UWB CSE

Web 2.0 / IT SIG – 6pm Friday, December 7, 2007 – Kirkland Firehouse

November 24th, 2007

Dear IT Oriented Entrepreneur,

Are you interested in information technology oriented businesses? Startup plays on the internet? The Web 2.0 / IT Special Interest Group (SIG) meets on Friday, December 7, 2007 at the Kirkland Firehouse.

This group encompasses some of our most interesting and successful startups within the ENventure professional group for entrepreneurs. Tim and Kim Luke of Basepin will be pitching their beta software product, already being used in major multi-million dollar projects. Phil Aiken of Secura Corp also plan to present.

You may wish to get involved with these groups or simply network.

Mark DeVore (of DeVore Networks) and Cliff Choplin (UWB) are the moderators for this meeting.

Directions to the Kirkland Fire House

See you there!

p.s. The ENventure network for entrepreneurs is a (soon to be) non-profit organization comprised of alumni entrepreneurs and friends based out of the University of Washington, Bothell.

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Special Speaker: Paul Brainerd - 5:45pm Monday Nov 19, 2007

November 5th, 2007

The Green Entrepreneurship Group and the Social Entrepreneurship Group are co-sponsoring a very special event for our entire network:

Paul Brainerd, noted Northwest Entrepreneur to speak on the UWB campus - Monday November 19 5:45 PM – in room 041 in the UW1 Building.

Paul Brainerd - founder of Aldus Corporation (now part of Adobe Systems), developers of the first desktop publishing program Pagemaker - head of the Brainerd Foundation will be speaking at the Center for Student Entrepreneurship at UW Bothell. The session is open to our entire network and friends. Paul will be talking about the rising interest in ecologically friendly businesses and the growth of sustainable business communities in the Pacific Northwest.

If you’d like to be electronically invited to this special event, please notify either the Green Group Chair Chris Geddes (cjgeddes@msn.com) or the Social Entrepreneurship Chair Loc Le (loc.ngoc.le@gmail.com).

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The VIP’s Corner - Schedule

August 16th, 2007

The following people will be hovering at 30 minute intervals around the Dessert Tables at Papa’s Place during the Festival. You may wish to strike up a conversation with one or more of them. Many of them have a strong interest in the Center for Student Entrepreneurship (CSE).

5:00 pm Terrie Battuello - Terrie is the Assistant to the City Manager of Bothell and is Responsible for Economic Development. She’ll be bringing city staff to this event. Center students and staff have crossed paths over her interest in bringing biotech businesses and environmental demonstration projects to the city.

5:30 pm Brandon Snow & Eliece Colbert - Brandon is the president of the UWB Student Entrepreneurs Club and Eliece is the president of the UWB Student Body. Both are available to talk with you about the club or the university.

6:00 pm Mike Gold - Since 1990, President and Chair of CNI Corporation - a supplier of computer systems for (newspaper) publishing. Before that, he held positions as founder and president of Archetype Inc., VP of Contex. Mike is a successful serial entrepreneur and has also been a college and university level instructor since 1969. Mike has been assisting us with taking the Center for Student Entrepreneurship to the next phase.

6:30 pm Alan Leong, Gabe Frost - Alan is the Director for the Center for Student Entrepreneurship (CSE) and also the co-founder of Biotech Stock Research. Gabe Frost is an architect and subject expert at Microsoft; Gabe is also on the CSE advisory board. They’re excited to talk about where the Center is heading: a successful past and present, but an even brighter future.

7:00 pm Julie Eastland - is the CFO of VLST Corporation, a privately held biotech dedicated to the development of novel drugs for treating inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. Prior to VLST, Ms. Eastland was employed at Dendreon Corporation from 2000 to 2005, where she held various finance positions, most recently as the VP of Strategic Planning. From 1996 to 1998, Ms. Eastland was employed at Amgen, Inc. as Area Finance Manager and Assistant Controller of Amgen BioPharma. Ms. Eastland also held positions as Director of Finance at Biovail Corporation, Director of Finance & Planning for Encore Media Group, International Finance & Business Manager for SCIENCE Magazine and Financial Manager for the Discovery Channel.

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