Astia June Newsletter

UCSF Center for BioEntrepreneurship: Camp Entrepreneur 2008
Tuesday, July 01 2008, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
UCSF Mission Bay Campus, Genentech Hall: 600 16th Street, SF

The UCSF Center for BioEntrepreneurship proudly presents CAMP ENTREPRENEUR 2008. This informative series of four biobusiness panel discussions will be led by 15 industry experts eager to help you sharpen your entrepreneurial knowledge and skills. Topics focus on financing innovative technologies, venture capital, building company structure, and strategic planning for drugs, diagnostics, devices, and tools.

June 24, 2008: "Skills to Launch Your Idea"
July 1, 2008: "Venture Financing 101"
July 15, 2008: "Get Your Idea off the Ground"
July 29, 2008: "What is Getting the Money?"

Click here for FREE registration

SD Forum: Quarterly Venture Breakfast with PWC-Investments in Clean Tech

Tuesday, July 8 2008, 8:00am - 12:00pm
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman,2475 Hanover Street, Palo Alto

Everyone's talking about clean technology and a new wave of investments rolling in to fund companies in this sector. Where's the truth and where's the fiction? Will the funding come from angel investors, venture capitalists or project finance? And what does this mean for startups? Steve Bengston will present an overview of the investments in the sector and trends by technology within the industry, (solar, biofuels, energy), and then our veteran VC panel will discuss and debate where they feel the opportunities are and what the trends are going forward. Click here for more information.

David G. Thomson - From Zero to a Billion
sponsored and hosted by SAP

6:00PM - 9:00PM July 10, 2008
SAP 3410 Hillview Avenue,Palo Alto, CA 94304

What does it really take to grow a company from startup to a billion dollars?

David G. Thomson has the answer and he is coming to FWE&E to share the results from three years of detailed research of American companies that have IPO'd since 1980 and grown to at least $1 Billion in revenue.
Thomson wants to see more women grow and transform their companies into billion dollar companies. In a program designed exclusively for FWE&E, he will share the proven growth and management traits and techniques that lead to success. You'll learn how to evaluate your company's performance against the success pattern of America's highest growth companies. He'll also suggest, based on the research for his upcoming book Leading Forward, management techniques that separate the successful from those who fail. Click here for more information and to register.

AMITA Leadership Spotlight Series
presented by MIT Club of Northern California
Thursday, July 10 2008, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
VMware 3401 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA

Please join us for AMITA's first annual Leadership Spotlight Series, where we feature a woman that has demonstrated extraordinary leadership skills.

Our distinguished speaker will be Diane Greene, President, CEO and Co-founder of VMware. The Wall Street Journal has named Diane a top woman to watch in the world of business. We will hear the remarkable story of her career and how she co-founded VMware and led the company from startup to acquisition to IPO to become one of the largest software companies today. Click here to register.

SD Forum: Digital Media Quarterly Series
Tuesday, July 15 2008, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Following up on last year's highly successful conference, join SDForum for this new quarterly dinner series as we track what's happened since then and delve deeper into the hot topics related to the business and technology behind digital media today. What are the business models that will sustain digital media companies going forward? Where are the pitfalls/ And what technologies are driving new media? Who controls the content? These topics and many more will be addressed in this quarterly evening series. Click here for more information and to register.

International Museum of Women: A Provocative Evening with the "Bravest Woman in Afghanistan"
Wednesday, July 16 2008, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Omni San Francisco Hotel - 500 California Street @ Montgomery

Proclaimed "the bravest woman in Afghanistan" by the BBC, Malalai Joya is a true international heroine. She sprang to fame in 2003 at age 25 for speaking out against the ex-Mujahideen leaders who dominated Afghanistan's historic constitutional assembly, of which she was an elected delegate. In 2005, Joya was elected to Afghanistan's national parliament, where as the youngest person elected, and one of the most popular, she continued to press her case for democracy and women's rights. However, in May of 2007 she was suspended for challenging her fellow representatives. Her suspension, currently being appealed, triggered international protest. Tickets on sale now!

The Art of Leadership for Social Entrepreneurs and Socially Responsible Business Leaders

September 8-11, 2008
Westerbeke Conference Center, Sonoma CA

This September, join Astia colleagues at Rockwood's nationally recognized leadership development seminar. Rockwood's four-day leadership seminars have been delivered to more than 2,000 non-profit and for profit professionals across North America and internationally. For more information, click here.

"Leading a business as a social enterprise poses a unique set of leadership challenges, for which Rockwood's trainings are the best in the business." - Danny Kennedy, CEO, Sungevity