Karen Kang presents Branding Pays

The Five-Step System to Reinvent Your Personal Brand

30^th May 2013 Event of SIPA

Thanks to social media and extreme job competition, your image has never been more important. A changing world makes a strategic personal brand the single factor that will make or break your next career opportunity.

In 2013, you need to reinvent your brand or be left behind.

Karen will present key personal branding concepts and templates with tips that can help accelerate career opportunities. You will be inspired and empowered to develop your own personal brand. Through personal anecdotes and concrete examples, you will learn what it takes to brand yourself from the inside out.

In this informative seminar, you will learn:

• Why personal branding is a requirement in today’s changing world
• A proven 5-step system for strategic personal branding with examples
• Important personal branding lessons from well-known leaders
• How to identify your Cake and Icing (rational value and emotional value) for a winning brand
• How to develop clear and compelling messages for online and offline branding

This will be in a workshop format followed by Q&A. There will also be a book signing by Karen. You can buy the book BrandingPays at a discount for attendees.

Date:

• Thursday, May 30, 2013, 6:00 – 8:00 PM.

Format

• 1.5 hour personal branding workshop with Q&A, followed by book signing.

Venue

• 1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304
• HP Palo Alto Campus - Spyglass Conference Room (Building 3 Lobby)

Event Fee:

• Members - Free
• Non Members - $25

If you choose to become a member, the monthly events are free but you still need to register for the event.

About the Speaker

Deemed "the master of personal branding" by marketing visionary Regis McKenna, Karen Kang (www.brandingpays.com) is the author of BrandingPays: The Five-Step System to Reinvent Your Personal Brand (January 2013). In it, she translates tried and true Silicon Valley branding lessons to "companies of one," helping individuals, graduates, and entrepreneurs accelerate their career success.

Kang has trained thousands of professionals on the unique BrandingPays™ System for personal branding, and has consulted to more than 150 organizations from Fortune 100 companies to non-profits and startups. Prior to her personal branding work, she was a partner at legendary marketing firm Regis McKenna, Inc., that helped launch the Apple, Intel and Genentech brands.

Follow her on Twitter @karenkang, at www.facebook.com/brandingpays and at www.brandingpays.com/blog.

SIPA Special Event:

Developing your Inner Leader for Life Success

11^th May 2013 Event of SIPA

A conversation with yogi, mystic and visionary humanitarian Sadhguru Founder Isha Foundation with serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist B V Jagadeesh.

~ Summary by Malavika Lakireddy

SIPA, TiE and Isha foundation jointly hosted a discussion with the esteemed Sadhguru on the topic “Developing your Inner Leader for Life Success” in Palo Alto, CA. To a packed auditorium, B V Jagadeesh, the well -known Silicon Valley entrepreneur, led the discussion with Sadhguru to bring out the secrets for being a leader in all facets of life. Sadhguru answered breadth of questions from Mr. Jagadeesh and the audience with real life examples and a healthy dose of humor.

On taking an organization from ordinary to extra-ordinary

ISHA foundation is a completely volunteer run organization with over 2 million members. Though at times not equipped with the right skills, the volunteers have taken on tough projects with gusto and completed them on time. Sadhguru shared his secret to building a dedicated organization – first fall in love with the people and then make them fall in love with you. Every human being wants to do their best. To make them give their best, each individual should become first happy with themselves, whether they are doing something big or small. Once the fire is ignited in each individual, then all it needs is to be channeled in the right direction.

On being successful in life and tackling obstacles

Sadhguru shared that the dissatisfaction and anxiety in today’s world is because we have become a goal- oriented society. An analogy Sadhguru gave is that if we want to grow an apple, we have begun to think only of the apple and not of the soil, the roots, water and the manure which are critical in growing that apple. Our expectations are out of touch with the efforts we are putting in. The key is to first gain the necessary skills, put in the effort and enjoy doing the work. Then everything else will follow.

Sadhguru also honed in the philosophy that it was important to do what we love and do it well. We need not be the experts in everything, or take on tasks such as volunteering to be politically correct. We have to do the work with a focus on ensuring we are giving back more than we are taking and keeping the human factor in the center. Then, whatever we do will end up benefiting the society.

On developing leadership skills

Sadhguru firmly believed that leadership should not be an aspiration, but a consequence. He summarized three principles in developing individual leadership.

• Developing insights which others don’t have. Once an individual develops an expertise and the ability to see what others miss, then people will automatically push him/her to the forefront. This also implies being able to see things without being clouded by past experiences and information. We should observe things as they are; only then we will see things which others miss.
• Have the necessary inspiration to pursue the insight. Pursuing a path will extract a price from the individual - effort and time and sometimes discomfort. Hence it is important for the individual to make it worthwhile what he/she is pursuing.
• Integrity of character. As we grow in our careers, it will become more and more important to have integrity of character. The higher we go, the more eyes will be watching every action of ours. The more people we impact, the more important it is for us to be at peace with ourselves as our pleasantness with ourselves will seep into interactions with others.

The event ended with Sadhguru answering questions from the audience on topics of women leadership, developing leadership in children, on creating distributed leadership and mobilizing people in a country like India with little to no governance. On every topic, Sadhguru blended spiritual vision with practical insights leaving the audience plenty to think about.

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Janyaa Masterminds contest

15^th June 2013 - Joint Event of SIPA/Janyaa

This year we are inviting minds to develop and design experiments for students in rural India where they strive to learn and grow without use of electricity. The intent of this competition is to provide simple models through which concepts of Science and Mathematics can be imparted in simplistic ways.

SIPA is sponsoring Janyaa Masterminds, a competition designed to inspire innovation in science and math. It is an honor to be a part of Janyaa’s history of inspiring scientific advancement. Janyaa has been instrumental in reaching nearly 280 schools and over 26000 students in India so far and are on path of exponential growth

Topics

• Mathematics
• Science

Rules and Eligibility

Examples

What you need to do

What is in it for the winner?

• If accepted, your experiment will become part of the kit Janyaa delivers to schools. Due credit will be given on our website and your name will be associated with the experiment as long as we have it as part of the kit
• Certificate of appreciation for each participant.
• Prizes for 1st and 2nd places for each topic.

Date:

• June 15, 2013 9AM-3.00PM

Venue:

• John Sinnott Elementary School
• 2025 Yellowstone Ave
• Milpitas, CA 95035

Event Fee

• Entry Fees – 15$ per Team (No cost for Hosting and showcasing)

your team at the SIPA web site.There is $ 15 fee per team.

Contact us

Ritu Verma

Pankur Agarwal

SIPACON 2012 - Panel II
 
 
Big data in the Cloud and their relation to Smart and Mobile Devices
 

Big Data is transforming multiple industries and markets, resulting in innovations in infrastructure, data management platforms and a wide range of multi-screen software applications and services – i.e. data analytics, business intelligence, collaboration, mobile, vertical applications and many more. Big data initiatives are cropping up across multiple industry and market sectors. Where are the information layers and synergies to bring this information together so they can be put to meaningful use?
 
Three significant digital technologies are converging to redefine this: social media, mobile, and big data. As smartphone and tablet adoption continue to expand rapidly, the number of consumers using big-data driven services (eg. location-based mobile services) will proliferate. Greater usage means greater data collection. This panel will provide insights into how these technologies will enable marketers and businesses to provide ever more hyper-targeted services.

Big Data is Big business

February 2013 Event of SIPA

SIPA hosted an eclectic panel of speakers from Big Data advisors to key decision makers in companies to share the trends on Big Data Analytics.

Event Moderator: Piyanka Jain - CEO, Aryng

Panelists:
Naren Patil - SVP Marketing, NGData
Peter MacKenzie - Head of West Coast, Think Big Analytics
Nader Fathi - EIR at Plug n Play, Formerly CEO/Founder of SIgmaquest
Sameer Chopra - VP, Advanced Analytics at Orbitz Worldwide

The panel was posed some tough questions –Is Big Data hype or real? Have companies been able to monetize the value of big data? What are the deterrents preventing companies from adopting Big Data technologies? And finally how can the audience benefit from this new trend in their careers?

On Big Data Hype

• A common sentiment shared by the panelists was that Big Data was overhyped, but not all hype. Big Data technologies are now enabling the companies’ access to data which was earlier not storable or analyzable – from time sensitive location specific data to analyzing terabytes of logs, text etc; however the key to deriving the value lay in successfully defining the business problem.
• Naren, from NgData, shared a few examples of how Big Data analytics was now giving companies a 360 degree view of the customers and helped increase the redemption rate of coupons by 200% for a bank. Samir, from Orbitz shared how Orbitz was now analyzing data across a variety of sources such as voice calls, customer feedback and transactional data to deliver higher customer satisfaction. Micro-targeting by Obama campaign was also enabled by the new techniques and technologies of Big Data analytics.
• Traditional BI tools aim to find specific and deep answers from a small subset of data, whereas the Big Data technologies has enabled us to get a more broader view by allowing analysis of petabytes of data.
• Big Data is a technology evolution and is here to stay.

On Adoption Challenges

• Companies, Peter shared, are daunted by the investment and talent needed for successfully implementing a big data project. The need is to start small with a single use case to quickly demonstrate the value and then build on it. Using experts along with internal resources will enable company to side step some of the challenges of implementing a new technology.
• There is disconnect between the IT and the business teams with the business lacking awareness of the data they have and the IT teams underestimating the impact. More collaboration is required between all the stakeholders to make the adoption successful.
• Organizations think that they don’t have the right tools. In reality, Priyanka believes, what is missing is the information architecture. By starting with the business problem and defining the criteria for success upfront, the companies will have greater success in harnessing the value of their data.

