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Event Description: We need to create a big bushel of new companies—fast—says New York Times column, Thomas Friedman, and good paying jobs come from start-ups, "from smart, creative, inspired risk-takers." In fact, new venture backed companies created 10 million new jobs and $2.1T (trillion) in revenuesbetween 1970 and 2005 according to the National Venture Capital …

A Glimpse into Silicon Valley’s Culture of Innovation Read More »

Event Description: From changing the way we watch video online, with the development of QuickTime; to creating the first consumer Internet device by developing WebTV (later purchased by Microsoft), and pioneering the facial motion capture technology, MOVA Contour, that made Brad Pitt believable both 10 years younger and 50 years older in Academy Award-winning "The …

Get Your Game On(line) Read More »

Event Description: Join us for an evening of shmoozing with interesting people, snacking on delicious hors d'oeuvres and wine, and sharing your ideas on making the JHTC even better this next year. Bring your friends, your great ideas, and your enthusiasm. Agenda: 6:30 to 7:00 Informal mingling 7:00 to 7:30 Structured sharing in smaller groups …

High Tech Kumzitz Read More »

Event Description: With venture-backed companies experiencing longer times to liquidity due to the turmoil in the capital markets, investor misalignments become exacerbated as a result of stressful management transitions, unanticipated new financing rounds, and new faces at the boardroom table who have acquired investment positions at a discount to the lead investors. Board dysfunction can …

Building High Performance Boards During Challenging Times Read More »

Event Description: In the movie "Groundhog Day", the protagonist (Bill Murray) keeps living the same day over and over again until he gets it right. So it is with the computer industry. In my forty years as a computer scientist, at three startups, and several large well known corporations and universities, I and many of …

It’s Groundhog Day all over again! Read More »

Event Description: In today’s economic climate, being good or great is no longer good enough. Kevin’s unique approach inspires you and your business to strive for awesome. Attracting and sustaining long-term clientele should be a positive and memorable experience; one that ultimately exceeds your customer’s expectations. Further explained in ROAR!, this is the essential premise …

Get Heard in the Sales and Marketing Jungle Read More »

Event Description: Our panel will compare and contrast the venture capital and startup ecosystems in Israel and Silicon Valley and discuss the participation of Israeli entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. If you have time prior to the event read Start-up Nation by Dan Senor and Saul Singer, which explains Israel's meteoric rise in high tech. …

Israel and Silicon Valley – Innovation Alignment Read More »

Event Description: Co-Sponsored with the Bay Area Net Marketing Alliance Meetup Group As an online marketer, do you sometimes feel overwhelmed with all the different ways you can connect with prospects and customers? What should you be focusing on? And how do you keep up? The rapid growth in social media, like Facebook and Twitter, …

Best Practices in Social Media Marketing on the Real-Time Web Read More »

Event Description: Zero to 400 million active users in 5 years. Come hear insights, tips and stories about Facebook's meteoric growth. About the Speaker: Jonathan Ehrlich is in the marketing group at Facebook. From 2007-2009, he was the President & COO of Live Current Media in Vancouver. From November 2003 until 2007 he was the …

Facebook – The Inside Story Read More »

Event Description: The Jewish High Tech Community presents its first High Tech Kumzitz. You may ask - What is a kumzitz? Well, Kumzitz is derived from the Yiddish words kum (come) and zitz (sit). So we invite all to come and sit and enjoy a spirited discussion with some of Silicon Valley's leading angels and …

High Tech Kumzitz Read More »

Event Description: So you've got a startup idea? You're dying to get out of your day job and into your own business? You're not yet out of school and never want to work for the man? Seth, the Co-Founder and CEO of Meebo, attempted his first startup in high school and multiple throughout college. He'll …

Starting From Scratch Read More »

Event Description: Reputational information helps decision-makers predict a company's or person's future performance based on their past behavior. Our economy is filled with systems that capture and publish reputational information; examples include credit reporting databases, eBay feedback ratings, job references and consumer product reviews . This talk will survey various reputational systems, discuss some lessons …

Regulating Reputational Systems Read More »

Event Description: Cloud computing is being positioned as the solution for most of the hard web/internet problems (scale, large data set consistency, identity/privacy, monetizing the social graph). Cloud computing is many things — this talk will explore some of the areas where Cloud computing will succeed, and also where some of the harder challenges will …

Clouds: the Panacea for Most of the Web’s Woes Read More »

Event Description: The past decade has witnessed a momentous transformation in the way people interact and exchange information with each other. Content is now co-produced, shared, classified, and rated on the Web by millions of people, while attention has become the ephemeral and valuable resource that everyone seeks to acquire. I will describe our research …

Social Computing Read More »