SF-Fireside Chat with Geoff Yang '81, Partner at Redpoint Ventures & Chair of Princeton's Alumni Entrepreneurs Fund (AEF)
Date and time
Location
Redpoint Ventures
21 South Park Suite 100 San Francisco, CA 94107Description
Join us for a Fireside Chat with Geoff Yang ’81, the inaugural Chair of Princeton University’s Alumni Entrepreneurs Fund (AEF). AEF provides support to recent alumni startups through matching funds and mentorship. This is an opportunity to gain knowledge from a true leader in venture capital, and learn about the amazing funding opportunities available through AEF. RSVP today!
AGENDA:
6:00-6:30 p.m. Registration (cocktails)
6:30-6:35 p.m. Welcome & Opening Remarks- Mayra Ceja ’03, AEF Program Manager
6:35-7:00 p.m. Fireside Chat with Geoff Yang ‘81, AEF Feedback Panel Chair
7:00-8:30 p.m. Networking Reception
This is a private event open to all Princeton Alumni. Space is limited. Please RSVP.
About Geoff Yang ’81, Chair of the AEF Feedback Panel
Geoff co-founded Redpoint in 1999 and has backed trailblazing consumer and communications platform companies from their founding including Arista, Ask.com, Bluefin, Calix, Efficient Frontier, Foundry Networks, Excite, Juniper Networks, MySpace, and Tivo. He currently serves on the boards of Redpoint portfolio companies Electric Imp, Machinima, Scribd, Tastemade, and Victorious. He also serves on the Boards of AT&T, Esquel Group and Franklin Resources (Franklin Templeton Funds).
He has served as a member of the Advisory Council for the Stanford Graduate School of Business, chairman of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund, director of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), president of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists (WAVC), and a member of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee for the United States. He holds an MBA from Stanford and a BSE in engineering from Princeton.
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The mission of Princeton Entrepreneurship Council (PEC) is to engage the Princeton entrepreneurial ecosystem through educational programming, mentoring, and funding initiatives in collaborative spaces. Along with our many campus partners, we are creating entrepreneurship "The Princeton Way." For more information, please go to entrepreneurs.princeton.edu.
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