On Opportunities

• Big data technology shift has created new opportunities for people and companies alike. Data Scientists are highly sought, combing the skills of programming, statistics and business acumen. Sameer shared resources like Coursera, Udacity etc for learning about these new technologies.
• Naren pointed out that the infrastructure space is getting crowded, with open source technologies expected to drive higher adoption. There is considerable potential in the upstream market of analytics and visualization. With the scare analytics talent, there is a huge need for being able to deliver insights from data.
• By focusing on specific verticals and solving business problems, the companies will have a higher degree of success.

Overall, the key takeaways were that Big Data is here to stay, and so is the need for data scientists. To get value out of this evolution, start with the business problem and then apply the new technologies to it.

To further enhance your knowledge of Analytics and Big Data, our partners are providing training and webinars .

• 1. Aryng is offering a week long training program on Business Analytics targeted towards Product teams, marketing, sales and engineers. More information can be found at http://www.aryng.com/landing/DTD-Week-Analytics-Workshop-for-Product-Marketing-Apr-15-19.html

Think Big Analytics is providing free webinars every week. The two coming up next week are:

• 1. Where (now eBay) case study on the use of Big Analytics to attract, retain and grow customer base
• 2. Introduction to H Base

Please register here

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Business Model Innovation

March 2013 Event of SIPA

SIPA hosted esteemed speaker William C. Miller from Value Centric Innovation (VCI) enterprise to share their research on the new age Business Model Innovation. William is based out of Bangalore, India and California, USA where he has worked with global companies enabling top down innovation leadership along with bottom up innovation work. Combining the management principles of West with the holistic philosophies of the East, Value Centric Innovation aims to maximize the value of all stakeholders, not just the financial goals of the shareholders. In this session, William shared some techniques for fostering innovation for long term results.

4-4-4-8 Process

William shared his 4-4-4-8 process of Business Process Innovation –

4 Contexts: Choose the paradigm which will drive the business model

4 Goals: Integrate the outcomes you strive for

4 Innovation Styles: Think innovatively in 4 ways

8 “P” factors: Apply innovation thinking to each aspect of the business model

8 “P” Factors

The 8 “P” factors – Principles, People, Product, Process, Planet, Partners, Prosperity, Proposition, constitute dimensions of value based business model.

William shared examples of successful companies who differentiated themselves from their competition by choosing to make 1-2 of the “P”s part of their core business goals. For e.g. Charles Schwab & Co. made “Principle” i.e. conducting business with high ethics and with no conflict of interest with the customer the core to its business. In the industry which is rife with brokers being paid on commissions and driving the customers to make more transactions, Charles Schwab innovated a new model wherein the brokers were paid a fixed salary and hence had the customer’s best interest always at heart.

Similarly, Grameen Bank in Bangladesh focused on making “People” ‘s life easier. It not only made financial products available to those in need and ignored by traditional systems, but also made the community or people aspect of it central to delivering the product. This led to an unprecedented success for such a model which is now being copied all over the world. Fuji – Xerox’s focus on “Planet” and reducing resource usage and emissions led it to innovate on an entirely new recycle model for its product. The audience also shared their examples of companies like IBM and P&G which made People central to their business model.

4 Contexts

William urged the group to evolve from a rationalistic paradigm i.e. focused on wealth and power for shareholders and owners to holistic and spiritual based paradigms which focus on prosperity with accountability for all stakeholders. From the Eastern philosophy, integrating with 4 goals of life – Dharma – Harmony with nature, Artha – Prosperity, Kama – reaching goals and desires and Moksha-human excellence with the business goals will lead to a sustainable business.

4 Innovation Styles

Finally, William gave a unique framework to innovate -the four pillars of innovation style

Visioning: What is the ideal long term solution?

Modifying: What can we do refine and optimize what we have already done?

Exploring: What would be radically new and different?

Experimenting: What can we combine to put together a new solution?

Combining the 4 innovation styles with the 8 “P” factors gives a solid tool kit for innovating in every aspect of business.

For a copy of the presentation, please contact William Miller at wmiller at vcihome.com

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Education and Technology
 
August-2012 Event of SIPA                                     Click to register!

Educational technology is the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources.

The major shift in learning from print based to digital technology has provided new frontiers to innovators and social entrepreneurs to explore new and improved teaching methods that will ultimately facilitate reversal of the country’s educational downward spiral back to a position of stature and leadership again.

