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