Venture Summit East 2010

Where Big Ideas Meet Big Money

Jun 21st - 23rd, 2010
Harvard Business School, Boston, MA

Co-Presented by Harvard Business School and KPMG

Like its sister event in Silicon Valley, Venture Summit East, co-presented by The Blackstone Group, is a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. Now more than ever, staying abreast of market conditions and innovations is crucial to financial success. Venture Summit East features the most influential institutional investors, venture capitalists, corporate buyers, investment bankers and research analysts in the Eastern U.S. in keynote presentations and panel debates. Venture Summit East will also feature the AlwaysOn East 100 Top Private Companies list, and play host to CEO Showcases from qualified companies seeking later-stage capital or potential acquirers.

Jeffrey Bussgang
General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners

Juan Enriquez
Managing Director, Excel Venture Management,

Bill Sahlman
Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for External Relations, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School

Henry McCance
Chairman, Greylock Partners

Charlie Baker
Former CEO, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care; Gubernatorial Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts ,

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The Program

Last updated on 06/26/2010 at 15:40pm

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05:00 pm
Burden Hall
Opening Remarks
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Co-Host: Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn

Co-Host: Mike Roberts, Senior Lecturer: James Collins, Executive Director, Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship Harvard Business School

Senior Lecturer: James Collins, Executive Director, Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship Harvard Business School

Co-Host: Jeffrey Bussgang, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners

Co-Host: Tony Tjan, General Partner, The Cue Ball Group
05:15 pm
Burden Hall
"Venture Summit East 100" Winners Presentation
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Master of Ceremonies: Pat Canning, Managing Partner, Boston Office, KPMG
05:30 pm
Burden Hall
State-of-the-Union
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AlwaysOn-KPMG VC Survey
Presented by: Jack McCullough, Director of Client Relations, KPMG

Presented by: Jeffrey McCormick, Managing General Partner, Saturn Partners
05:45 pm
Burden Hall
Can VCs and Entrepreneurs Solve the World's Problems?
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VCs and Entrepreneurs are turning their skill sets towards solving heady problems, from finding cures for diseases, to creating ubiquitous energy. What makes them tick?
Moderator: Bill Sahlman, Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for External Relations, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School

Henry McCance, Chairman, Greylock Partners

08:30 am
Burden Hall
Keynote Address
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Introduced by: Lynda Applegate, Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, Chair Entrepreneurial Management unit

Michael Simon, CEO, LogMeIn
09:00 am
Spangler Auditorium
What do Entrepreneurs really think about VCs?
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The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Noam Wasserman, Associate Professor, Tukman Faculty Fellow, Harvard Business School

Jeffrey Bussgang, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners

Tony Tjan, General Partner, The Cue Ball Group

Daniel Ross, CEO, Illume Software

Andy Palmer, Former CEO & Co-Founder, Vertica Systems
09:00 am
Burden Hall
Closing the Capital Gap
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How is the traditional role of the VC evolving? Are Super Angels and Seed Funds offering more attractive alternatives for entrepreneurs? What's at stake for the Industry?
Moderator: Ed Sullivan, Partner, KPMG

Rob Go, Partner, NextView Ventures

Dayna Grayson, Principal, North Bridge Venture Partners

Michael Greeley, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners

Dave Barrett, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners/Dogpatch Labs

Eric Paley, Managing Partner, Founder Collective
09:45 am
Spangler Auditorium
CEO Showcase Track
CEO Showcase - Host: Jeff Kaplan, THINKstrategies

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CEO Showcase - Feyzi Fatehi, CEO, Corent Technology, Inc.

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CEO Showcase - Gil Zimmermann, CEO, Aprigo

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Cloud Computing and Saas
Host: Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies

Feyzi Fatehi, CEO, Corent Technology, Inc.