Panel Discussion

• Internet and mobile devices such as the laptop, Ipad, Iphone, etc.
• Promoting access by ensuring a device for every learner irrespective of location
• Latest trends in learning and teaching including Wikipedia and Khan Academy.

Panel Moderator:
Camille Smith : President, Work In Progress Coaching

Panelist:
Dr. Preetha Ram Cofounder and Chief Academic Officer, Open Study, Assoc. Dean Emory
Avinash Patil Worldwide Program Manager for PPS Attach Services, HP
Dr. Peter Norvig Director of Research, Google
Claire Schneeberger Founder & CEO, Monarch Media

Location:
Oak Room, Building 48, Cupertino HP Cupertino Campus (click here for map)
19483 Pruneridge Ave
Cupertino, CA

Date:
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012

Agenda:
6:00pm - 6:45pm Dinner and Networking
6:45pm - 8:00pm Panel Discussion
8:00pm - 8:15pm Audience Q&A
8.15pm - 8:30pm Thanks and Networking

Online:
Member $0.00 - Non-Member $15.00 (Membership is 50$ yearly includes 10 Free Monthly events)
Onsite:
Member $0.00 - Non-Member $20.00

Bios

Camille Smith

Camille Smith combines her business experience in hi-tech start-ups and Fortune 1000 companies with her exceptional skills as a communicator to help executives and their teams succeed in a world of rapid change.

By learning how to build relationships of trust, transparency and accountability, her clients produce essential business results and generate and fulfill new possibilities for the future.

She is a founding member of the Global Women's Leadership Network at Santa Clara University and served three years as an executive coach for The Global Institute for Leadership Development founded by Warren Bennis. For more, please visit www.wipcoaching.com.

Dr. Preetha Ram

Dr. Preetha Ram is a social entrepreneur, CoFounder and Chief Academic Officer of OpenStudy and Associate Dean at Emory University. She holds degrees from Yale (PhD), Emory (MBA) and I.I.T Delhi. She is an innovative award-winning educator, with many years of leadership experience in the higher education industry. Her published research encompasses online environments for problem based learning and collaborative learning. Her work is supported by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and the Gates and Hewlett foundations.

OpenStudy.com is a disruptive innovation in education and empowering the self-learners of the world to learn more, learn better, learn with their peers. The crowd sourced platforms offers a social learning network that enables learners globally to connect, get help, and learn from one another. With the mantra, “Take Ten to Teach Ten” OpenStudy’s disruption is to democratize education, allowing everyone to reach and teach thousands and connecting a learner in need with someone who can help at their point of need.

Avinash Patil

Avinash Patil is seasoned management professional with 20+ years of experience working in various roles in people, project and program management. Currently he works for HP, managing worldwide Programs for PPS (Printing and Personal Systems) Services unit. He has diverse experience, having worked in Enterprise Software, Enterprise Services and Consumer business. He specializes in managing globally across countries, continents and cultures. He has successfully led some of the most complex and globally distributed programs/functions for HP.

He has worked in leading worldwide initiatives in tablet software and Apps for Imaging and Printing Group of HP. He managed Global APPS PMO (program office) focused on Europe, APJ and AMERICAS for HP’s Consumer printing business worldwide.

Avinash has huge interest in different aspects of education and how technology can be used in education. He has taught undergraduate courses in engineering in India. Last few years he worked closely with HPs learning and development organization on identifying, planning and developing strategy for employee training for Mission Critical Computing Business in HP on ongoing basis. He was part of initial pilots to increase usage of technology in employee training.

Last year Avinash led HP’s ‘Imaging and Printing group’s Education initiative across HP. This was about identifying and capitalizing on emerging opportunities in education. The focus was on how we can use cutting edge technology in education to make money. As a part of this initiative he worked closely with many leading commercial organizations in education field and also evaluated cutting edge technologies developed by different companies that are relevant to education.

He has developed deep insights into how technology could be used in education, current state of technology and emerging opportunities for usage of technology in the education field. His focus is on k-12 education.

Dr. Peter Norvig

January 2013 Event of SIPA

SIPA Speed Networking Event

Come attend a speed networking event!

If you are in or around the Bay Area and want to interact with like-minded people (technology or otherwise) head over to SIPA’s speed networking event.

The speed networking session will last 45 minutes where you will meet several individuals one on one for 3-4 minutes each. So you will get to network with at least 10 new people.

Share a drink, make friends, discuss ideas and have a great time.

HOW IT WORKS?

Please use the registration link below to register for the event. You will receive an online confirmation. Print a copy and bring it with you on the day of the event.

Caution: These events are highly energetic, fast moving, extremely effective and lots of fun.

