Santa Clara University's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Links Investors and Entrepreneurs at Silicon Valley Venture Capital Summit on Oct. 8.Business Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2003 Global Opportunities Will Be Focus of International Panel of Experts The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University announced today that its annual "Silicon Valley Venture Capital Summit 2003 -- The Global Opportunity: Markets, Capital, Partners & Paradoxes" on Oct. 8 will focus on international sources of venture capital for Silicon Valley startups. The annual meeting of entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders at the University will be from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 8, in SCU's Mayer Theatre. Silicon Valley Venture Summit 2003 offers a forum where U.S.-based startups can learn more about how to embrace foreign markets at early stages. The summit features panel discussions on the "Overall Global Challenges for Silicon Valley" and "Challenges for Entrepreneurs Going Global." Speakers include executives from Doll Capital, Investment New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Ernst & Young, Global Startups, Genentech, Danger, Inc., SkillSoft, Mobius Venture Group, Pacific Enterprise Capital, and A4 Vision. "The Venture Capital Summit is the premier entrepreneur event to attend in Silicon Valley," said Barry Posner Barry Innis Posner (born 1937) is a Canadian physician and research scientist known for his diabetes research, specifically his peptide hormone research. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Manitoba in 1961. , dean of SCU's Leavey School of Business The Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University was founded in 1923 and accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business twenty years later. and co-author co·au·thor or co-au·thor n. A collaborating or joint author. tr.v. co·au·thored, co·au·thor·ing, co·au·thors To be a collaborating or joint author of: "He and a colleague . . . of The Leadership Challenge. "We will be arming entrepreneurs with the information they need to put a global business strategy in place and to prepare for the challenges of achieving worldwide success." Moderator moderator - A person, or small group of people, who manages a moderated mailing list or Usenet newsgroup. Moderators are responsible for determining which email submissions are passed on to the list or newsgroup. of this year's event will be Fred Hoar, former chairman of Miller/Shandwick Technologies, and the Dean's Executive Professor of Marketing, Santa Clara University. For more information, call 408-554-4521. Registration form and a complete program is available at http://business.scu.edu/CIE/events/2003vcsummit.htm. About The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business fosters research, conducts leadership forums and creates interdisciplinary in·ter·dis·ci·pli·nar·y adj. Of, relating to, or involving two or more academic disciplines that are usually considered distinct. interdisciplinary Adjective networks to study and teach the art and science of innovation and entrepreneurship. Located at the epicenter ep·i·cen·ter n. 1. The point of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake. 2. A focal point: stood at the epicenter of the international crisis. of the most fertile proving ground for new technologies -- Silicon Valley -- the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship exists for the benefit of students, faculty, and members of the local, national, and global community. More information is online at http://business.scu.edu/CIE/main About Santa Clara University Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,060 -- students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees. Distinguished nationally by the fourth-highest graduation rate among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics ethics, in philosophy, the study and evaluation of human conduct in the light of moral principles. Moral principles may be viewed either as the standard of conduct that individuals have constructed for themselves or as the body of obligations and duties that a and social justice. More information is online at http://www.scu.edu. |
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