Venture Summit East 2010 Programs Listing

Jun 21,2010

  • 05:00 pm
    Burden Hall
    Opening Remarks

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    • Co-Host: Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn
    • Co-Host: Mike Roberts, Senior Lecturer: James Collins, Executive Director, Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship Harvard Business School
    • Senior Lecturer: James Collins, Executive Director, Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship Harvard Business School
    • Co-Host: Jeffrey Bussgang, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
    • Co-Host: Tony Tjan, General Partner, The Cue Ball Group
  • 05:15 pm
    Burden Hall
    "Venture Summit East 100" Winners Presentation

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    • Master of Ceremonies: Pat Canning, Managing Partner, Boston Office, KPMG
  • 05:30 pm
    Burden Hall
    State-of-the-Union

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    AlwaysOn-KPMG VC Survey

     

    • Presented by: Jack McCullough, Director of Client Relations, KPMG
    • Presented by: Jeffrey McCormick, Managing General Partner, Saturn Partners
  • 05:45 pm
    Burden Hall
    Can VCs and Entrepreneurs Solve the World's Problems?

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    VCs and Entrepreneurs are turning their skill sets towards solving heady problems, from finding cures for diseases, to creating ubiquitous energy. What makes them tick? 

    • Moderator: Bill Sahlman, Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for External Relations, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School
    • Henry McCance, Chairman, Greylock Partners

Jun 22,2010

  • 08:30 am
    Burden Hall
    Keynote Address

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    • Introduced by: Lynda Applegate, Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, Chair Entrepreneurial Management unit
    • Michael Simon, CEO, LogMeIn
  • 09:00 am
    Spangler Auditorium
    What do Entrepreneurs really think about VCs?

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    The good, the bad, and the ugly.

    • Noam Wasserman, Associate Professor, Tukman Faculty Fellow, Harvard Business School
    • Jeffrey Bussgang, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
    • Tony Tjan, General Partner, The Cue Ball Group
    • Daniel Ross, CEO, Illume Software
    • Andy Palmer, Former CEO & Co-Founder, Vertica Systems
  • 09:00 am
    Burden Hall
    Closing the Capital Gap

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    How is the traditional role of the VC evolving? Are Super Angels and Seed Funds offering more attractive alternatives for entrepreneurs? What's at stake for the Industry?

    • Moderator: Ed Sullivan, Partner, KPMG
    • Rob Go, Partner, NextView Ventures
    • Dayna Grayson, Principal, North Bridge Venture Partners
    • Michael Greeley, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
    • Dave Barrett, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners/Dogpatch Labs
    • Eric Paley, Managing Partner, Founder Collective
  • 09:45 am
    Spangler Auditorium
    CEO Showcase Track

    CEO Showcase - Host: Jeff Kaplan, THINKstrategies

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    CEO Showcase - Feyzi Fatehi, CEO, Corent Technology, Inc.

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    CEO Showcase - Gil Zimmermann, CEO, Aprigo

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    Cloud Computing and Saas

    • Host: Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies
    • Feyzi Fatehi, CEO, Corent Technology, Inc.
    • Gil Zimmermann, CEO, Aprigo
  • 09:45 am
    Burden Hall
    Liquidity and Exits: How to play the New Bull Market

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    • Moderator: Victor Boyajian, Chair, Venture Capital/Emerging Growth Company Practice, SNR Denton
    • Paul Deninger, Senior Manging Director, Evercore Partners
    • Edward Liu, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
    • Joe Josephson, Partner, Union Square Advisors
    • Brad Raymond, Co-Head of Investment Banking and Senior Managing Director, Software, Media and Telecom Investment Banking, Thomas Weisel Partners
  • 10:30 am
    Burden Hall
    CEO Showcase Track

    John Croce, CEO Phybridge

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    Mike Cheiky, CEO, Cool Planet Biofuels

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    • Host: Ed Lambert, SVP and Silicon Valley Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank
    • Host: Paul Gibson, Sr. Vice President and Eastern Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank
    • John Croce, CEO Phybridge
    • Mike Cheiky, CEO, Cool Planet Biofuels
  • 10:45 am
    Break
  • 11:00 am
    Burden Hall
    Keynote Address

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    • Eric Ries, The Lean Startup/Lessons Learned
  • 11:15 am
    Spangler Auditorium
    Cloud Computing and SaaS Roundtable

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    OnDemand computing is reinventing the enterprise, and grabing the attention of some of the smartest serial entrepreneurs and seasoned VCs in the business, because one thing everybody knows is that this cloud is raining money!