EVENT DETAILS

When
Thurday, January 24, 2013

Where
Arka Restaurant
Willis Tower
725 South Fair Oaks Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Google Maps Link : http://goo.gl/maps/4x65c

Schedule
6:30 pm – 7:05 pm – Registration / Open seating
7:05 pm – 7:15 pm – Introduction / Instructions
7:15 pm – 8:00 pm – Speed Networking

Cost
Includes a drink ticket (beer, wine or soda) & appetizers
Members - Free
Non Members - $10.00*
Walk Ins - $15

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

For questions: please reach out to contact@sipa.org

SIPACON 2012 - Communication Skills Workshop
 
As Technology Advances, So Must Your Leadership & Communication Skills
 
Speaker: Camille Smith, Founder/President, Work In Progress Coaching
 
We respond differently to tweets and spam. We are engaged with the invited tweet and enraged by the uninvited spam. We respond differently to the same message from the boss if it’s delivered in an email or in person.
 
In this lively, interactive session, we’ll use “the medium is the message” concept and explore how different communication styles influence how ideas and concerns are perceived. Using case studies, we’ll examine what draws people in or pushes them away and what has people tune in or out.
 
You’ll come away with at least 1 idea that will help you be a more effective
communicator. Even though we live in a 24/7 world, it’s the person-to-person
connection that matters. Remembering this will make us more effective leaders
as technologies continue to advance.

Pitch It Up Contest- SIPACON 2012

Are you a Start-up looking to change the world?

Do you have an innovative product or service?

A solution to a critical problem and looking for a chance to present it before VC’s, serial entrepreneurs and get their instant feedback?

Looking to pitch before an audience of about 300 techies/entrepreneurs?

Want to use the contest to refine your elevator speech?

Then you should participate in this contest!

Contest

Pitch your Company before the Judging panel for 3 mins and be ready to answer any questions or concerns the judges raise. Winners of the Contest get noticed by VC’s and get their company name published across the SIPA and other Social networks.

Cost: $0 to Apply and $175 if your Company presents to the VC Panel and entire audience at SIPACON 2012 (includes 3 FREE SIPACON2012 Full Conference Passes)

Deadline to apply: October 28, 2012

SIPACON 2012 - Panel I
 
Peripheral and Wearable Internet Connected Accessories, Augmented Reality and their Applications in Education, Web and Gaming
 
Computing devices, especially wireless ones, are becoming more powerful and increasingly widespread. At the same time, costs for these devices are falling. As computing hardware—both wired and wireless—approaches ubiquity, new evolutionary and revolutionary opportunities emerge to use technology to enrich individuals’ experiences of objects and places. As a result, Augmented Reality has been put to use in a number of fields. For example, educators are beginning to provide students with deeper, more meaningful experiences by linking educational content with specific places and objects. In many disciplines, field trips are part of the course; by supplementing these explorations with mobile technologies and data-collection devices, the lessons can be extended beyond the field trip. Augmented Reality technologies have also been integrated into the web, gaming etc.
 
The Panel will explore these ideas and beyond and provide their insights into what the future holds in this exciting space.

Immigration Initiatives for Foreign Entrepreneurs

US Department of Homeland Security has recently announced initiatives to promote start-ups and spur job creation. This informational session will discuss the latest in policy and legislation that are designed to facilitate work visas and permanent residence for immigrant entrepreneurs.

Speaker: Sweta Khandelwal

Sweta’s practice focuses predominantly on US Immigration and Nationality law while representing a diverse mix of clients – both corporations and individuals of multiple nationalities. Sweta completed her Masters in Law from the University of California, Los Angeles and her JD from the Faculty of Law, India. Sweta is also a certified Chartered Accountant from India (equivalent of CPA). She has been recognized at several international forums for her oratory skills. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and is currently serving as the liaison for the San Jose Customs and Border Protection (CBP) unit of US Department of Homeland Security. Sweta has frequently addressed several business and professional forums on the latest in corporate and immigration law and its interpretation.

SIPA Pitching Contest

Are you a Start-up looking to change the world?
 
Do you have an innovative product or service?
 
A solution to a critical problem and  looking for a chance to present it before VC’s, serial entrepreneurs and get their instant feedback?
 
Looking to pitch before an audience of about 300 techies/entrepreneurs?
 
Want to use the contest to refine your elevator speech?
 
Then you should participate in this contest!
 
Contest 

Pitch your Company before the Judging panel for 3 mins and be ready to answer any questions or concerns the judges raise. Winners of the Contest get noticed by VC’s and get their company name published across the SIPA and other Social networks.
 
DEADLINE TO APPLY: OCT 22nd, 2011
 
Apply here!

7 Steps to a Successful Startup

Starting your own business is an exhilarating yet overwhelming experience. Entrepreneurs don’t have the time to read a 400-page how-to guide, but they do need the fundamentals presented succinctly and directly. Based on instructor Naeem Zafar’s eBook, 7 Steps to a Successful Startup, this talk is the product of the author’s 20 years of experience in working with, teaching, and advising hundreds of entrepreneurs. Short and to the point, the workshop offers practical, powerful information for anyone thinking about starting a business.

