Event – Technology Entrepreneurship Roundtable and Networking
Location – University Club, 800 Powell Street, downtown San Francisco
Date/Time – October 15th 2009, Thursday 6:30 PM to 10 PM PST
Corporate Sponsor – Ghanshyam Sharma, (Columbia Business School, NY, EMBA’08), VP Products, CUECENT Division, Bahwan CyberTek Group.
Entry – Free. Invitation Only. Email gsharma@cuecent.com for entry to the event.
Food - Buffet Dinner will be served. Cash Bar.
Event Structure –
30 Minutes – Registration (We will have different colors for different category of attendees)
2 to 2:30 Hours – Roundtable Introductions/Elevator Speech (We will break to catch dinner)
1 Hour – Networking
Dress – Business Formal: tie and jacket are required
Event Vision –
Our goal is to bring together technology entrepreneurs, investors and strategic partners. The event is focused on providing each participant face time to position their organization and products and then give plenty of time for each of us to move around and talk to other participants. We do not have any corporate presentations (despite the fact that my organization is sponsoring the event) or panel discussions. Each participant's application is carefully analyzed and qualified. Entry to the event and food is complimentary, with a cash bar
As a graduate of the school in the technology industry, hosting this networking is my way of supporting my fellow technology entrepreneurs from Columbia Business School and other institutions.
-- G. Sharma
Participants –
The majority of the attendees represent Columbia Business School, however we are opening the event up to non-CBS alumni from technology startups.
1. Technology Startup’s - Around 20 or more senior managers, founders and CEO’s of technology startup’s from SF/Bay Area (Mostly from Columbia Business School)
2. Investors and Advisors – Around 5 members representing the private equity, technology M&A, Angel Investors and other investment community members
3. Strategic Partners – Around 5 members representing Strategic Partners; Senior Managers from mid to large size companies, who are interested in business partnerships or acquisitions.
Program –
1. Registration – Registration open by 6:30 PM . We will have YELLOW batches for start-up’s, BLUE for Investors and Advisors and GREEN for Strategic Partners (30 mins for networking)
2. Round Table – Each participant will have 5 minutes to represent himself and solicit questions. An attendee list will be provided in advance to facilitate the networking session. (2 to 2:30 hours)
** Start-up’s – Introduction. Your current business model. Future plans. Challenges you are facing and what would be the areas you would need help on if any.
** Strategic Partners and Investors – Introduction. What you are looking for and how can you help.
3. Dinner and Networking – Dinner is a buffet. We have access to the room beyond 10 PM for those who want to continue conversation.
What you need to do –
Please email me (gsharma@cuecent.com) the following information by Friday 10/9. The information will be consolidated in a document and sent to all participants prior to the event.
a. Your Full Name, Title and Organization with postal address, email and phone contacts
b. School/Class Year/Program
c. Category: Startup/Investor/Advisor/Strategic Partner
d. Brief Description of yourself, limited to 100 words
e. Brief Description of your organization, limited to 100 words
Invitation to other participants –
Please feel free to forward the event to anyone who may be interested and would be able to provide a critical contribution in terms of his background and skills.
About the Sponsor –
Bahwan CyberTek Inc. (BCT) is an associate company of the 4 billion dollar Bahwan group, with more than 1200 employees worldwide and operations spanning United States, Middle East, Asia and Africa. Our CUECENT line of products offers a complete BPM suite and several BPM/SOA based products and solution frameworks targeting Banking and Financial Services, Government, Oil and Gas, and Information Technology business domains. In the past few years BCT has partnered with many start-up’s providing them crucial support in terms of software platforms for application development and marketing and sales support providing them access to our worldwide clients. BCT also keeps a look out for qualified organizations for future acquisitions and joint ventures.
