BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//VLAB - ECPv6.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://vlab.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for VLAB REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160414T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160414T180000 DTSTAMP:20250225T221800Z CREATED:20190319T212142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250225T221800Z UID:1132-1460656800-1460656800@vlab.org SUMMARY:Founders Series: Disruptive Business Models in Enterprise Software DESCRIPTION:Founders' Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Disruptive Business Models in Enterprise Software\nA Fireside Chat with Ann Winblad\n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday\, April 14\, 20166:00 pm to 8:30 pm6:00 pm: Reception and networking7:00 pm: Fireside Chat \n \n \n \n \n \n San Francisco(Address will be sent to registered attendees.) \n \n \n \n \n \n Ann Winblad\, Founding Partner\, Hummer Winblad Ventures\nLars Leckie\, Managing Director\, Hummer Winblad Ventures (moderator) \nThe success of a new venture is often determined by the level of disruption it brings to the market. What is being disrupted? How is that disruption making an impact? Is the disruption truly innovative? Success in the competitive world of enterprise software requires innovation in both the business model and the technology. \nWhether you are a founder of a company or are just thinking about starting a company\, join us on Thursday\, April 14\, for an evening with Ann Winblad\, Founding Partner of Hummer Winblad Ventures. Hear from the pioneer of early-stage enterprise software investing to gain important insights for building a successful company. \nAmong the topics to be covered\, Ann will address: \n\nvalidating the demand for your product or idea\ncreating a platform versus building single applications\nunderstanding enterprise sales cycles\n\nDon’t miss out on this unique opportunity to connect with other startup founders and receive custom-tailored advice — and for a select few\, personalized mentorship — from Ann Winblad and Lars Leckie. Learn what it takes to build a winning strategy for your entrepreneurial venture.\n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker\n \n \n \n \n \n Ann Winblad \nAnn is the co-founder and a managing director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (www.hwvp.com) is a leading venture capital firm focused exclusively on software investing and manages over $1 billion in cumulative capital. Since Hummer Winblad Venture Partners’ inception in 1989\, the firm has launched over 100 new enterprise software companies. \nAnn has over 30 years of experience in the software industry as a successful software entrepreneur\, strategy advisor\, technical author and venture capitalist. Ann has a BA in Mathematics and in Business Administration from St Catherine University\, an MA in Education with a focus in International Economics from the University of St. Thomas\, St. Paul\, Minnesota\, and honorary Doctorate of Law degree from the University of St. Thomas. \nAnn has served as a director of numerous start-up and public companies. She currently serves on the boards of Ace Metrix\, MuleSoft\, OptiMine\, and Sonatype. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of St. Thomas and a board member of the Richard Schulze Family Foundation.\n \n \n \n \n \n Moderator\n \n \n \n \n \n Lars Leckie \nLars plays a critical role in selecting and managing HWVP’s investments in SaaS\, virtualization\, cloud\, and mobile technologies. Prior to joining Hummer Winblad Venture Partners\, Lars held founding and operational roles at multiple start-up companies. As a co-founder of AutoFarm (now Novariant)\, which is focused on GPS and robotics\, Lars was in charge of strategy\, product marketing\, business development\, and building the sales team across three continents. \nLars has a Masters of Science (Engineering) from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He also holds an Engineering Physics degree from Queen’s University (with honors). Lars currently sits on the board of Kiip\, PLUMgrid\, InsideSales.com\, Innovative Leisure\, and Aria Systems. He has played a key role in the firm’s investments in Karmasphere (Big Data Analytics) and NuoDB (Scalable SQL database). Lars also holds several US patents.\n \n \n \n \n \n View or download flyer for event: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download the printable PDF. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the VLAB Founders’ Series\nFounders’ Series events provide a unique opportunity for startups and technologists to take part in an interactive session. Come prepared with your burning questions! \nIf you would like to have the rare opportunity to take the “Hot Seat” on stage to receive feedback from the speakers\, please be sure to enter your question in the field below. Startup founders selected for the “Hot Seat” will be notified in advance. \nFor all other questions\, please contact founders.series@vlab.org. \nNote: Founder's Series tickets are for startup founders and are subject to approval. Please allow 24-48 hours for final ticket confirmation. URL:https://vlab.org/event/founders-series-business-models/ LOCATION:San Francisco\, CA CATEGORIES:Founders Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Founders-Series-Ann-Winblad-Chat.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR