INTERNET
Apple
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings. Experience Apple. In the last years, the launch of innovative productive like the iPod (over 120 million shipped) and iPhone marked its success.
Monday (1/7) 9:30-11am (mandatory attendance - space limited)
VP - Marco (mottonello@mba2009.hbs.edu, 857-445-5058)
1 Infinite Loop, MS 84-3CE, Cupertino, CA, 95014
YouTube
The most popular website for videos, recently acquired by Google but still kept and run separately
Monday (1/7) 4:00-5.30pm (mandatory attendance - space limited)
VP - Marco (mottonello@mba2009.hbs.edu, 857-445-5058)
1000 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA, 94066
Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program, which is the largest and fastest growing in the industry, provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.
Thursday (1/10) 9:30-11.00am (mandatory attendance)
VP - Marco (mottonello@mba2009.hbs.edu, 857-445-5058)
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, 94043
eBay
Founded in 1995, eBay Inc. connects hundreds of millions of people around the world every day, empowering them to explore new opportunities and innovate together. eBay Inc. does this by providing the Internet platforms of choice for global commerce, payments and communications. Since its inception, eBay Inc. has expanded to include some of the strongest brands in the world, including eBay, PayPal, Skype, Shopping.com, and others. CEO is Meg Whitman, HBS 79, costantly ranked as one of world's the most influential people. eBay Inc. is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Thursday (1/10) 12.30-2.00pm (mandatory attendance - lunch provided)
VP - Marco (mottonello@mba2009.hbs.edu, 857-445-5058)
2125 Hamilton Ave, San Jose, CA, 95125
Yahoo!
Founded in 1994 by Stanford Ph.D. students David Filo and Jerry Yang, Yahoo! began as a hobby and has evolved into a leading global brand that has changed the way people communicate with each other, conduct transactions and access, share, and create information. Today, Yahoo! Inc. has become the world's largest global online network of integrated services with more than 500 million users worldwide. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with a presence in more than 20 markets and regions around the globe.
Thursday (1/10) 4.00-5.30pm (mandatory attendance)
VP - Marco (mottonello@mba2009.hbs.edu, 857-445-5058)
| 701 First Ave |
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701 First Ave, Sunnyvale, CA, 94089
The Sequoia, Greylock and Bessemer Ventures funded networking site with currently 14 million professional users.
Wednesday (1/9) 9:30-11am (mandatory attendance)
VP - Alex (akirn@mba2009.hbs.edu, 415-385-5846)
2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA, 94043
Linden Lab / Second Life
Linden Lab is the company behind Second Life which runs on 14,000 servers. We will be meeting with the HBS alumn and CFO John Zdanowski.
Tuesday (1/8) 9:30-11am with pre-meeting in Second Life on Thursday 12/6 from 7-8pm (mandatory attendance)
*Note: There will be a pre-meeting (Thursday (12/6) 7-8pm) with John Zdanowski in Second Life during which he explains how Second Life works, how they make money and which challenges they have. The real meeting will build on this virtual meeting, so please make sure that you can attend both before signing up.
VP - Alex (akirn@mba2009.hbs.edu, 415-385-5846)
945 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA, 94111
Slide
Slide develops social network widgets and currently reaches more than 134 million unique global viewers per month. The company was founded by Max Levchin who also founded Paypal. We will be meeting with Keith Rabois, VP Strategy & Business Development who was previously Executive VP at Paypal and an early investor in YouTube.
Tuesday (1/8) 1-2:30pm (mandatory attendance)
VP - Alex (akirn@mba2009.hbs.edu, 415-385-5846)
612 Howard Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA, 94105
PlugandPlayTechCenter
The Plug and Play Tech Center host over 90 technology start-ups in its building. We will get tour of the facilities and meet some of the startups followed by a dinner.
Wednesday (1/9) 7-9pm company tour and dinner (mandatory attendance)
VP - Alex (akirn@mba2009.hbs.edu, 415-385-5846)
Double Fusion
Double Fusion is an independent provider of in-game advertising and marketing solutions. The company is backed among others by Accel Partners, IDG Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners.
Thursday (1/10) 1-2:30pm (mandatory attendance)
VP - Alex (akirn@mba2009.hbs.edu, 415-385-5846)
440 N. Wolfe Rd, Sunnyvale, CA, 94085
BIOTECH/PHARMA
Genentech
http://www.gene.com/gene/index.jsp
Genentech's mission is to be the leading biotechnology company, using human genetic information to develop novel medicines for serious and life-threatening diseases. On January 8, 2007, FORTUNE magazine named Genentech as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" for the ninth consecutive year. This year Genentech is number two on the list.
