Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Software

PROGRAM SPONSORS

Please join the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum and the Software Council of Southern California for a look at areas of software holding special entrepreneurial promise. Our panel will examine software opportunities from several perspectives: venture capitalists, corporate investors and industry analysts will look at the industry as a whole and distill the highest potential opportunities for entrepreneurs during the next several years. Successful entrepreneurs will then discuss their businesses and the steps they took to get there, with practical tips for those of you looking to enter these emerging areas.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Peter Coffee, Technology Editor, eWeek

PANELISTS

Joseph Marks, Managing Member, Smart Technology
Ventures III

John Patzakis, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Guidance Software

Sajid Ahmed, Founder, IGP Technologies

MODERATOR

Lee Shaeffer, Software Council of Southern California

CO-PRODUCERS

The Software Council of Southern California

Lee Shaeffer

Stan Tomsic

SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS MEETING FROM

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Deloitte, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services through nearly 30,000 people in more than 80 U.S. cities. Known as an employer of choice for innovative human resources programs, the firm is dedicated to helping its clients and its people excel. "Deloitte" refers to the associated partnerships of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP (Deloitte & Touche LLP and Deloitte Consulting LLP) and subsidiaries. Deloitte is the U.S. member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

LOCATION AND TIME
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00 a.m. at Baxter Hall

Program:
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall

Cost
$40.00 per person ($10 for full-time students with student ID's; free to Caltech students and faculty)

Registrations are taken by fax, email and on-line up to 2:00 p.m. the day prior to the event. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required for this event. There are no refunds for no-shows.

FOR INFORMATION
Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum
Industrial Relations Center 1-90
383 S. Hill Avenue
Pasadena, California 91106
626 395-3916 Fax: 626 795-7174
entfor@caltech.edu
http://www.entforum.caltech.edu

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