Perhaps you still have a day job and are contemplating launching your own company—or perhaps you have lots of ideas and are wondering which one is most likely to succeed. The workshop’s simple but thorough seven-step method will answer your most essential questions—questions your investors will soon be asking you! Save yourself thousands of dollars and two years of your life by taking this seminar before you plunge into the startup process.

Among the many topics covered in the workshop, Zafar works with participants on their one-minute “elevator pitch,” fine-tuning idea presentation and explaining how best to seek customer feedback. An attention-grabbing, effective elevator pitch is a crucial first step in attracting investors and generating customer interest.

Instructor:

Naeem Zafar teaches at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. As the founder of www.Startup-advisor.com , he advises entrepreneurs and assists companies with funding. His career spans six startups, one IPO, several mergers and acquisitions, and stints as CEO of three companies in Silicon Valley. Zafar currently serves on the Board of Directors of three startups and is a member of the advisory boards of five companies while running his latest startup in the enterprise mobility space www.BitzerMobile.com

His eBook, 7 Steps to a Successful Startup, along with five other books related to entrepreneurship are now available on iTunes and Kindle as well on Amazon.com as print books. (or an eBooks from www.Startup-Advisor.com).

SIPACON 2009  Silicon Valley 2010 and Beyond
-   Keynote by Tom Campbell Former Dean of Haas School of Business, Budget Director for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a candidate for the next Governor of California. -  Keynote by Steve Westly Managing Partner at Westly Group, Former Controller and Chief Fiscal Officer The State of California, former SVP Business Development & Marketing at eBay.	-    BRAG! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn w/o Blowing it. By Peggy Klaus - Clean Energy - Trends and Prospects -  Enterprise Application in the Web 2.0 World -  Power Networking
Date:  November 7, 2009       TIME:  8:30 am to 4:30 pm Location:  HP Auditorium, 3000 Hanover, Palo Alto, CA 94304	SIPA Members: $49  ($59 after 10/27/09) Non Members:  $69 ($89 after 10/27/09) Event + New Membership:  $79 ($99 after 10/27/09)
The last 12-18 months was a period of economic turmoil rarely seen in recent history. Anything that could have gone wrong, from the economic standpoint, did go wrong. We have weathered the worst and that the long road to recovery has already begun. Silicon Valley has seen its share of ups and downs, even before the time it was called Silicon Valley. Who would have thought that after the dot com bust companies like Google, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook and so many others could have flourished. Every disruption in times long gone and recently has led to innovation.  In the past several decades technology has reshaped society.  It is highly possible that now the circumstances of our society will drive the business and technological innovation of tomorrow.   Without doubt, the road to recovery will be long and hard. The standard business rules might not be as effective. There is a new playbook that each one has to play by. So how do we as professionals evolve in this new economy? Will there really be new business models? Has the entrepreneurial paradigm changed?  Do we as professionals need to learn new tools and technologies? Where does the next opportunity lie?  What is the future of the economy and what are the economies of the future?   As someone said recently, however one chooses to answer these questions, it will be wrong. But we have to make a start and start with a thoughtful discussion. At Silicon Valley 2010 and beyond, we are going to give you that start. With keynotes from some of the most respected business leaders, to panels of some of the experts already sketching out parts of the new roadmap, to motivators who will provide us with the necessary tools to succeed in the new tomorrow.   Highlights of SIPACON 2009 Keynote by Tom Campbell - former Dean of Haas School of Business, the Budget director for Arnold Schwarznegger and a candidate for the next Governor of California. Workshop on Communications by Peggy Klaus - BRAG! THE ART OF TOOTING YOUR OWN HORN WITHOUT BLOWING IT Showcasing new startups – A 30 minute showcase of new and innovative startups bring new ideas to the marketplace. Panel on " Enterprise Application in the Web 2.0 world " consisting of CIOs and Vendors, who will discuss the evolving enterprise needs in the new economic climate and the vendors response to these needs Panel on "Clean Energy - Trends and Prospects"     Tentative Agenda 08:00 - 08:30           Registration and Networking 08:30 - 09:00              Opening  Remarks                           09:00 - 09:45              Morning Keynote - Tom Campbell 09:45 - 11:00              Panel 1 - Clean Energy Panel 11:00 - 12:15              A Workshop on Communications 12:15 - 01:30              Lunch 01:30 - 02:00              Showcase of new Startups 02:00 - 03:00              Panel 2 – Emerging Trends in the evolution of Enterprise Technology 03:00 - 03:45              Evening Keynote 03:45- -04:00             Closing Remarks 04:00                       Networking   Stay tuned for more information on the panel and speakers   Register here : https://www.123signup.com/event?id=jckdd

