Winter 2008 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | After | Media | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1/16 |
Mitch Kapor Founder, Foxmarks Founder, Lotus |
Mixer and Dinner | ||
| Wed 1/23 |
Ron Conway Founder, Angel Investors LP |
Dinner | ||
| Mike Maples Founder, Maples Investments |
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| Wed 1/30 |
Jesse Fink Co-Founder, MissionPoint Capital Partners, (Co-Founder,Priceline) |
Mixer and Dinner | ||
| Steve Blank Stanford Professor and Serial Entrepreneur |
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| Wed 2/6 |
Christine Benninger President, Humane Society Silicon Valley |
Dinner | Slides (PPT) | |
| Wed 2/13 |
Brett Crosby Group PMM, Google Analytics |
Dinner | ||
| Wed 2/20 |
Mir Imran Chairman of the Board, InCube Labs |
Dinner | ||
| Launch of Stanford Entrepreneurship Week! | ||||
| Wed 2/27 |
Debra Dunn Former HP Senior Vice President of Coprorate Affairs |
Mixer | ||
| Jay Cohen Gilbert Bart Houlahan Andrew Kassoy Founders , B Corporation |
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| Please note this week's change in location to Hewlett 200 | ||||
| Wed 3/5 |
Ken Wilcox CEO, Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group |
Mixer and Dinner | ||
Fall 2007 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | Presentation | After | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 10/3 |
Donna Novitsky CEO, BigTent, and former VC, Mohr Davidow Ventures |
Mixer | Handout | |
| Wed 10/10 |
Martin Eberhard Co-Founder and President of Technology, Tesla |
Mixer | Handout | |
| Please note this week's change in location to Hewlett 200 | ||||
| Launch of Stanford Entrepreneurship Network. | ||||
| Wed 10/17 |
Dominic Orr President and CEO, Aruba Networks |
Mixer | Handout | |
| Wed 10/24 |
Chip Heath Stanford Professor and Author, Made to Stick |
Mixer | Handout | |
| Please note this week's change in location to Arrillaga Alumni Center, McCaw Hall | ||||
| Stanford REE Conference. | ||||
| Wed 10/31 |
Stan Christensen Co-Founder, Arbor Advisors |
Dinner | Handout | |
| Wed 11/7 |
Larry Bawden Co-Founder and President/CEO, Jadoo Power |
Dinner. | Handout | |
| Wed 11/14 |
Armen Berjikly Founder and CEO, Experience Project |
Mixer | Handout | |
| Wed 11/28 |
Ping Li Partner, Accel |
Mixer | Handout | |
| Ashwin Navin Co-Founder and President, BitTorrent |
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Spring 2007 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | Presentation | After | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4/11 |
William Perry U.S. Secretary of Defense (1994-1997) Stanford University |
It's Your Ship |
Mixer | Wikipedia Podcast |
| Wed 4/18 |
Mark Jung Founder, IGN |
The Entrepreneurial Life Cycle | Dinner | Podcast |
| Wed 4/25 |
Shai Agassi Former President, Product and Technology Group, SAP AG |
Not Just a Pipe Dream: Converting Israel to an All-electric Fleet of Vehicles | Mixer | Wikipedia Blog Podcast |
| Co-sponsored by Energy Crossroads and Woods Institute for the Environment | ||||
| Please note this week's change in location to Terman Auditorium | ||||
| Wed 5/2 |
Carly Fiorina CEO, Hewlett-Packard (1999-2005) and Author, Tough Choices |
Remarks by Carly Fiorina | Mixer Book-signing |
Wikipedia Book Podcast |
| Co-sponsored by Stanford Women in Business | ||||
| Please note this week's change in location to Terman Auditorium | ||||
| Wed 5/9 |
Jackie Speier Author & CA State Senator (1998-2006), CA Senate |
Dinner | Wikipedia Book Podcast |
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| Deborah Stephens Author, Co-Founder, Center For Innovative Leadership |
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| Wed 5/16 |
Andrew Frame CEO, Ooma |
Dinner | Podcast | |
| Warren Packard Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson |
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| Wed 5/23 |
Mitchell Baker CEO, Mozilla Corporation |
Entrepreneurship and Mozilla | Dinner | Wikipedia |
| Wed 5/30 |
Bob Sutton Author & Professor, Stanford University |
The No Asshole Rule | Mixer | Blog Book Article |
Winter 2007 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | Company | Title | Afterwards | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 17 | Janice Roberts | Mayfield Fund | Managing Director | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
| Jan. 24 | Tien Tzuo | Salesforce.com | Chief Strategy Officer | Dinner | Handout Podcast |
| Jan. 31 | Ray Lane | KPCB | Partner | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
| Ron Bloom | Podshow | Founder | |||
| Feb. 7 | Reid Hoffman | Founder | Mixer | Handout Podcast | |
| Feb. 14 | Gregory Waldorf | eHarmony | CEO | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
| Feb. 21 | Steve Burrill | Burrill & Co | Founder | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
| Feb. 28 | Entrepreneurship Week Panel | Mixer | Handout Podcast | ||
| KR Sridhar | Bloom Energy | CEO | |||
| Jeff Koseff | Stanford University | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering | |||
| Kavita Ramdas | Global Fund for Women | CEO | |||
| Chip Blacker | Stanford University | Director, Institute for International Studies | |||
| Brook Byers | KPCB | General Partner | |||
| Paul Yock | Stanford University | Director of Biodesign Program | |||
| Mar. 7 | Shaukat Shamim | Rhythm NewMedia | SVP, Business Development | Mixer | Handout |
Fall 2006 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | Company | Title | Afterwards | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 4 | Kathy Eisenhardt | Stanford University | Professor of Management Science & Engineering | Mixer | Handout Podcast Slides |
| Oct. 11 | Greg Brandeau | Pixar | Senior Vice President of Technology | Dinner | Handout |
| Oct. 18 | Rick Wallace | KLA-Tencor | CEO | Dinner | Handout Podcast |
| Oct. 25 | Jim Breyer | Accel Partners | Managing Partner | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
| Chris Larsen | Prosper Marketplace, Inc. | CEO | |||
| Nov. 1 | Joseph McCracken | Genentech | Vice President of Business Development | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
| Nov. 8 | Nick Earl | Electronic Arts | Vice President & General Manager | Dinner | Handout Podcast |
| Nov. 15 | Greg Ballard | Glu-Mobile | CEO & President | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
| Nov. 29 | Scott Kriens | Juniper Networks | Chairman & CEO | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
Spring 2006 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | Company | Title | Afterwards | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/12 | Tina Seelig | Stanford University | Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program | Mixer |
Video Podcast Handout |
| 4/19 | Katie Rodan | Proactiv Solution | Co-Founder | Dinner |
Video Podcast Handout |
| 4/26 | Stephanie Keller-Bottom | Nokia Innovent | Director | Mixer |
Video Podcast Handout |
| 5/3 | Gil Penchina | eBay | VP of Business Development | Dinner |
Video Podcast Handout |
| 5/10 | Pam Marrone | Agraquest | Founder | Dinner |
Video Podcast Handout |
| 5/17 | Marissa Mayer | Vice President, Search Products & User Experience | Mixer |
Video Podcast Handout |
