About our speakers -- You should not miss this great opportunity to hear their inspirational speeches

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CINA and Fudan Alumni Joint Event

Topic: Entrepreneur Thought Leader Mentor: Finding your Way to Successful Entrepreneurship

When: Thursday,  7/26, 2012, 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Program:

6:00pm - 6:30pm Registration and Food

6:30pm - 8:00pm Presentation and  Q & A

8:00pm - 8:30pm Entrepreneurs' Pitch

8:30pm - 9:00pm Social Networking

Where: Fenwick & West, LLP, 801 California Street, Mountain View, CA

Registration: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3759988226,  

Speakers

David Lane, Partner, Onset Ventures
Naveen Zafar, founding CEO of Blitzer Mobile; founder of six startups; angel Investor

Presenting Company:   WishADeal

Highlight

Starting your own business is an exhilarating yet overwhelming experience. Entrepreneurs don't have the time to read a how-to guide, but they do need the fundamentals presented succinctly and directly.

Perhaps you still have a day job and are contemplating launching your own company, or perhaps you have lots of ideas and are wondering which one is most likely to succeed or have started your business but facing many issues and problems.

We are honored to invite two inspirational speakers to share their experiences, vision and insightful stories with us. Our speakers are well known in the Valley. They are frequently invited conference keynote speakers.

Hear learn from two successful industry thought leaders about what you should prepare for your startup and what investors are looking for. And learn how to reach your goal.

About Speakers

David Lane is the Partner at Onset Ventures. Over the past 23 years, David Lane has created, built and financed start-up companies, which has resulted in multiple successful public offerings and acquisitions. He has directly managed venture capital funds totaling in excess of $2 Billion.

At ONSET, David specializes in cloud-enabling infrastructure software, SaaS, information security, healthcare IT, mobile solutions and commercializing disruptive IT technologies developed at leading research universities. He currently works with the following portfolio companies: AuthenTec, Truviso and Vindicia.

Prior to becoming a managing director of ONSET, David co-founded Diamondhead Ventures and led the firm's investments in Danger (acquired by Microsoft), Entercept Security Technologies (acquired by McAfee) and UPEK (acquired by AuthenTec). Before Diamondhead, he was a senior venture capital investment officer at the Harvard Management Company, where he focused on making direct investments in seed to later stage opportunities in the IT and life science sectors. David's other investments include: Applied Immune Sciences (IPO), Harmonic (IPO), Kofax Image Products (IPO), TriQuint Semiconductor (IPO), NexGen (IPO), Quidel (IPO), Viewlogic Systems (IPO) and Harbridge Merchant Services (acquired by First Data Corporation).

David earned a B.S.E.E. degree from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. He serves on the University of Southern California Engineering School;s Board of Counselors, the Engineering School Dean's industry advisory board as well as several non-profit boards.

Naeem is the president and CEO of Bitzer Mobile, a company that provides a platform for enterprise data mobility. He is also a faculty member at the University of California Berkeley Haas School of business. He has taught entrepreneurship and New Venture Finance since 2005.

Naeem started his own business at the age of 26 and subsequently went on to start, or work at, six startups. His first job out of Brown University with a degree in electrical engineering was to design chips and electronic systems. Twenty years, two kids, one IPO and three CEO stints later, he founded Startup-Advisor, a company focused on educating and advising entrepreneurs on all aspects of starting and running a business (www.Startup-Advsior.com ).

Naeem works frequently with the US State Department in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship across the world and was invited to the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington, DC to participate in a dialogue about starting an entrepreneurial ecosystem worldwide. He is on the International advisory board for the North African initiative at the Aspen Institute. He has travelled to 76 countries to understand cultures and how business is done and considers himself a global citizen.

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