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OnMobile 2012

2012-05-30T10:23:00.000-07:00

Partner AlwaysOn Event Sponsored by CINA

What: OnMobile 2012

When: June 12-13th, 2012

Where: Fox Theatre and Club Fox, 2223 Broadway Street Redwood City, CA 94063!

Registration: CINA Members get 50% discount ($1000 off) http://www.aonetwork.com/cart/add/p69196?destination=cart

Website: http://aonetwork.com/AOEvents/OnMobile/OnMobile-2012

Highlight

OnMobile 2012 is where the top venture capital-backed mobile companies disrupting the consumer and enterprise worlds join forces with the big players pioneering the new mobile device and operating system platforms. This two day executive event features high-level debates on what's hot in the emerging mobile market and how these innovations are disrupting how companies and consumers work, play, advertise, and connect. OnMobile also showcases the top entrepreneurial CEOs who are driving mobile innovation.

Come and mingle with 100 speakers

CINA Entrepreneur Thought Leader Mentor Program on May 29

2012-05-09T14:00:00.000-07:00

Speakers:

Tim Wilson, Managing Director, Artiman Ventures;
David Koehn, Board Member, Sand Hill Angels.

Bill Reichert, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures

Shawn Douglass, Managing Director, EMC Ventures
Moderator: John Liu, Of Counsel, Fenwick & West, LLP

When: May 29, 6:00pm - 8:45pm

Program: 6:00pm - 6:30pm Registration and Networking
                  6:30pm - 7:15pm Presentation
                  7:15pm - 8:00pm Panel Discussion
                  8:00pm - 8:45pm Investor/Entrepreneur Round Table Mentor

Where: Fenwick & West, LLP, 801 California Street, Moutain View, CA

Website: www.cina.org

Register: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3179121839

Highlight

In today's high-tech venture environment, there are lots of New Challenges that the startups are facing. By having the killer app or compelling business plan is not enough.
In this special event, we invited several seasoned investors who will share us their vision and compelling stories.

Some of the topics but not limited:
- What are the common mistakes for a new startup?
- What it takes to successfuly build company from ground up?
- What are the most important elements that strike investors decision to fund the company?
- How to Recruit All- Stars?
- How to grow your company into a multi-million dollar company?
- Where Investors are investing?

Come and hear from the industry thought leaders.

About Speakers:

Tim Wilson, Managing Director, Artiman Ventures

Between 2001 and 2011, Tim was a General Partner at Partech International. He continues to represent Partech and serves on the boards of Invensense (NYSE:INVN), Prysm, Five9s, LedEngin, Array Converter, and Acco Semiconductor. Previous investments include Teknovus (Broadcom) and Ario Data (Xyratek).

Between 1997 and 2001, Tim was the Chief Marketing Officer for Digital Island (NASDAQ: ISLD) a Partech portfolio company. The company was acquired in 2001 for $350M. Prior to Digital Island, Tim was a General Manager at Lucent Technology where he led the international voice communications product management team (now Avaya) with P&L for product lines generating over $2B in annual sales. Before Lucent, Tim held a variety of senior management positions within AT&T (North America and Australia) and AT&T Bell Labs from 1983-1995.

Tim graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Bowdoin College receiving his undergraduate degree in Physics. He received his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business where he was named a Fuqua Scholar.

David Kohen, Board Member, Sand Hill Angels.

David Koehn, Board Members, Sand Hill Angels

David has over 15 years experience focused on entrepreneurship and innovation. David has founded several start-ups including one focused on ecotourism and another focused on enterprise mobility. David has also assisted many start-ups in their growth. David has helped start-ups in many ways from assuming the CEO role and closing a series C, to transforming their business models and market approaches, to acting as a senior advisor.

David has worked for AvantGo, Tailwind (Founder), DKI (Principal), & Saba. In all of his roles across all of the companies he has worked for David has focused on building net new products, solutions and services. David pioneered mLearning at AvantGo. At Tailwind David delivered a product for consuming enterprise online learning and applications while offline. At DKI david helped dozens of clients conceptualize, productize, and take to market a wide range of media, social, unified communications, and games using the cloud, Facebook and mobile as the platform.

