Gallery of Serial Entrepreneurs October 27, 2008

Gallery of Serial Entrepreneurs

Would it help your company if you found a great CXO right now?

Would it help you to meet and greet active VCs in the Silicon Valley?

Would you like to taste a variety of "ultra premium" wine you've probably never tasted before?

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RHP is showcasing serial entrepreneurs; "been there, done that" entrepreneurs looking for their next gig.

This event is an opportunity to meet and greet successful and fundable startup CXOs in the Silicon Valley that are looking to jump into the next HOT company, roll up their sleeves, and take the company to the next level.

We are showcasing the following serial entrepreneurs at this event:

Srini Gurrapu, currently EIR at Austin Ventures, former VP of Product Management at Facetime Communications

Scott McDonaod, former CEO of Castelle

Terry Smith, currently EIR at Sigma Partners, former CEO at Stratalight Communications

Dan Brown, currently Technology Partner at Arrowpath, former VP of Marketing & Product Management at Centerpoint Broadband Technologies

Reza Kazemipour, currently EIR at Clearstone VP, former RVP of Sales at Fast Search Transfer

Virender Ahluwalia, former SVP, Operation & CFO at Shutterfly

Ross Schibler, former Founder at Rapid City Communications

Bob Defeo, currently EIR at Lexington Ventures, former CEO of Teranex

Bill Sickler, former CEO at Arzoon

Kevin Brown, former CEO at Kidaro

And, more to follow! We are expecting to showcase 10 or more serial entrepreneurs.

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Sample List of VCs Registered

Brian Wilcove, GP at Sofinnova
Curtis Feeny, GP at Voyager Capital
David Epstein, Venture Partner at Crosslink Capital
David Ladd, GP at Mayfield
Eric Chan, Partner at WI Harper
Lara Druyan, GP at Allegis Capital
Vivek Mehra, GP at Auguest Capital

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Event Details

Doors open and wine tasting begins at 5:30pm: Provino will be pouring several ultra-premium wines for this event that are destined to become cult-classics. One Napa Cabernet they will be pouring was made by Phillipe Melka, the winemaker for Petrus, Haut Brion and Dominus, among others: http://www.longshadows.com/profiles/PMelka.aspx

Sponsors and Serial Entrepreneurs will be introduced at 6:00pm

Wine Tasting closes at 7:30pm

Event ends at 8pm

Location

Fenwick & West
801 California Street
Mountain View, CA 94041

About Provino Wines

Provino Premium Wines is your direct source for ultra-premium and very desirable wines. We find and sell the most celebrated hard-to-find wines, and we’re also unearthing tomorrow’s cult classics. We also make sure you're drinking extremely well on a daily basis! It gives us great pleasure to track down bottles of Kistler, Colgin, Screaming Eagle or Romanee-Conti but we love it even more when we deliver something profoundly good that you’ve never even heard of yet! Our location, knowledge of and ongoing passion for wine puts us in close proximity to today's hottest winemakers, the vineyards they love and all the delicious results. Our name, Provino, says it all. We're professional wine consultants, with extensive connections in the wine country.

Sponsors

Brenner Group
Fenwick & West
People Connect
Softjourn
The Devon Group

Official Website: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/186189899