SVASE First Impressions Presenters Oct. 12, 2010

Chris Gill, SVASE CEO, and I have completed our careful and exhaustive review of prospective presenters' slides.

Congratulations to the following 5 First Impressions presenters:

eMetaLogic, Joseph Ng
GlobalOptimal, James Chiu
MobiFind, Hari Dhandapani
RTE Water, Jim Kurinsky
SocialSamba, Aaron Williams

Panelists:
Andy Bartley, The Angels' Forum
TBA,
TBA

Sponsored by:

Wilson Sonsini

As usual, we had a number of quality presentations and business ideas, but only 5 slots. For those who did not make the final list this time, I present 3 SVASE-related options:

• E-mail me, Chad Salinas, if you would like me to put you into the priority queue for the next event.
• SVASE offers a number of workshops detailing how to prepare presentations. In addition to expert advice, you will also meet other members of the SVASE team and familiarize yourself with some of the heuristics of raising money.
• Attend the First Impressions event as an observer to get a feel for the quality of presentations and business ideas.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Chad Salinas

SVASE First Impressions Presenters April 13, 2010

Chris Gill, SVASE CEO, and I have completed our careful and exhaustive review of prospective presenters' slides.

Congratulations to the following 5 First Impressions presenters:

Digital Sun, Dale Hitt
GreenPlatform, Gus Malek-Madani
NotePal, Duane Nason
SpecialFork, David Hu
Stratplace, Steve Wick

Panelists:
Paul Straub, Principal, Claremont Creek Ventures
Vivek Mehra, Partner, August Capital
Don Ross, Board Member, Sand Hill Angels

Sponsored by:

Wilson Sonsini

As usual, we had a number of quality presentations and business ideas, but only 5 slots. For those who did not make the final list this time, I present 3 SVASE-related options:

• E-mail me, Chad Salinas, if you would like me to put you into the priority queue for the next event.
• SVASE offers a number of workshops detailing how to prepare presentations. In addition to expert advice, you will also meet other members of the SVASE team and familiarize yourself with some of the heuristics of raising money.
• Attend the First Impressions event as an observer to get a feel for the quality of presentations and business ideas.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Chad Salinas

SVASE First Impressions Presenters February 9, 2010

Chris Gill, SVASE CEO, and I have completed our careful and exhaustive review of prospective presenters' slides.

Congratulations to the following 5 First Impressions presenters:

Argonaut, Buck Melton
Meet4Trip, Lily Ksendzovsky
TruSM, Tom McCullough
YourVersion, Dan Olsen
ZeSecret, Alex Grishin

Panelists:
Andy Fillat, Managing Director, Leapfrog Ventures
Michael Madison, Managing Director, Cocoon Ventures
Sherman Ting, Board Member, Sand Hill Angels

Sponsored by:

Wilson Sonsini

As usual, we had a number of quality presentations and business ideas, but only 5 slots. For those who did not make the final list this time, I present 3 SVASE-related options:

• E-mail me, Chad Salinas, if you would like me to put you into the priority queue for the next event.
• SVASE offers a number of workshops detailing how to prepare presentations. In addition to expert advice, you will also meet other members of the SVASE team and familiarize yourself with some of the heuristics of raising money.
• Attend the First Impressions event as an observer to get a feel for the quality of presentations and business ideas.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Chad Salinas

SVASE First Impressions Presenters October 20, 2009

Chris Gill, SVASE CEO, and I have completed our careful and exhaustive review of prospective presenters' slides.

Congratulations to the following 5 First Impressions presenters:

TribeVibe, Jed White
Strongdata, David Berk
RingFree, Eric Chamberlain
SellYourRights, Björn M. Braun, PhD
LiveArts, Ken Iisaka

Panelists:
Roy Thiele-Sardiña, Managing Director, HighBAR Ventures
Sean Aggarwal, VP Finance at PayPal and Member of Sand Hill Angels
Bill Shetti, Sr. Associate, Storm Ventures

Sponsored by:

Wilson Sonsini

As usual, we had a number of quality presentations and business ideas, but only 5 slots. For those who did not make the final list this time, I present 3 SVASE-related options:

• E-mail me, Chad Salinas, if you would like me to put you into the priority queue for the next event.
• SVASE offers a number of workshops detailing how to prepare presentations. In addition to expert advice, you will also meet other members of the SVASE team and familiarize yourself with some of the heuristics of raising money.
• Attend the First Impressions event as an observer to get a feel for the quality of presentations and business ideas.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Chad Salinas

SVASE First Impressions Presenters April 14, 2009

Chris Gill, SVASE CEO, and I have completed our careful and exhaustive review of prospective presenters' slides.

SVASE First Impressions winner will be invited to appear on the April 23rd SVASE TV show, "The Silicon Valley Entrepreneur" -- Chad Salinas

Congratulations to the following First Impressions presenters:

CNS, Gerald Commissiong
HouseLens, Andrew Crefeld
e-Radio, Rick Boland
SNImpact, Harry Soza
Skede, Naresh Batra
Silicon Valley Global, Richard Brown

Panelists:
David Rohrsheim, Analyst, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Shomit Ghose, Partner, ONSET Ventures
John Cornwell, Board Member, Sand Hill Angels

Sponsored by:

Wilson Sonsini

As usual, we had a number of quality presentations and business ideas, but only 6 slots. For those who did not make the final list this time, I present 3 SVASE-related options:

• E-mail me, Chad Salinas, if you would like me to put you into the priority queue for the next event.
• SVASE offers a number of workshops detailing how to prepare presentations. In addition to expert advice, you will also meet other members of the SVASE team and familiarize yourself with some of the heuristics of raising money.
• Attend the First Impressions event as an observer to get a feel for the quality of presentations and business ideas.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Chad Salinas

SVASE First Impressions Presenters Feb. 10, 2009

Chris Gill, SVASE CEO, and I have completed our careful and exhaustive review of prospective presenters' slides.

Congratulations to the following First Impressions presenters:

GirlAmbition, Hilary DeCesare
Inigral, Michael Staton
Lenopsys, Mohan Kumar
Sensor Analytics, Dadi Gudmundsson, Ph.D.
Trooval, Jonathan Lowenhar
Veloxum, Kevin Cornell

Panelists:
Bill Reichert, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
Anurag Nigam, Deal Screening Committee, Sand Hill Angels
Curtis Feeney, Managing Director, Voyager Capital

Sponsored by:

Wilson Sonsini

As usual, we had a number of quality presentations and business ideas, but only 6 slots. For those who did not make the final list this time, I present 3 SVASE-related options:

• E-mail me, Chad Salinas, if you would like me to put you into the priority queue for the next event.
• SVASE offers a number of workshops detailing how to prepare presentations. In addition to expert advice, you will also meet other members of the SVASE team and familiarize yourself with some of the heuristics of raising money.
• Attend the First Impressions event as an observer to get a feel for the quality of presentations and business ideas.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Chad Salinas

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Interview with Victoria Livschitz...

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