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| 5/24 | Tony Fadell | Apple | Executive Vice President, iPod Division | Mixer | [Not recorded] Handout |
| 5/31 | Ryan Phelan | DNA Direct | Founder and CEO | Dinner |
Video Podcast Handout |
Winter 2005-2006 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | Company | Title | Afterwards | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/18 | Tom Byers | Stanford University | Professor, Deputy Chair, Management Science and Engineering | Mixer | Handout |
| 1/25 | Jeff Beaver Bobby Beaver | Zazzle | Co-founder, VP Products Co-founder, VP Technology |
Dinner | Handout |
| 2/1 | Janice Fraser | Adaptive Path | CEO | Dinner | Handout |
| 2/8 | Kim Popovits | Genomic Health | President and COO | Dinner | Handout |
| 2/15 | Chong-Moon Lee | AmBex Venture Group | Founder and Chairman | Mixer | Handout |
| 2/22 | Michael Goldberg | Mohr Davidow Ventures | General Partner | Mixer | Handout |
| 3/1 | Carol Bartz | Autodesk | Executive Chairman of the Board | Mixer | Handout |
| 3/8 | John Roos | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | CEO | Dinner | Handout |
Fall 2005-2006 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | Company | Title | Afterwards | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | Geoff Davis | Unitus | President, CEO | Mixer | Handout |
| Oct 12 | Evan Williams | Odeo | Founder, President | Dinner | Handout |
| Oct 19 | Joe Liemandt | Trilogy | Founder, President, CEO | Dinner | Handout |
| Oct 26 | Jim Breyer Mark Zuckerberg |
Accel theFacebook |
Managing Partner Founder |
Mixer | Handout |
| Nov 2 | Lonnie Smith | Intuitive Surgical | President, CEO | Mixer | Handout |
| Nov 9 | Kim Polese | SpikeSource | CEO | Mixer | Handout |
| Nov 16 | Frank Ricks | LRK Architecture | Founder | Dinner | Handout |
| Date | Speaker | Talk | Company | Title | Afterwards | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6 | Geoffrey Moore | Dealing with Darwin: The Evolution of Business Strategy Over the Life Cycle of a Category | Mixer | Venture Partner
Managing Director |
Mohr Davidow Ventures (VC)
TCG Advisors |
Handout Slides |
| Apr 13 | Trip Hawkins | Startup Strategies From the Founder of EA and Digital Chocolate | Mixer | Founder, CEO | Digital Chocolate (start-up) | Handout |
| Apr 20 | Brook Byers | Decoding How Venture Capitalists Really Work Today | Mixer | Partner | KPCB (VC) | Handout |
| Apr 27 | Roger McNamee | The New Normal | Dinner | Partner | Elevation Partners (PE) | Handout |
| May 4 | Bill Campbell Danny Shader |
From Start-Up to Success: Lessons in Growing a Company | Mixer | Chairman CEO |
Intuit Good (start-up) |
Handout |
| May 11 | Tim Draper | Change the World -- A Gathering for Heroes | Dinner | Partner | DFJ (VC) | Handout |
| May 18 | Jeff Hawkins | -- | Booksigning and Mixer | Founder | Numenta (start-up), PalmOne | Handout |
| May 25 | Randy Komisar Debra Dunn |
-- | None | Virtual CEO VP |
TiVo, WebTV HP |
Handout |
| Date | Thought Leader | Talk | Post-Seminar Event | Title | Company | Handouts |
| Jan 12 | Reid Dennis | Venture Capital as a Career - Then and Now | Dinner | Partner | IVP (VC) | Handout |
| Jan 19 | Kenneth Denman | -- | Dinner | CEO | iPass (wireless) | Handout |
| Jan 26 | Peter Fenton Marc Fleury |
-- | Mixer | Partner CEO |
Accel Partners (VC) JBoss (open source software) |
Handout |
| Feb 2 | John Doerr | The Power of Networks and Entrepreneurs | n/a | Partner | KPCB (VC) | Handout |
| Feb 9 | Karen Richardson | -- | Dinner | CEO | E.piphany (CRM software) | Handout |
| Feb 16 | Peter Seligmann | A Walk on the Wild Side: True Confessions of a Conservationist Entrepreneur | n/a | CEO | Conservation International (non-profit) | Handout |
| Feb 23 | Steve Fodor | -- | Mixer | CEO | Affymetrix (biotech) | Handout |
| Mar 2 | Kathy Ku | -- | Mixer | Director | Stanford Office of Technology Licensing (patents) | Handout |
| Date | Thought Leader | Talk | Post-Seminar Event | Title | Company | Handouts |
| Oct 6 | Hanson Gifford Robin Bellas |
Hatching Medical Device Ideas: An Approach to New Venture Incubation that Works | Mixer | President & CEO General Partner |
The Foundry Morgenthaler Ventures |
Handouts Slides |
| Oct 13 | John Miner | Globalization and the Silicon Valley Entrepreneur | Mixer | President | Intel Capital | Handouts |
| Oct 20 | Guy Kawasaki | Art of the Start | Mixer + Book Signing | Managing Director & Chairman | Garage Technology Ventures | Handouts Slides |
| Oct 27 | Bob Sutton | What Does a Creative Organization Do? | Mixer | Professor | Stanford University | Handouts |
| Nov 3 | Randy Adams | AuctionDrop: Tales from the Front | CEO & Co-Founder | Auction Drop | Handouts | |
| Nov 10 | Vic Verma | Building to Last: An overnight success after 15 years | Dinner | President & CEO | Savi Technology | Handouts |
| Nov 17 | Laura Arrillaga | SV2: Strategy and Leverage in Social Innovation | Mixer | Professor | Stanford University | Handouts |
| Date | Thought Leader | Talk | Title | Company | Handouts |
| Apr 7 | Gajus Worthington | From the Bleeding Edge: A Story of High-Tech Entrepreneurship | President, CEO, & Co-founder | Fluidigm | -- |
| Apr 14 | Matt James | Leveraging For-Profit Enterprises to Promote Non-Profit Messages | Senior Vice President | Kaiser Family Foundation | -- |
| Apr 21 | John Hennessy | Stanford University: The Wellspring for Silicon Valley | President | Stanford | -- |
| Apr 28 | Randy Komisar * | Virtual CEO & Author | Virtual CEO | -- | |
| May 5 | Jeff Raikes | A View from Inside: The Entrepreneurial Process at Microsoft | Group Vice President, Productivity & Business Services | Microsoft | -- |
| May 12 | Harris Barton Ronnie Lott |
From Football to Financing: Launching a New Career | Managing Member Managing Member |
HRJ Capital | -- |
| May 19 | Fern Mandelbaum | Lessons Learned from a Successful Serial Entrepreneur | Partner | Monitor Venture Partners | -- |
| May 26 | Gordon Davidson | A Lawyer's Perspective on Silicon Valley | Partner, Corporate Group | Fenwick & West, LLP | -- |
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Jan 14 | David Morgenthaler
Gary Morgenthaler | General Partners | Morgenthaler | Handout |
| Jan 21 | Max Levchin
Peter Thiel | Co-founders | Paypal | Handout |
| Jan 28 | Dr. Donald Francis | President and Co-founder | Vaxgen | Handout/Slides |
| Feb 4 | Bill Campbell
Mike McCue |
Chairman Co-founder, President, and COO |
Intuit TellMe Networks |
Handout |
| Feb 11 | Guido Appenzeller
Tim Choi | Co-founder Product Marketing Manager |
Voltage Security | Handout/ Slides |
| Feb 18 | Andy Rubin Joe Britt Matt Hershenson |
Founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer Founder, Chief Technology Officer Founder, Senior VP for Advanced Technology |
Danger | Handout |
| Feb 25 | Ann Winblad
Heidi Roizen |
Co-founder and Partner Managing Director |
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Mobius Venture Capital |
Handout/ Slides |
| Mar 3 | Ken Wirt | Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Handheld Business Unit | palmOne, Inc. | Handout / Slides |
Autumn Quarter 2003: video archive
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Oct 1 | Jerry Kaplan | Serial Entrepreneur | -- | Handout |
