minutes of direct interaction with Bob\, to ask questions and receive direct feedback\, specifically about their startup idea\, execution\, or positioning. All founders in attendance will benefit from hearing the questions\, responses\, and overall insight provided by the featured expert. Questions and answers are requested to be kept confidential as a courtesy to founders whose startups are in stealth mode. Thus\, the event is not a venue for exposure for startups\, so promotional/marketing materials are not permitted and pitching is not allowed. Hot Seat participation is optional\, and we encourage all founders to apply even those not interested in being on the Hot Seat. \n\n \n If you are invited\, register by purchasing a ticket and await an email that will provide event night details\, including time\, location and parking specifics. “Hot seat” semi-finalists will be notified 24 hours prior to event date and the final selection will be announced at event. \nApply early for the best chance at an invitation. \n\n \n Please apply here by May 28 for an invitation to the May 29 program: http://goo.gl/3kRWi \n  \n   \n  \nOnce invited\, registration requires a nominal fee.   \n  \n  \n  \nFor all other questions\, please contact founders.series@vlab.org \n  URL:https://cc-housing.com/event/apply-to-startup-office-hours-with-bob-borchers-of-opus-capital/ LOCATION:Menlo Park\, CA\, Menlo Park\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Founders Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130430T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130430T203000 DTSTAMP:20260605T221245 CREATED:20250221T202906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250222T054336Z UID:16442-1367344800-1367353800@cc-housing.com SUMMARY:Founders' Series: Apply to Startup Office Hours with Vinod Khosla\, Khosla Ventures DESCRIPTION:Apply to Startup Office Hours with Vinod Khosla\, Khosla Ventures \nA Founders’ Series program \nWhen:\n April 30\, 2013 \n6:00pm – 7:00pm: Networking / Refreshments \n7:00pm – 8:30pm: Interactive Office Hours Program \n\n\n\nWhere:\nMountain View\, CA \n  \nVinod Khosla grew up dreaming of being an entrepreneur\, despite growing up in an Indian Army household with no business or technology connections. After moving to the Silicon Valley\, Khosla started the standards-based Sun Microsystems in 1982 to build workstations for software developers. Through the years at KPC&B\, Khosla took on Intel’s monopoly with Nexgen/AMD (the only microprocessor to have significant success against Intel\, sold to AMD for 28 percent of AMD)\, incubated the idea and business plan for Juniper to take on Cisco’s dominance of the router market\, formulated the very early advertising-based search strategy for Excite\, and transformed the moribund telecommunications business and its archaic SONET implementations with Cerent (sold to Cisco for $7B). Khosla\, now at Khosla Ventures\, has a passion for nascent technologies that can have a beneficial effect and economic impact on society. His greatest passion is being a mentor to entrepreneurs\, helping them build technology-based businesses. \n  \n VLAB Founder’s Series hosts leading visionary expert mentors who have brought unique innovations\, special entrepreneurial characteristics\, and sometimes even\, the emergence of entire industries to Silicon Valley\, and furthermore\, the world. These mentors have made significant impacts on the spirit of entrepreneurialism and have a strong interest in seeding the next generation of life changing developments. \n  \n Founder’s Series is held once a month where approximately 80 founders of solid early stage startups are selected to take part in a collaborative “office hours” style session. Several startup founders are selected for the “hot seat\,” where they each have six minutes to ask questions of the featured expert and receive feedback\, specifically about their startup. All founders in attendance will hear the questions\, responses\, and overall insight from the featured mentor. \n  \n This event is exclusively for startup founders. Several founders will be given the opportunity to be on the“hot seat”– a chance to interact directly with Vinod to get direct feedback about your startup idea\, execution\, or positioning. \n  \nPlease apply here for an invitation:   http://goo.gl/3kRWi \n\nFinal application deadline is Saturday April 27 for event date Tuesday April 30.  