Tuesday (1/8) 12:30-2pm (lunch and company presentation)
VP - Ellen (elee@mba2009.hbs.edu, 415-309-8048)
1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA, 94080
DaVita
http://www.davita.com/redwoods/
DaVita’s leadership was featured in HBS professor, Bill George's, bestseller (True North); and a book by Stanford b-school professors' (Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-Based Management). After a stunning seven-year turnaround, DaVita, Inc., a $5B player, recently doubled in size by acquiring its largest competitor. Summer Associates lead projects for senior management in a variety of operational and strategic initiatives that have company-wide impact. Summer Associates ideally are offered a position in the Redwoods Rotational General Management Program. DaVita's rotational General Management Program is a unique one in that in only about a year out of b-school, MBAs get real, general management responsibility (e.g., $20-50M P&L, 100-200 employees reporting up through 10-12 direct reports). No healthcare background is required.
Monday (1/7) 7:30-9:30pm dinner in Burlingame area (space limited)
VP - Ellen (elee@mba2009.hbs.edu, 415-309-8048)
PRIVATE EQUITY
Vector Capital
Vector Capital is a value investor in established technology businesses, both public and private. Vector works in partnership with management to navigate companies through transitions in their business. Assets under management total over $2 billion in equity capital.
Thursday (1/10) 1-2pm presentation (mandatory attendance)
Thursday (1/10) 2-2:30pm networking time (students may leave early)
VP - Joe (jnarens@mba2009.hbs.edu, 650-281-5960)
456 Montgomery St., 19th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94104
Friedman Fleischer & Lowe (FFL)
FFL has $2.0 billion in assets under management across 50 middle-market companies in a variety of industries and geographies. With over 90 years of collective experience as investors, senior operating executives and advisors, FFL actively helps owners and management teams grow their revenues, improve margins, make acquisitions, and ultimately create long-lasting value.
Thursday (1/10) 4-5pm presentation (mandatory attendance)
Thursday (1/10) 5-5:30pm networking time (students may leave early )
VP - Joe (jnarens@mba2009.hbs.edu, 650-281-5960)
One Maritime Plaza, 22nd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94111
Texas Pacific Group
TPG is a leading global private investment firm with over $30 billion of capital under management. TPG manages a family of funds including private equity, venture capital and public equity and debt investing. Its investment philosophy has been to create value by investing in change - change created by industry trends, economic cycles or specific company circumstances.
Monday (1/7) 1-2pm presentation (mandatory attendance)
Monday (1/7) 2-2:30pm networking time (students may leave early)
VP - Joe (jnarens@mba2009.hbs.edu, 650-281-5960)
345 California Street, Suite 3300, San Francisco, CA, 94104
SVB Capital
SVB Capital is the private equity arm of SVB Financial Group. SVB invests in private equity funds as well as directly into portfolio companies on behalf of SVB Financial Group and its other investors. The SVB Capital family of funds exceeds $1 billion and includes fund of funds, co-investment funds, venture debt funds and special debt funds invested primarily on behalf of endowments and foundations.
Wednesday (1/9) 1-2pm presentation (mandatory attendance)
Wednesday (1/9) 2-2:30pm networking time (students may leave early)
VP - Joe (jnarens@mba2009.hbs.edu, 650-281-5960)
3003 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, CA, 95054
Silver Lake
Silver Lake is a private equity firm focused solely on making large-scale investments in leading technology companies. Silver Lake partners to world-class management teams who seek to use its capital and expertise to build and extend their market leadership. Its investment thesis is that the technology industries represent an extraordinary yet under-exploited target for large-scale private equity investments.
Wednesday (1/9) 4-5pm presentation (mandatory attendance)
Wednesday (1/9) 5:-5:30pm networking time (students may leave early)
VP - Joe (jnarens@mba2009.hbs.edu, 650-281-5960)
2775 Sand Hill Road, Suite 100, Menlo Park, CA, 94025
Golden Gate Capital
Golden Gate Capital is a leading private equity firm with approximately $8 billion in capital under management. We generate superior returns for our investors through buyout and growth equity investments across a wide variety of industries. Golden Gate looks for analytically challenging, change-intensive investments where its skill set differentiates its ability to significantly improve both earnings and strategic value.
