FountainBlue
September
Newsletter
The FountainBlue
monthly newsletter is designed to communicate regularly with our
members, to
announce FountainBlue events for the month, to make special offerings to
our
members, and to share wisdom gained from our community. It is sent
monthly to
all FountainBlue members on BigTent, and the general network, and we
welcome
you to forward it on to interested others, with proper reference to
FountainBlue, our community, and our speakers. To sign up for our
monthly
newsletter, join us on BigTent, LinkedIn or YahooGroups.
What's
New
with FountainBlue: Program
Advisory Boards, Speaking Topics and Event Registration for Members
Announcing
FountainBlue’s Program Advisory
Board Members
The richness and
relevance of our programs in a broad range of topics is largely due to
the
volunteers who have designed programs, recruited panelists, provided
outreach,
and so much more, for past and upcoming events. As program advisory
board
members, they:
- Assist in
developing the topics and themes for our programs, and nominate and
recruit
speakers;
- Serve as
ambassadors for FountainBlue and the series and/or program before the
event by
spreading the word, during the event in connecting people with each
other, and
following the event to solicit feedback and help make program and
process
improvements for the next event;
- Stimulate
thinking and conversation between events;
- Make
connections between people between events; and
- Generally
assist in advancing the sub-industry within and outside FountainBlue and
the
Silicon Valley.
- Clean
Energy Advisory Board Members
- Matt
Lecar, Principal, Smart Grid Center of Excellence, Energy Applications
&
Systems Engineering, General Electric International
- Tom
Thayer, Thayer and Associates, Clean Tech Open Advocate for Alumni
Companies in
Transportation Segment
- Dick
Zeren
- High Tech
Advisory Board Members
- Susan
Brown, Brown and Associates
- Sandy
Orlando
- Life
Science Advisory Board Members
- Aileen
DeSoto, MyMedFax
- Steve
Rabin
- Geetha
Rao, PhD, Springborne Life Sciences, CEO and Founder, MyMedFax; Vice
President
of Strategy and Risk Management, Triple Ring Technologies
- Virtual
Worlds Advisory Board Members
- Nina
Gerwin, The NRG Group
- Barry
Holroyd, CTO, Masher Media
- Dennis
Shiao, Director of Product Marketing, INXPO; Blogger, “It’s All Virtual”
FountainBlue would
like to recognize and acknowledge members of our program advisory boards
and
thank them for their contributions to the community.
Speaking Topics
FountainBlue is
pleased to offer a range of two-hour workshops on leadership,
entrepreneurship
and networking to our corporate partners for our When She Speaks series,
and to
the general FountainBlue membership overall. A list of topics is below
and your
recommendation for other topics are welcome.
- Expanding
Your Influence, With or Without Direct Authority
- Heart-Head-Hands
Leadership
- Politics
in the Workplace: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
- Building
and Reinforcing Your Executive Brand
- Agility -
The Key to Building a Successful Career
- Women
Making Their Own Rules
- Fostering
An Intrapreneurial Culture
Other topics
presented by FountainBlue partners include:
- Standing
on the Shoulders of Mentors
- Millennials
in Our Midst!
- Women at
the Top of the Game
- Tips for
Enlarging Your Sandbox: Learn to play with people who don't act right
(like
you)
Event
Registration for Members
To simplify the
registration process, better facilitate connections between members, and
ensure
that only members receive membership rates, we have adopted Wild Apricot
as a
registration system for our members, and will continue to offer partner,
general and membership-plus-admission rates for others. Current members
will be
sent an invitation to join the community. In the next week or two, only
members
of the community on Wild Apricots will be offered membership rates for
FountainBlue events. Thank you for your support and patience during the
transition.
http://fountainblue.shuttlepod.org/
Something
From
Nothing
Over
the next several months, we will be showcasing chapters from our
upcoming book,
101 Truths About Creating Something from Nothing. Chapter Two,
and the
titles of all the chapters are below.
Chapter One: The
Entrepreneur Litmus Test
Chapter Two: A Hard Look at Yourself
Chapter Three: Show Me the Pain, and I’ll Show You the Money
Chapter Four: The Whole Vision Thing
Chapter Five: The People On the Bus
Chapter Six: The First Shovelful of Dirt
Chapter Seven: Overcoming Adversity
Chapter Eight: The Chosen Path
Chapter Nine: Is It Them Or Is It ME?