| Oct 8 | Elon Musk | Founder, CEO & CTO | SpaceX | Handout |
| Oct 15 | Nitin Mehta | Director | Viking River Cruises | Handout |
| Oct 22 | Steve Jurvetson | Managing Director | Draper Fisher Jurvetson | Handout |
| Oct 29 | Lynn Reedy
Stephanie Tilenius Avid Larizadeh |
Sr. VP for Technology Vice President Product Manager |
eBay | Handout |
| Nov 5 | Kim Popovits | President and COO | Genomic Health | Handout |
| Nov 12 | Arcadia Kim
Erin Turner Nick Earl |
Development Director, Lord of the Rings Associate Producer: James Bond 007 VP & General Manager: Redwood Stores Studio |
Electronic Arts | Handout |
| Nov 19 | Brook Byers
Kim Smith |
Partner Co-Founder & CEO |
Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, NewSchools Venture Fund |
Handout |
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Apr 9 | Mike Moritz | General Partner | Sequoia Capital | Handout 4-9-03 |
| Apr 16 | Kavita Ramdas | President & CEO | Global Fund For Women | Handout 4-16-03 |
| Apr 23 | John Doerr | General Partner | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Handout 4-23-03 |
| Apr 30 | David Neeleman | Founder & CEO | JetBlue Airways | Handout 4-29-03 |
| May 7 | Marc Benioff | Founder, Chairman, & CEO | Salesforce.com | Handout 5-7-03 |
| May 14 | Judy Estrin | CEO | Packet Design | Handout 5-14-03 |
| May 21 | Dr. Irving Weissman | Director | Institute for Cancer/Stem Cell Biology & Medicine | Handout 5-21-03 |
| May 28 | John Thompson | Chairman & CEO | Symantec | Handout 5-28-03 |
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Jan 15 | Mar Hershenson & Thomas Heydler | Founder, CTO & CEO | Barcelona Design | Handout 01-15-03 |
| Jan 22 | Paul Yock, M.D. | Co-founder and Director | Stanford Center For Research In Cardiovascular Interventions, Medical Device Network | Handout 01-22-03 |
| Jan 29 | Jensen Huang | Co-Founder, President, & CEO | NVIDIA | Handout 01-29-03 |
| Feb 5 | Geoff Moore | Author, Managing Director, & Venture Partner | Crossing The Chasm, The Chasm Group, Mohr Davidow Ventures | Handout 02-05-03 |
| Feb 12 | Bill Campbell & Mike Homer | Chairman, Chairman & CEO | Intuit, Kontiki | Handout 02-12-03 |
| Feb 19 | Guy Kawasaki | Co-Founder, Chairman, & CEO | Garage Technology Ventures | Handout 02-19-03 |
| Feb 26 | Gordon Ringold | Co-Founder, Chairman, & CEO | SurroMed | Handout 02-26-03 |
| Mar 5 | Wu Fu Chen | Founder & Serial Networking Entrepreneur | Acorn Campus | Handout 03-05-03 |
Autumn Quarter 2002: video archive not available
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Oct 2 | Bing Gordon | Chief Creative Officer & Exec VP | Electronic Arts | Handout 10-02-02 |
| Oct 9 | Kamran Elahian | Founder & Chairman | Global Catalyst Partners | Handout 10-09-03 |
| Oct 16 | Gajus Worthington | Founder, President, & CEO | Fluidigm Technology | Handout 10-16-03 |
| Oct 23 | Jeff Hawkins | Founder, Chairman, & Chief Product Officer | Handspring | Handout 10-23-03 |
| Oct 30 | Jay Shiveley | Senior Principal | Atlas Venture | Handout 10-30-03 |
| Nov 6 | Olivier Helleboid | President, Products Organization | BEA Systems | Handout 11-06-03 |
| Nov 13 | J. Leighton Read, M.D. | General Partner | Alloy Ventures | Handout 11-13-03 |
| Nov 20 | Ravi Mhatre & Michael Carrier | General Partner, Founder | Lightspeed Venture Partners and Totality Software | Handout 11-20-03 |
Spring Quarter 2002: video archive not available
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Apr 10 | Bill Sahlman | Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance | Harvard Business School | Handout 4-10-02 |
| Apr 17 | John Lilly and Glen Osaka | Cofounder & CEO | Reactivity | Handout 4-17-02 |
| Apr 24 | Vinod Khosla | VC | Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers | Handout 4-24-02 |
| May 1 | Larry Page | Founder | Google.com | Handout 5-1-02 |
| May 8 | Steve Jurvetson | VC | Draper Fisher Jurvetson | Handout 5-8-02 |
| May 15 | Nancy Schoendorf | VC | Mohr Davidow Ventures | Handout 5-15-02 |
| May 22 | David Pottruck | President and co-CEO | Charles Schwab | Handout 5-22-02 |
| May 29 | Atiq Raza | Founder, Chairman, and CEO | Raza Foundries, Inc. | Handout 5-29-02 |
Winter Quarter 2001-2002:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Jan 9 | Ken Wirt | Senior VP Marketing | Palm Computing | Handout 1-9-02 |
| Jan 16 | Heidi Roizen | Managing Director | Mobius Venture Capital | Handout 1-16-02 |
| Jan 23 | Judy Estrin | Cofounder, President and CEO | Packet Design | Handout 1-23-02 |
| Jan 30 | Gary Bloom | CEO and President | Veritas | Handout 1-30-02 |
| Feb 6 | Laura Jennings | Partner | Atlas Venture | Handout 2-6-02 |
| Feb 13 | Geoffrey Moore | Chairman/Venture Partner | The Chasm Group/ Mohr, Davidow Ventures | Handout 2-13-02 |
| Feb 20 | Julian Nikolchev | CEO | AVAcore Technologies | Handout 2-20-02 |
| Feb 27 | Ed Zander | President and Chief Operating Officer | Sun Microsystems | Handout 2-27-02 |
Autumn Quarter 2001-2002:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Oct 3 | Bill Campbell and Randy Komisar | Chairman of the Board/ Virtual CEO, Author | Intuit/
Virtual CEO |
Handout 10-3-01 |
| Oct 10 | David Kelley | Founder and Chairman | Ideo | Handout 10-10-01 |
| Oct 17 | Mike Klein | President and CEO | R2 | Handout 10-17-01 |
| Oct 24 | Carol Bartz | Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO | Autodesk | Handout 10-24-01 |
| Oct 31 | Frank Levinson | Cofounder and CTO | Finisar Corporation | Handout 10-31-01 |
| Nov 7 | Jo Mei Chang | Cofounder and CEO | Vitria | Handout 11-7-01 |
| Nov 14 | Craig Newmark | Founder | craigslist.org | Handout 11-14-01 |
| Nov 28 | Rich Redelfs and Teresa Meng | President & CEO; Founder CTO | Atheros Communications, Inc | Handout 11-28-01 |
Spring Quarter 2000-2001:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Apr 6 | Kevin Fong | Managing Partner | Mayfield | -- |
| Apr 13 | West Shell III | Chairman | Netcentives | -- |
| Apr 20 | Polly Sumner | CEO | AlphaBlox | -- |
| Apr 27 | John Doerr | Partner | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | -- |
| May 4 | Sabeer Bhatia | Founder/CEO | Hotmail/Arzoo | -- |
| May 11 | John Thompson | CEO | Symantec | -- |
| May 18 | Dr. Sally Ride | Astronaut, CEO | Imaginary Lines | -- |
| May 25 | Richard Ferrari | Managing Director | De Novo Ventures | -- |
Winter Quarter 2000-2001:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Jan 12 | Takeshi Natsuno | Executive Director, Gateway Business Department | NTT DoCoMo | -- |
| Jan 19 | Denise Brousseau | CoFounder | Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Springboard2000 | -- |
| Jan 26 | Debra Dunn | VP of Strategy and Corporate Operations | Hewlett Packard | -- |
| Feb 2 | Paul Stoltz | President and CEO | PEAK Learning, Inc | -- |
| Feb 9 | Ann Winblad | CoFounder, Venture Capitalist | Hummer Winblad Venture Partners | -- |
| Feb 16 | Randy Komisar | Virtual CEO, Author | Virtual CEO | -- |
| Feb 23 | Hadi Partovi | VP of Production, Board Member | Tellme | -- |
| Mar 2 | Geoffrey Moore | Founder, Author, Venture Capitalist | The Chasm Group and Mohr Davidow Ventures | Slides |
| Mar 9 | Heidi Roisen | Venture Capitalist | Softbank Venture Capital | -- |
Autumn Quarter 2000-2001:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Sep 29 | Sue Hellmann | Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer | Genentech | -- |
