Fwd: Business Coaching @ SDF

Raman Dakshinamurthy ([email protected])
Sat, 13 Nov 1999 14:24:33 PST

Contributor : pallavi sharma <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]

>
>sorry for the really poor formatting but someone asked
>about breakfast clubs a while ago.....
>
>--- Julie Kinneberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Reply-to: <[email protected]>
> > From: "Julie Kinneberg" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Business Coaching @ SDF
> > Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 12:46:24 -0800
> >
> > Take advantage of another one of SDF's popular
> > benefits for Start-up
> > Members!
> >
> >
>********************************************************
> > 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
> >
>********************************************************
> > 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
> > *****************************************
> > 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� 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
> > *******************************************
> > 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�s 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�s 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
> > ************
> > 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].
> > --------------------------------------------
> > 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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