ENTREPRENEURIAL DFJ THOUGHT LEADERS PROGRAM MS&E 472 FALL QUARTER etl.stanford.edu
Skilling Auditorium Wednesday 4:30-5:30 PM October 25, 2006
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Jim Breyer
Fall Speaker Line-up
Oct 4 Kathy Eisenhardt Stanford University
Oct 11 Greg Brandeau Pixar Oct 18 Rick Wallace KLA-Tencor Oct 25 Jim Breyer Accel Partners Chris Larsen Nov 1 Sue Hellman Genentech Nov 8 Nick Earl Electronic Arts Nov 15 Greg Ballard Glu-Mobile Nov 29 Scott Kriens Juniper Networks
Managing Partner, Accel Jim is responsible for Accel's investments in over twenty-five companies that have completed public offerings or successful mergers, including Foundry Networks, Macromedia, RealNetworks, Synopsys, and Walmart.com. Recent mergers include Alphablox / IBM and Groove Networks / Microsoft. Jim is the former Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association, and on the Board of the Associates of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund and Stanford Technology Ventures Program. He graduated from Stanford with a BS degree in Computer Science and Economics and from Harvard with an MBA. Courtesy of http://www.accel.com/people/index.php Chris Larsen CEO and Co-Founder, Prosper Marketplace, Inc. Chris Larsen is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Prosper, a people-to-people lending marketplace created to make consumer lending more financially and socially rewarding for all parties. Similar to online auctions, people list and bid on loans, and Prosper handles all on-going loan administration tasks including loan repayment and collections. Prior to Prosper, Mr. Larsen co-founded and served as Chairman and CEO of E-LOAN. Under Mr. Larsen's leadership, E-LOAN closed over $27 billion in consumer loans, and was consistently ranked as one of the nation's most trusted consumer brands. Mr. Larsen led E-LOAN through a successful IPO in 1999, and oversaw the company's acquisition by Popular, Inc. 2005. in Mr. Larsen holds an M.B.A. degree from Stanford University and a B.S. degree from San Francisco State University, where he was named the 2004 Alumnus of the Year. Adapted from http://www.prosper.com/public/about/management_team.aspx
*+Prosper Marketplace, Inc.
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DFJ ENTREPRENEURIAL THOUGHT LEADERS PROGRAM MS&E 472 FALL QUARTER etl.stanford.edu
Skilling Auditorium Wednesday 4:30-5:30 PM October 25, 2006
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