Chapter Ten: The Pot of Gold
Bringing It All Together
Chapter
Four: The Whole Vision Thing: Do
You Have It? How Do You Get It?
Vision is a defining
characteristic of success. And the
leader either has it or he/she doesn't. Many a company relies on the
vision of
its leader, and this is especially true for early stage start-ups. Odds
are
against success anyway, and without the vision to identify a need and
inspire
others to follow as investors, staff, partners, ambassadors and
customers, So
you can't make a company successful without that vision thing. But how
do you know whether a company has it?
Here are some telltale signs of the qualities of a visionary leader.
1) Visionaries have
the integrity to lead, and can
engender faith in others through your words and actions, whether it's in
the
boardroom or the living room. Integrity is the very foundation of
success. Even
the most brilliant technologists with the best ideas can't succeed
without the
credibility established by having and acting on a moral compass.
2) Visionaries have a
track record of success, preferably
in a range of areas and fields. There is no substitute for competent
execution
and leadership. But nobody is perfect. In fact, the success record
actually
looks better if it is peppered with failures from which one has learned
and
grown.
3) Visionaries can
integrate their passion with current
business needs and trends with their abilities. It has to start with the
heart.
I've met people who are advocating for a cause that doesn't resonate
with me,
but I've never met a visionary without a passion for a cause.
4) Visionaries have
enough of an in-depth view of a trend
to understand how to capitalize on where the markets and customers are
going
and why. There's no substitute for experience within a field or
industry. No
substitute for deep thinking about what drives people to do what they
do,
within the context of a business opportunity. Visionaries understand the
business trends, and see the opportunities around these trends. They
create
solutions which responds to current and
anticipated market and a customer needs.
5) Visionaries are
strategists who always know why they
are doing what with whom and how that would further the cause, drive the
momentum.
6) It's not enough
to be strategic about who you reach
out to and why. Visionaries are compelling communicators who routinely
inspire
others to join the cause, and motivates them to stay engaged.
7) Visionaries have
the following of competent,
visionaries of integrity who are leaders in their own right. The people
you
recruit to join the team will lend additional credibility to your idea.
How you
support and grow the company's vision, and enfold their passion and
expertise
has the potential of either fanning your flames, or bringing your
concept to a
halt, perhaps to morph into a different solution altogether.
8) With the support
of a strategic following of
passionate others, visionaries can balance a razor-sharp focus on the
cause
with the external feedback of customers, staff and markets.
9) With the support
of a strategic following of
passionate others, visionaries focus on building forward momentum,
course-correct continually, and ensuring that the right formula of
customers,
markets, technologies and trends are combined to continue moving
forward.
10) Visionaries know
when they are not the right person
to lead, and step aside for the good of the cause.
We welcome your
input and feedback We
hope that you enjoyed this introduction and chapter from our upcoming
book,
and, as always, welcome your stories, opinions and advice. Please e-mail
us at info@sventrepreneurs.com
with your
thoughts.
In
The News
We will begin
speaking and writing more frequently, and will share excerpts and quotes
from
our talks and write-ups.
It’s All Virtual,
with Dennis
Shiao
On virtual worlds
and
"where we're going", what is your opinion?
The opportunities in
virtual worlds brings together the best of
enterprise solutions which automate business process to better serve
customers
at all levels, the best of social media and its capacity to expand
audiences
virally leveraging technology, and the best of gaming with its fanatical
appeal
to extremely loyal customers. It is a hot Web 3.0 opportunity, which
takes the
technology, community, and monetizing potential of Web 2.0 to the next
level.
http://allvirtual.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/fountainblue%E2%80%99s-virtual-worlds-annual-conference-2010/
Please attend
FountainBlue’s September 24 virtual worlds annual
conference and meet the movers and shakers in the virtual worlds space! http://www.svvirtualworlds.com.
Top Ten Tips for
Networking, shared as part of the networking panel for
Right Management’s ExeConnect, August 30, 2010:
- Make the
Effort: No matter how bad you feel, how much you’ve BTDT, how many times
you’ve
seen the same people in a day/week/month.
- Do Your
Homework: Do the research to ensure that networking efforts will benefit
all.
- Associate
with
Positive People You Can Trust: Who you connect with speaks to who you
are.
- Build
Breadth
of Relationships: With the convergence of roles, technologies, and
companies, breadth of connections will be as valuable or more so than
depth.
- Build
Deep
Relationships: Get to know yourself, and the people in your tightest
circles well.
- Practice
Reciprocity: Ask for help when you need it, help others regardless of
whether
they ask.
