SVASE Event: 'VC Breakfast Club: Angels' Forum/Halo Fund - Focus On Internet, Ecommerce, Enterprise S/W, Medical Devices' August 16, 2007

Event: 'VC Breakfast Club: Angels' Forum/Halo Fund - Focus On Internet, Ecommerce, Enterprise S/W, Medical Devices'

Date: Thursday, August 16, 2007 At 08:00
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Contact Info:
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, 390 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301-1431 Program Chair: Jai Kumar Email: [email protected]
URL: svase.org/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=149&extmode=view&extid=1014

VC Breakfast: Angels Forum: Focus on Consumer products, Enterprise software, Industrial products, Internet and e-commerce, Medical devices and services

The Angels' Forum (TAF) invests in seed and early-stage business ventures. TAF prefers investing in disruptive technologies that will open new, large market opportunities. The Angels Forum is a group of entrepreneurial men and women who have the capital, time, experience, skills, and interest to assist other entrepreneurs. The Members are very effective mentors and actively draw on their diverse backgrounds and the business experiences of other Members.

The Angels' Forum's recent investment focus has included the following industry sectors:
• Consumer products
• Enterprise software
• Industrial products
• Internet and e-commerce
• Medical devices and services

Ed Esber is an experienced technology company CEO with expertise in marketing, sales and strategy. His early management positions were at two large technology companies, IBM and Texas Instruments. Business Week magazine has identified Ed as a visionary leader of the personal computer industry who is credited with pioneering the creation of the personal computer software industry. He has also founded or guided companies that have led the convergence of computers with multimedia, communications, toys, and child and adult learning.

Ed has served as an active member of over twenty public, private and institutional boards. His board experience includes presiding over compensation and audit committees of diverse companies ranging from startups to public companies of over $5 billion in sales. His skills emphasize use of creative strategy, effective use of human capital, executive mentoring and survival of the company during difficult internal or industry transitions. Specifically, he served on the board of one technology company whose sales grew from $100 M to over $6B in less than 10 years. Ed has also presided over several acquisitions and mergers, and has raised over $50M in capital for public and private companies.
Ed has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He also earned an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

EVENT LOCATION: Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, 390 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301-1431

This event is co-sponsored by Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP. www.townsend.com.

COST: $25 SVASE Members; $39 Affiliates; $49 Non-members. This event is for ENTREPRENEURS ONLY, BY PREREGISTRATION ONLY.
This event is co-sponsored by Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP. www.townsend.com.

CONTACT: VCBC Chair: Jai Kumar, contact no. - 408-406-4693

Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, 390 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301-1431

Official Website: http://svase.org/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=149&extmode=view&extid=1014