David received his Bachelors Degree from Carnegie Mellon, an MFA from the University of Florida, an M.Ed (TFA Cert) from the University of Alaska and is pursuing his MBA through Johns Hopkins.

David looks to invest in start-ups focused on disrupting inefficient markets. He targets, in particular, start ups focused on mid-market social enterprise, location-based solutions for small business, and real-time analytics/intelligence businesses

Bill Reichert - Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures

Bill Reichert has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and an operating executive. Since joining Garage in 1998, Bill has focused on early-stage information technology and materials science companies. He sits on the Boards of CaseStack, WhiteHat, ClearFuels, cFares, and ThermoCeramix. Prior to Garage, Bill was a co-founder or senior executive in several venture-backed technology startups, including Trademark Software, The Learning Company, and Academic Systems. Earlier in his career, he worked at McKinsey & Company, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., and the World Bank. Bill earned a B.A. at Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. He was a founding board member and a Chairman of the Churchill Club, and a Charter Member of the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs. Currently he is the Chairman of the Small Fund Roundtable of the VC Taskforce and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.

Shawn Douglass, Managing Director, EMC Ventures.

Shawn runs the Advanced Tech Ventures group for EMC in the CTO Office. Been in the valley for a while and love technology and helping to building new ventures. Responsible for making investments in Big Data/Analytics, Cloud, Virtualization, Security & Information mgt startups. He had been the founder of the high-tech startup.

About CINA

Chinese Information and Networking Association (CINA) is a leading non-profit organization established in 1992, formed by a group of Chinese professionals from the network computing industry. Today, with more than 20,000+ members, CINA is one of the most active and fastest growing professional associations in Silicon Valley . CINA focuses its energy on performing member services that are consistent with our mission by assembling a talented and experienced board, exceeding members' expectations by continually providing quality speakers and seminars.

CINA brings together a diverse group of professionals consisting not only Chinese but also people from different ethnicities and backgrounds. Our goal is to provide a forum facilitating engineers, entrepreneurs, corporate executives (CEOs, CTOs, VPs, directors and managers), angel investor and venture capitalists to share innovative ideas, and connect with opportunities.

Blogging for Businesses and Marketers Workshop

2012-03-07T11:31:00.003-08:00

Date / Time: March 28 2012 - 06:00pm to 09:30pm
Register: Space is limited. Register online early to reserve your ticket

Venue: Fenwick & West, LLP.
801 California Street
Mountain View, CA

Highlight

Social media and the internet has dramatically changed how businesses and organizations market themselves. No longer is broadcasting your message an effective way to attract customers. The social web is driven by content and conversations. Businesses are having to become content publishers and trusted resources. Although social networks like Facebook and Twitter garner much of the attention in the marketing world, your blog is a powerful hub that ties your online social presences together.

Attend this hands on evening workshop presented by Adam Helweh, CEO of Secret Sushi Creative, to understand the role blogging plays in your marketing & communications efforts. Additional emphasis will be placed on how to effectively use your time and resources to maximize your blogging efforts in a business context
Overview of what you will learn:

• How blogging fits into your existing marketing efforts
• Picking the perfect blogging platform for your needs
• Set up a blog and optimize it for social media and SEO
• Blogging strategies and best practices for b2b and b2c businesses
• How to promote your blog and generate traffic
• Power tips to generate blog post ideas and create an editorial calendar
• How to customize your blog with original templates ( using wordpress as an example)

Some of the benefits of blogging:

• Increases your online exposure
• Benefits of solo bloggers versus teams
• It's closely connected with your existing web site
• Attract inbound traffic from search engines and social networks
• It acts as a social hub for your existing web site and social networks
• Highly brand-able environment where you can control the experience
• Helps position you as a trusted resource or subject matter expert to your audience
• It's a multimedia platform that supports audio, video, images as well as text.

