University Venture Summit 2008
January 17th - 19th

Location: Grand America Hotel SLC & Wells Fargo Building 23rd Floor

Keynote Speaker
Bill Price, TPG Capital

Venture Capital Panel: "What VC's Look for and Industry Trends"
Sponsored by: Epic Ventures

• Bill Baumel, RWI Ventures
• Wayne Cantwell, Crescendo Ventures
• Eric A. Litman, WashingtonVC
• Steven Reidy, EuclidSR Partners
• Kent Madsen, Epic Ventures

Entrepreneurship Panel l: "Starting you company - Going From an Idea to Your Business"
Sponsored by: Utah Governor's Office of Econ. Development

• Rick Alden, Skullcandy
• Josh Coates, Mozy Inc./EMC
• Dr. Rashmi Sinha, SlideShare Inc.
• Martin Plaehn, Bungee Labs
• Derek Smith, Raytheon Oakley Systems

Private Equity Panel: "The Facts of Private Equity & Starting a Career in the Industry"
Sponsored by: Utah Fund of Funds, Fort Washington Capital Partners

• Mac LaFolette, Fenway Partners
• Larry Cook, Peterson Partners
• Scott Bell, Weston Presidio
• Bret Jepsen, SF Employees' Retirement System

Entrepreneurship Panel ll: "Getting Your First Round of Funding"
Sponsored by: vSpring Capital

• Anthony Soohoo, CBS Interactive / Dotspotter
• Dan Farr, DAZ 3D
• Jamie Harper, Move Networks
• Ari Newman, Filtrbox
• Michael Levinthal, Individual Investor

The University Venture Summit is an opportunity for students to learn from leading venture capital professionals in the country. It is an opportunity for students and entrepreneurs from around the country to share their perspectives on the future of the venture capital industry and the entrepreneurial climate.

Bryant Wimmer, Vladimir Canro, Rob Sanders, Casey Elliot and Matt Peterson from the Weber Entrepreneurs Association attended this unique event to learn from the best of the best in the venture capital industry.

The event kicked off Thursday evening with Bill Price (TPG Capital) as the keynote speaker. When asked about hiring top level managment in any of his companies, Bill's number one rule is "Never hire assholes" and gave valuable information on what qualities should comprise new management.

Friday was packed with several panels discussing venture capital, entrepreneurship, and private equity. Skullcandy, a company that was funded by Grow Utah Ventures, was a sponsor of the event and featured CEO Rick Alden on one of the entrepreneur panels. Rick talked about entrepreneurship verses actually having a job.

Sound Byte: "have a really good BS detector" - Josh Coates

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