Leveraging Alliances in the New World of Web 2.0 April 22, 2009

Partnerships and alliances have been an integral part of go-to-market strategies for traditional high tech software and hardware companies. However, in the new world of Web 2.0 technology companies and social networking websites, do strategic alliances still matter, especially when social networking sites like LinkedIn already have 38 million users in 200 countries and add one new user every second?

Ellen Levy, Silicon Valley Entrepreneur and VP, Corporate Development and Strategy at LinkedIn, will share her thoughts on trends in the Web 2.0 space, the evolution of LinkedIn, and how LinkedIn views and leverages partnerships as a part of their growth strategy.

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Ellen Levy, VP, Corporate Development and Strategy
Ellen Levy joined LinkedIn full-time in April 2008 as head of Corporate Development and Strategy after serving on the Advisory Board of LinkedIn for the first five years of the company. Prior to LinkedIn, she was the founding Managing Director of Silicon Valley Connect and the Network Advisor to global venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Ellen was previously head of Corporate Development for both WhoWhere (sold to Lycos), and Softbook Press (sold to Gemstar/TVGuide).

Before founding Silicon Valley Connect, Ellen spent two years running a groundbreaking program at Stanford University, facilitating collaboration between industry partners, Silicon Valley, and the University research community by championing questions having to do with people, technology & innovation. Today, Ellen focuses much of her time on issues pertaining to the consumer internet, the dynamics and implications of social networks, and the emergence of Enterprise 2.0, innovation ecosystems, and supporting organizational models.

Advance by Feb. 23: ASAP members $20 /Non-ASAP $25; At door: $35.

Official Website: http://www.strategic-alliances.org/chapter/svnorcal/April2009AlliancesWeb20