- Leverage
Your Influence: As you build your network, don’t be afraid to leverage
it for
the common good.
- Take the
Initiative and Assume Trust: What goes around comes around, and
benefiting
others benefits all.
- Strive
for the Win-Win: Plan your communications strategy to ensure that all
benefit
from the time invested.
- Sharpen the Saw:
Continuously improving
yourself and your network will provide endless rewards.
We offer workshops
on networking, leadership and entrepreneurship to our
members and partners. Send us an e-mail at info@FountainBlue.biz if you’re
interested in details.
Services
and
Recommendations by Members
Every month, we
promote free and discounted services provided BY our entrepreneurial
members,
FOR our entrepreneurial members. If you would like to submit YOUR offer
to our
network, please send an e-mail with a 100-word description and a link to
events@FountainBlue.biz by
the 25th
of the month and we will consider profiling your product/service to our
newsletter. Below is this month’s offering.
Introducing RAL
&
Associates’ lunch-time, 30 minute mini-webinars, with Bobbie LaPorte,
Executive
Producer of the San Francisco "When She Speaks" series. All sessions
will be recorded for later access if you can't attend, and the cost for
the 5
program series is $45 for FountainBlue members. For more information and
to
register, visit http://www.regonline.com/register/checkin.aspx?EventId=891823
or http://www.bobbielaporte.com.
September 21:
"Politics in the Workplace - The Good, The Bad &
The Ugly"
October 5: "Your
Personal Highlight Reel - Recognizing Your
Achievements"
October 19:
"Networking - It's Not a Dirty Word"
November 2: "Your
Personal Brand - What IS That Anyway?"
November 16:
"Getting to the Top of Your Game"
Notes
From
Last Month’s FountainBlue Events
FountainBlue
stimulates collaborative innovation one
conversation, one leader, one organization at a time, through our
monthly
events, our dynamic communities, and our strategic and business
development
consulting services for early stage clean energy, high tech and life
science
entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and beyond.
Each entrepreneurial
series serves clean energy, high
tech, life science and virtual world entrepreneurs. Our When She Speaks
Women
in Leadership celebrates women tech execs and serves emerging women
leaders and
intrapreneurs, while facilitation cross-over conversations between women
leaders and corporations and entrepreneurs.
We
hope to see you at one of our upcoming events!
FountainBlue’s
When She Speaks, Women in Leadership Series
Topic:
Women Who Make Up Their Own Rules
Date
& Time: Friday, September 10 from
11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
Location:
LifeScan, 1051 S Milpitas Blvd. Bldg 2, Cafeteria Annex Room, Milpitas
Pre-register:
$21 members, $32 partners, $42 general,
$156 corporate passes for up to 10 people
Late
and On-Site Cost: $42 members, $52 non-members, $124 Ongoing membership
plus
admission
Registration:
Please pre-register by noon on 9/9
using the PayPal link at http://www.whenshespeaks.com
Facilitator
Pat Obuchowski, CEO (Chief Empowerment Officer), inVisionaria
Panelist
Daniela Bayer, Business Intelligence Manager for Central & Eastern
Europe,
Cisco
Panelist
Sheryl Chamberlain, Senior Director, VMware Technology Alliance, EMC
Panelists
Laurie Cremona and Elaine Miller, Services Marketing for the Information
Intelligence Group at EMC, Founders, Mission Job Share
Panelist
Sudha Jamthe, Social Media Strategist, PayPal
Panelist
Sharon Vondera, Director, Americas Customer Solutions, LifeScan
Audience:
Women and men who support having women in senior technology positions.
For
more information and to register, visit http://www.whenshespeaks.com.
FountainBlue
Tech2Green Transition
Topic:
Data Analytics in the Clean Tech Sector
Speaker:
Matthew Denesuk, Ph.D., STSM, Partner, IBM Venture Capital Group,
Scientist,
IBM Research
Date
& Time: Monday, September 13 from
8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Location:
FountainBlue, 2500 El Camino Real, Suite 215, Palo Alto, between Page
Mill and
California
Cost:
$32 members only, $135 Ongoing Membership and Admission
Registration:
Please pre-register by noon on 9/10
at http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=203065
or visit http://www.tech2green.biz
for
more information
Audience:
Limited to 12 FountainBlue members who served in the high-tech industry,
wishing to transition into the clean energy industry. No Service
Providers
Please
For
more information about this event or this series or to register, visit http://www.tech2green.biz.