Gil Zimmermann, CEO, Aprigo
09:45 am
Burden Hall
Liquidity and Exits: How to play the New Bull Market
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Moderator: Victor Boyajian, Chair, Venture Capital/Emerging Growth Company Practice, SNR Denton

Paul Deninger, Senior Manging Director, Evercore Partners

Edward Liu, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

Joe Josephson, Partner, Union Square Advisors

Brad Raymond, Co-Head of Investment Banking and Senior Managing Director, Software, Media and Telecom Investment Banking, Thomas Weisel Partners
10:30 am
Burden Hall
CEO Showcase Track
John Croce, CEO Phybridge

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Mike Cheiky, CEO, Cool Planet Biofuels

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Host: Ed Lambert, SVP and Silicon Valley Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank

Host: Paul Gibson, Sr. Vice President and Eastern Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank

John Croce, CEO Phybridge

Mike Cheiky, CEO, Cool Planet Biofuels
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am
Burden Hall
Keynote Address
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Eric Ries, The Lean Startup/Lessons Learned
11:15 am
Spangler Auditorium
Cloud Computing and SaaS Roundtable
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OnDemand computing is reinventing the enterprise, and grabing the attention of some of the smartest serial entrepreneurs and seasoned VCs in the business, because one thing everybody knows is that this cloud is raining money!
Moderator: Michael Skok, General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners

Tim Wallace, CEO, iPipeline

Narinder Singh, CMO and Co-Founder, Appirio

Dries Buytaert, CTO and Co-Founder, Acquia

Frank Bober, CEO, Stylesight

Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies

John McEleney, CEO, CloudSwitch
11:15 am
Burden Hall
The Lean Startup
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Startup economics have never tilted more in favor of the emerging technology entrepreneur, providing a great hedge for investors. How does this trend impact investors and entrepreneurs, and more importantly, returns?
Moderator: Tom Eisenmann, William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Eric Ries, The Lean Startup/Lessons Learned

Ann Miura-Ko, Partner, FLOODGATE

David Cancel, CEO, Performable
12:00 pm
Burden Hall
Keynote Address
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Introduced by: Greg Moore, Partner and Co-Chair Venture Capital and Start Up Company Practice Group, Ropes & Gray

Charlie Baker, Former CEO, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care; Gubernatorial Candidate, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
12:30 pm
Lunch
01:30 pm
Burden Hall
East Coast VC 50" Winners Presentation
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Co-Host: Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn

Co-Host: Victor Boyajian, Chair, Venture Capital/Emerging Growth Company Practice, SNR Denton
02:00 pm
Burden Hall
Keynote Address
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Risk and Reward in Venture Capital
Bill Sahlman, Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for External Relations, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School
02:15 pm
Burden Hall
Mastering the VC Game
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VCs and Entrepreneurs provide first hand anecdotes, success stories, and experiences from the new book, "Mastering the VC Game."
Moderator: Jeffrey Bussgang, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners

Dave Andre, Founder and Chairman, Mall Networks

Micah Rosenbloom, Co-Founder of Brontes, and former GM at 3M (post-acquisition)
02:15 pm
Spangler Auditorium
Mobile Roundtable
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Mobile continues to be the most exciting platform for investors. From Apps and GPS, to Advertising and Mobile Payments, to Smarter Devices and Emerging Markets, there seem to be bounds to these markets. What is the secret to building a successful mobile play, and exiting at the right time?
Moderator: Shikhar Ghosh, MBA Class of 1961 Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School

Charley Lax, Managing General Partner, GrandBanks Capital

Walt Doyle, CEO, Where.com

Ernie Cormier, CEO, Nexage
03:00 pm
Spangler Auditorium
CEO Showcase Track
Chris McCleary, CEO, XOS Technologies

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Azeem Azhar, CEO, PeerIndex

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Mike Levy, CEO, OPEN Sports

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Jason Jacobs, CEO, FitnessKeeper

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Andy Miller, CEO, CardStar

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Boris Bogatin, CEO, Nearverse

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Digital Media and Mobile
Host: Paul Gibson, Sr. Vice President and Eastern Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank

Chris McCleary, CEO, XOS Technologies

Azeem Azhar, CEO, PeerIndex

Mike Levy, CEO, OPEN Sports

Jason Jacobs, CEO, FitnessKeeper

Andy Miller, CEO, CardStar

Boris Bogatin, CEO, Nearverse
03:00 pm
Burden Hall
Secondary Markets on the Move
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The great recession has spawned a burgeoning secondary market, providing liquidity for investors and stockholders in private companies. Where are we going from here?
Dan Kolb, Partner, Ropes & Gray

Barry Silbert, Founder & CEO, SecondMarket

Dan Burstein, Managing Partner, Millennium Technology Value Partners

Thomas Smith, BrownSavano Direct Capital Partners

Chris Yang, General Partner, Grove Street Advisors
03:45 pm
Burden Hall
Everything you always wanted to know about LPs , but were afraid to ask*
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What is the post-recession asset allocation model, and the role of venture capital, in a model portfolio? What regions and sectors are hot? Has the appetite for risk returned? Can you afford not to be vested in Venture Capital? Friendly advice for VCs.
Moderator: Margo Doyle, Managing Director, Cambridge Associates

