Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Inside Web 2.0 Strategy Panel Discussion

Web 2.0 makes headlines, but how does it make money?  Join our panel of entrepreneurs and strategists with Yale alum Amy Shuen to learn their secrets to successful Web 2.0 business models.

Professor Shuen is the author of Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide, which illustrates through real-life examples how businesses, large and small, are creating new opportunities on today's Web.  This book is about strategy.  Rather than focus on the technology, the examples concentrate on its effect.  Creating a Web 2.0 business, or integrating Web 2.0 strategies with your existing business, means creating ways online that people can come together to share what they think, see, and do.  A small percentage of the customers help build the site, and old-fashioned "word of mouth" becomes hyper-growth.   Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide and the panel will use the examples of their companies to illustrate the power of this new paradigm.

The panel includes:

Amy Shuen, Moderator

Amy is a software/digital electronics engineer, economist and business school professor at CEIBS, formerly at Wharton and Berkeley.   Her industry and consulting experience includes Intel, P&G, Bell Labs, Booz Allen, the Silicon Valley Strategy Group and the McKenna Group.  She has advised more than 50 Silicon Valley venture-funded startups as well as executive committees of multinational corporations and started up a $100M corporate innovation venture fund for the European bank Societe Generale.  Amy has a BS in CSEE/English from Yale, and MBA from the Harvard Business School, and a PhD from UC Berkeley.

Christa S. Quarles

Christa Quarles is a Managing Director within the research department at Thomas Weisel Partners and has been covering the internet sector since 2000.  In 2006, Forbes ranked Christa the #2 Internet, Software & Services Analyst for stock picking.  Christa regularly appears on CNBC to discuss trends within the Internet sector.  Christa graduated with a BS in Economics and German from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Trevor Healy

Trevor Healy is CEO at Jajah, which is a leader in the new category of Voice 2.0, making voice over IP networks as easy to use as a search engine.  The company has grown exponentially since its launch and now serves millions of consumers in 122 countries.  A successful entrepreneur and Nasdaq 100 executive, Trevor brings a blend of early stage skills, and public company knowledge to Jajah.  He has participated in three M&A exits, completed an IPO and Secondary Offering, and ran business units of two large public entities.  Trevor graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Business Studies from the University of Limerick, in Ireland.

Dave Morin

Dave Morin is the Senior Platform Manager at Facebook, where he is responsible for the company's platform strategy and further expanding the Facebook developer community.  Dave joined Facebook from Apple, where he was the Manger of Creation & Collaboration technologies after his tenure as Manager of Student Marketing.  Prior to Apple, Dave founded the company Viadi, a technology and marketing company focused on building strong brand experiences using the power of the Internet.  Dave received a bachelor's degree in economics and business from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Seth Sternberg

Seth is the co-founder and CEO of meebo.com, the web¹s live interaction platform. Seth launched meebo with Elaine Wherry and Sandy Jen after a summer internship at Warburg Pincus while attending Stanford Business School. Seth left Stanford to pursue meebo, which serves over 30 million people monthly. Meebo has raised $37.5M from Sequoia Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, JAFCO and Time Warner.  Seth previously worked in IBM¹s Corporate Development group as an M&A Lead.  Seth graduated from Yale with a degree in political science.

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Date:               Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Time:
6:15 pm            Check-in/Reception with light refreshments
7:00 pm            Program and Q & A
8:00 pm            Book Signing (books must be pre-purchased by September 17)

Location:
Kellogg Auditorium
Silicon Valley Bank
3005 Tasman Drive            
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408.654.7400

Directions:
Silicon Valley Bank is located near the Great America Parkway, which connects to both highways 101 and 237.  The Kellogg Auditorium is next to the main office.

Cost and Registration
(must register by 9/17 for the option including the book):

A previous event with this panel sold out before the date of the event.  To insure a seat, please register early.  Walk-ins will be allowed only if space is available.  If the event sells out, it will be noted on the Commonwealth Club website .

$20     Per person - does not include a copy of the book.
$35     Per person including book - Must register by September 17 for this option

Credit Card:      

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You do not have to be a member of the Commonwealth Club to register online.

If you don't want to set up an account on the Commonwealth Club website, you can call the Commonwealth Club at 408-280-5842 to register and pay.

Sponsors:
The Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley & the Yale Club of Silicon Valley