Dr. Dobb's Journal - January 2008 - (Page 46) SESSIONS BY TRACK BUSINESS OF SOFTWARE Wonder what it would be like to start your own software company? What financial resources are available to you to fund your ideas? What are the legal issues including open-source and patents that software entrepreneurs are faced with? What software tasks are good to off-shore? What are the advantages of strategic partnering? What is the best software licensing strategy? In this track, software entrepreneurs and other software-focused service professionals will answer these questions and more. Find out what it takes to create, sustain and grow a successful software business. CLASSES An Insider’s View: How to Raise Money From VCS Bob Dahlberg, Venture Partner, Horizon Ventures PANELS Funding Your Startup: Bootstrap vs. Angel vs. Venture Capital Tim Danford, Technology Partner, Storm Ventures Jeb Miller, Partner, ComVentures Nick Triantos, Board Director, Sandhill Angels, Inc. Ross Wheeler, President/CEO, Paravirtual Corporation Creating a Winning Founding Team Tim Danford, Technology Partner, Storm Ventures Entrepreneurs Guide to the Board of Directors Matt Howard, General Partner, NorWest Venture Partners Pascal Levensohn, Founder/Managing Director, Levensohn Venture Partners Have I Got What It Takes To Be a Successful Entrepreneur? Dan Avida, General Partner, Opus Capital John Hall, Managing Director, Horizon Ventures Seth Hallem, CEO, Coverity Bill Reichert, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures Ross Wheeler, President/CEO, Paravirtual Corporation Open Source and the Entrepreneur: Real Value, Real Business Bernard Golden, CEO, Navica William Weinberg, Principal, Linux Pundit Offshoring: Pros and Cons Julie Iskow, Vice President of Product Development, WageWorks, Inc. Steve Mezak, CEO, Accelerance, Inc. Starting and Running an Entrepreneurial Company: Customer Development Steve Bank, Stanford Technology Ventures Program Private Company Exit Strategies Eric Sink, Software Craftsman, Sourcegear Ross Wheeler, President/CEO, Paravirtual Corporation Startups: Lessons from the Field Ross Wheeler, President/CEO, Paravirtual Corporation Software Patents Dan Appelman, Attorney, Heller Ehrman LLP Dennis S. Fernandez, Managing Partner, Fernandez & Associates LLP “SD West helps me and my company to determine if the technology decisions that we've taken have been successful or followed elsewhere. It also alerts us about emerging trends.” ––SD West 2007 Attendee SD WEST 2008 CONFERENCE & EXPO www.sdexpo.com http://www.sdexpo.com
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