| Oct 6 | Pehong Chen | CEO | BroadVision | -- |
| Oct 13 | Dave Peterschmidt | CEO | Inktomi | -- |
| Oct 20 | Scott Kriens | CEO | Juniper Networks | -- |
| Oct 27 | Vani Kola | Founder | RightWorks | -- |
| Nov 3 | Steve Smith | Managing Director | Broadview | -- |
| Nov 10 | Tim Koogle | CEO | Yahoo! | -- |
| Nov 17 | Tom Siebel | CEO | Siebel Systems | -- |
Spring Quarter 1999-2000:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company |
| Apr 7 | Marc Andreessen | Chairman and Co-founder | Loudcloud |
| Apr 14 | Geoff Yang | Partner and Co-founder | Redpoint Ventures |
| Apr 21 | Guy Kawasaki | CEO, Chairman, and Co-founder | Garage.com |
| Apr 28 | Kevin Fong | Partner | Mayfield Fund |
| May 5 | John Doerr | Partner | Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield & Byers |
| May 12 | Mary Ann Byrnes | CEO | Logictier |
| May 19 | Angus Davis | Co-founder | Tellme Networks |
| May 26 | Jeanne Jackson | CEO | Wal-Mart.com |
Winter Quarter 1999-2000:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company |
| Jan 7 | Geoff Moore | Founder, author | Chasm Group |
| Jan 14 | Geoff Mott | Managing partner | McKenna Group |
| Jan 21 | Jeffrey Smith | Founder, CEO, President | Tumbleweed.com |
| Jan 28 | Christy Jones | Founder, president | PC Order |
| Feb 4 | Chris Lochhead | Chief marketing officer | Scient |
| Feb 11 | Heidi Roizen | Managing Director | Softbank Ventures |
| Feb 18 | Ta-lin Hsu | Chairman | H&Q Asia |
| Feb 25 | Ann Winblad | Co-founding partner | Hummer Winblad |
| Mar 3 | Ken Wirt | Founder and CEO | Riffage.com |
Autumn Quarter 1999-2000:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company |
| Sep 24 | Tom Melcher | Executive VP, Strategic Development | CNET |
| Oct 1 | Mike Volpi | Executive VP Business Development and Global Alliances | Cisco Systems |
| Oct 8 | Ed Zander | President and Chief Operating Officer | Sun Microsystems |
| Oct 15 | Phil Goldman | Cofounder, Senior VP of Engineering | WebTV |
| Oct 22 | Steve Jurvetson | Managing Director | Draper Fisher Jurvetson |
| Oct 29 | Gary Dillabough * | Director Business Development | eBay |
| Nov 5 | Heidi Roizen | Chairman and Founder | Critical Path |
| Nov 12 | Roy Hardiman ** | Director of Business and Corporate Development, Far East Representative | Genentech |
| Nov 19 | Randy Komisar | Virtual CEO | Virtual CEO |
* Due to an unexpected scheduling
conflict with Tom Meredith, we are honored to have Gary Dillabough from eBay
on October 29.
** Due to an unexpected
scheduling conflict with Nicholas Simon, we are honored to have Roy Hardiman
from Genentech on November 12.
Spring Quarter 1998 - 1999:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company |
| Apr 2 | Mitch Kapor | Founded Lotus, Partner | Accel |
| Apr 9 | Guy Kawasaki | Founder | Garage.com |
| Apr 16 | Kamran Elahian * | Co-founder and Chairman | Neomagic |
| Apr 23 | Alex d' Arbeloff | Chairman | MIT |
| Apr 30 | Ray Smilor | Vice President of the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership | Kauffman Foundation |
| May 7 | Gary Hamel | Author, Competing for the Future; Founder and Chairman | Strategos |
| May 14 | Geoff Yang | General Partner | Institutional Venture Partners |
| May 21 | West Shell | Chairman, CEO | Netcentives |
| May 28 | Reactivity Panel ** | -- | Reactivity |
*Due
to an unexpected scheduling conflict with John Doerr, we are honored to have
Kamran Elahian from NeoMagic on April 16.
** Due to an unexpected scheduling conflict with Bob Gett, we are honored to have
a panel from Reactivity on May 28.
