BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20080309T020000 RDATE:20080309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081013T001816Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081030T170000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081030T140000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081013T001816Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081013T001914Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250455836 DESCRIPTION:In the New Global Economy\, value creation has the same value independent of where the value is created. As a result you can tap into talent globally for motivation\, leadership\, and entrepreneurship and make many more ideas viable than were possible in the past. Fifteen yea rs ago most companies were local and competition was around the corner. Technology and connectivity have now created a free market in the contex t of the world. For example\, an entrepreneur in Portland can now both c ollaborate and compete with entrepreneurs in Shanghai or Bangalore.  3\;\n \;\nDesh is the founding investor and Chairman of several compa nies including Sycamore Networks\, Tejas Networks\, Airvana\, A123 Syste ms\, HiveFire and Sandstone Capital. Desh is also involved in several n on-profit initiatives which leverage the Global connection. For example the “Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation” at MIT has announce d an International Initiative. Akshaya Patra\, an NGO in India that ser ves mid-day meals to underprivileged children\, has scaled its operation s to serve 1 million meals a day with in the last six years using global talent and resources. He will use the initiatives that he is involved w ith as examples to discuss the new Global Economy. \;\n \;\nThis e vent is being presented in conjunction with Venture Northwest hosted by OEN (Oregon Entrepreneurs Network). \;\n \;\nRegister for Venture Northwest (includes keynote by Desh Deshpande) - Register on or before October 3rd at the early bird special $420.\n\nImported from: http://cal agator.org/events/1250455836 URL:http://www.oregon.tie.org/TGS/EM/viewevent/viewEventPT?id_event=2327& from_where=chapter_homepage SUMMARY:Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy LOCATION:Portland Marriott (Downtown): 1401 SW Naito Parkway\, Portland O regon 97201 US SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR