Guest Lecturer Henry Kressel: Case Studies on the Telecom Industry
Tuesday May 13, 2:30-4:00 PM
Thomas 306

Dr. Kressel will talk about investments made by his firm Warburg Pincus during the last Telecom bubble. With the audience, he will extract Lessons Learned and apply those lessons to the bubbles we are now witnessing.

Roberto Milk founded Novica with a mission: to help local artisans around the globe. Having raised over $20M from National Geographic, Scripps Ventures, and other institutional investors, the site features more than 35,000 products in such categories as home decor, masks, handbags, sculpture, mirrors, chess sets, unique gifts, and jewelry, including necklaces, bracelets, and earrings.

E102 Guest Lecture by Jim Brown
Thursday, Feb 21, 1:00 - 2:30pm
Thomas 206

eClub Speaker: Renee Rottner
February 19th
1pm – 2:30pm Lecture in Thomas 206
Workshop to immediately follow lecture.

How do you hire for a new company? What are the values you expect from new employees?

Bernie Daina is a psychologist and consultant for startups and mature businesses. His clients include Amgen, Biostar, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Boston Scientific, and the Denver Broncos.

Bernie will be speaking at Ken Pickar's E102 class, Entrepreneurial Development, this Thursday from 1:00 - 2:30 in Thomas 206. eClub members are welcome to attend.

LA Tech Week features entrepreneurial events around LA throughout the week. eClub will be organizing car pools for the two events listed below. Send the eClub an email if you are interested in carpooling and whether or not you can drive.

More information and additional events are listed at http://www.latechweek.com/

Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch Competition
Monday, Jan 28, 5pm - 9pm
UCLA Anderson School of Management, Korn Hall
http://www.pitchtheangels.com/pp/event/ct/event/eventid/2
$20 for students in advance, $30 at the door.

Tuesday, Jan 29, 2:30-3:30pm
Location TBA
Caltech alum Tim Ryan bootstrapped his startup M-Audio and created one of the leading providers of digital audio equipment. In 2004, M-Audio was acquired in a deal valued over $200 million.

Monday, Jan 28, 3:30 - 5 pm
Keck 142
Chantal D'Apuzzo, Caltech alum and associate at the law firm Wilson Sonsini, will be presenting.

eClub Guest Speaker: Steve Streit
Tuesday, Jan 22, 2:30pm
Spalding 106

While prepaid debit cards seem ubiquitous today, they did not exist just a few years ago. Steve Streit, Founder and CEO of Green Dot Corp, will discuss and answer questions on how as a first time entrepreneur he was able to take a simple idea and turn it into a successful company, while at the same time providing much needed financial services to an underserved community.

Date: Monday January 14, 2008 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 103 Downs, Caltech