Winter Quarter 1998 - 1999:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company |
| Jan 8 | Geoff Moore | Founder, Chairman; Venture Partner | Chasm Group; Mohr/Davidow Ventures |
| Jan 15 | Ann Winblad | Co-founder | Hummer Winblad Venture Partners |
| Jan 22 | John Price | VP of Marketing | Trilogy |
| Jan 29 | Keith Krach | Co-founder, Chairman and CEO | Ariba |
| Feb 5 | Mark Saul | President, CEO and Director | Acuity |
| Feb 12 | Barry Sullivan | -- | EDS |
| Feb 19 | Mitchell Kertzman | -- | Network Computer |
| Feb 26 | Deborah Stephens | -- | Center for Innovative Leadership |
| Mar 5 | Aart de Geus | -- | Synopsys |
Autumn Quarter 1998 - 1999:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company |
| Oct 2 | Hasso Plattner | Founder | SAP |
| Oct 9 | Bill Campbell | Chairman | Intuit |
| Oct 16 | Malcolm Thompson | CEO | dpiX |
| Oct 23 | Esther Dyson | Chairman | Edventures Holdings |
| Oct 30 | Dick Anderson | General Manager, Enterprise Web Management | IBM |
| Nov 6 | David Bernstein | President and CEO | Pluris |
| Nov 13 | Mike Dodd | President of Phillips Components N.A. | Philips |
| Nov 20 | Tom Siebel | Founder and CEO | Siebel Systems |
| Dec 4 | Stratton Sclavos | CEO | Verisign |
Spring Quarter 1997-1998:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Topic & Themes |
| Apr 3 | Jerry Yang | Founder | Yahoo! | -- |
| Apr 10 | Ray Smilor | -- | Kauffman Foundation | Entrepreneurship in the Next Century: Where Will Venture Capitalists Find Their Next Pearl? |
| Apr 17 | Peter Cohan | Author | Book title: The Technology Leaders | The Critical Source of Advantage for America's Most Profitable High-Tech Companies |
| Apr 24 | Audrey MacLean | Lecturer | IEEM, Stanford | Entrepreneurship is a TEAM sport! |
| May 1 | John Doerr | Partner | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Startup Manual |
| May 8 | Jeremy Jaech | CEO | Visio | What Makes a Successful Entrepreneur |
| May 15 | Mary Ann Byrnes | CEO | Corsair Communications | -- |
| May 22 | Katrina Garnett | CEO | CrossWorlds | Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of Collaboration and Innovation |
| May 29 | Joe Costello | Managing Director | CAD.lab | If anyone can lead, why do few succeed?-- A Leadership Riddle |
Winter Quarter 1997-1998:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Topic & Themes |
| Jan 9 | Ann Winblad | Founder | Hummer Winblad Venture Partners | Venture Capital in the High-Tech Industry |
| -- | Regis McKenna | Founder | The McKenna Group | -- |
| Jan 23 | Geoffrey Moore | Founder | The Chasm Group | Managing High-Tech for Shareholder Value |
| Jan 30 | Steve Smith | VP Microprocessor Group | Intel | The Merced Project |
| Feb 6 | Ronald Croen | CEO | Nuance Communications | The Revolution in Speech Recognition |
| Feb 13 | Pat Gross | Co-founder and Vice Chairman | American Management Systems | Global Growth Challenges |
| Feb 20 | John Luongo | CEO | Vantive | Front Office Automation |
| Feb 27 | Dave Duffield & Ken Morris | Founders | PeopleSoft | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| -- | Lori Mirek | Senior VP of Marketing | Netscape | Managing a Career in High-Tech Marketing |
| Mar 13 | Joe Liemandt | Founder & CEO | Trilogy | Front Office Software |
Autumn Quarter 1997-1998:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Topic & Themes |
| Oct 3 | David Wang | Executive VP | Applied Materials | The Future of the Global Semiconductor Value Chain |
| Oct 10 | Geoff Tate | CEO | Rambus | Rambus: The New Memory Interface Standard |
| Oct 17 | Christy Jones | President and Founder | PC Order | pcOrder: An Electronic Commerce Platform |
| Oct 24 | William Perry | Former Secretary of Defense | -- | Technological Competition Versus Security Cooperation |
| Oct 31 | Ed Zander | President | Sun Microsystems | The Network is the Computer |
| Nov 7 | John Morgridge | Chairman | Cisco | Catching the Wave |
| Nov 14 | Duane Zitzner | Sector Vice President | Hewlett Packard | The PC Market |
| Nov 21 | Eric Benhamou | Chairman, President, and CEO | 3Com | Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of Collaboration and Innovation |
| Dec 5 | Jean-Louis Gassée | President and CEO | Be, Inc. | -- |
