LATEST EVENTS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2011
October 27, 2011
What: Beta ALpha Psi's Technology and Venture Capital Speaker Panel
When: this thursday (10-27) 7:00pm
Where: 315 Wheeler.
More info: "there is no formula for growing a start-up into a successful company. The process not only requires a profitable idea buy also the necessary funding and the right environment to execute an appropriate business strategy. Beta Alpha Psi and berkeley Investment Group are proud to present an open forum, where venture capitalists who specialize in the tech sector and representative from renowned technology firms will share key strategies for developing small ideas into the net generation of global successes. Featured Speakers: Dropbox, trueventures, Thomvest Ventures, Apple, Ridgewood Capital, Keiretsu Forum, Marqueta, and One.There are free Chipotle and refreshments. Resumes accepted."
Please check out the link: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=304054436287622
October 20, 2011
When: 7:00-8:30pm
Where: 89 Dwinelle Hall
What: Justin Yoshimura, CEO of 500friends.com
500friends’ white label social loyalty platform enables leading e-commerce retailers to increase profits by tracking, rewarding, and recognizing behaviors that matter to their brand, which can range from referring a friend, uploading a product photo on their fan page, to frequent purchasing. The results are increased marketing performance metrics across the board: customer retention, customer acquisition, conversion rates, average order values, and even SERP. The company’s team includes e-commerce experts from Buy.com, eBillme, Richrelevance, Strongmail, Popularmedia, Digitas, IAC/InterActive Corp, Accertify and Webloyalty.
Check out their website: http://500friends.com/
October 13, 2011
We would be announcing the winner of the pitch competition and be talking about an Angel investment opportunity. After, our guest speaker, Jayson Poon, the founder of Ventmart.com, will be talking about his website. Ventmart guarantees FSES at least five non-paid marketing internships so be sure to come out to our meeting! The meeting will be held at the usual location and time (89 Dwinelle, 7 to 8:30pm).
LATEST EVENTS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2011
September 29, 2011
FSES will be holding a pitch competition during our next meeting on September 29 at 89 Dwinelle from 7:00 to 8:30pm. All members are encouraged to pitch their entrepreneurial idea in front of the club. Your entrepreneurial pitch is due Wednesday, September 28th by 11:59pm. Please send your presentations to either Eric ([email protected]) or Renee ([email protected]). See you then!
September 22, 2011
FSES will host a Resume Workshop during our meeting on September 22nd. The Resume Workshop will be held in conjunction with Lily Clelo and Angelo Haddad from the UC Berkeley Career Center. Come out with a copy of your resume (it is fine if you do not have one) and learn how to draft and edit it to better present yourself and your hard-earned achievements to employers.
September 9, 2011
Guest Speaker Steve Newcomb will be presenting about his experience in several start-ups. Newcomb is the founder and CEO at FounderSchool, the chairman of the board at 1BOG, the founder, CEO, and chairman at Virgance, and much more. Don't miss out on this opportunity to hear his first-hand experience in the field of entrepreneurship. See you there!
September 7, 2011
The online application for FSES positions are available here! The deadline for the online application, along with your resume, is Wednesday September 7 at 11:59pm. The results will be announced Thursday September 8 at the end of our general meeting. Be sure to apply for a position and attend our next meeting.
LATEST EVENTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2011
April 6, 2011: Elaine Wherry - Co-founder of meebo.com. Bachelor Symbolic
Systems and previously worked at Synaptics as the Manager of Usability.
Meebo.com integrates social network channels into one easy to use
platform. It connects people to MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Myspace, Facebook, and
more. She will talk about how she founded Meebo.com.
TWO SPEAKER SPECIAL: April 13, 2011:
1)Tom Tang, PhD Ikain, Inc. Founder of Ikain. He is a expert
bio-informatician and worked on the human genome project and he and his
teams discovered thousands of novel human genes and named several
important gene families. Also the founder of Deepdyve an IT company. He
will talk about how he founded Ikain and talk about many internship
opportunities he has to offer.
2) Chris McCann - He is the co-founder of StartupDigest. He is also a founding team member of TEDx Silicon Valley and an adviser for SSE Labs, a venture fund company.
April 20, 2011: Naeem Zafar, Entrepreneurship lecturer. He will talk about the basic steps to entrepreneurship and provide some briliant insights about how to do market research, and start a company. Some of his previous experience includes:
2008 - present, President & CEO, Institute for Service Organization
Excellence (ISOE)
2005 - 2007 President & CEO, Pyxis Technology
2003 - 2005 President & CEO, Silicon Design Systems
1999 - 2003 President & CEO, Veridicom Inc.
1988 - 1999 VP of Worldwide Marketing, Quickturn Design Systems
1985 - 1988 VP of Engineering, XCAT Inc.