FountainBlue’s
Clean Energy Entrepreneurs’ Forum
Topic:
Energy Storage and Management
Date
& Time: Monday, September 13 from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m.
Location:
SRI Building G on Laurel Avenue between Ravenswood and Burgess, in Menlo
Park
Cost:
$22 members, $32 partners, $42 general;
On-Site
Cost: $42 members, $52 non-members, $124 Ongoing membership plus
admission
Registration:
Please pre-register by noon on
September 10 using the PayPal link at http://www.svcleanenergy.com.
Facilitator
Kathy Fields, Partner, Goodwin Procter
Panelist
Matthew Denesuk, Ph.D., STSM, Partner, IBM Venture Capital Group,
Scientist,
IBM Research
Panelist
Dr. Angel Sanjurjo, Director Materials Research Laboratory, SRI
International
Presenting
Entrepreneur Michael McDonald, CEO, CleanShare
Presenting
Entrepreneur Jit Bhattacharya, CEO, Mission Motors
Presenting
Entrepreneur David Henkel-Wallace, Co-Founder, Solar Storage Company
Presenting
Entrepreneur Linda Maepa, Founder & COO, ElectronVault, Inc.
Panelist
from KPMG to be confirmed
For
more information about this event or this series or to register, visit http://www.svcleanenergy.com
Audience:
Clean Energy Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs & Investors, No Service
Providers
Please
FountainBlue's
Virtual Worlds Annual Conference
Topic:
Virtual Worlds: Where We Were, Where We're Going, What Does It Mean to
YOU?
Date
& time: Friday, September 24, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Location:
Cisco, Great Dane Conference Room at MCCARTHY RANCH 3 (SJCMR3), 155
North
McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas
Trends
in the Virtual Worlds Industry: An Update on What’s New and What’s
Coming
Facilitator Jeff
Pope, Founding Partner,
Spark Sky Ventures, to be confirmed
David Helgason,
CEO and Co-Founder, Unity
Chris Platz,
Creative Director and Art Lead,
Stanford Sirikata Labs
Eilif Trondsen,
Research and Program Director
of the Virtual Worlds @ Work Consortium at Strategic Business Insights
Mark Wallace,
Conversation Manager, Linden
Lab
Corporate
Panel: Serving Customers, Building Communities, Training Users
Facilitator Dennis
Shiao, INXPO
Facilitator Dennis
Shiao, Director of Product
Marketing, INXPO
Sai Allavarpu,
CITRIX
Mic Bowman, Intel
Kenny Lauer,
George P. Johnson
Dannette Veale,
Global Virtual Event
Strategist, Cisco, Lead, Virtual Component, Cisco Live
Entrepreneur
Panel: The Tools, The Goods, The Immersion Experience
Facilitator Nina
Gerwin, The NRG Group
Michael Gold, CEO,
Electrotank:
Steve Hoffman,
CEO, Rocketon: virtual world
for tweeners
Albert Kim, CEO,
Zenitum: Augmented reality
with 3D displays
Jim Parker, CEO,
Digitell: SaaS 3D immersive
virtual events and virtual training
Reuben Steiger,
Founder and Chairman, Virtual
Greats
Cost:
Register by September 23 at noon: $42 members, $52 partners, $62 general
Late
and On-Site Registration: $62 for members, $82 for non-members
Registration
Link: http://www.svvirtualworlds.com
by 9/22 at noon
Audience:
Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs and
Investors only. No service providers please.
FountainBlue's
Life Science Entrepreneurs' Forum
Topic:
Emerging Trends in Medical Devices – Mobile Health, Personalized
Medicine and
Consumerization
Date
& Time: Monday, September 27 from
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Location:
UCSC Extension, 2505 Augustine Drive, Santa Clara
Pre-register:
$21 members, $32 partners, $42 general
Late
and On-Site: $42 members, $52 non-members, $124 Ongoing membership and
admission
Registration:
Please pre-register by noon on 9/24
using the PayPal link at http://www.svlifescience.com.
Facilitator
Geetha Rao, PhD, Springborne Life Sciences
Panelist
Anne DeGheest, Managing Director and Founder, HealthTech Capital,
Managing
Partner and Founder
MedStars
Panelist
Dave Scott, Director, Imaging Systems, Intuitive Surgical, Inc
Panelist
Clarence Wilhelm, LifeScan
Panelist
from Intel to be confirmed
Panelist
from IBM to be confirmed
Panelist
from GE Healthcare to be confirmed
Presenting
Entrepreneur Marc Bandt, CEO, Pelesend
Presenting
Entrepreneur: Personalized Medicine
Presenting
Entrepreneur: Diagnostic for Consumers
Audience:
Life Science entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and investors, no service
providers
please
For
More information and to register, visit http://www.SVLifeScience.com.