    • Moderator: Michael Skok, General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners
    • Tim Wallace, CEO, iPipeline
    • Narinder Singh, CMO and Co-Founder, Appirio
    • Dries Buytaert, CTO and Co-Founder, Acquia
    • Frank Bober, CEO, Stylesight
    • Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies
    • John McEleney, CEO, CloudSwitch
  • 11:15 am
    Burden Hall
    The Lean Startup

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    Startup economics have never tilted more in favor of the emerging technology entrepreneur, providing a great hedge for investors.  How does this trend impact investors and entrepreneurs, and more importantly, returns? 

    • Moderator: Tom Eisenmann, William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
    • Eric Ries, The Lean Startup/Lessons Learned
    • Ann Miura-Ko, Partner, FLOODGATE
    • David Cancel, CEO, Performable
  • 12:00 pm
    Burden Hall
    Keynote Address

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    • Introduced by: Greg Moore, Partner and Co-Chair Venture Capital and Start Up Company Practice Group, Ropes & Gray
    • Charlie Baker, Former CEO, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care; Gubernatorial Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • 12:30 pm
    Lunch
  • 01:30 pm
    Burden Hall
    East Coast VC 50" Winners Presentation

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    • Co-Host: Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn
    • Co-Host: Victor Boyajian, Chair, Venture Capital/Emerging Growth Company Practice, SNR Denton
  • 02:00 pm
    Burden Hall
    Keynote Address

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    Risk and Reward in Venture Capital

    • Bill Sahlman, Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for External Relations, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School
  • 02:15 pm
    Burden Hall
    Mastering the VC Game

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    VCs and Entrepreneurs provide first hand anecdotes, success stories, and experiences from the new book, "Mastering the VC Game." 

    • Moderator: Jeffrey Bussgang, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
    • Dave Andre, Founder and Chairman, Mall Networks
    • Micah Rosenbloom, Co-Founder of Brontes, and former GM at 3M (post-acquisition)
  • 02:15 pm
    Spangler Auditorium
    Mobile Roundtable

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    Mobile continues to be the most exciting platform for investors. From Apps and GPS, to Advertising and Mobile Payments, to Smarter Devices and Emerging Markets, there seem to be bounds to these markets. What is the secret to building a successful mobile play, and exiting at the right time? 

    • Moderator: Shikhar Ghosh, MBA Class of 1961 Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School
    • Charley Lax, Managing General Partner, GrandBanks Capital
    • Walt Doyle, CEO, Where.com
    • Ernie Cormier, CEO, Nexage
  • 03:00 pm
    Spangler Auditorium
    CEO Showcase Track

    Chris McCleary, CEO, XOS Technologies

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    Azeem Azhar, CEO, PeerIndex

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    Mike Levy, CEO, OPEN Sports

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    Jason Jacobs, CEO, FitnessKeeper

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    Andy Miller, CEO, CardStar

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    Boris Bogatin, CEO, Nearverse

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    Digital Media and Mobile

    • Host: Paul Gibson, Sr. Vice President and Eastern Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank
    • Chris McCleary, CEO, XOS Technologies
    • Azeem Azhar, CEO, PeerIndex
    • Mike Levy, CEO, OPEN Sports
    • Jason Jacobs, CEO, FitnessKeeper
    • Andy Miller, CEO, CardStar
    • Boris Bogatin, CEO, Nearverse
  • 03:00 pm
    Burden Hall
    Secondary Markets on the Move

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    The great recession has spawned a burgeoning secondary market, providing liquidity for investors and stockholders in private companies. Where are we going from here?

    • Dan Kolb, Partner, Ropes & Gray
    • Barry Silbert, Founder & CEO, SecondMarket
    • Dan Burstein, Managing Partner, Millennium Technology Value Partners
    • Thomas Smith, BrownSavano Direct Capital Partners
    • Chris Yang, General Partner, Grove Street Advisors
  • 03:45 pm
    Burden Hall
    Everything you always wanted to know about LPs , but were afraid to ask*

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    What is the post-recession asset allocation model, and the role of venture capital, in a model portfolio? What regions and sectors are hot? Has the appetite for risk returned? Can you afford not to be vested in Venture Capital? Friendly advice for VCs.

    • Moderator: Margo Doyle, Managing Director, Cambridge Associates
    • Barbara Piette, Managing Principal, Knightsbridge
    • Alex Bangash, Managing Director, Rumson Group
    • Peter Dolan, Director, Private Equity, Harvard Management Company
  • 03:45 pm
    Spangler Auditorium
    Growth Equity Investment Opportunities

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    Growth equity funds are booming. There is no shortage of capital --- But, where are the investment opportunities?

