CEOs are invited to join us for a special two-hour networking and lecture event “Creating Effective & Innovative Boards” , presented by two HBSers with deep expertise in Board dynamics and the creation of innovation.  Join best-selling author Frans Johansson, lecturer & author of The Medici Effect and local  venture capitalist and angel Randy Haykin in a dynamic 2 hour presentation that will provide you with useful tools and thoughts on taking your Board to the next level.
 
The event will engage, inspire and provoke CEOs to innovate – and better understand how to align their Board in these efforts. It will consist of an intense and immersive sequence of presentations and exercises led by Frans and Randy Haykin without breaks. The participants will leave with concrete, innovate, ideas along with a much better understanding for how they can align their Board to their goals:

1. Unleash the Medici Effect:   Understand the value of creating a large number of ideas at the intersection of different industries and cultures in order to innovate products, development, marketing, recruiting, and other processes.
2. Align your team:   Narrow the focus of execution and align your management team
3. Understand how to align your Board – and how to use a similar process to improve Board performance.

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Don't miss this special CEO-only event taking place on May 13th in Palo Alto

Event Co-sponsors:  Comerica Bank , Cooley Godward Kronish LLP.

Location: 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, California

Time: 7:30 am registration, 8:00 start-time, 10:00 am end-time 

Cost: HBSA/NC Members:  No cost, Non-Members: $10

(Focus: For-profit small/mid-sized company CEOs)

About the Presenters:

		Randy Haykin (HBS ’85) has spent over 30 years in the technology industry including management roles at Apple, Paramount/Viacom, and Yahoo.  Randy was the founding VP Sales & Marketing for Yahoo, and during his career, he has worked closely with more than 50 boards as an active participant, observer or coach.  He co-founded Outlook Ventures in 1997, which has invested in more than 35 companies over a 12-year, three-fund span, has been an active angel investor in over 20 companies.  Mr. Haykin also teaches at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
		Frans Johansson (HBS ’00) is a best-selling author and internationally known speaker on innovation who has worked with CEOs and other executives at organizations ranging from the very top of the Fortune 500 to start-ups and governments around the world. His bestseller The Medici Effect shows how you have the best chance of developing groundbreaking ideas at the intersection of different industries and cultures and has been translated to 17 languages.
		Payam Zamani (Founder, Chairman and CEO of Reply Inc.) Reply.com represents the natural evolution of online marketing from display and CPC media to performance-based marketing priced on a per-lead basis. Zamani sees a multi-billion-dollar opportunity to provide efficient marketing solutions to businesses that need to speak with online consumers to deliver their products or services. In 2008, Reply! launched a patent-pending platform that is the equivalent of Google Adwords for the CPL (cost per lead) market. Zamani anticipates significant growth in the coming years.

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