2903 Bunker Hill LN, Suite 108
Santa Clara, California 95054

Straight from the Gut is a 1-day conference featuring entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, industry gurus and bloggers whose experiences and stories will inspire and educate you in your journey towards building a successful consumer Internet business. We\'ll cover a wide range of topics including assembling the right team, marketing and growing traffic for your site, monetizing your business and sorting through the bewildering maze of advertising options. Valley investors and industry gurus will also share their perspectives on new opportunities, targeted areas of investment, and what it takes to finance a company in today\'s economic environment.

Register here: http://tiesv.org/TGS/EM/eventscalendar/viewevent/viewEventPT?id_event=2413&from_where=calendar&&filter=LOCAL&type=monthly&year=2008&month=10&day=17

Event Host:
Manish Chandra, CEO, Kaboodle, Inc.

Confirmed speakers:
Victoria Barrett, Forbes
Navin Chaddha, Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
Sonya Chawla, Slide
Jeff Clavier, SoftTech VC
Matt Cohler, Benchmark Capital
Russel Fradin, President, Adify
Tod Francis, Managing Director, Shasta Ventures
Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times
Ammar Hanafi, General Partner, Alloy Ventures
David Hornik, August Capital
Kourosh Karimkhany, VP, Corporate Development, CondeNet/CondeNast
Guy Kawasaki, Garage Ventures
Keiron McCammon, Co-founder, Chief Architect, Kaboodle, Inc.
Chris Michel, Founder, Military & Affinity Labs
Mike Speiser, Managing Director, Sutter Hill Ventures
Leonard Speiser, Yahoo!
Erik Stuart, Dir Corporate Development, eBay
Lance Tokuda, Founder & President, RockYou
Jessica Vascellaro, Wall Street Journal

This event is followed by a Evening Wine reception between 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM. that is included in the registration fees.

Special Performance by Lucid Lovers (http://www.myspace.com/lucidlovers)

Official Website: http://tiesv.org/chapterHome/events/viewListEventPagePT?event_view_slot=true&id_event=2413&from_where=calendar&&filter=LOCAL&type=monthly&year=2008&month=10&day=02

Added by nerb on October 2, 2008