Barbara Piette, Managing Principal, Knightsbridge

Alex Bangash, Managing Director, Rumson Group

Peter Dolan, Director, Private Equity, Harvard Management Company
03:45 pm
Spangler Auditorium
Growth Equity Investment Opportunities
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Growth equity funds are booming. There is no shortage of capital --- But, where are the investment opportunities?
Moderator: John Meltaus, Practice Group Leader and Co-Chair, Business and Technology Group, Choate

Tony Florence, Partner, NEA

Nareej Agrawal, General Partner, Battery Ventures

Glenn Rieger, General Partner, New Spring Growth Capital
04:45 pm
Burden Hall
Cleantech/Biofuel Roundtable
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Cleantech/ to make headlines, and investors have embraced the sector. Is the big payoff around the corner, or are these companies a "Buy and Hold"?
Moderator: Joe Lassiter, MBA Class of 1954 Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School

Mike Cheiky, CEO, Cool Planet Biofuels

John McCarthy, CEO, Qteros

Stephen J. Gatto, CEO, Myriant Technologies

Peter Rothstein, Executive Chairman & Co-founder, Flagship Ventures
05:30 pm
Burden Hall
The Golden Age of Tech
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Technology and the internet is impacting every aspect of our lives and the enterprise, at an accelerating rate, in every corner of the World. Which sectors and regions will investors in emerging technology get the most bang for their buck in the next 36 months? Which companies are poised to break out of the pack? Find out from the leading minds in the business.
Moderator: Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn

Andy Goldfarb, Executive Managing Director, Globespan Capital Partners

Art Marks, General Partner, Valhalla Partners

Jeff Fagnan, Partner, Atlas Venture

Alan Spoon, Managing General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
08:00 pm
Entrepreneurs Evening
Cocktail Reception co-hosted by Tony Tjan and Larry Cheng

Presented by ICON Aicraft

The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA)

100 Northern Avenue, Boston

09:00 am
Burden Hall
Corporate Buyers and Strategic Partners
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Short Term Gain/Long Term Pain? The pros and cons of staying independent or hitching your wagon to the Fortune 500. Which corporations get it? What's the definition of win-win?
Moderator: Tim Wright, General Partner, GrandBanks Capital

Cherie Whitney, Director, Corporate Development, EMC

Jim Curry, VP, Corporate Development, Rackspace

Anne Jackson, Strategy Consultant, Corporate Technology Strategy Team, IBM

Peter Levine, Sr. VP and General Manager, Datacenter and Cloud Division, Citrix
09:00 am
Spangler Auditorium
GoingGlobal

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There is increasing technical innovation and start-up activity coming from outside the traditional US clusters in Silicon Valley and Boston. More high potential, well-funded start-ups are originating in places like London, Helsinki, Toronto, Zurich, Bangalore, Singapore, Sydney and Shanghai. In addition, US start-ups are going after global markets more aggressively. What does it take for early stage tech start-ups to establish a customer beach head and operations overseas, and to become globally relevant? What does it take to win the confidence of foreign VCs? Hear from US and international VCs and CEO / entrepreneurs who have had significant experience bringing US companies to foreign markets as well as into the US.
Moderator: Mike Grandinetti, Managing Director of Southboro Capital Group LLC and serial entreprenuer

Allan Kline, Former CFO of Skyworks and former CFO of BTI Systems

Vinit Nijhawan, Board Member, TiE Global, Managing Director, Technology Development Office & Lecturer School of Management & Director Enterprise Programs, ITEC, Boston University

Mark Palmer, CEO of Streambase

Mike Riegel, VP, Marketing, Communications and Operations, Global ISV and Developer Relations, IBM
09:45 am
Spangler Auditorium
CEO Showcase Track
Cloud Computing and Saas
Host: Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies

Gill Zimmerman, CEO, Aprigo

Feyzi Fatehi, CEO, Corent Technology, Inc.
09:45 am
Burden Hall
What really happens on Monday morning?
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Leading VCs demystify the Monday morning partner meetings.
Moderator: Woody Benson, General Partner, Prism VentureWorks