FountainBlue’s
Clean Energy Entrepreneurs’ Forum
Topic:
Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment
Date
& Time: Monday, October 4 from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m.
Location:
tbd
Facilitator
from KPMG to be confirmed
Panelist
John Kerley, Donnelly Kerley Builders
Panelist
Josh Schoonmaker, SmartHome Manager, HP
Panelist
Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials
Panelist
VC to be confirmed (Foundation Capital, NEA or Rockport)
Panelist
from Federspiel Controls to be confirmed
Presenting
Entrepreneur Brian Pierson, CEO, Tru2Earth
Cost:
$22 members, $32 partners, $42 general
On-Site
Cost: $42 members, $52 non-members, $124 Ongoing membership plus
admission
Registration:
Please pre-register by noon on October 1
using the PayPal link at http://www.svcleanenergy.com.
Audience:
Clean Energy Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs & Investors, No Service
Providers
Please
FountainBlue:
When She Speaks, Women in Leadership Series
Topic:
Women Leading Innovation
Date
& Time: Friday, October 8 from
11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
Location:
EMC, 2831 Mission College, Santa Clara
Facilitator
Francine Gordon, FGordon Group and SDForum Tech Women's Program
Panelist
Daniela Busse, Director of User Experience, SAP Labs
Panelist
Shalini Govil-Pai, Lead PM, Google
Panelist
Mirjana Spasojevic, Research Leader, Nokia Research Center
Panelist
from EMC to be confirmed
Panelist
from Life Technologies to be confirmed
Pre-register:
$21 members, $32 partners, $42 general,
$156 corporate passes for up to 10 people
Late
and On-Site Cost: $42 members, $52 non-members, $124 Ongoing membership
plus
admission
Registration:
Please pre-register by noon on 10/7
using the PayPal link at http://www.whenshespeaks.com.
Audience:
Women and men who support having women in senior technology positions.
FountainBlue's
Life Science Entrepreneurs' Forum
Topic:
Software Meets Healthcare: Forging The Win-For-All!
Date
& Time: Monday, October 18 from
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Location:
to be confirmed
Sponsor
Facilitator to be confirmed
Panelist
VC to be confirmed
Panelist
from Intuitive Surgical to be confirmed
Panelist
from Altera to be confirmed
Panelist
from Affymetrix to be confirmed
Panelist
from Applied Biosystems, a Life Technologies Company, to be confirmed
Presenting
Entrepreneurs to be confirmed
Pre-register:
$21 members, $32 partners, $42 general
Late
and On-Site: $42 members, $52 non-members, $124 Ongoing membership and
admission
Registration:
Please pre-register by noon on 10/15
using the PayPal link at http://www.svlifescience.com.
Audience:
Life Science entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and investors, no service
providers
please
FountainBlue's
Life Science Entrepreneurs' Forum
Topic:
Personalized Medicine, Biomarkers, Invitro Diagnostics: The Science
Advances,
The Business Opportunities, The Cultural Dilemmas
Date
& Time: Monday, October 18 from
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Location:
Life Technologies, 850 Lincoln Centre Drive in Foster City
Facilitator
tbd
Panelist
from Life Technologies, to be confirmed
Panelist
VC, tbd
Panelist
from Stanford, tbd
Panelist
Brandon Steele, Vice President, Commercial Operations, IncellDx, Inc.
Presenting
Entrepreneur, Biomarker
Presenting
Entrepreneur, Invitro Diagnostics
Presenting
Entrepreneur, Customized Treatments
Pre-register:
$21 members, $32 partners, $42 general
Late
and On-Site: $42 members, $52 non-members, $124 Ongoing membership and
admission
Registration:
Please pre-register by noon on 10/15
using the PayPal link at http://www.svlifescience.com.
Audience:
Life Science entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and investors, no service
providers
please
Give
Us
Feedback
Please let us know
how we can better provide value to you as a member.
We welcome your
program ideas and suggestions.
We welcome your
ideas on how we can enhance our green commitment.
We welcome your
active participation in other ways.
Until we next
connect,
Linda
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