Startups Demo Night : "The Russians are Here!"

WHEN

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010,  6:30pm-9:30pm, Sunnyvale ,CA

WHAT

Please join 8 international start-ups showcasing their social networks, group shopping , SaaS, and Cloud Computing ventures. Join us for an evening with the founders. Hear and mingle with a new generation of tech visionaries bent on delivering a better future while achieving business growth for their investors.

In addition, meet 15 best research teams/companies from Russian and FSU supported by  CRDF (a State Department-sponsored organization to promote international cooperation).

Participating startups:

  • Zettar - enable enterprise to easily and inexpensively setup, deploy, and use object-based storage clouds (Chin Fang , CEO & Founder)
  • Keen - lets printing companies quickly and easily create online stores and manage their communication, billing, scheduling and shipping.( Vitaly Golomb, CEO & Founder)
  • Scalr - software that auto-scales web apps, and is used by Disney, Accenture, Samsung, Nokia, and many others (Sebastian Stadil , CEO & Founder)
  • Pikaba - is a  “Social Shopping” marketplace where consumers get personalized low-priced deals and merchants get high quality leads (Dmitry Balin , CEO & Founder)
  • WaysGo - the first online Reference Network, where recommendations are “Expert rated, Consumer confirmed”.
  • Wrike - “social project management” software helps thousands of customers to better collaborate, manage their employees and projects. (Andrew Filev, Co-founder & CEO )
  • Tulp.ru - Tulp is a Russian Yelp:an online city library,which focuses on reviewing local businesses and sharing information about them (Taisiya Kudashkina, CEO & Founder)
  • TicTacDo - a Social Productivity service which connects People to the relevant Know-how and the Experts they need (Yossi Dan,Co-founder & CEO)

REGISTRATION: http://tec20101116.eventbrite.com/  
            OUR LAST EVENT HAD BEEN SOLD OUT - Do not wait - register online!! Early birds discount! A full refund guaranteed!

A Glimpse into Silicon Valley’s Culture of Innovation

WHEN

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010,  6:30pm-9:30pm, Mountain View,CA

SORRY..THIS EVENT SOLD OUT BUT YOU CAN STILL REGISTER FOR OUR NEXT EVENT: http://tec20101116.eventbrite.com/

WHAT

Please join CoolTechClub, JHTC, SiliconFrench and BayBrazil members for “International Startup Night”.

This is your chance to meet 8 international start-ups showcasing their mobile, software, SaaS, and video game ventures. Join us for an evening with the founders. Hear and mingle with a new generation of tech visionaries bent on delivering a better future while achieving business growth for their investors.

  • BackBlaze - online backup provides the easiest way to backup your computer. For just $5/month, Backblaze will automatically backup all data on your Mac or PC over the Internet. Founded by a team of serial entrepreneurs, the award winning company was bootstrapped and is now profitable.
  • AcuNote - is online project management and Scrum software able to scale for customers from small teams to mid-size enterprises. Founded in 2006 Acunote employs a distributed team in Silicon Valley and Ukraine.
  • IMSConnects - Interactive Mobile Solutions (IMS) provides a social-event SaaS (Software as a Solution) product that enhances interaction and engagement for participants at conferences, events, and large group meetings. The company's vanguard product — ConferenceConnect — provides an intuitive, user-friendly mobile experience which allows attendees to make valuable connections and have access to relevant and timely information, when and where it's needed.
  • FlyingWisdom Studios - makes games as a function of unparalleled innovation. Founded in 2008 by three successful industry veterans, development is driven by their exclusive insights into virality, social mechanics, and trans-media storytelling. FWS prides itself equally in the creation of independently developed intellectual property, and in the quality of the games they produce for well-known clients like National Geographic, Lady Gaga, George Romero, SGN, and ngmoco:).
  • OpenERP - is a leading Open Source Business Applications vendor. OpenERP strategy is based on a unique ecosystem which combines the resources of the community, of its partner’s network and of the editor.
  • Digitrad - is a Voice 2.0 platform with the primary goal of becoming a one-stop-shop for all your communications. Thanks to the introduction of a new digital ID dedicated to communications we are starting a marketing targeting individuals as well as businesses to become their primary entrypoint for all their communications. Our vision is going beyong phone numbers to enhance the next generation of intelligent communication services.
  • Movelus Local - is a search engine for local professionals based on customer reviews under a dynamic ranking algorithm. It currently searches more than 500K professionals and 500 services. Professionals get leads for free. Consumers get quotes from top professionals for free. iPhone app will be launched soon, look for "Movelus Local"
  • Zing9 Enterprises mission is to develop scientifically-engineered healthy foods and beverages with meaningful ingredients that are proven to work. Zing9's beverages and snacks are meant for health-conscious people like you and me who want what's best from nature and proved by science. Currently, Zing9's main product is Entropy Energy Replenishment Drink. Entropy is an anti-aging drink that helps the body turn fat into mental focus. It works thanks to its many anti-oxidants, such as resveratrol, the component of red wine responsible for its anti-aging and heart-healthy properties, in synergy with acai, green tea, ginkgo biloba, panax ginseng, guarana and vitamins."

Delicious hors d'oeuvres and wine arrangement is supervised by French-speaking people – must to be great!

REGISTRATION: http://9nov2010-Cooltech.eventbrite.com   (Guest Admission: $15 in advance; $25 at door)

CoolTech & SiliconFrench welcome FranceTelecom/Orange delegation

WHEN

Tuesday, October 5,2010 at 6:00pm in Palo Alto

WHAT

CoolTech Club and SiliconFrench are welcoming delegation of FranceTelecom executives and winning teams of the “Orange ITN Awards” , which are coming from eight European countries for a one week mission.

Please join us for exclusive networking evening with executives and leading technology experts from major European and Silicon Valley telecom companies.

Fine French food is provided ;-)

CoolTech Club with Steve Jurvetson - Video Recording & Presentation

CoolTech Club with Steve Jurvetson , Sep 9, 2010


Emerging Technology Markets: From Green IT to Energy and Nanotech

CoolTech Club with Steve Jurvetson - Emerging Technology Markets: From Green IT to Energy and Nanotech

WHEN

Thursday, September 9,2010 5:30pm in Palo Alto

WHAT

Please join us for the next CoolTechClub event with legendary Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson - an innovator who is focused on the idea of clean tech investing.  We are honored to have Steve give a keynote address on Emerging Technology Markets: From Green IT to Energy and Nanotech followed by the Q&A session.

"If you want to know where nanotech investing is headed, look no further than Jurvetson. His voice has carried through industry conferences, television appearances and university labs. And he's not just talk: he was one of the first non-corporate investors to invest in the sector... With a wide net and a sea of followers, Jurvetson's evangelic drive into nanotech is risky for both him and DFJ... If he's right and nanotech will fuel the next wave of innovation, he may be crowned the patron saint of tiny technology." - VC Journal Cover Story, 02/02

"There aren't many investors as sharp, quick or multi-disciplinary as Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson." - Forbes/Wolfe Emerging Tech Report, February 2009

CoolTech Club VC panel : Pros and cons of Skolkovo project: Panel Discussion with Mark Iwanowski,Eric Buatois and John China

WHEN

August 19,2010

WHAT

A very constructive discussion on what needs to be done to achieve the success of Skolkovo Project as well as what is definitely not going to work. We have three great panelists for this discussion: Mark Iwanowski, Partner, Trident Capital,Eric Buatois, Managing Director,Sofinnova Ventures and John China, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank, who were with us on a VC Trip to Russia in May (www.vctriptorussia.com). Also Mark has just recently returned from a special meeting of the Presidential Committee on Modernization in Moscow chaired by President Medvedev. We invite you to participate in the discussion: your ideas and practical and productive suggestions are most welcome.

CoolTech Club VC panel : Russian-American High-Tech : A Fresh Viewpoint

WHEN

June 9,2010

WHAT

In May 2010, CoolTech Club executive team brought 20 managing partners from some of the leading Venture Capital firms in Silicon Valley to Moscow, Russia, where they had an opportunity to learn more about Russian businesses and Russian technology companies and where they had been introduced to the Russian market as a destination for potential investment.

Our delegation had meetings with D. Medvedev ( President of Russian Federation) , A. Chubais ( CEO of RUSNANO), V.Vekselberg (Head of "Skolkovo" project), U. Milner ( Digital Sky Technology) and many more leaders of Russian investment and entrepreneurship communities.

This panel offers you an opportunity to meet group of leading VC who participate in this trip and learn their first impression about possibility to make business in/with Russia. In addition, we'll discuss what special role can be play by local Russian-speaking community.

CoolTech Club panel : Building Your First Start-up: Panel Discussion with Founders/CEOs

WHEN

March 18,2010

WHAT

Open discussion on technology, entrepreneurship and startup management with Max Skibinsky (Hive7) and  PJ Gupta (Noca).

CoolTech Club panel : Making Money on Social Media: Russia Compared to the US (LiveJournal & TrialPay CEOs panel)

WHEN

February 3,2010

WHAT

The discussion will touch on the following issues:

  • differences in revenue strategies and advertising for social media companies in Russia and the US
  • development of gaming and virtual goods,
  • mobile solutions for social media: Russia vs the US,
  • US stereotypes about Russia's business environment
  •  legal issues, and more.
     

CoolTech Club with Kevin Epstain : The 5 Big Marketing Mistakes Every Manager Makes (and How to Avoid Them)

WHEN

April 16,2009

WHAT

Every marketer makes mistakes. But when you have a limited budget and only a few chances to make your business a success, the goal is to avoid making too many mistakes.

In this brief, interactive, and somewhat cynical view of marketing, author Kevin Epstein presents a view of the “Big 5” mistakes every manager makes – and how you can avoid making the same mistakes.

Filled with real-world anecdotes from his time at Netscape, RealNetworks, VMware and other well-known Silicon Valley success stories, this presentation provides a humorous but practical set of tips for anyone who is exposed to marketing in their job.

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What They Say About Us

"The wonderful thing about entrepreneurs is that their passion for starting new companies transcends languages and geographic boundaries."

Ron Conway, Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors LP funds, early stage investor in Google and PayPal

"Networking is very important for start-ups. The challenge for them is often not money: it is mentoring and finding people who can give good advice from experience."

Esther Dyson, Founder, EDventure Holdings

"This conference is clearly a labor of love for a group of dedicated professionals who care deeply about the Eastern European entrepreneurs. From the value-packed educational panels, to the star-studded key note speakers' line up, to an amazing quantity of venture capitalists – this is a not to be missed event for any high tech entrepreneur,"

Richard Guha, President of the Marketing Executives Network and Managing Partner at MaxBrandEquity

"As Stanford MBA students, we were exposed to a lot of VC firms both from the Valley and abroad. It is at Stanford that we met Anna Dvornikova, an absolutely amazing business leader and (by our big luck) our friend, who was the center of the Russian Silicon Valley professional community, and was doing a huge work to connect Russia and the Valley. Anna helped us a lot with kick-starting Wikimart, put us to our first-ever conference, introduced us to most of Russian VCs. And all that happened in a very short time span! It was the beginning of a six-month journey that despite the particularly tough times resulted in an extraordinarily group of investors backing our start-up."

Maxim Faldin and Kamil Kurmakayev,
co-CEOs, Wikimart