Entrepreneurial Opportunities
in Software

PROGRAM SPONSOR

PROGRAM

Please join the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum and the Software Council of Southern California for our annual 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. Two successful entrepreneurs will then discuss their businesses and the steps they took to get there, with practical tips for those looking to enter emerging areas in the Software Industry.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Peter Coffee, Technology Editor, eWeek

ENTREPRENEURS

Eric Pulier, Founder & Executive Chairman, SOA Software, Inc., Santa Monica, CA
Al Eisaian, CEO & Co-Founder, Integrien Corporation, Pasadena, CA

PANELISTS

James Armstrong, Managing Director, Clearstone Ventures, Santa Monica, CA
Arthur Johnson, Director of Strategy and Corporate Development,
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA

MODERATOR

Stan Tomsic, Partner, ACODA Technology & Investments, LLC

CO-PRODUCERS

The Software Council of Southern California
Stan Tomsic, Partner, ACODA Technology & Investments, LLC
Lee Shaeffer, Managing Director, PLM Associates

SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS MEETING FROM:

SOFTWARE COUNCIL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
The mission of the Software Council of Southern California is to make the region's software and information technology companies more successful. Our members consist of executives and other senior decision makers at Southern California companies (or divisions of companies) involved in software, software services or Information Technology. We foster success by providing educational events, peer-to-peer executive forums, networking and contacts, access to financing, public relations and promotional opportunities, assistance on critical business issues, training and an overall sense of community. In addition to our members, the Software Council embraces other constituencies that impact our members' success: professional service firms, venture capitalists and other prospective investors, software resellers and other channel members, the press, research firms, colleges and universities.

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

Networking:
11:00 a.m. to 12 noon 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

ENROLLMENT
You can enroll ONLINE by clicking on the registration button at the top of this page, or by faxing the registration form to 626/795-7174 or by mail. To enroll by mail, complete and return the registration form to: California Institute of Technology, Industrial Relations Center, 1-90, Pasadena, CA 91125. Make checks payable to CALTECH/MIT ENTERPRISE FORUM. Upon registration, a confirmation and location map will be either faxed or emailed. All enrollments are accepted on a first come, first served basis.

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