Francis Adanza, Author at SKMurphy, Inc.

Stepping on the Web 2.0 Scale at IBDNetwork Jan-23-07

Events / By Francis Adanza / January 24, 2007

Last night I attended the IBDNetwork Strategies Series: Stepping on the Web 2.0 Scale. The event was hosted at Shasta Ventures and featured these guest speakers: Moderator: Tod Francis, Managing Director, Shasta Ventures Panel of Experts: Adam Gross, VP Developer Marketing, Salesforce Shawn Hardin, CEO, Flock Jason Pressman, Partner, Shasta Ventures Sam Schillace, Engineer, Writely/Google […]

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SVASE: Do I Have What it Takes to Be an Entrepreneur?

Events / By Francis Adanza / January 23, 2007

Over lunch today I attended the SVASE Startup-U Event: Do I Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur? Which was held at Plug & Play Tech Center. The guest speakers were John Kim founder of Five9 and LeadMarket, and Steve Stephansen, Board Director of the Sand Hill Angels. It was an open discussion with a

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January’s Silicon Valley NewTech Meetup

Startups / By Francis Adanza / January 10, 2007

Last night, I attended the January Silicon Valley New Tech Meetup. For those of you who do not know the format of these gatherings, it is very simple. Each group of presenters is allowed five minutes to pitch their offering and then the crowd is allocated five minutes to ask questions. The first presenters were the founders

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The “Art of Rainmaking” at Art of the Start

Events, Startups / By Francis Adanza / November 9, 2006

On Nov. 8, I attended the Guy Kawasaki Art of the Start Seminar. This was the second time I have listened to Guy’s presentation. Guy is an amazing speaker and has given this pitch a hundred times. Even after 100’s of presentations, Guy continues to illustrate passion and enthusiasm in his Art of the Start

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Bill Trenchard at SDForum Startup SIG Oct 16, 2006

Events, Startups / By Francis Adanza / October 17, 2006

Last night, I attended an SDForum Startup SIG featuring Bill Trenchard, CEO of LiveOps. Bill is a prime example of a serial entrepreneur. In 10 years he has been a founder and CEO of three successful start ups. One of which was Jump Networks, Inc., that was acquired by Microsoft in April 1999. Bill said

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Krishna Kolluri at KASE’s Success Stories from Serial Entrepreneurs

Startups / By Francis Adanza / October 7, 2006

Last Tuesday, October 3, was the first of four seminars in the KASE Entrepreneurship Academy. One of the featured speakers of the evening was a serial entrepreneur by the name of Krishna “Kittu” Kolluri. Kittu was Co-Founder of Healtheon/WebMD, an on-line resource for heath information. While at WebMD he was responsible for key operational and business development

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