This event is perfect for:

• Marketing professionals
• Business owners
• Aspiring Social Media Professionals
• Digital Marketing Professionals
• Nonprofits
• Entrepreneurs

Please join this hands-on workshop and learn about blogging from an industry expert. Similar workshops have been priced at as much as $1000. Seating is limited.

About the instructor

Adam is an digital marketer, social media consultant, technologist and the CEO of Secret Sushi Creative a digital marketing and social media company. At Secret Sushi he has worked with such companies as Edelman, Broadcom, Stanford Federal Credit Union, the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group as well as a many small and medium sized businesses.

Adam is also a regular author on the top ranked digital marketing blog SocialMediaExplorer.com, the social media manager for TEDxSanJoseCA, and co-host of the newly launched "SoLoMo Show" [Link to: http://solomoshow.com/] podcast discussing the intersection of social, local and mobile marketing.

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Join this Exciting Soccer Game while Celebrating the Year of the Dragon

2012-01-31T18:46:00.000-08:00

CINA is the official non-profit organization for the opening match of this Soccer Game This would be a great opportunity for our members to get involved in the local community.

Please join this exciting soccer game to celebrate the Chinese heritage in the Year of the Dragon.

When: March 10th, 7:30pm
Where: Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara Univessoty
What: Soccer Game -- Earthquakes vs. New England Revolution
- Live traditional art performance during intermission,
- Children can join the Pre-play march.
Ticket Price: $20 ( free for children 2 and under )
Order by: Feb. 16

Mail Check Payable to CINA to 142 N. Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas CA 95035

Include following information:

Name,

Phone Number

Mailing address

Number of Tickets

Come meet your friends and a fun way to mingle with Entrepreneurs, partners, potential clients, employees and mentors.

Placeme enables endless possibilities for many Mobile Applications

2012-01-30T14:00:00.000-08:00

Placeme is a very useful tool to many mobile applications. Individuals can use it to track their goals. Parents can use it to track their children's traveling routes. Businesses such as fleet managements can use it to track their cargos and goods. Retails can use it to improve their CRM. Companies can use it to promote their new products. Or the field application engineers can use it to trace their services. Hospitals, schools, ... Etc.

Placeme provides the cool infrastructure which enables endless possibilities to many mobile applications. Check here for detail information about how to use the APIs www.placemeapp.com

CINA Road To Successful Entrepreneurship: From Zero to One Million

2011-08-10T21:38:00.000-07:00

走向创业成功之道:从零到一百万

主讲嘉宾：李珩先生，光元控股有限公司的创始人及总裁, 也是成功投资家。

时间：2011年8月31日6:00pm – 8:30pm

地点：浦东新区博云路2号浦软大厦10楼第六会议室（地铁2号线金科路站下）

名额有限，请早报名： info@winyen.com；并写上姓名，单位，职务。8/24之前报名免费。之后报名收费100元人民币。

关于研讨会

在今天的高科技创业环境, 有很多早期创业公司都面临着新的挑战。仅仅有杀手级应用或有吸引力的商业计划书是不够的。

在这个特殊的场合, 我们邀请了成功的创业领袖家，来与我们分享他们的远见和智慧。

请来听取他的引人入胜的故事:

- 如何“招聘”伟大的投资者？

- 什么是需要得到风险投资基金，以及为什么？

- 什么是最重要的元素，打击投资者的决策，基金公司？

- 为什么他们选择了对方，为什么这是一个很好的合作伙伴关系的风险？

- 融资后，未来的挑战是什么？

- 如何增加您的公司数百万美元的公司？

- 如何聘请全明星员工？较快聘请他们或较慢？

- 什么时间是花钱去推销你的产品？

请不要错过倾听成功企业家和投资者的教导.

