SVASE VC Breakfast Club with Ron Weissman, Member, Band of Angels January 6, 2011

SVASE VC Breakfast Club with Ron Weissman, Member, Band of Angels

Start: 01/06/2011 - 8:00 am
End: 01/06/2011- 9:30 am

Contact Info:
Jai Kumar
Email: jai@vigyana.com
Cell: 408-406-4693

Location: Townsend, Townsend and Crew LLP
390 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301

URL:-www.svase.org/events/vc-breakfast-club-ron-weissman-member-band-angels

Band of Angels, www.bandangels.com The Band of Angels is Silicon Valley's oldest seed funding organization. We are a formal group of more than 120 former and current high tech executives who are interested in investing their time and money into new, cutting edge, startup companies. We've seeded over 200 companies in our history with 40+ profitable M&A exits and 9 Nasdaq IPOs. Band members have founded companies such as Symantec, Logitech, and National Semiconductor and been senior executives at the likes of Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, and Intuit.

The Band meets monthly to formally consider three startups selected from among the more than 50 that are screened each month by the Band Deal Selection Process. Entrepreneurs can expect a thorough examination and, occasionally, an investment from some of Silicon Valley's most accomplished entrepreneurs.

Ron Weissman, Member, Band of Angels
Ron Weissman was vice president of strategy and corporate marketing for Verity, a global leader in corporate information retrieval and knowledge management. During his tenure at Verity, the executive team earned the large company "turnaround of the year" award (1999) from the Turnaround Management Association; Verity gained dominant market share and saw its market capitalization grow from $50 million to more than $1.5 billion.

Prior to Verity, Ron spent more than five years at NeXT Computer, where he managed European and corporate marketing. In addition to his work in Silicon Valley, he ran academic computing at Brown University and at the University of Maryland, where he was Associate Professor of History. He is the author of two books on the history of Florence during the Renaissance.

A member of Phi Beta Kappa and a Fulbright Scholar, he received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.

When: Thursday, January 6
8 – 9:30 AM

Location: Townsend, Townsend and Crew LLP, 390 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301

Pre-Registered Rates:
Members - $25; Affiliates who advertise this event - $39; General Public - $49.

This event is intended for entrepreneurs seeking feedback on their startup ideas and funding strategies. Please do not register if you do not fit this profile.

This event is co-sponsored by Townsend, Townsend and Crew, www.townsend.com.

Official Website: http://www.svase.org/events/vc-breakfast-club-ron-weissman-member-band-angels