Smart$ Executive Program in Silicon Valley - November 12-15, 2012

StartupMonthly Smart$ (SmartMoney) Executive program informs, inspires, educates, and prepares business angels and venture capitalists for their future investments in IT startups. During the program, you will learn about angel and VC investments, deal-structure, market trends, and the Silicon Valley ecosystem. You will get connected to leading investors in Silicon Valley, visit successful startups, and get acquainted with accelerator programs. You will become part of a StartupMonthly Global network and join StartupMonthly Angels Club.

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Confirmed Speakers and Moderators

Bill Reichert

Managing Director at
Garage Ventures

Robert Scoble 

Startup Liaison Officer at Rackspace, writer, and the author of the popular blog Scobleizer scobleizer.com

Buddy L. Arnheim

Partner at Perkins Coie LLP, 
Adjunct Professor at University of Illinois - College of Law
Active angel investor

Jeff Pulver

Dreamer, Entrepreneur, Investor. Helped shape the
development and market acceptance of VoIP. Currently Chairman of
3-Rings. Co-founder, Vonage

Steve Blank

Serial entrepreneur who has been a founder or participant in eight Silicon Valley startups since 1978. Father of Customer Development, Author and Professor 

Jacques Benkoski

Venture Partner at
USVP

Greg Kidd

Founder and CEO at 3taps. Early stage investor and advisor at Twitter and Square. Took Dispatch Management Services Corp  IPO

Zohar Levkovitz

Co-Founder, Amobee (Acquired by SingTel for over $300M) Entrepreneur of the Year™ 2011 in California, CEO of the Year 2010 in Israel, and Technology Pioneer for the World Economic Forum

Brant Cooper

Author of "The Lean Entrepreneur" and "The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development."

Mark Rose

Management at Visa,
Founder at Spare Change Payments acquired by PlaySpan,
VP Product Management at PlaySpan acquired by Visa

Jacob Ner-David

Serial entrepreneur, A pioneer of VoIP, wireless applications, and SAAS. Chairman of NoProblem and AttracTV. Board member of PresenTense. Took DeltaThree IPO and NomadIQ acquisition by OmniSky
Full list of speakers will be published during October, 2012

Program Agenda (Nov 12-15, 2012)

Monday (Nov 12, 2012): Ecosystem Day
  • 9am - 3pm - Site visits: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Perkins Coie
  • 3pm - 4pm - Keynote - "Silicon Valley Ecosystem"
  • 4pm - 5pm - Buddy L. Arnheim - "Legal structure of investments"
  • 5pm - 6:30pm - Silicon Valley Venture trends roundtable
  • 6:30pm - 9pm - Investors Social Mixer Reception (Closed Event)





Tuesday (Nov 13, 2012): Angels Day
  • 9am - 12pm - Site visit - NASA
  • 12pm - 2pm - Site visit - Fireside chat with Steve Blank at K&S Ranch 
  • 3pm - 4pm - Keynote - "How to be a great Angel"
  • 4pm - 5pm - Bill Reichert - "The Art of Angel Investing"
  • 5pm - 6:30pm - Angels roundtable - Analysis of latest angel deals and exits - moderated by Robert Scoble
  • 7pm - 10pm - Startup Social in Palo Alto at the Patio (Public Event)
Wednesday (Nov 14, 2012): VCs Day
  • 9am - 3pm - Site visits - Sand Hill Road - Sierra Ventures, Battery Ventures, August Capital, USVP
  • 3pm - 4pm - Jacob Ner-David - "Time Warp -- How Different/Same is launching start-up in Israel Then and Now"
  • 4pm - 5pm - Keynote Speaker
  • 5pm - 6pm - Venture Capital roundtable - Analysis of latests deals and exits
  • 7pm - 9:30pm - Keynote Speakers - Brant Cooper - "The Lean Entrepreneur" (Public Event), 

Thursday (Nov 15, 2012): Investment Day
  • 9am - 3pm - Site visits: 500Startups, YCombinator, HackerDojo, Mountain View downtown

Contacts

Questions regarding the program should be sent to info@startupmonthly.org

Dates

Next program: November 12-15, 2012

Cohort Size

Each program is limited to 20 carefully selected participants. 

Transfers

Palo Alto Downtown hotels pickup in the morning and return at the end of the daily agenda

Location

Silicon Valley, California, US

What is included

Transfers (All days)
Meals (Lunch + Dinner)
Receptions
Site visits 
Printed material
Help with visas (invitation for the purpose of obtaining the visa)

US Visas

If you don't have a US Visa, make sure to leave enough time to issue a Visa before you choose the preferred workshop period. Remember that Visas might take more than one month. Please state you visa status in the application.