议程

6:00pm - 6:30pm 注册与交流

6:30pm - 6:35pm 浦软介绍 – 肖文彬，浦软总经理

6:35pm - 6:40pm CINA介绍 – 邢苏星, CINA 主席

6:40pm - 6:45pm 嘉宾介绍 – 胥国栋，成功创业企业家

6:45pm - 7:30pm嘉宾演讲 - 李珩先生

7:30pm - 8:00pm座谈会

8:00pm - 8:30pm 交流

主讲嘉宾简历

李珩先生自从2009年起，是光元控股有限公司的创始人也是总裁。光元是专事LED产业链整合的投资控股企业，其子公司群在亚洲各地从事LED产品研发，系统整合，照明能源管理。同时，李珩是美国Grynberg 石油公司亚洲区负责人。

李先出生于台湾，祖籍江苏溱潼，祖父李桂东与荣毅仁之父荣德生合伙创业，有长远家族历史，并是家族资产管理机构－李六箴堂控股公司(LJT Lee Holdings Co., Ltd.) 负责人。他初中就随台湾外交官父亲驻地美国华府，毕业于美国Rice 大学建筑系，是New York University Leonard Stern商学院硕士。现为Rice大学中国校友会会长。

现时，李先生也是香港上市公司真明丽控股有限公司董事局顾问；国际私募资金Silver Lake Asia Limited 顾问；美国私人投资集团Trafalgar Holdings亚洲合伙人。之前，2006-2009, 李珩是美国富兰克林基金集团，吉富中国投资管理股份有限公司（Tano China Capital Management Inc. )私募资金中国地区执行总裁。在吉富期间，李珩在2007年成功集资创立中国光伏能源有限公司（China Solar Power (Holdings) Ltd.）生产薄膜太阳能光伏电池及相关产业。

1999－2002之间以常务董事身份投资参予美国AmericomUSA公司和DoubleClick公司之创立和上市。李珩是亚洲地区资深投资银行家。84－91年代是摩根史坦利(Morgan Stanley) 亚洲执行董事，驻地纽约和香港, 创立摩根亚洲TMT (Technology Media & Telecommunications) 投资银行业务；1992年创立Gateway Communication Ltd.电信企业和Strait Ventures Olympic Ltd. (SVO) 投资银行。SVO在1997年与台湾远东集团，协力赢得2张无线通信运营执照，创立远传电信股份有限公司，李珩以执行董事身份扶植并完成其系统网路建设，3百万客户群建立和上市。

李先生年少时家境清寒，他初中就随台湾外交官父亲驻地美国华府，毕业于美国Rice 大学建筑系（现为Rice大学中国校友会会长），又半工半读New York University Leonard Stern获得商学院硕士。在投行服务七年后决定白手创业，现今以资源广阔，结构创新，灵活应用财务工具著称于投资银行业，并兼具创业家成功经验。他与大多数投资银行，卷商，专业投资机构，私募基金，创投基金保持有经常的，密切的联系和互信。

CINA简介

CINA的全称译成中文为“中华资讯网络协会”（Chinese Information and Networking Association）。CINA是美国加州硅谷华人计算机网络专业人员为主的非盈利专业协会。时至今日CINA已成长为美国加州高科技领域内屈指可数，目前拥有超过二万多名会员。CINA针对其会员及其他高科技专业人员的需求，每年组织多次高质量的各类研讨会、论坛、讲座及专业训练营，邀请各领域内知名的或有丰富经验的专家和顾问进行演讲、主持和指导。CINA组织的活动受到了其成员及其他各界人士的高度好评和欢迎。

CINA致力于为其具有不同专业背景的成员提供一个有效的平台。在此平台上，工程师和专业人员，创业者和企业家，公司机构各类管理人员，天使投资人，风险或创投基金等都可交流创新信息，共享科技和商业机会。www.cina.org

CINA Seminar: Adapting Sales Marketing Success

2011-07-17T19:49:00.000-07:00

CINA Sales Marketing Training Program:
Adapting Marketing for Sales Success – Critical Skills to Be Competitive and Relevant

Date / Time: July 21 2011 - 06:30pm to 09:00pm

Fee: Free for lifetime members $10.00 for regular members and $25.00 for non-members ( including membership renew)

Send email to rsvp@cina.org with subject "CINA 7/21 name ="

Venue: Fenwick & West, LLP.;
801 California Street,
Mountain View CA

Speaker: Nancy Chou, principal of Nancy Chou Marketing Consultants

Highlight

In this special event, we invited a successful industry expert to help our Entrepreneurs learn how to market your products effectively.