    • Moderator: John Meltaus, Practice Group Leader and Co-Chair, Business and Technology Group, Choate
    • Tony Florence, Partner, NEA
    • Nareej Agrawal, General Partner, Battery Ventures
    • Glenn Rieger, General Partner, New Spring Growth Capital
  • 04:45 pm
    Burden Hall
    Cleantech/Biofuel Roundtable

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    Cleantech/ to make headlines, and investors have embraced the sector.  Is the big payoff around the corner, or are these companies a "Buy and Hold"?

    • Moderator: Joe Lassiter, MBA Class of 1954 Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School
    • Mike Cheiky, CEO, Cool Planet Biofuels
    • John McCarthy, CEO, Qteros
    • Stephen J. Gatto, CEO, Myriant Technologies
    • Peter Rothstein, Executive Chairman & Co-founder, Flagship Ventures
  • 05:30 pm
    Burden Hall
    The Golden Age of Tech

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    Technology and the internet is impacting every aspect of our lives and the enterprise, at an accelerating rate, in every corner of the World. Which sectors and regions will investors in emerging technology get the most bang for their buck in the next 36 months? Which companies are poised to break out of the pack? Find out from the leading minds in the business.

    • Moderator: Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn
    • Andy Goldfarb, Executive Managing Director, Globespan Capital Partners
    • Art Marks, General Partner, Valhalla Partners
    • Jeff Fagnan, Partner, Atlas Venture
    • Alan Spoon, Managing General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
  • 08:00 pm
    Entrepreneurs Evening
    Cocktail Reception co-hosted by Tony Tjan and Larry Cheng
    Presented by ICON Aicraft
    The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA)
    100 Northern Avenue, Boston

     

     

Jun 23,2010

  • 09:00 am
    Burden Hall
    Corporate Buyers and Strategic Partners

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    Short Term Gain/Long Term Pain?  The pros and cons of staying independent or hitching your wagon to the Fortune 500. Which corporations get it? What's the definition of win-win?

    • Moderator: Tim Wright, General Partner, GrandBanks Capital
    • Cherie Whitney, Director, Corporate Development, EMC
    • Jim Curry, VP, Corporate Development, Rackspace
    • Anne Jackson, Strategy Consultant, Corporate Technology Strategy Team, IBM
    • Peter Levine, Sr. VP and General Manager, Datacenter and Cloud Division, Citrix
  • 09:00 am
    Spangler Auditorium
    GoingGlobal

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    There is increasing technical innovation and start-up activity coming from outside the traditional US clusters in Silicon Valley and Boston. More high potential, well-funded start-ups are originating in places like London, Helsinki, Toronto, Zurich, Bangalore, Singapore, Sydney and Shanghai. In addition, US start-ups are going after global markets more aggressively. What does it take for early stage tech start-ups to establish a customer beach head and operations overseas, and to become globally relevant?  What does it take to win the confidence of foreign VCs? Hear from US and international VCs and CEO / entrepreneurs who have had significant experience bringing US companies to foreign markets as well as into the US.

    • Moderator: Mike Grandinetti, Managing Director of Southboro Capital Group LLC and serial entreprenuer
    • Allan Kline, Former CFO of Skyworks and former CFO of BTI Systems
    • Vinit Nijhawan, Board Member, TiE Global, Managing Director, Technology Development Office & Lecturer School of Management & Director Enterprise Programs, ITEC, Boston University
    • Mark Palmer, CEO of Streambase
    • Mike Riegel, VP, Marketing, Communications and Operations, Global ISV and Developer Relations, IBM
  • 09:45 am
    Spangler Auditorium
    CEO Showcase Track

    Cloud Computing and Saas

    • Host: Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies
    • Gill Zimmerman, CEO, Aprigo
    • Feyzi Fatehi, CEO, Corent Technology, Inc.
  • 09:45 am
    Burden Hall
    What really happens on Monday morning?

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    Leading VCs demystify the Monday morning partner meetings.

