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Funding Opportunities in Europe for Cleantech Startups

Funding Opportunities in Europe for Cleantech Startups:
How to benefit from French tax incentives to boost your development in Europe

Wednesday, April 8th – 6 PM to 9 PM
Plug and Play Tech Center
440 N. Wolfe Rd. – Sunnyvale, CA 94085 – Directions

Clean Tech Open 2009 Launch

Clean Tech Open 2009 Launch
Thursday, March 19
San Jose City Hall, San Jose, CA

Be one of the first to hear the special announcement – the details of the National Prize Package! Guests will get to see product demos from successful Alumni companies, and hear from an Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and Scott Sandell of New Enterprise Associates, one of the world’s largest investors in early stage clean technology.

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Launch: Silicon Valley 2009

Event Name: Launch: Silicon Valley 2009
DATE: June 9, 2009
TIME: 7:30 AM – 1:30 PM
LOCATION: Microsoft Campus, 1065 La Avenida St, Building 1, Mt. View, CA 94043

Start a Technology Venture in France

A Franco-American Platform on Entrepreneurship

The Young Entrepreneurs Initiative (YIE) is a non-profit network managed by the Office for Science and Technology of the French Embassy in the United States.

It’s mission is to promote the French environment for innovation and entrepreneurship, help US-based entrepreneurs leverage resources and partners to start a technology venture in France, and foster collaboration in both directions between French and American entrepreneurship ecosystems.

http://www.france-science.org/innovation/yei

How to Bake User Experience Strategy Into Your Startup

East Bay Innovation Group (www.eBig.org)
Startups/VCs – Berkeley SIG: How to Bake User Experience Strategy Into Your Startup

Monday, March 16th, from 6:30-9PM
University of California Berkeley Extension, Golden Bear Building
UC Extension Classroom, Second Floor, Room 211
1995 University Avenue
Berkeley, California
(Two blocks from Downtown Berkeley BART)

Keiretsu Forum Angel Capital Expo

Angel Capital Expo
Thursday, April 30, 2009; 7:30am-1:30pm
PG&E Auditorium
77 Beale St., San Francisco, CA

Stanford GSB Entrepreneurship Conference

TAPPING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT

Dear E-Conference Friends,

Once again the Stanford Graduate School of Business is holding its annual Entrepreneurship Conference – one of the most successful events of its kind at Stanford University.

The annual GSB Entrepreneurship Conference is taking place on Wednesday, February 25. This year’s conference features keynote speaker Paul Orfalea, Founder of Kinko’s. The conference program consists of a series of interactive panels and seminars featuring prominent figures in the entrepreneurial and investor community. These events will bring together veteran entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, academics, students, and industry experts in an insightful and active engagement.

Registration is open!! Get your ticket for the E-Conference early before they sell out. This year’s GSB E-Conference is the culmination of Stanford University’s third annual Entrepreneurship Week, February 18-25 (http://eweek.stanford.edu). Events will take place every day and many are free and open to everyone. For more information on the E-Conference, please visit www.econference.org.

Sincerely,

Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Stanford University

Upcoming UC Berkeley Executive Ed Courses

The UC Berkeley Center for Executive Education has three upcoming programs that might be of interest to you:

Pricing for Profitability in the Information Age
Pricing for Profitability in the Information Age will enable you to take your products and services to new levels of profitability — even now. The program is led by the top experts and researchers in the field of pricing. The lead professor is Teck Ho, who has won the highest teaching award three years in a row at the Haas School of Business (2004 to 2006) and consults on Pricing with many of the Fortune 500. He is joined by three other star faculty members. Upon completion of the program, you will be provided a UC Berkeley certificate and be invited to join our alumni group.

Program Details: http://executive.berkeley.edu/programs/pricing/
Program Dates: February 24-27, 2009
Program Price: $5,445

Negotiations: the Art of Working with People to Get Things Done
At the Negotiations Program you will learn key negotiation skills and put them into practice through in-class exercises. You will receive feedback on your negotiated outcomes in debrief sessions—enabling you to improve your skills throughout the two-day program. Additionally, you will be provided with two self-assessment tools that we will complete in class. The program is led by Holly Schroth, a well-known negotiations expert, who is an award winning lecturer at UC Berkeley and consultant to numerous Silicon Valley companies. She is one of the leading authors of negotiation exercise materials which are used worldwide by educators and trainers.

Program Details: http://executive.berkeley.edu/programs/negotiations/
Program Dates: January 12-13, 2009 (in San Francisco)
Program Price: $1,895

Product Management: Translating Market Opportunities into Profitability
Designed for Product Management professionals, this intensive 5-day program will teach you to build profitable products your customers will love. The program is taught by top faculty at the Haas School of Business, who have won awards for excellence in teaching, do cutting edge research, and consult regularly for high tech companies. At the end of the program, participants will be awarded a certificate of completion by the UC Berkeley Center for Executive Education and become part of a large and active alumni network.

Program Details: http://executive.berkeley.edu/programs/pm
Program Dates: April 27 – May 1, 2009
Program Price: $5,995

Upcoming eBig Event On Wall Street and Venture Capital

The October eBig.org Venture Capital/Startup forum will feature top Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists speaking about the impacts of the Wall Street meltdown on Venture Capital.