Neil Sequeira, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners

Evan Schumacher, CEO, Open Mile

Santo Politi, General Partner, Spark Capital

Patrick Chung, Partner, NEA
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Burden Hall
Keynote
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Measuring Inbound Marketing Mojo: What Every VC And Entrepreneur Should Know
Dharmesh Shah, Founder & Chief Technology Officer, HubSpot
11:00 am
Spangler Auditorium
CEO Showcase Track
Antonio Faillace, CEO, AuthorsGlobe

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Amit Davé, CEO, salesElement

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Digital Media
Host: Paul Gibson, Sr. Vice President and Eastern Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank

Antonio Faillace, CEO, AuthorsGlobe

Amit Davé, CEO, salesElement
11:00 am
Burden Hall
Digital Media Roundtable
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Mobile. Tablets. Ad Exchanges. Search. Analytics. Games. The internet continues to transform the media industry, and our behavior, and VCs are driving this disruption. But you’re only as good as your last exit.
Moderator: Ken Allen, Vice President, The Blackstone Group

David Beisel, Vice President, Venrock

Linda Thayer, Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

David Eisenberg, VP, Corporate Development, Acxiom Corporation

Rob Seaver, CEO, Vivox

Edward Montes, CEO, Adnetic
11:45 am
Burden Hall
All Aboard: Meet you on the Acela Express
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Just three hours by train from Back Bay, the smart money is scouring the back streets and alleys of New York, for Digital Media gold. What's panning out?
Moderator: Dan Allred, Senior Relationship Manager, Silicon Valley Bank

Santo Politi, General Partner, Spark Capital

Peter Flint, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners/Dogpatch Labs

Rick Heitzmann, Managing Director, FirstMark Capital/NYC Entrepreneurial Fund

Ross Goldstein, Managing Director, DFJ Gotham
12:30 pm
Lunch
01:30 pm
Burden Hall
CEO Showcase Track
Matt Johnston, VP of Marketing & Community, uTest

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Barak Tsivkin, CEO Goozzy, Web Application

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Martin Flusberg, CEO Powerhouse Dynamics, Home Energy Management

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Host: Ed Lambert, SVP and Silicon Valley Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank

Host: Paul Gibson, Sr. Vice President and Eastern Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank

Matt Johnston, VP of Marketing & Community, uTest

Barak Tsivkin, CEO Goozzy, Web Application

Martin Flusberg, CEO Powerhouse Dynamics, Home Energy Management
02:00 pm
Spangler Auditorium
Life Sciences Roundtable
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Venture Capital has played a crucial role in the growth of the Life Sciences industry. Where are the long-term growth opportunities in the sector? What is the near-term outlook for exits?
Moderator: Robert Noonan, Partner, KPMG

Juan Enriquez, Managing Director, Excel Venture Management

Bob Higgins, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners

Jonathan Fleming, Managing General Partner, Oxford Bioscience Partners

Peter Barrett, Partner, Atlas Venture
02:00 pm
Burden Hall
The Secret to Success: Building a Strong Management Team and Board
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The right management team can make or break a venture-backed company. Seasoned entrepreneurs share their experiences.
Moderator: Jeff Leopold, Managing Director, Technology, Business Services, and Board Director Practices, Cook Associates

Michael Madera, President, Madera Partners

Jon Carson, CEO, BiddingForGood.com

John Ward, Managing Director, Key Venture Partners

Ann Raider, CEO, inStream Media
02:45 pm
Spangler Auditorium
Healthcare Roundtable
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From healthcare IT to medical Devices, to robotics and to new healthcare services, venture backed companies are providing innovative solutions for the healthcare industry, creating new market opportunities and disrupting the trillion dollar healthcare industry. What is the medium and long term outlook for investors?
Moderator: Patrick J. Fortune, Ph. D., Partner, Boston Millennia Partners

Michael Balmuth, General Partner, Edison Venture Fund

Rob Cosinuke, Sr. VP and Chief Marketing Officer, Athenahealth

David Jones Jr., Managing Director, Chrysalis Ventures

Todd Cozzens, CEO, Picis

Robert Fabbio, CEO, WhiteGlove House Call Health
02:45 pm
Burden Hall
The Seed Council
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Early stage investors play a crucial role in the VC ecosystem. What are they looking for now?
Gabor Garai, Partner and Chair of Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice and Co-Chair of Life Sciences Team, Foley & Lardner

Elon Boms, Managing Director, LaunchCapital

John Landry, Managing Director, Lead Dog Ventures

Tony Tjan, General Partner, The Cue Ball Group

David Blumberg, Managing Partner, Blumberg Capital

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