1981 - 1985 Principal Research Scientist, Honeywell Research
# Charter member, TiE Silicon Valley (The Indus EntrepreneursWorld’s
largest nonprofit for fostering mentorship and helping entrepreneurs)
# Advisor, Entrepreneurship & Small & Medium Enterprise Center (ESMEC) at
LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences)
# Member of the Board of Directors: , Board of Advisors: Gauda Inc.,
Sofizar, PixSense, Numetrics Management Systems (pvt) Ltd, Brainstorm Ltd,
Chopaal
SPRING 2011 - - -
Meetings every Wednesday - 259 Dwinelle
See you there!
WEDNESDAY DEC 1
187 DWINELLE - 7:00 PM
Collaboration meeting. All business ideas in development will be discussed, plans for winter break, agenda for next semester, and FSES BANQUET!
This is our last meeting as an entire club for the Fall 2010 semester!
Thanks for all the hard work, and we'll see you in 2011!
WEEK OF NOV 22-26 THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO FSES EVENTS
Give thanks for all the things you cherish!
THURSDAY NOV 18
185 BARROWS - 7:00 PM
Austin Jett, a Haas School of Business student, will be making a presentation on Creative Real Estate, his success in this field, and how he started! Additionally, he will be changing things up a bit and speaking a bit about one of his interests - nutrition - and how the nutrition industry and health food companies are potential entrepreneurial opportunities!
WEDNESDAY NOV 10
187 DWINELLE - 7:00 PM
Today we will be beginning to wrap up the business presentations, if there are any, and we will be learning how to write business plans. The top 3 ideas, voted by the club, will proceed to be prepared with written business plans. Ethan and Arian will be showing you how it's done!
WEDNESDAY NOV 3
187 DWINELLE - 7:00 PM
Business Venture Idea Presentations - trying to get rest of presentations done.
If you haven't presented, please email [email protected]
If you cannot attend, please notify an officer.
WEDNESDAY OCT 27
187 DWINELLE - 7:00 PM
Business Venture Idea Presentations
Panel of FSES Officers will join other FSES members in watching 5 minute pitches of your business ideas!
Pretend you are presenting to a VC firm!
THURSDAY OCT 21
102 WURSTER - 7:00 PM
Please welcome Mr. Ajay Vashee, from NEA, this Thursday
--He previously worked for Morgan Stanley in the Investment Banking Industry as an analyst - and graduated from Columbia University
--Today he is an associate of NEA, a prominent Venture Capital Firm located on the famous Sand Hill Rd in the Silicon Valley
--Mr. Vashee will provide insight about how the VC Industry really works along with info on the private equity industry
--He is bringing along 2 of the companies he personally invested in as part of his Portfolio
--He will be alongside Dan Gill, Co-Founder & CEO, Huddler.com
Ted Gill, Co-Founder & CTO, Huddler.com as well as
Dave Llorens, Co-Founder & CEO, One Block Off the Grid
Come for an amazing evening with one of a kind people who have made and will continue to make a permanent difference in the world!!
WEDNESDAY OCT 13
259 DWINELLE - 7:00 PM
Jerry McLaughlin, the Chief Executive Officer of Branders.com will be speaking to make a presentation on entrepreneurship and the steps necessary in starting one's own business. The event will be from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. The dress code will be business casual.
WEDNESDAY OCT 6
104 BARROWS - 7:00 PM
Come learn about Networking in this presentation by our friends at the Career Center!
Learn how to use your network to get an internship, land a job, and start a business!
WEDNESDAY SEP 29
109 DWINELLE - 7:00 PM
First Collaboration Meeting - Business Venture Presentations
PPT Forum
WEDNESDAY SEP 22
205 DWINELLE - 7:00 PM
This Wednesday we are having our FSES KICK OFF EVENT with a surprise guest speaker. Aaron Schwartz, a graduate from UC Berkeley with an MBA from the Walter A. Haas School of Business, will be coming out to speak to us about his entrepreneurial ventures. He has successively started his own company called The Swapwatch. Come out to see how he managed to implement his idea and form his own business from scratch.
COME OUT TO OUR 1ST GEN!
3 Meeting times to fit your schedule - Choose one!
9/7 7-8 PM 222 WHEELER
9/8 7-8 PM 206 DWINELLE
9/9 7-8 PM 203 WHEELER
2nd to last event before finals:What is the Venture Capital and Private Equity all about? Come find out from an industry expert: Ajay Vashee will be at UC Berkeley for an event hosted by FSES on April 8th in 155 Barrows at 7 PM. Ajay Vashee works with New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and previously worked with Morgan Stanley. Come with your questions!
VC and PE Speaker Event, April 8th, 7 PM, 155 Barrows Hall
Events for Fall 2010:
Entrepreneur speaker-series
Legal assistance for start-up businesses
Case studies of local start-up businesses, Businesses started by Cal Alumni, as well as leading national businesses
'Best Entrepreneurial Idea of the Semester' Competition