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SOLD OUT : NO ONSITE REGISTRATION Straight from the Gut is a 1-day conference featuring entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, industry gurus and bloggers whose experiences and stories will inspire and educate you in your journey towards building a successful consumer Internet business. We’ll cover a wide range of topics including assembling the right team, marketing and growing traffic for your site, monetizing your business and sorting through the bewildering maze of advertising options. Valley investors and industry gurus will also share their perspectives on new opportunities, targeted areas of investment, and what it takes to finance a company in today’s economic environment.
This event is followed by a Evening Wine reception between 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM. that is included in the registration fees. Guy Kawasaki's book 'Reality Check' will be sold at the venue right after his speech. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL AGENDA
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Event Host
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Manish Chandra
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Guy Kawasaki, Founder, CEO, Garage Technology Ventures
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Vinit Nijhawan, Venture Partner, Key Venture Partners
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Ted Rheingold, Founder & CEO, Dogster.com
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Victoria Barret, Forbes
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Vineet Buch, Partner, BlueRun Ventures
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Navin Chaddha, Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
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Sonya Chawla, General Manager, Advertising, Slide
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Jeff Clavier, Founder and Managing Partner, SoftTech VC
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Matt Cohler, General Partner, Benchmark Capital
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Russel Fradin, President, Adify
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Tod Francis, Managing Partner, Shasta Ventures
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Gautam Godhwani, CEO & Co-Founder, Simply Hired, Inc.
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Rajeev Goel, President & Co-Founder, Pubmatic
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Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times
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Ammar Hanafi, General Partner, Alloy Ventures
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David Hornik, General Partner, August Capital
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Matt Malden, CEO & Founder, Yield Software, Inc.
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Keiron McCammon, Co-founder, Chief Archtitect, Kaboodle, Inc.
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Dave McClure, Founder, 500 hats
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Chris Michel, Managing Director, Nautilus Ventures
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Sergio Monsalve, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners
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Ali Partovi, CEO, iLike
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K.V. Rao, Founder and President, Zuora
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Todd Sawicki, VP of Marketing & Bus. Development, Lookery
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Mike Speiser, Managing Director, Sutter Hill Ventures
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Leonard Speiser, Senior Director, Yahoo! Groups
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Erik Stuart, Dir Corporate Development, eBay
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Gary Swart, CEO, oDesk
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Lance Tokuda, Founder & CEO, RockYou
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Jessica Vascellaro, Reporter, Wall Street Journal
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Radha
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10/14/2008 07:30 AM
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Registration
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10/14/2008 08:00 AM
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Coffee and Light Breakfast
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10/14/2008 08:25 AM
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Overview/Agenda/Opening Remarks: Manish Chandra, Founder & CEO, Kaboodle, Inc.
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10/14/2008 08:30 AM
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Opening Keynote: TBD
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10/14/2008 09:15 AM
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Panel 1: "Starting the company: Decisions, team and Issues"
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10/14/2008 10:15 AM
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Break
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10/14/2008 10:30 AM
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Panel 2: "Developing products that consumers want and gaining market adoption"
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10/14/2008 11:30 AM
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Panel 3: "Build or buy: How to get your company off the ground on a shoestring budget?"
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10/14/2008 12:30 PM
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Lunch (general networking and break)
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10/14/2008 01:30 PM
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Straight from the gut: Fireside chat - TBD
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10/14/2008 02:15 PM
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Panel 4: Dancing with the Elephants - Keys to successful partnerships
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10/14/2008 03:15 PM
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Break
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10/14/2008 03:30 PM
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Panel 5: Monetizing your site: Next Generation Advertising Networks
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10/14/2008 04:30 PM
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Panel 6: New Stars and New Opportunities
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10/14/2008 05:30 PM
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Closing Keynote: TBD
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