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someone asked about breakfast clubs a while ago.....
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COACHING ONE-ON-ONE with Angels Breakfast Club (ABC)
Tuesday, November 16th, 1999 at The SDF Center
9am to 1pm, with Dave Izuka, Dave Morton, Linda K.
Glisson, and Peter Berger
of the ABC
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SDF Coaching Sessions are opportunities to meet with
investors, business
consultants and experienced entrepreneurs for
coaching with issues that you
face as a start-up. For 50 minutes you can gain
valuable insight on what
you need to move forward. SDF makes Coaching
One-on-One sessions available
on a first-come, first-serve basis. Start-Up
Company Members only.
For this session the Angels Breakfast Club (ABC) is
offering its expertise
and experience to the members of SDF.
Angels Breakfast Club (ABC) actively works with
early stage
software,Internet, and communications companies in
Silicon Valley by
providing capital, contacts, industry knowledge, and
hands-on skills. ABC
seeks to enhance the experience for budding
entrepreneurs by providing extra
assistance and education the promise of uncovering
outstanding investment
opportunities.
ABC members are individuals that exhibit exceptional
abilities in the
incubation and management of early stage technology
companies and are active
in Silicon Valley's entrepreneurial and investment
communities. These
individuals either represent early stage venture
capital funds or are
entrepreneurs and executives that have held
leadership roles in emerging
software, Internet, and communications companies.
There will be 2 teams for the meetings and 8 slots.
The two teams are:
Team 1: Dave Izuka and Dave Morton
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Dave Izuka
Venture Catalyst Group
Dave Izuka is the founder of Venture Catalyst Group
(VCG) with over 20 years
of broad experience in venture capital, finance,
operations, general
management, and consulting. He worked with the
venture firm Adler & Co. and
has served as VP and CFO for a number of startups
and early stage companies
including Electronics for Imaging, General Magic,
WordStar, Cambio Networks,
and TOPS, a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems. VCG
provides consulting
services to early stage technology companies focused
on e-commerce, internet
infrastructure, and enterprise software. For firms
seeking seed or first
round financing, VCG helps define the business,
validate technology, set
goals and map objectives, develop a product and
marketing strategy, create
the business plan, and raise capital at attractive
valuations. Dave led the
early-stage funding efforts of a number of high-tech
companies and has
raised significant capital from an IPO, premier
venture capital firms and
strategic corporate investors. In addition, Dave
provides business planning,
high-level financial services, and sometimes invests
in pre-IPO,
revenue-generating software and service companies. A
representative client
list includes Rubric Software, Collabria, PlaceWare,
Advanced Fibre
Communications, Academic Systems, Mixman, Firefox,
Worldtalk, and C=95 ATS.
Dave Morton
The Morton Group
Dave is an operating and financial executive with
over 25 years experience
in a variety of industries, including
high-technology, manufacturing, and
services. His extensive background includes
executive, operational, and
financial management; business growth and
development; strategic and
financial planning; capital sourcing arrangements;
business model
strategies; and international and manufacturing
operations. Dave is actively
involved in providing services to clients including
high technology
start-ups and multinational companies. Prior to
CAPSTONE, Dave held senior
positions in industry, as well as providing
financial management and
business advisory services to companies. Most
recently, he was President and
CFO of an international trading and manufacturing
company. He began his
career with Ernst & Young, where he advanced to the
level of partner. Dave
holds a BS in Business from Miami University of Ohio
and is a Certified
Public Accountant.
Team 2: Linda Glisson and Peter Berger
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Linda K. Glisson
Glisson Dilts Capital, LLC
Linda is Managing Member of IPF Fund I, LLC, a $1
million side fund, and
currently is organizing Fund II, a $50 million
Institutional private equity
fund. Experienced in management and operations of
multiple general
partnership entities with historical asset values of
up to 50 million, held
assets in excess of 20 million and idle cash of 4
million. She has working
relationships with over 50 silicon valley venture
funds, and executed trades
with most major financial institutions. She was
financial manager for
Venture Law Group=92s family of venture funds and
experienced in Securities
Law and ERISA, she managed the VLG 401(K) plan.
Formerly, Linda was the
financial officer for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &
Rosati=92s 33 venture
partnerships. She was Controller of Intercapco, Inc.
(SBIC), a $15 million
Dallas based venture fund. Linda was with the
Internal Revenue Service,
working on large corporate field audits.
Peter Berger
Peter Berger has over twenty years of experience in
international food and
agricultural products industries. Most recently, he
was the CEO of FlagShip
Foods, a regional food manufacturing company based
in San Jose that produced
goods for the industrial, food service and retail
markets. In September
1999, the FlagShip Food operations were sold. Prior
to the establishing of
FlagShip Foods, Mr. Berger was the Managing Director
of Flagship Holdings, a
management and equity investment group focusing on
manufacturing and
distribution business. Previously, Mr. Berger was
the President and CEO of
the Bergerco division of ConAgra Inc. Bergerco, an
agricultural products
processing and trading company, had revenues
exceeding $600 million,
operations in twelve countries and employed over 600
people. Mr. Berger was
a Captain in the USAF and has a BS in Industrial
Engineering from Cornell
University. He is an original member of the Angel
Breakfast Club. He is
also a director of a number of private corporations
as well as civic and
charitable organizations.
PROCESS
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Each team will be available for four 50 minute
One-on-One sessions on
Tuesday, November 16th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The purpose of these
sessions is to provide you with an opportunity for
some coaching with any of
business challenges you are facing today.
TO REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT, please REPLY DIRECTLY TO
THIS E-MAIL ONLY. (Send
to [email protected].) Please SPECIFY WHICH TEAM
you prefer to meet with.
There is NO CHARGE to participate, but you must be a
Start-up Company member
to sign-up. Sign-ups will be accepted on a "first
come, first serve" basis
via e-mail only. If you are interested, please reply
ASAP.
Questions and replies should be e-mailed directly to
[email protected].
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The Software Development Forum (SDF) in San Jose
provides the key resources
software developers need to start and grow a
successful technology company.
SDF offers:
1) monthly dinner meeting featuring industry
leaders,
2) 15 special interest groups that meet monthly
throughout the Bay Area,
3) a public testing & porting lab,
4) entrepreneurial business seminars and special
events,
5) one-on-one meetings with venture capitalists,
and other business
experts
6) a resource library, meeting facilities, monthly
newsletter, and more!
Even if you aren't located in Silicon Valley, SDF
offers remote access to
comprehensive lab resources, a local headquarters
for customer meetings and
presentations, contact with venture capital firms
interested in software
ventures, and expertise when you need it on building
a successful technology
company.
For detailed information on lab resources, upcoming
events and a "virtual
our" of the Center, check out the web site at
http://www.sdforum.org You
can reach us directly at:
Software Development Forum
111 West St. John, Suite 200
San Jose, CA 95113
408-494-TEST (408-494-8378)
408-494-8383 Fax
[email protected]
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