Smart$ Program

Smart$Money Executive Program in Silicon Valley - November 12-15, 2012

StartupMonthly Smart$Money Executive program informs, inspires, educates, and prepares business angels and venture capitalists for their future investments in IT startups. During the program, you will share and learn about angel and VC investments, deal-structure, market trends, and the Silicon Valley ecosystem. You will get connected to leading investors in Silicon Valley, visit successful startups, and get acquainted with accelerator programs. You will become part of a StartupMonthly Global network.

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Program Agenda (Nov 12-15, 2012)

Monday (Nov 12, 2012): Ecosystem Day

9am - 10am - Breakfast Keynote - Chris Yeh "Silicon Valley Ecosystem"
10am - 3pm - Site visits: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Perkins Coie
3pm - 4pm - Christine Herron "How Venture Capital Works"
4pm - 5pm - Buddy L. Arnheim "Legal structure of investments"
5pm - 6:30pm - Silicon Valley Venture trends roundtable
6:30pm - 9pm - Investors Social Mixer Reception (Investors Only Event)

Tuesday (Nov 13, 2012): Angels Day

8am - 9am - Breakfast Keynote - Marya Stark "Building an Angel Investing Portfolio"
10pm - 12pm - Site visit - Fireside chat with Steve Blank at K&S Ranch
12pm - 3pm - Site visits
3pm - 4pm - Gwen Edwards "Angels: both Muscles & Wings"
4pm - 5pm - Bill Reichert "The Art of Angel Investing"
5pm - 6:30pm - Angels roundtable - Analysis of latest angel deals and exits - moderated by Robert Scoble
7pm - 10pm - Startup Social in Palo Alto at the Patio (Public Event)

Wednesday (Nov 14, 2012): VCs Day

9am - 10am - Breakfast Keynote - Marianne Wu "Towards a Connected World"
10am - 11am - Mari Baker "Engage or Not Engage: How involved should you be with your investment?"
11am -2pm - Site visits
2pm - 3pm - Jeff Pulver "Investing in Pre-Seed Startups"
3pm to 4pm - Fireside Chat with Jacques Benkoski
4pm - 5pm - Stephanie Palmeri "From Start to Close, Getting Good Deals Done"
5pm - 6:30pm - Venture Capital roundtable - Analysis of latests deals and exits
7pm - 9:30pm - Brant Cooper "The Lean Entrepreneur" (Public Event),

Thursday (Nov 15, 2012): Investment Day

9am - 10am - Breakfast Keynote - Vivek Wadhwa "Exponential Technologies: Where the Next Trillion Dollar Opportunities Lie"
10am - 2pm - Site visits: 500Startups & appcelerator & Mountain View downtown

2pm - 3pm - Jalak Jobanputra "Macro & Micro Trends in the Global Tech Landscape"
3pm - 4pm - Greg Kidd "The Insights Behind Killer Startups"
Demo day with early stage startups who will pitch to panel of judges and investors (RSVP as an Investor)
4:30pm-5:30pm - Networking
6pm - 7pm - StartupMonthly Nov'12 startups
7:30pm - 8:30pm - Deep Dive startups
8:30pm - 9:30pm - Networking

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Cohort Size

Each program is limited to 20 investors.

Transfers

Palo Alto Downtown hotels pickup in the morning and return at the end of the daily agenda

Location

Silicon Valley, California, US

What is included

Transfers (All days) - pickup and return at Canadian Embassy, 245 Lytton Avenue, Palo Alto.
Meals (Breakfast, Lunch)
Receptions
Site visits
Printed material and Books
Help with Visas