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  8/31/2010

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  SVASE Crafting your WOW! Statement, with Bill Reichert, Garage Technology Ventures
Start: 08/31/2010 - 6:00 pm
End: 08/31/2010- 8:00 pm

A Workshop for Entrepreneurs

Crafting Your Wow! Statement: How to distill the essence of your value proposition into something short, meaningful, and effective!

To register to pitch & receive feedback, or as an audience member www.svase.org/events/crafting-your-wow-statement-bill-reichert-garage-technology-ventures/7125

Andrew Vu, who pitched his WOW! statement at the event commented "This was a terrifically helpful event, I have gladly have paid three times the fee to participate!"

At the heart of effective communication is a crisp statement of what your company does and why your listener or reader should care. You may have only ten seconds to get this message across. Twenty-five words should be sufficient to describe your value proposition, preferably less. We're talking about the opening of your elevator pitch, the hook at the beginning of an email, the grab on your website, or maybe just a tweet.

Whatever the situation, you and everyone in your company need to be able to articulate a compelling value proposition in just a few words. What's the trick? What works? What doesn't work? Come find out!

If you are an entrepreneur and need to craft your Wow! statement, come to this workshop. Learn from the discussions and critiques. If you are one of the first 12 to make the request for Presenting & Coaching, you can have the opportunity to pitch your Wow! and receive feedback and coaching from our expert panel.

Panelists - See below for bios:

Chair & Moderator: Bill Reichert, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures, www.garage.com.
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A maximum of 12 slots to present & receive coaching on your WOW! Statement are assigned on a first-come basis.

Workshop Agenda:
Overview: Panel discussion of what makes a good Wow! statement (20 minutes)Pitches, Round 1: Each participant pitches for 20 seconds followed by a one minute critique by the panel. Maximum of 12 pitches. (30 minutes) Overall panel review, discussion of critiques and coaching (20 minutes) Pitches, Round 2: Each participant pitches their new Wow!, version 2.0 (30 minutes)Closing comments and questions (10-15 minutes)

When: Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Registration commences at 6:00 PM - Walk ins on the day are welcome!
Location: Wilmer Hale, 950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, 94304

Audience and Presenters register HERE!

Registration
Pre-registered Rates (All Rates Include Hors D’oeuvres):
Presenting & Coaching on your WOW! Statement (12 slots available): SVASE Members - $39 non-SVASE Members - $59 Audience: SVASE Members - $20 non-SVASE Members - $39

Pre-registration closes at 11:55 PM the day before of the event

This event is sponsored by Wilmer Hale, www.wilmerhale.com.

If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Laura Weigant at info@svase.org

Panelist Bios

Bill Reichert - Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
Bill Reichert has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and an operating executive. Since joining Garage in 1998, Bill has focused on early-stage information technology and materials science companies. He sits on the Boards of CaseStack, WhiteHat, ClearFuels, cFares, and ThermoCeramix. Prior to Garage, Bill was a co-founder or senior executive in several venture-backed technology startups, including Trademark Software, The Learning Company, and Academic Systems. Earlier in his career, he worked at McKinsey & Company, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., and the World Bank. Bill earned a B.A. at Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. He was a founding board member and a Chairman of the Churchill Club, and a Charter Member of the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs. Currently he is the Chairman of the Small Fund Roundtable of the VC Taskforce and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.

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  Wilmer Hale

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  950 Page Mill Road

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  Palo Alto

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  CA