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2010-11-12
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create Calagator::Event 1250459469 OEN Webinar: Four Startup Risks for Venture Capital Companies, with Gerry Langeler Roll back

description nil → The economy seems to be slowly recovering, and venture capitalists are slowly returning to fund new deals again. But what are they finding most interesting now? And what are the risks they are willing to take, versus those they aren't, in the aftermath of the recession and ten years of negative industry returns? Gerry will take his historic "Four risks of venture capital startups" and bring it into focus for the coming years… Speaker: Gerry Langeler, OVP Partners Gerry Langeler joined OVP Venture Partners in 1992 and focuses on investments in the digital energy, software, imaging and digital biology sectors. His investments include Captivate Network, Carbonflow, Elekom, EnerG2, Foundstone, Max-Viz, Now Software, Portland Software, Preview Systems, Surplus Software, TView, Unify, Vascular Solutions, Viral Logic Systems Technology (VLST), and Webridge. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Carbonflow, Collaborative Software Initiative, EnerG2, GainSpan, Max-Viz, and Viral Logic Systems Technology (VLST) and is a Board Observer to DataSphere, Serus and Tigo Energy. Prior to joining OVP, Gerry was co-founder of Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) in Portland, OR in 1981. There he served as President, and over eleven years helped lead Mentor through its IPO to over $400M in worldwide sales and over $1B in market capitalization. He began his technology career at Tektronix. Gerry received his AB in Chemistry from Cornell University and his MBA from Harvard University. He is the author of The Vision Trap (Harvard Business Review, 3/92). He also authored a chapter in Venture Capital Best Practices (Aspatore Books, 2005). Gerry serves on the Advisory Board of Highway 12 Ventures in Boise, Idaho. He is the father of two boys, and enjoys skiing (when his knees can stand it) and golf.
end_time nil → 2010-11-18 15:00:00 -0800
id nil → 1250459469
start_time nil → 2010-11-18 14:00:00 -0800
title nil → OEN Webinar: Four Startup Risks for Venture Capital Companies, with Gerry Langeler
url nil → http://www.oen.org/events.aspx?id=181
venue_id nil → 202390270