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:20161011T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161011T203000 DTSTAMP:20250224T024835Z CREATED:20190319T212144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T024835Z UID:1123-1476208800-1476217800@vlab.org SUMMARY:Founders' Series: Incubate or Accelerate? DESCRIPTION:Founders' Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Incubate or Accelerate?\nChoosing the Best Path to Startup Success\n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 11\, 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 What do Dropbox\, Airbnb\, and Stripe all have in common? They all participated in Y-Combinator’s program as they built their business. \nFor any new business or entrepreneur\, finding the path to success — and finding it quickly — is critical. The number of hurdles and challenges founders face can be overwhelming. That’s where startup incubators and accelerators can make a big difference to entrepreneurs. \nBoth accelerators and incubators are designed to help startups find their path to success\, but they take different approaches. This VLAB fireside chat will clarify which approach might be right for you: \n\n  Is an accelerator or incubator needed to ensure the success of your new venture?\n  What are the differences between accelerators and incubators?\n  What do they bring and what do they get?\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker\n \n \n \n \n \n Noah J. Doyle\, Managing Director of Javelin Venture Partners (and driving force behind Google Maps) \nNoah has founded\, launched and grown dozens of high technology products and companies in 20 years of entrepreneurship and management of innovation. \nAs an angel investor prior to forming Javelin Venture Partners\, Noah has supported over a dozen start-ups including Keyhole (Google)\, Cantametrix (Gracenote)\, Amae Software (Verint)\, Nuvon\, Ritter Natural Sciences\, GET IT Mobile and Magnacash (Yaga). Noah holds M.B.A. and B.A. Economics degrees\, as well as certificates in Management of Technology and Global Management from University of California\, Berkeley. Noah’s board memberships include AppFirst\, Correlated Magnetics\, GET.IT\, Nexenta\, Nuvon\, PowerCloud\, Rixty\, Sociable Labs\, and Skytree. \n \n \n \n \n \n Moderator\n \n \n \n \n \n Adeo Ressi\, Founder and CEO\, The Founder Institute \nAdeo Ressi is CEO of the Founder Institute\, an idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program with chapters in over 120 cities worldwide. The Institute’s mission is to Globalize Silicon Valley and help create 1 million new jobs. \nAdeo serves as the Founding Member of TheFunded.com\, an online resource for CEO’s to research\, rate\, and review funding sources worldwide. TheFunded.com has two goals: streamline the fundraising process and encourage more innovation through venture investment. Mr. Ressi has also served on the Board of the X PRIZE foundation\, a non-profit chartered to inspire human achievements through competition. In his career\, Adeo has founded or built 9 companies\, four of which were acquired and four of which are still operating. He has also pioneered a number of advances in the field of venture capital and fundraising. He developed “convertible equity” along with Yokum Taku\, Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati\, which is a financing vehicle that provides all of the flexibility of convertible debt without hindering a company with loans. \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-incubate-accelerate/ LOCATION:San Francisco\, CA CATEGORIES:Founders Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/VLAB-Founders-Series-Incubate-or-Accelerate.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161018T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161018T203000 DTSTAMP:20250224T021715Z CREATED:20190319T212143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T021715Z UID:1122-1476813600-1476822600@vlab.org SUMMARY:AR/VR: Where Virtual and Physical Worlds Converge DESCRIPTION:AR/VR\nWhere Virtual and Physical Worlds Converge\n \n \n \n \n \n Tuesday\, October 18\, 2016\n6:00 pm to 8:30 pm\n6:00 pm: Reception and networking\n7:00 pm: Panel discussion (with Q&A) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Augmented and virtual reality are bringing people together to share incredible experiences\, even when spread across vast geographic distances. Imagine strolling through a museum\, visiting the courts of kings and queens\, or getting medical training — all from the comfort of your home. For nearly 50 years\, computer scientists have been pioneering AR and VR to turn this vision into reality. \nPokémon Go is a testimony to consumers’ appetite for tech-enhanced experiences. Advancements in computer vision\, holographic rendering\, gesture recognition\, haptics\, and media devices are inserting science fiction into daily life. The race is on to commercialize promising technology that will change our interactions with the world. According to MarketResearch.com\, the augmented reality market is expected to outpace the $30 billion virtual reality market\, growing to $120 billion by 2022. \n\nWhat opportunities exist for entrepreneurs on platforms under development by Microsoft\, Facebook\, and Google?\nWhich applications will be the most lucrative for investors?\nWill social interaction change as these technologies move into the mainstream?\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Moderator\n \n \n \n \n \n William Hurley\, Managing Director\, Goldman Sachs \n \n \n \n \n \n Panelists\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Yue Fei\, Founder and CTO\, uSens \nAlberto Torres\, CEO\, Atheer \nEric Johnsen\, Business Development\, Augmented Reality & Tango\, Google \nEbbe Altberg\, CEO\, Linden Lab / Project Sansar \nBilal Zuberi\, Partner\, Lux Capital \n \n \n \n \n \n Demo Pavillion\n \n \n \n \n \n Atheer  •  Chirp Microsystems  •  Pantomime Corporation  •  Linden Lab / Project Sansa  •  Google Tango  •  Lucid VR  •  Scope AR \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \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 SRI International Conference Center\n333 Ravenswood Drive\nMenlo Park\, CA 94025 URL:https://vlab.org/event/arvr/ LOCATION:SRI International Conference Center\, 333 Ravenswood Drive\, Menlo Park\, CA\, 94025\, United States CATEGORIES:VLAB Panel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/VLAB-AR-VR.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR