SVASE First Impressions Presenters for July 9th

Chris Gill, SVASE CEO, and I completed our careful and exhaustive review of prospective presenters' slides. We had 103 unique inquiries for the July 9th event. I narrowed the list down to a final 15 presentations and that is where we focused most of our effort.

Congratulations to the following First Impressions July 9th presenters:

• Accelalox, Julia A. O'Connor
• FireRock, Vikram Gupta
• FreeRateSearch, Gerri Detweiler
• MyOwnCartoon.com, Doug Mackbee
• Sideways, Vic Kley

Panelists:

• Roy Sardina, Steelpoint Capital
• Nick Triantos, Sand Hill Angels and Quantum Technology Partners
• Sachin Maheshwari, Opus Capital

Sponsored by:

• Applied Ventures
• Silicon Valley Bank
• Siemens
• 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