Monday (1/7) 4-5pm presentation (mandatory attendance)
Monday (1/7) 5-5:30pm networking time (students may leave early)
VP - Joe (jnarens@mba2009.hbs.edu, 650-281-5960)
One Embarcadero Center, suite 3300, San Francisco, CA, 94111
HIGH TECH
VMWare
Leading provider of virtualization solutions for servers and desktops that substantially lower IT costs and increase flexibility. Went public in August ’07, $30 billion market cap, $1.1 billion annual revenue, 4,500 employees.
Monday (1/7) 4-7PM Open house: presentations, Q&A panels, networking w/snacks (mandatory attendance for presentation and Q&A)
Note: Joint event with students from Columbia.
VP - Wan Li (wzhu@mba2009.hbs.edu, 617-899-9312)
3401 Hillview Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
Salesforce.com
Provider of on-demand customer relationship management (CRM) software services to businesses and industries worldwide. Leader of software-as-a-service (SAAS) space with 30,000 customers. Public since June 2004, $6.4 billion market cap, $676 million annual revenue, 2,000 employees.
Tuesday (1/8) 4-5:30PM Presentation (mandatory attendance)
VP - Wan Li (wzhu@mba2009.hbs.edu, 617-899-9312)
The Landmark @ One Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 94104
NVIDIA
Offers programmable graphics processor technologies with various products for computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices. Check your PC – you probably have a graphics card made by NVIDIA! Public since January 1999, $18 billion market cap, $3 billion annual revenue, 4,000 employees.
Wednesday (1/9) 4-5:30PM Presentation (mandatory attendance)
VP - Wan Li (wzhu@mba2009.hbs.edu, 617-899-9312)
2701 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA, 95050
IBM
Large diversified high-tech company with 355,766 employees worldwide, $91 billion revenues/year.
Wednesday (1/9) 12-12:30pm lunch (students may arrive late)
Wednesday (1/9) 12:30-2pm presentation (mandatory attendance)
Wednesday (1/9) 2-2:30pm networking time(students leave early)
VP - Wan Li (wzhu@mba2009.hbs.edu, 617-899-9312)
650 HARRY ROAD, San Jose, CA, 95120
SAP
Development, marketing, and sale of enterprise application software products including ERP and CRM applications. Headquartered in Germany, public since 1988, $62 billion market cap, $15 billion annual revenue, 40,000 employees.
Thursday (1/10) 4-5:30PM Presentation (mandatory attendance)
VP - Wan Li (wzhu@mba2009.hbs.edu, 617-899-9312)
3410 Hillview Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
Bain & Company
Bain & Company is a global business consulting firm with offices in all major cities, helping management make the big decisions: on strategy, operations, mergers & acquisitions, technology and organization
Tuesday (1/8) 4-8pm presentation + dinner close to the office (mandatory attendance - space limited)
VP - Marcin (mkarnowski@mba2009.hbs.edu, 650-814-0713)
One Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA, 94111
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
A diverse and global business consulting firm.
Wednesday (1/9) 6-9pm presentation + snacks in the office
VP - Marcin (mkarnowski@mba2009.hbs.edu, 650-814-0713)
Two Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA, 94111
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey is a management consulting firm advising leading companies on issues of strategy, organization, technology, and operations.
Tuesday (1/8) 8-9:30am breakfast (mandatory attendance - space limited)
VP - Marcin (mkarnowski@mba2009.hbs.edu, 650-814-0713)
3075A Hansen Way, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Clorox
The Clorox Company is a $4.8 billion dollar manufacturer of consumer products in the US and internationally. The company makes over 29 diverse brands of consumer products from laundry aids and household cleaners to charcoal and salad dressing.
Monday (1/7) 1-2:30pm presentation (mandatory attendance)
VP - Lisa (ekostova@mba2009.hbs.edu, 206-335-8881)
1221 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94612
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT/FINANCIAL SERVICES
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a premier financial services company providing services in investment banking, securities, investment management, and wealth management services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals worldwide.
Monday (1/7) 10:30 am-12:00 pm presentation (mandatory attendance)
VP - Anh (anh@mba2009.hbs.edu, 857-445-5781)
555 California Street, 21st Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94104
Hellman & Friedman
Hellman & Friedman LLC is an investment management (PE / HF) firm specializing in leveraged recapitalizations, acquisitions, buys and builds, traditional buyouts, financial restructurings, and growth investments. It invests in public and private companies. The current 6th fund has over $8 bn of committed capital.
Tuesday (1/8) 9:30-11:00 am presentation (mandatory attendance)
VP - Anh (anh@mba2009.hbs.edu, 857-445-5781)
One Maritime Plaza 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94111
The Capital Group
The Capital Group is an investment management firm providing services to individuals, institutions, corporations, governments, public funds, endowments, and foundations investing in the public equity and alternative investment markets across the globe.
Tuesday (1/8) 1:00-2:30 pm presentation (mandatory attendance)
VP - Anh (anh@mba2009.hbs.edu, 857-445-5781)
One Market Street, Steuart Tower, Suite 1800, San Francisco, CA
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs is a premier financial services company providing services in investment banking, securities, investment management, and wealth management services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals worldwide.
Wednesday (1/9) 9:30-11:00 am presentation (mandatory attendance)
VP - Anh (anh@mba2009.hbs.edu, 857-445-5781)
555 California Street, 42nd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94104
Dodge & Cox
Dodge & Cox is an investment manager with approximately $200 billion in assets under management. It manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios.
Wednesday (1/9) 1:00-2:30 pm presentation (mandatory attendance)
VP - Anh (anh@mba2009.hbs.edu, 857-445-5781)
555 California Street, 40th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94104
VENTURE CAPITAL
IDG Ventures
$2.2B under management; presence in China, India, Vietnam, and Korea. Invests in new media, internet infrastructure, and software.
Monday (1/7) 2:45-3:45pm presentation (mandatory attendance - space limited)
* Note, IDG is a few blocks away from Texas Pacific Group and Golden Gate Capital so you should be able to attend all three events Monday afternoon if you plan it well.
VP - Rick (rarmbrust@mba2009.hbs.edu, 206-228-4589)
425 California Street, San Francisco, CA, 94104
Note: The meeting will be held at 425 California Street, 23rd floor, in Probitas (different company name) For directions, call 415-439-4420.
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Large VC in over 30 cities and approx $4.5B capital commitments. Funded Hotamil, Overture, and Skyke. Tim Draper, founder, is very well known venture capitalist and HBS grad. Focuses on Consumer internet/applications, cleantech, hardware, mobile, nanotech, and life sciences.
Tuesday (1/8) 10-11am presentation (mandatory attendance)
VP - Rick (rarmbrust@mba2009.hbs.edu, 206-228-4589)
2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 150, Menlo Park, CA, 94025
Lightspeed Venture Partners
A bit smaller with $1.3B under management but have had some interesting companies in portfolio (Kiva, DoubleClick, Informatica). Focuses on internet consumer, cleantech, digital media, and enterprise IT.
Tuesday (1/8) 3-4:30pm presentation (mandatory attendance)
VP - Rick (rarmbrust@mba2009.hbs.edu, 206-228-4589)
2200 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025
Bessemer Venture Partners
Established VC (original fund company started in 1911) that has backed such companies as Skype, Veritas, VeriSign, Maxim, Staples, Gartner. Offices also in Boston, China, New York, and India. Wide array of technology and non-technology investments.
Tuesday (1/8) 7-9pm dinner (mandatory attendance - space limited)
VP - Rick (rarmbrust@mba2009.hbs.edu, 206-228-4589)
150 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
Mayfield Fund
Has $2.7B under management; founded in 1969 with over 100 IPOs; presence in China and India; focus on enterprise IT, consumer internet and communication.
Wednesday (1/9) 4-5pm presentation (mandatory attendance)
VP - Rick (rarmbrust@mba2009.hbs.edu, 206-228-4589)
2800 Sand Hill Road, Suite 250, Menlo Park, CA, 94025
SOCIAL EVENTS
VP - Lisa (ekostova@mba2009.hbs.edu, 206-335-8881)
Stanford Mixer
HBSANC
HBS Association of Northern California (HBSANC), the largest HBS alumni club in the world, will be hosting its 100th anniversary celebration (400-500 alums) largest number of HBS alumni ever to attend an event in the bay area. The discount rate of $50 includes buffet dinner and cocktails.
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
5:30pm Cocktails and Networking
6:45 Formal Program and Discussion
8:00 Buffet Dinner Party - Networking - Centennial Celebratory Desserts
Mountain View Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94043, Tel. 650-810-1010
http://www.hbsanc.org/events/EventDetail.asp?id=ETC007/ETC007
NapaTrek
Friday January 11th, 2008, 9am - 6pm
http://www.studentclubs.hbs.edu/tecm/napatrek.html
VP - Ryan (Rogata@cinergiequity.com)