Following are some of the topics but not limited:

- what adaptations has Marketing been making to ensure revenue success through sales in the new era of the "Informed Buyer"?

- What new skills do marketing and sales leaders need to acquire for growing revenues in the marketing-sales customer engagement cycle that we now operate in? - How do we ensure effective sales and marketing alignment to achieve our overall business goals?

- How to effectively utilize online marketing tools with limited resources and budget?

- What are different tools and resources for different levels of businesses?

Join this great event and learn how to jump-start your sales/marketing strategy.

About Speaker

Nancy Chou, principal of Nancy Chou Marketing Consultants and founding partner of the Social Business Consulting Group, is a marketing automation/content marketing consultant and a certified social media strategist. She helps executives in both B2B and B2C enterprises across high tech, green tech, and biotech, to develop and execute effective marketing that generates revenue and corporate growth. Previously she worked for Norton/Symantec, IBM and HP, as well as a number of startups including Cygnus Solutions, acquired by RedHat and Sigaba, acquired by Proofpoint. She is on the board of the NorCal Business Marketing Association, serving as the Director of Social Media. Nancy was a marketing instructor at Stanford University’s Continuing Studies Program. She has an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B. S. degree in Business Administration from California State University, Northridge.

CINA Beyond the Resume: Innovative ways to land your next job

2011-06-24T16:55:00.000-07:00

Date / Time: July 6 2011 - 06:30pm to 09:00pm

Fee: Free with pre-registration. $10.00 with no pre-registration

Send email to rsvp@cina.org with subject "CINA 7/6 name =" by 7/5 11pm

Venue:
Fenwick & West, LLP
801 California Street,
Mountain View CA

Speaker: Adam Helweh, Founder of Secrete Sushi

Highlight

Recent jobless claim has reached skyhigh again. In order to help those who are looking for jobs, we are inviting an inspirational speaker to teach you how to effectively get your dream job.

Are you a job seeker or someone looking to persue a new career? Attend this free seminar and workshop presented by Adam Helweh.

Beyond the Resume: Innovative ways to land your next job

Please let your friends know about this seminar. All are welcome, but room is limited.

About Speaker

Adam Helweh is the founder and creative mind behind Secret Sushi Creative a new media marketing, design and social media consulting agency. Utilizing over 12 years of experience on the web,he and his team work with businesses and non-proﬁts to develop an effective online presence and a better understanding of how to use social media as a marketing tool.

Adam is a current board member of the Social Media Club Silicon Valley, an organizer of TEDxSanJose, and social media advisor for multiple Silicon Valley start ups.

As a speaker, writer, designer, and passionate advocate for new media and markets, Adam knows ﬁrst hand the power of social media to transform your business and organization.

CINA Back_to_China Networking Mixer

2010-05-13T13:15:00.000-07:00

Date / Time: May 13 2010 - 06:30pm to 09:00pm
Fee: Free for CINA members.
Send email to rsvp@cina.org with subject "CINA 5/13 name = "

Venue: Fenwick & West, LLP
801 California Street
Mountain View CA

Highlight

Due to high demand from our members, CINA will be organizing a business connection trip to China.

Join us and learn details of the trip and how to apply. Only qualified companies will be accepted to join this high level business trip; or

If you would like to share you China experience; and

You get to mingle with other Entrepreneurs, CINA past showcase participants like you.

CINA: Entrepreneurial Selling

2010-04-22T18:41:00.000-07:00

CINA Sales/Marketing Leadership Training Program: Entrepreneurial Selling

Date / Time: May 27 2010 - 06:30pm to 09:00pm

Fee: $25.00 for non-member (including membership); $10.00 for members; Send email to rsvp@cina.org with subject " CINA 5/27 name = "; Additional $10 for no RSVP
Food and Refreshment will be provided

Speaker: Michael Luckman, CEO, Achievex Corporation

Venue: Fenwick & West, LLP; 801 California Street; Mountain View CA

Highlight

Sales are the lifeblood of all businesses, including your business. In fact, without sales there really is no business. And it doesn’t matter if you’re selling a product or a service, a tangible or an intangible, high tech or no tech, you must be constantly out there looking for new business.

