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News
Launch: Silicon Valley 2012
Launch: Silicon Valley 2012 will be held on Tuesday June 5, 2012 at the Microsoft Campus in Mountain View.
In its 7th year, Launch: Silicon Valley is now firmly established as the premier product launch platform for cash strapped startups . The event, co-presented by SVForum, Garage Technology Ventures and Microsoft, provides the next generation of emerging technology companies with the opportunity to pitch their products to, and network with, an audience of Silicon Valley’s top VCs, Angels, corporate business development executives, prospective customers and partners, bloggers and media.
Launch: Silicon Valley 2012 is designed to uncover and showcase products and services from the most exciting of the newest startups in information technology, mobility, digital media, next generation internet, life sciences and clean energy.
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SVForum Announces "Call for Startup Submissions” to Present at Powerhouse Launch: Silicon Valley 2012 Product Launch Event
SVForum today announced that submissions are now open for startups to enter their company’s newest products and services for a chance to present at this year’s Launch: Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley’s annual summer product launch platform for startups from around the world. Launch: Silicon Valley 2012, to be held this year on June 5, 2012 at Microsoft in Mountain View, California, is Silicon Valley’s most affordable, high-value, high-visibility product launch showcase.
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Upcoming Events
East Bay Series: Funding: What Having Women on the Team Brings to the Table
May 16 | Pleasanton, CA
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Venture Startup & Financing SIG: New Venture Product Planning and Launch
May 21 | Palo Alto, CA
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Procopio and SV Forum Present:IP & Employment Matters - Common, Costly Mistakes for Start-up Entrep
May 12 | Palo Alto, CA
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Launch: Silicon Valley 2012
June 5 | Mountain View, CA
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Check out the video - Cloud Computing & Virtualization SIG: Private Cloud Landscape 2012 - Cloudscaling
Check out the video - SVForum's Big Data Conference: Mobile Data
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Message from the
CEO, Chris Gill: I’m excited at my recent appointment as CEO
and Executive Director of SVForum. As the leading Silicon Valley not-for-profit
organization with unbiased coverage of the technology ecosystem, we
engage the community with education, resources, events, connections,
insights and best practices. We reach 12,000 technology professionals
annually through more than 15 events each month. I’d encourage you to
check out the
calendar of events.
Today, we strive to grow and evolve,
and to stay relevant with the times around us. We serve a broad market
covering the entire footprint of the technology industry including clean
tech, healthcare IT, social media, cloud and virtualization, mobile/wireless,
and more. We are excited to have a strong partnership with the Microsoft
Emerging Business Team and the Microsoft BizSpark Program.
We
are a leader in Silicon Valley and contribute to its worldwide influence
on technology and innovation. SV Forum represents the diversity of people,
ideas and knowledge that are part of a greater whole, our global community.
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SVForum's Special Interest
Groups
- Mobile Internet SIG
Our mission is to offer the International mobile technology and services sector an unbiased discussion platform on emerging technologies.
- Business Intelligence SIG
Business Intelligence (BI) is the exciting new discipline of skills,
processes, technologies, applications and practices used to support
decision making in every organization.
- Cloud Computing and Virtualization SIG
Cloud Computing and Virtualization are transforming the technology industry.
The Cloud Computing and Virtualization SIG meets monthly to discuss
the impact these new technology platforms is having on infrastructure,
operations, and applications from a user and vendor perspective.
- Venture Start-up and Financing SIG
Introducing the Venture Start-Up and Financing SIG. This program will
focus on the core business and financing issues that face CEO's during
the first 1 to 4 years of a new ventures life.