Each month the Austin Texchange chapter hosts an innovative event to help Technology-based businesses in the Austin community to network, learn about current issues from industry experts and participate in interactive, small group discussions to explore the topics and how they relate to their businesses.
To learn about past events hosted by the Austin Texchange chapter, review the event information listed below.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
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Lessons Learned: Tandem, Kleiner and Beyond |
| Speaker: |
Jimmy Treybig - New Enterprise Associates |
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Jimmy Treybig shared his advice for entrepreneurs and lessons he's learned over his 30 year career. |
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
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Talent Force: A New Manifesto for the Human Side of Business |
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Rusty Rueff - SNOCAP
Hank Stringer - QTalent Partners |
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Description:
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Rusty and Hank shared their thoughts on the global forces driving business' most important asset - Talent.
Jeff Browning - Austin Ventures
Deborah Cerbone - Silicon Labs
Jenny Fuller - Motive
Sam Gassett - Primus Associates
David Harap - Stanton Chase
Andrew Kahl - Credant Technologies
Mike Mayeux - Novotus
Dan Meyer - Sevin Rosen
Sally Pedley - Pedley-Richard
Ed Taylor - Collective Technologies
Mike Taylor - Heidrick & Struggles
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Thursday, April 20, 2006
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Topic: |
Bettering your Investment/Acquisition Opportunities |
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Speakers:
Moderator: |
Lou Bifano - IBM Corporation, Tivoli Software
Carlos Kokron - Intel Capital
Paul Reidy - FreeScale Semiconductor
Lou Steen - Tokyo Electron
Herb Van Hook - BMC Software
Brian Fenske - Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski |
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Description:
Discussion Leaders:
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Corporate Development Officers from BMC Software, FreeScale, IBM, Intel and Tokyo Electron discussed what they look for in making acquisitions and investments in private technology companies. They shared insights into their thought processes, dos and don'ts for attracting their attention and successfully pitching your company to them, war stories of things that went right or wrong in previous transactions, and what sort of acquisitions or investments they may be looking for today.
Robert Alvarez - Augmentix
Kevin Cunningham - SailPoint
John Kurtzweil - Cirrus Logic
Mark Roberts - Rocket Software
Terry Sadowski - Cisco
Suaad Sait - ReachForce
Mike Turner - Entrepreneur
Mike Twomey - Newgistics |
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
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Update on Texas-Based Venture Capital |
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Mark G. Heesen - National Venture Capital Association
Bill Wood - Silverton Partners
John Thornton - Austin Ventures |
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Description:
Discussion Leaders:
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The who, what, and why of VC activity in our region.
Steve Bennett - Stonehenge Capital
Alex Broeker - Trellis Capital
Clint Bybee - Arch Venture Partners
Scott Christ - Aegis Capital
Matt Crawford - PTV Sciences
Mansoor Ghori - Accent Capital
Tom Inman - Gefinor Ventures
Laura Kilcrease - Triton Ventures
David Lee - Sentient Ventures
Scott Miller - Austin Ventures
Ed Perry - Murphree Ventures
John Stockton - Mayfield Capital |
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
| Topic: |
The Noble Employee Myth: Understanding Why Your Most Strategic Asset
May Be Your Least Strategic Liability |
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Dr. E.L. Kersten - Despair Inc. |
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Description:
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For the last 75 years the dominant management theories have advocated that businesses become more employee-centric. Despite decades of dramatic accomplishments in this regard, employees still tend to report widespread dissatisfaction with their jobs, managers, and the companies they work for. It's time to rethink our priorities, assumptions, and approaches to employee relations.
Sharon Barclay - Lombardi Software
Bjorn Billhardt - Enspire Learning
Jason Black - Boundless Network
Brian Cooper - Affiniscape
Elizabeth Davis - Quickarrow
Dr. Linda Ford - Ford Business Consulting
Peter Klante - ResolutionEBS
Mark McClain - Sailpoint Systems
Angie McDermott - Convio
Corliss McGinty - Authoria
Betty Otter-Nickerson - Lance Armstrong Foundation
Glen Powell - G.Powell Resources
Kay Stroman - Grande Communications
Joel Trammell - NetQos
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