So why, if good salespeople are such a needed commodity, do so many people look upon them with disdain? Using words and statements like slick, sleazy, silver tongued devil, able to sell refrigerators to Eskimos, to describe them. These certainly are not words of endearment. Do you think the reason may be the salespeople themselves?

Today’s buyer is smarter and better informed about what’s available in the marketplace than at any time in history. Using the internet, they can research your product or service in a matter of hours. They not only learn about your company and product line, but who you compete against, where you’re strongest and where you’re weakest. Now here’s your challenge; if you can’t differentiate yourself from the competition? If you can’t set yourself apart from the pack? If the buyer sees you and your competitors as all the same? Then it will always come down to who has the lowest price!

In this eye opening talk, sales guru Michael Luckman, will provide you with a glimpse of what the buyer sees and hears when you and your salespeople call on them. Why the old way of features and benefits selling just doesn’t work anymore. And, what you’ll need to learn in order to close more business, to close it more quickly and to close it more profitably, in today’s highly competitive marketplace.

About Speaker

Michael Luckman brings over forty years of experience to the sales training arena. With the majority of his career spent in the toy industry, Michael has sold to some of America’s largest retailers. As a senior buyer for Toys R Us, he experienced firsthand what makes the difference between a good salesperson and a great salesperson. And as a marketing director he brought to market the first ever electronic toy while employed at National Semiconductor.

Leaving the toy industry in the early 1990s Michael formed a company by the name of ImagoImage to develop and patent a unique see-through advertising product. You might have seen it if you ever saw a bus completely covered in advertising. Prior to founding Achievex Corporation in 2000, Michael sold major management consulting projects for an international consulting firm. Amongst his clients were Mazda North America, United States Steel and Crown Paper.

It was his frustration with traditional sales training and their sound-the-same salespeople, and his introduction to Sandler Training’s unique sales methodology that convinced him to spend his life working to create professional salespeople.

Michael has trained salespeople in industries as diverse as financial services to semiconductor equipment manufacturers. From residential and commercial real estate sales professionals to the executives of some of America’s finest golf courses. He is also a sought after speaker for companies and professional organizations across the country.

CINA: Branding Yourself Strategically

2010-03-04T01:45:00.000-08:00

Date / Time: April 14 2010 - 06:30pm to 09:00pm

Fee: Free for lifetime members, $5.00 for regular paid members and $25.00 for non-members ( Including membership ); Send email to rsvp@cina.org with subject CINA 4/14 name =" by 4/13 11pm

Venue: Fenwick & West, LLP., 801 California Street, Mountain View, CA

Highlight

In the US, finding a new job, understanding how to stand out in the one you have and making your mark in the community around you can be challenging.

In this workshop we will explore how you think of your unique qualities and how you can communicate them by developing your own, personal brand. And, we will discuss how you can distribute this brand through social media channels as well as your own networks that you have built.

Through a short lecture and several interactive, small group activities, we will look at helping you understand what you see as your personal brand and developing your initial brand message.

About Speaker

Angelika Blendstrup, Ph.D., is the founder and principal of Blendstrup & Associates. She holds a Ph.D. in Bilingual, Bicultural Education from Stanford University and teaches in five languages.

Angelika specializes in individualized, inter-cultural business communication training, accent reduction, presentation skill coaching and personal branding.

Because of her work with international executives and her role as Co-President of SiliconFrench and L'Executive Cub, she had the idea of interviewing the fascinating foreign leaders in Silicon Valley. With the help of her international friends in this community and the help of the executives themselves, she was able to interview more than 45 foreign leaders in 14 months. The edited interviews are presented in the book, They Made It!.

In addition to 'They Made It!', she co-wrote Communicating the American Way, a guide to US business communications.

Angelika teaches US business communications skills to international executives in Silicon Valley as well as classes and workshops at Stanford University, Haas Business School, UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University's College of Business on topics such as cross-cultural communication, managing virtual teams, the art of interviewing successfully and branding yourself strategically.

CINA Entrepreneur Thought Leader Mentor:Winning an Audience with a Venture Investor

2010-02-24T05:25:00.000-08:00

Date / Time: March 25 2010 - 06:30pm to 09:00pm

Fee: Free for lifetime members, $5.00 for regular paid members and $25.00 for non-members ( Including membership ); Send email to rsvp@cina.org with subject CINA 3/25 name ="

Venue: Fenwick & West, LLP., 801 California Street, Mountain View, CA

Speaker

David Smith, Founder and Chairman of Tynax Inc.

Highlight

Which investors do you approach, how do you approach them, when is the company ready to talk to them? Before an entrepreneur is ready or able to present to investors, he/she must have reached a certain point of maturity in the business, prepared the business plan, identified suitable investors, approached them and successfully survived the screening process.

About Speaker

David Smith is the founder and chairman of Tynax Inc. a global patent and technology exchange. A serial entrepreneur, David founded numerous successful high technology startup companies in a career spanning almost 30 years. In addition to his full-time role at Tynax, David is managing partner at Cambridge Manhattan Group, a startup creation and incubation company and president of ASTECS, the Association of Technology Entrepreneurs.

As Apple World Marketing Manager in the early 1990’s, David was responsible for Apple Computer’s marketing programs in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. A pioneer of the early Internet and worldwide web, David’s was founder and CEO of SurfMonkey, Inc., developing the leading web browser and safety service for kids. As CEO of MediaLive Inc., David designed one of the first web browsers, email and TV-set-top-box systems. Davids' inventions have been awarded U.S. patents and his software and multimedia products have won critical acclaim.

David authored the book Zero-to-IPO, now published in Japanese as well as English language. He has addressed U.S. government congressional hearings and appeared on several radio and TV shows.

He holds a BSc.(Hons.) Computer Science & Economics from the University of Leeds (U.K.), a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from the University of Westminster (U.K.)

CINA Entrepreneur Thought Leader Mentor: Starting up in the Economic Downturn

2010-02-15T01:01:00.000-08:00

Date / Time: February 23 2010 - 06:30pm to 08:30pm

Fee: Free for lifetime member; $5.00 for regular members and $25.00 for non-members

RSVP: send email to rsvp@cina.org with subject "CINA 2/23 name="

Venue: Fenwick & West, LLP, 801 Californiar Street, Mountain View CA

Program
6:30pm - 7:00pm Registration and Networking
7:00pm - 8:30pm Presentation and Q & A
8:30pm - 9:00pm Social Networking

Speakers:
Jun Loayza, Co-Founder and CMO, Viralogy
Jim Connor, Board of Directors, Sand Hill Angels
Alfred Chu, Partner, TDRH Capital

Highlight

Only the strongests survive economic downturns like the one we’re in now. And sometimes, seemingly exceptional individuals – entrepreneurial, inventive and resourceful – demonstrate vision and know-how by starting up enterprises that succeed during difficult times.

While many companies file for bankruptcy or vanish altogether during recessions, others can trace their beginnings back to depressed economic periods. According to Gary Beach, publisher emeritus of CIO magazine, several exceptional companies set roots during recessions. His analysis revealed that 35 percent of the Fortune 500 incorporated during recession. But as he narrowed his list by focusing on larger companies, his findings were all the more impressive. 46 percent of the Fortune 100 incorporated during an economic downturn.

Perhaps right now, there are clairvoyant individuals inventing the next big thing, or a savvy, risk-taking entrepreneur capitalizing on the cheaper cost of doing business.

Come to this special event and hear from two active investors and one startup founder about what it takes to thrive during the economic downturn.

About Speakers

Jun Loayza, Co-Founder and CMO, Viralogy(viralogy.com) . He is also the President of SocailMediaMarketing.com. He has developed and spearheaded social media campaign for Levi's, Activision, LG, and the Dial Brands. Jun has written for Mashable, Personal Branding Blog, and has spoken at conferences such as Web 2.0, Social Media Strategies, and YPulse.

Jim Connor serves on the Board of Sand Hill Angels. He has been active in financial software applications for the past twenty years and was most recently the President of JPMorgan SymPro, a subsidiary of JP Morgan Chase & Company from August 2003 to May 2007. JPMorgan SymPro is the leading provider of Treasury Management software to the public sector, specifically focusing on investment management, bond issuance/debt management and the integration of treasury and liquidity operations. Jim was the founder and CEO of SymPro, Inc., grew the company to become the unqualified leader in its market space and managed the acquisition with JP Morgan Chase & Company.

Alfred Chu, Partner, Tiandi Growth Capital, a venture fund based in Shanghai investing in early stage technology companies. Alfred has over a decade of private equity, global business development, investment banking, and operating experience. From 2000 to 2006, Alfred was a Venture Partner at Panasonic Venture Capital, the corporate venture capital and global business development group for the consumer products company Matsushita. During his tenure, he championed venture capital investments and developed numerous revenue generating partnerships with leading communications infrastructure, consumer device, and software / Internet companies, including Bay Microsystems, Ikanos (NASDAQ: IKAN), Gracenote (acquired by Sony), Montavista Software, P-Cube (acquired by Cisco), and Techwell (NASDAQ: TWLL). Prior to this, Alfred was an investment banker with Citigroup (Salomon Smith Barney),where he advised on corporate finance and M&A transactions for leading technology companies, and a financial analyst at Hewlett-Packard.

Alfred holds an MBA in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BS from the University of California at Berkeley, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude.

Social Media 101: Developing Business...in the Social Web

2010-02-06T03:01:00.000-08:00

Date / Time: February 17 2010 - 06:30pm to 09:00pm

Fee: Free for lifetime member, $10 for members and $25.00 for non members

RSVP send email to rsvp@cina.org with subject "CINA 2/17 name = ". Additional $10 for no rsvp

Venue: Fenwick & West, LLP., 801 California Street, Mountain View CA

Speaker: Neal Schaffer, President of Windmills Marketing

Highlight

Social Media is going mainstream in 2010 and continues to be a buzz word that every professional is trying to understand. Do you have a firm understanding of it and what it can do for you or your company? Neal Schaffer, author of the social media blog Windmill Networking (http://windmillnetworking.com) as well as book "Windmill Networking: Understanding, Leveraging & Maximizing LinkedIn," will present tonight on introducing how businesses and professionals can maximize their presence in social media to reap benefits. The key points of his presentation will include:

How do you define "Social Media" and why it is not a mere fad but signifies an important trend

What are the different social media channels that exist and why a blog is the most important one for businesses

Understanding the business potential in using Social Media goes beyond mere headhunting and public relations

Participants will get a good understanding of the basics of social media marketing for both businesses as well as professionals by attending this event. Copies of Neal's book will be available for purchase at the event or in advance at Amazon by going to http://bit.ly/windbook.

About Speaker

Neal Schaffer is President of Windmills Marketing, a social media strategic consultancy for small and medium sized businesses (SMB) as well as an internationally recognized speaker and author with his Windmill Networking brand. A social media strategist who has a background in B2B sales and business development and is fluent in both Japanese and Mandarin Chinese, Neal provides a unique perspective in helping both businesses and professionals to navigate, embrace, and truly leverage social media as a powerful tool.

About CINA ( Chinese Information and Networking Association )

2010-01-03T10:23:00.000-08:00

CINA, a grassroot non-profit professional organization in Silicon Valley, provides its 16,000+ members high-quality seminars, workshops, annual conferences, and networking events. CINA brings together a diverse group of professionals, consisting not only of people of Chinese descent, but also of people from diverse ethnicities and backgrounds. Our partners, alliances and local communities reach out 100,000+ people. Its goal is to provide a forum facilitating engineers, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, angel investors and venture capitalists to share innovative ideas, and connect with opportunities.

CINA was ranked number one in the Book of List of Top China Trade Associations by San Jose Business Journal in 2008.