Thanks to everyone who came out to the Inagural BizSessions 1.0.

It was a packed house with a mixed audience of techies, entrepreneurs and VC’s.  A successful and educational event, filled with great panelists and good conversations.

The topic of the evening was:  VC FTW or WTF?  or Funding models for cash-starved times.

Panelists Included:

Ping Li – Partner, Accel Ventures
Jonathan Abrams — Founder, Socializr
Kent Goldman — Principal, First Round Capital
Igor Shoifot –COO, Fotki

Check out more pictures on Flickr and Facebook.  See you in August for the next SF New Tech & BizSessions event.

 

 

SF New Tech is pleased to announce an awesome new series of events we’re co-producing with our friends at geekSessions that will zoom in on the business end of the technology landscape.

Introducing bizSessions!

Our first event on July 14th will be a spirited discussion about funding models in these current cash starved times.

It’s bizSessions 1.0: VC: FTW or WTF?  …  and it’s all about where money talks —  and bullshit walks.

You’re invited to join the discussion with an all-star panel representing multiple perspectives on this topic — from partners in the largest Silicon Valley VC firms to independent angel investors to entrepreneurs who have taken different paths and lived to tell about it.  We’ll dissect the value of Boot strapping, Angel money, VC funding, micro funds and Ramen noodle profitability… by asking when, why and how you should choose which path to go down?  How are companies, entrepreneurs and investors evolving after the lessons learned in the past decade?   Are social platforms, outsourcing, App stores and new distribution models enabling startups to reach critical mass without major venture capital and changing the funding game as we know it?  And more. Lots more.

Panelists include:

Ping Li  — Partner, Accel Ventures
Jonathan Abrams — Founder, Socializr
Kent Goldman — Principal, First Round Capital
Igor Shoifot — COO, Fotki

Join us for a great discussion and a great networking event!

What: bizSessions 1.0: VC: FTW or WTF?
When: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 from 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM (PT)
Where: Mighty, 119 Utah, SF, CA
Tickets and Info: http://bit.ly/164CfA

Schedule:
    * 6:00 pm – Registration and networking
    * 7:00 pm – Speakers and Q&A
    * 8:30 pm – Networking & giveaways

A limited number of tickets are now open to the public! Get them while they last.

Click here to register… and see you there!