    • Moderator: Woody Benson, General Partner, Prism VentureWorks
    • Neil Sequeira, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners
    • Evan Schumacher, CEO, Open Mile
    • Santo Politi, General Partner, Spark Capital
    • Patrick Chung, Partner, NEA
  • 10:30 am
    Break
  • 10:45 am
    Burden Hall
    Keynote

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    Measuring Inbound Marketing Mojo: What Every VC And Entrepreneur Should Know

    • Dharmesh Shah, Founder & Chief Technology Officer, HubSpot
  • 11:00 am
    Spangler Auditorium
    CEO Showcase Track

    Antonio Faillace, CEO, AuthorsGlobe

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    Amit Davé, CEO, salesElement

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    Digital Media

    • Host: Paul Gibson, Sr. Vice President and Eastern Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank
    • Antonio Faillace, CEO, AuthorsGlobe
    • Amit DavĂ©, CEO, salesElement
  • 11:00 am
    Burden Hall
    Digital Media Roundtable

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    Mobile. Tablets. Ad Exchanges. Search. Analytics. Games. The internet continues to transform the media industry, and our behavior, and VCs are driving this disruption. But you’re only as good as your last exit. 

    • Moderator: Ken Allen, Vice President, The Blackstone Group
    • David Beisel, Vice President, Venrock
    • Linda Thayer, Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
    • David Eisenberg, VP, Corporate Development, Acxiom Corporation
    • Rob Seaver, CEO, Vivox
    • Edward Montes, CEO, Adnetic
  • 11:45 am
    Burden Hall
    All Aboard: Meet you on the Acela Express

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    Just three hours by train from Back Bay, the smart money is scouring the back streets and alleys of New York, for Digital Media gold. What's panning out?

    • Moderator: Dan Allred, Senior Relationship Manager, Silicon Valley Bank
    • Santo Politi, General Partner, Spark Capital
    • Peter Flint, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners/Dogpatch Labs
    • Rick Heitzmann, Managing Director, FirstMark Capital/NYC Entrepreneurial Fund
    • Ross Goldstein, Managing Director, DFJ Gotham
  • 12:30 pm
    Lunch
  • 01:30 pm
    Burden Hall
    CEO Showcase Track

    Matt Johnston, VP of Marketing & Community, uTest

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    Barak Tsivkin, CEO Goozzy, Web Application

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    Martin Flusberg, CEO Powerhouse Dynamics, Home Energy Management

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    • Host: Ed Lambert, SVP and Silicon Valley Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank
    • Host: Paul Gibson, Sr. Vice President and Eastern Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank
    • Matt Johnston, VP of Marketing & Community, uTest
    • Barak Tsivkin, CEO Goozzy, Web Application
    • Martin Flusberg, CEO Powerhouse Dynamics, Home Energy Management
  • 02:00 pm
    Spangler Auditorium
    Life Sciences Roundtable

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    Venture Capital has played a crucial role in the growth of the Life Sciences industry. Where are the long-term growth opportunities in the sector? What is the near-term outlook for exits?

    • Moderator: Robert Noonan, Partner, KPMG
    • Juan Enriquez, Managing Director, Excel Venture Management
    • Bob Higgins, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners
    • Jonathan Fleming, Managing General Partner, Oxford Bioscience Partners
    • Peter Barrett, Partner, Atlas Venture
  • 02:00 pm
    Burden Hall
    The Secret to Success: Building a Strong Management Team and Board

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    The right management team can make or break a venture-backed company. Seasoned entrepreneurs share their experiences.

    • Moderator: Jeff Leopold, Managing Director, Technology, Business Services, and Board Director Practices, Cook Associates
    • Michael Madera, President, Madera Partners
    • Jon Carson, CEO, BiddingForGood.com
    • John Ward, Managing Director, Key Venture Partners
    • Ann Raider, CEO, inStream Media
  • 02:45 pm
    Spangler Auditorium
    Healthcare Roundtable

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    From healthcare IT to medical Devices, to robotics and to new healthcare services, venture backed companies are providing innovative solutions for the healthcare industry, creating new market opportunities and disrupting the trillion dollar healthcare industry.  What is the medium and long term outlook for investors?
     

    • Moderator: Patrick J. Fortune, Ph. D., Partner, Boston Millennia Partners
    • Michael Balmuth, General Partner, Edison Venture Fund
    • Rob Cosinuke, Sr. VP and Chief Marketing Officer, Athenahealth
    • David Jones Jr., Managing Director, Chrysalis Ventures
    • Todd Cozzens, CEO, Picis
    • Robert Fabbio, CEO, WhiteGlove House Call Health
  • 02:45 pm
    Burden Hall
    The Seed Council

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    Early stage investors play a crucial role in the VC ecosystem. What are they looking for now?

    • Gabor Garai, Partner and Chair of Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice and Co-Chair of Life Sciences Team, Foley & Lardner
    • Elon Boms, Managing Director, LaunchCapital
    • John Landry, Managing Director, Lead Dog Ventures
    • Tony Tjan, General Partner, The Cue Ball Group
    • David Blumberg, Managing Partner, Blumberg Capital