However\, the event is expected to reach capacity\, so please apply early.  \n  \n\nPlease allow 2-3 days for invitation requests to be processed.  Once invited\, registration requires a nominal fee. \n  \nFor all other questions\, please contact founders.series@vlab.org \n  URL:https://cc-housing.com/event/apply-to-startup-office-hours-with-vinod-khosla/ LOCATION:Mountain View\, CA\, Mountain View\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Founders Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T203000 DTSTAMP:20260605T221245 CREATED:20250221T202906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250222T054336Z UID:16444-1365616800-1365625800@cc-housing.com SUMMARY:Founders' Series: Startup Office Hours with Andy Miller DESCRIPTION:Startup Office Hours with Andy Miller \nA Founders’ Series program \nWhen:\n April 10\, 2013 \n6:00pm – 7:00pm: Networking / Refreshments \n7:00pm – 8:30pm: Interactive Office Hours Program \n\n\n\nWhere:\n Palo Alto\, CA \n  \nThis event is exclusively for startup founders. \n  \n VLAB Founders’ Series presents an interactive event for startup founders\, the Startup Office Hours with Andy Miller\, a true pioneer in all things digital. \n  \n Andy is a serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist turned startup leader\, with a career spanning mobile\, advertising\, television\, and consumer Internet. Andy founded\, led\, and then successfully sold a startup to Apple. After working directly with Steve Jobs\, he then turned to venture capitalist as a Partner at Highland Capital Group. Andy is currently at Leap Motion\, the motion-control software and hardware company that is changing the future of human/computer interaction. \n  \nSeveral founders will be given the opportunity to be on the “hot seat”– a chance to interact directly with Andy to get direct feedback about your startup idea\, execution\, or positioning. Other founders will be able to ask questions during the rapid-fire Lightning Round. \n  \nAll will benefit from the questions and answers provided as the office hours are conducted on stage\, in addition to the extraordinary opportunity of networking with the dozens of other founders in attendance. \n\n  \nPlease apply here for an invitation:   http://goo.gl/3kRWi \n  \n\nNOTE:  All invitations have been sent and the event is now COMPLETELY FULL.  Thank you for your interest \n\n\nPlease allow 2-3 days for invitation requests to be processed.  Once invited\, registration requires a nominal fee. \nFor all other questions\, please contact founders.series@vlab.org \n  URL:https://cc-housing.com/event/startup-office-hours-with-andy-miller/ LOCATION:Palo Alto\, CA CATEGORIES:Founders Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120522T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120522T203000 DTSTAMP:20260605T221245 CREATED:20250221T202908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250222T054337Z UID:16453-1337709600-1337718600@cc-housing.com SUMMARY:Founders' Series: Startup Office Hours With SoftTechVC's Jeff Clavier DESCRIPTION:Startup Office Hours With SoftTechVC’s Jeff Clavier \nVLAB Founders’ Series \nTuesday\, May 22\, 2012 \nPalo Alto\, CA \n6:00 – 7:00pm Registration / Networking \n7:00 – 8:30pm Program and Office Hours \n\n\nFounder of a startup? \nNot in an incubator? \nHave questions or need advice?…from an experienced Silicon Valley luminary like a startup founder who has had a successful exit\, a high profile CEO or a VC? \nVLAB is launching a new series of events exclusively for startup founders using an office hours format but with the added benefit of being on center-stage so that all founders in attendance will get to hear all of the questions\, responses\, and insights. \nSeveral founders will be chosen for six minutes each on the“hot seat”— a chance to ask the featured expert burning questions about your startup – and get brutally honest feedback\, immediately! \nThis event is for current startup founders only and has a registration fee of $35. \nRegistration is Closed. \n  \n\nAdditional information available here  \nQuestions?  Please email founders.series@vlab.org URL:https://cc-housing.com/event/startup-office-hours-with-softtechvcs-jeff-clavier/ LOCATION:Palo Alto\, CA CATEGORIES:Founders Series END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR