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Enterpreneurship and the Role of Venture Capital
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Abstract
Massive declines in stock markets worldwide, continued failures of dotcoms and earning downgrades of even established technology companies. Does this spell the doom of the new economy? Despite the seemingly gloomy environment, new technologies and business models are still constantly being created by enterprising individuals in the US and developed further with investments from smart venture capitalists. In this forum, Mr. Timothy C. Draper will share his views and passion on entrepreneurship and venture capital, which are both very close to his heart.
About the Speaker
Timothy C. Draper is the Founder and a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. On behalf of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Mr. Draper serves on the boards of Chroma Graphics, Homestead, I-Cube, MacroWeb, meVC.com, PLX Technologies NASDAQ: PLXT), Tumbleweed Communications (NASDAQ: TMWD), and Upside Media. His original suggestion to use "viral marketing" in web-based e-mail to geometrically spread an Internet product to its market was instrumental to the successes of Hotmail and Four11. Previous successes included Parametric Technology (PMTC), GoTo.com (NASDAQ: GOTO), Digidesign (AVID), Preview Travel (TVLY), eFax (EFAX), Four11 (YHOO), Combinet (CSCO), and Redgate (AOL). Mr. Draper launched the Draper Affiliate Network, a group of regional early-stage venture capital funds, including Zone Ventures in Los Angeles, Draper Atlantic in Reston, VA, Draper Triangle in Pittsburgh, PA, Wasatch Ventures in Salt Lake City, UT, Timberline Ventures in Portland, OR, Polaris Fund in Anchorage, AK, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham in New York. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He has worked as a Marketing Engineer for Hewlett-Packard, and was Assistant to the President of Apollo Computer. He worked in high technology corporate finance at Alex. Brown & Sons before founding Draper Associates (now Draper Fisher Jurvetson).
We are pleased to invite you and your colleagues to attend the talk. As there are limited number of seats available, please register for the talk via email to
Joanne (cmtsimbh@nus.edu.sg)
with your name, designation and company/institution (and email add if via fax),
by 19 April 2001. Please forward this invitation to your friends and colleagues who may be interested. Admission is free
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