Bios for Clean Energy Panel

 

 

Title: ‘Clean Energy – Trends & Prospects’ – A Panel

 

Panel Moderator

 

Tony Seba - Speaker, Educator, Author, Advisor, Mentor Capitalist at Seba Group

Tony Seba is a serial entrepreneur and the author of the upcoming book “Solar Trillions”.  He is a lecturer at Stanford University in clean energy, entrepreneurship, high tech strategy and finance. Seba was the award-winning founder and CEO of PrintNation.com where he raised more than $30 million in venture capital and established the B2B web company as the leader in its market segment. He is an internationally known public speaker who also teaches at leading institutions around the world such as The Auckland University (New Zealand) Business School and in-company at some of the world's top high tech companies such as Google and Cisco. Tony Seba holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

 

Panelists

 

Peter Childers - CEO and President at Utility Scale Solar, Inc.

 

Peter Childers has 18 years experience leading advanced technology companies and business lines in a career that spans microelectronics manufacturing, telecommunications, systems management software, open source, and clean energy. Pete has played key roles leading innovation, operations and growth at high tech companies from early stage thru IPO to NYSE listing. Pete specializes in developing opportunities in fully commoditized or new and disruptive fields where experts are saying, "that can't be done." The teams he develops create globally competitive offerings and flexible business mechanisms that deliver overwhelmingly better customer value than competitors. In 1998, Pete joined open source software pioneer Red Hat, Inc. [NYSE: RHT] as employee 41, where he founded and grew the company's second largest line of business to $60 million, attracting over 500,000 paying customers worldwide and changing the game in software, IT training, and technical certification in an arena where everyone was saying "that can't be done." Pete also developed online strategy and online business for this highly successful publicly traded company, ranked #1 for customer value five years in a row by CIO magazine. In 2007, Pete moved to Silicon Valley where he has been advising open source companies and developing new technology and ventures on the energy and clean-tech frontier. Pete speaks and participates in industry panels on comparative renewable energy and economic analysis of solar formats. Pete is co-inventor of the Megahelion™ drive, the lead inventor on the Company’s first patent-pending and a named inventor on two additional patents-pending for the Company. Pete holds B.A. from Yale University and a M.A. from Duke University.

 

Lex Sisney - Co-founder at Current Analytics

 

Having created and led a series of innovations throughout his career, Lex excels at identifying and communicating new concepts, strategic coaching, driving growth, and building strategic relationships.

 

Lex designed and evangelized one of the world’s original electronic procurement services, the first integrated distance learning/coaching method, and a new subscription-based agile/iterative software development model, as well as the leading affiliate marketing network, Commission Junction. With Lex as CEO and Chairman, the latter grew to become the world's largest company of its type and was acquired in 2003. Lex's latest innovation is Current Analytics, Inc., a systems integration company specializing in enterprise energy and environmental management. Lex also coaches other entrepreneurs who want to accelerate business growth and have greater peace of mind.

 

Dr. K.V. Ravi - CTO at Crystal Solar

 

Dr.Ravi is the Chief Technology Officer of Crystal Solar where he is responsible for the development of technology for the manufacture of low cost silicon wafers, solar cells and modules. Prior to Crystal Solar Dr. Ravi was Director, Business Development for the Solar Business Group at Applied Materials where his responsibilities included identifying new business opportunities for Applied Materials in the solar space, supporting investments, mergers and acquisitions and in advance solar cell development. He has also worked in the Photovoltaics field for over 13 years at Mobil Solar Energy Corporation, leading the development of silicon ribbon based technologies. His other affiliations have been in the Semiconductor area with over 15 years at Intel, Motorola and Texas Instruments.  He is the author of over 100 technical publications in the fields of metals, semiconductors, photovoltaics and CVD diamond technology and the author of the book "Imperfections and Impurities in Semiconductor Silicon". He holds over 40 issued patents. He has a Ph.D in Materials Science from Case Western University, an M.S. in Materials Science from the University of California, Berkeley, a B.S in Metallurgy from the Indian Institute of Science and a B.Sc in Chemistry from the University of Madras, India.

EMPLOYMENT LAW ISSUES CONFRONTING IMMIGRANT WORKERS
Date: July 10, 2008 Thursday 6.00pm to 8.30pm	HP Oakroom Auditorium, 19447 Pruneridge Ave, Cupertino, CA View Map	Members : Free Non-members Online : $25 Walk-in: $30
Panelist will provide their legal perspective on Employment Laws that would cover the following: The applicable law Basic Provisions/Requirements Employee Rights and Obligations Employer obligations Penalties/Sanctions for non compliance Relation to State, Local, and other Federal Laws What are the typical issues confronted by alien workers How does the company/employer address them before they become contentious What is the safety mechanisms employed to ensure legal compliance with DOL/USCIS Employment law in California Federal Immigration law, specifically focusing on employment related issues. Speakers would include the following Attorneys: Inderpreet Sawhney. Chugh firm Ms. Divyasmita Ghatak Cisco Systems. Soby Mathews

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SIPA-iCON(Cisco) presents Enterprise 2.0 - A panel discussion
Date: June 23, 2008 Mondayday 5.45pm to 7.45pm	Cisco Systems, Frontier Conference Room, Bldg 3, 225 East Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA, 95134. View Map	Members : Free Non-members Online : $25 Walk-in: $30
Web 2.0 is fast becoming a social reality. Generation X led the charge making this technology a consumer reality. Web 2.0 comes with an array of solutions; it promises to change the way we work, access and share information, play, communicate and collaborate. But is this ready for prime time? Is the Enterprise ready to embrace Web 2.0 to create a new social enterprise? How is this playing out at global enterprises? Our experienced panelists discuss Web 2.0 at the enterprise, what's working, what's not working and what's next. Moderator - Cisco Executives Panelists - Cisco Executives.

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SIPACON 2008 Annual Event

 

Social Media & The Enterprise

Personal computers changed the way we handled and processed data. Email and Internet revolutionized the pace of business and medium of communication. Also lives changed. Interacting and networking with people was no longer contrained to the same location, town, state or even country. One could locate like minded people 12000 miles away and express, interact and engage. Business happened at the speed of thought. The world suddenly became a very small place - a Global Village.

More recently, the advent of social networking websites has helped overcome the 'digital divide' that restricted older generations from being part of the Internet revolution. Social networks enable a virtual community for people to mingle with like-minded individuals. These have quickly moved beyond conventional meeting media to become arbiters of taste, music and politics.

Now this concept has evolved to enterprise and business environments creating Social Work-places and Social Market-places. Businesses can participate in these "destination" social networks or even create, manage and sponsor their own using Web 2.0 tools and technologies. We are on the verge of defining new categories of discreet knowledge applications within and outside of business enterprises.

-The Social Network model is being used by businesses to build online communities connected by loyalty to it's products and desire to market it

-Blogs, wikis are employed to overcome barriers to efficient collaboration posed by a distributed workforce spanning geographies and time zones

Come listen to industry experts on exciting trends and prospects of Social Media and The Enterprise. Also witness exciting panels on roles played by digital media in Internet 2.0, Mobile Social and Enterprise Search. Panelists include investors in Facebook, CxOs from Mobile enterprises & Communication industry and leading Market research organizations.


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Date: Saturday, Nov 8, 2008
Time: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Location: HP Auditorium, View Map
3000 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1185 USA

Pricing
(Earlybird ends Oct 15th)
	earlybird
member	20$
alliance	30$
non-members	40$
event + membership 60$
students 50 % off

 

 

January 29 , 2009 6:30 PM

Safeguarding your career in 2009 and beyond! 

The year 2008 was a watershed year for the global economy. We saw a precipitous crash of the financial sector, which took with it the rest of economy into a tailspin. Officially, the whole world is in a recession and has resulted in thousands of job losses, which continue to mount at an alarming rate. No one is spared and no one can predict what happens next. What all economists do agree on, however, is that this recession is unlike others in the remembered history! They also agree that 2009 will be no better. But, we all live in a country that thrives on opportunity and challenges. That is especially true of the Valley, where great companies and ideas are born in every crisis.

Given the dismal state of the economy and the gloomy outlook that goes with it, how can we protect our jobs, careers, and our future and look for opportunities to grow?  Many large companies are laying-off employees; some even as a defensive measure. But, in this dire scenario are there strategies that stand out that offer you some protection, not merely for your survival, but also for your success? To get a perspective on these questions, we have invited, Dilip Saraf, LinkedIn’s #1 career coach, to help us unravel the challenges of 2009 and beyond. He will share his insights in leveraging your personal brand to not just safeguard your job, but to also use it to grow your career!

About Dilip Saraf:

Since the last major downturn of the Valley in 2001, Dilip has worked with over 4,000 clients globally showing them how to re-invent themselves and teaming with them on how to manage their careers. Dilip is currently in his fifth career and is the author of five books and countless articles on career management and leadership effectiveness.  He regularly appears on CNN Headline News/Comcast Newsmakers and other media. He has written for and is published in the Harvard Business Review, Chief Executive, and other publications. He also chairs the Career Resource Center at the India Community Center in Milpitas, CA. Dilip owns two patents in Biomedicine and has degrees from IIT Bombay and Stanford. He is ranked #1 as an Executive and Life coach on LinkedIn. Visit www.7keys.org 

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