FountainBlue offers networking, education and support for entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley by conducting monthly entrepreneurs' forums for high tech and life science and clean energy entrepreneurs. These monthly lunch meetings are designed to share successes and challenges in a safe environment, focused on helping fellow members run and grow their entrepreneurial ventures.
About Our Entrepreneurs' Forums
FountainBlue's Clean Energy Entrepreneurs' Forums are open to clean energy entrepreneurs & their teams (such as staff members, advisers, board members or investors) with a wide range of entrepreneurial experience, at various stages of growing or supporting a new or existing entrepreneurial venture. In general, the program topics for the first six months of the year are focused on securing funds for clean energy organizations while the topics for the second six months of the year focus more on executing and running a business. For notes on previous sessions, visit
Renewable energysolar, wind, bio-energy, and environmentally-friendly hydroelectric technologies;
Energy efficiency and demand responseelectricity end-use, buildings and grid applications;
Environment-enhancing technologiesadvanced flue gas clean-up, ultra-low emissions generation such as fuel cells, environmental remediation, and exceptionally efficient generation; and
Enabling technologiespower electronics, storage, low-loss cables and wires, sensors and instrumentation, control systems, materials and manufacturing technology, and integrated clean energy applications.
Who Is Invited
Please note that we help ensure the quality of the program by strictly restricting attendance to entrepreneurs and investors only, no service providers, except for presenters and sponsors, which are limited and by invitation only.
Rough Meeting Agenda
11:30 Registration, Lunch and Networking
12:00 Welcomes and Introductions
12:15 Facilitator Comments and Panelist Introductions
12:20 Interactive Panelist Discussion
12:50 Questions from the Audience
1:25 Final Comments from Facilitators
1:30 Thank Yous and Close, Networking
Sponsorship
We are grateful to DLA Piper http://www.dlapiper.com and PeopleConnect for their support in 2007. Our monthly events will be held at DLA Piper's Silicon Valley offices at 2000 University in East Palo Alto.
Our June 4 Clean Energy Entrepreneurs' Forum will be on the topic of Stories from Clean Energy Entrepreneurs
For this month's clean energy entrepreneurs' forum, we will gather a panel of successful entrepreneurs and partners who help clean energy entrepreneurs to succeed. Each panelist will speak on the challenges and opportunities in running a funded and growing clean energy enterprise.
Facilitator Max Shapiro,CEO of PeopleConnect
Panelist from Bob Lorenzini, founder, SunPower; founder and former CEO of Siltec; founder, Band of Angels
Panelist Santhanam "Slim" Shekar, Executive Vice President, PAX Scientific, Inc.
Panelist Kevin Surace, Serious Materials, making products for sustainability
Panelist from Tesla Motors (to be confirmed)
Panelist from Applied Materials (corporate partner to be confirmed)
Other Panelists to be confirmed
We are grateful to DLA Piper for their sponsorship of our series.
See below for a list of program topics and facilitators for 2007. Register for any upcoming program by visiting http://www.acteva.com/go/FountainBlue by noon the Friday before the event.
Date
Title
Facilitator and Panelists
Sponsors
Monday, February 5
Corporate Investments in Clean Energy Companies
Brian Reidy, Growth Process Group Alex Beavers, SRI International Jennifer Daniell Belissent from Sun Microsystems Annette Finsterbusch, Director, Corporate Business Development for Applied Ventures Jim Hanna, Environmental Affairs Manager, Starbucks Coffee Company
Plug and Play Tech Center
Monday, March 5
Government Policies and Investments in Clean Energy
Brian Reidy, Growth Process Group Kelly Fergusson, Mayor, City of Menlo Park Judith Ikle, Program/Branch Manager Procurement, Renewables & Climate Strategy Branch from California Public Utility Commission Steve Churchwell, Partner, DLA Piper
DLA Piper Plug and Play Tech Center PeopleConnect
Monday, April 2
International Partnerships in Clean Energy Companies
Facilitator Brad Rock, Partner, DLA Piper Panelist Adam Browning, Executive Director of VoteSolar Panelist Almaz Negash, Entwine Panelist Peter Winarsky Innovation Center Denmark
DLA Piper Plug and Play Real Estate PeopleConnect
Tuesday, May 8
Clean Energy Investors Panel: What's Hot and What's Not!
Facilitator Mark Bauhaus, Bauhaus Consulting Panelist Mike Dorsey, JP Morgan Panelist Justin Label, Bessemer Ventures Panelist Carol Sands, Angels Forum and Halo Fund Panelist Laurie Yoler from GrowthPoint Technology Partners
DLA Piper
Monday, June 4
Clean Energy Entrepreneur Success Stories
Max Shapiro, PeopleConnect Kevin Surace, Serious Materials, making products for sustainability
DLA Piper
Monday, July 2
Holiday Break, No session
Holiday Break, No session
n/a
Monday, August 6
Developing A Clean Energy Business Plan
Jeremy Walker, Clean Tech
DLA Piper
Tuesday, September 4
Successful Partnerships with Early Stage Investors
TBD
Monday, October 1
Executing Your Clean Energy Marketing Plan
TBD
Monday, November 5
Developing Your Clean Energy Value Proposition
Chuck Devita, Growth Process Group Jeremy Walker, Clean Tech
Monday, December 3
Pricing Models for Clean Energy Companies
Chuck Devita, Growth Process Group
Thank you to our sponsors who make our work possible.
