Tsinghua Entrepreneur Seminar:
entrepreneurial opportunities in motherland and war stories by a VC from battlefield
Date: March 22, 2007 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30 pm - 9pm
Location: ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE
1000 Marsh Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025-1015
Cost: $10 per person ($20 at door)
RSVP: Space is very limited. Please RSVP early via paypal
AGENDA:
6:30 pm – 7: 15pm Registration and Networking
Hor-d’oeuvres will be served
7:15 pm – 8:00 pm Presentation by Fan Zhang
Founding Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital China
8:00 pm – 8:45 pm Open Q&A and Networking
What are the opportunities and challenges in China looking from one of the most active VCs in China? What are the latest trends and dynamics? What are the war stories coming from a top VC deep in the trenches?
We are very excited to have Fan Zhang, Founding Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital China, to share his perspective and experience on China. Fan was one of the investors behind Baidu and Kongzhong. This would be a tremendous opportunity to learn directly from a top VC operating in China. In addition, it will be a great opportunity to network with many great entrepreneurs in the club.
This event is brought to you by Silicon Valley Tsinghua Network (SVTN) with generous support from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
Contact Information
Name: Jinpian Diao
Email: SVTN.EClub@gmail.com
Phone: 607-280-3866
Fan Zhang is a Founding Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital China, a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in high growth companies in China. Sequoia Capital, founded in 1972, manages over 20 funds worldwide that have more than $5 billion under management. Over the years, Sequoia Capital has invested into companies such as Apple, Cisco, Oracle, Yahoo, and Google. The market value of Sequoia funded companies exceeds 10% of NASDAQ’s total market capitalization. Fan is a Director on the Boards of Asia Media, UUSee, Inc., CTS Media, Zhanzuo.com, and Maxscend Semiconductor.
Prior to founding Sequoia Capital China, Fan was with another international venture capital fund where he had been a board member in Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) and Kongzhong (NASDAQ: KONG), among others.
Fan holds an MBA and a BA from Stanford University. He began his university study as a Computer Science student at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
张帆先生
张帆先生是红杉资本中国基金的创始及执行合伙人。红杉资本创始于1972年，共有20多支基金，拥有超过50亿美元总管理资本。总共投资超过500家公司，130多家成功上市，100多个通过兼并收购成功退出。红杉资本在美国曾投资了苹果电脑、思科、甲骨文、雅虎和Google等一批著名科技公司，目前其投资的公司总市值超过美国纳斯达克股市总价值的10%。目前，张先生代表红杉资本中国基金担任宽视网络技术，悠视网，点视传媒，占座网，和卓胜半导体的董事。
之前，张先生曾任职于另外一家国际创业投资基金，并担任空中网和百度等公司的董事。在进入风险投资之前，张先生曾经担任高盛（Goldman Sachs）投资银行业务金融分析师。
张帆先生从美国斯坦福大学获得了MBA学位和经济学BA学位（特优毕业生）。张先生曾就读于北京清华大学计算机科学与技术系。
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Tsinghua Entrepreneur Club
The Tsinghua Entrepreneur Club is established in recognition of the need to bring together top talents who are passionate about entrepreneurship. Our mission is to create a support community and provide key resources to help entrepreneurs in building successful next generation global companies. In addition, we see tremendous value in creating a lifelong network for members who share the same passion in building great companies. The Entrepreneur Club will serve as a platform to foster interactions and networking among the members. We encourage members to learn from each other and leverage one of the best networks in Silicon Valley and around the world. The Entrepreneur Club will invite distinguished speakers, including entrepreneurs, executives, and investors, to share invaluable insights and experience in creating successful companies and products. The goal is to accelerate learning of entrepreneurial concepts through ongoing education. Entrepreneurship is important whether the intention is to start a company or not. Entrepreneurship is a mindset – the mindset to create great value by leveraging available resources. This “intrapreneurial” mindset is also very critical for managers within a company in bringing new product ideas to the market. We welcome any interested members of the Tsinghua alumni network to join the club. We are very excited about the establishment of the Tsinghua Entrepreneur Club in Silicon Valley. We hope this platform will help many entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs in creating successful and lasting companies and products.
http://www.tsinghua.net/entrepreneur.php