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Summer 2011 Silicon Valley Exclusive
Applications: Jun 22, '11
Sessions: Jun 27, '11 - Sep 27, '11
Vision
Our vision is to Globalize Silicon Valley by creating and fostering local startup ecosystems in promising markets across the globe. We aim to help launch 1,000 technology companies per year in over 50 cities worldwide.
Sponsors
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is the premier legal advisor to technology and growth enterprises worldwide, as well as the investment banks and venture capital firms that finance them. Over the past four decades, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has established its reputation by having an unmatched knowledge of its clients' industries and deep and long-standing contacts throughout the technology sector. The firm's legal expertise serves clients at all stages of growth, from venture-backed start-up companies to multibillion-dollar global enterprises. The firm's clients include some of the most recognized names in the technology, retail, life sciences, venture capital, and finance sectors. The firm has offices in Austin, Palo Alto, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, and Washington, D.C.
Tropo enables you to make and receive phone calls, text messages and IMs from any web or mobile application, using a simple web API and pay-as-you-go pricing. Tropo's cloud communications infrastructure easily allows applications to grow and scale, with reliability trusted by over 220,000 developers and half of the Fortune 100.
SVB Financial Group has helped entrepreneurs like you to transform their ideas into innovative business for almost thirty years. Through SVB’s Entrepreneur Services Group program we provide you with the tools and connections to help you stay informed and expand your network of colleagues and investors. Our clients have benefitted from a variety of events such as investor showcases, VC dinners and authors speaker series. No other financial institution matches our commitment to supporting growing companies with expertise, guidance and connections.
Elance, the world’s leading platform for online employment, helps startups hire and manage in the cloud. For businesses looking to staff-up a team on an hourly or project basis, Elance offers instant access to qualified professionals who work online. Elance is faster and more cost-effective than job boards, staffing firms and traditional outsourcing.
Cofounders, Hiring and Firing
Summer 2011 Silicon Valley Exclusive Semester
What talent do you need in the beginning to be successful? How do you recruit the first team members with extremely limited resources? How do you conduct a thorough interviewing process? How do you compensate? How do you set expectations, measure results and remove or fire under-performing resources? Do you need a cofounder? Do you need to have engineering in-house?
Mentors
Direct, Product Management, Rovi Corporation
Founder & CEO, JobScore
CEO, FairSoftware
Founder & CEO, Lenddo
