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:20100314T020000 RDATE:20100314T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100803T135331Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100928T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100928T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100803T135331Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100910T221556Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458955 DESCRIPTION:Puneet Agarwal of True Ventures (investor in Portland's Urban Airship and Puppet Labs) will come to talk to us about his perspective on Lean Startups.\n\nHe'll talk about:\n\n* Whether or not True Ventures looks for Lean Startup Principles in prospective portfolio companies \n \n* How True Ventures advises it's portfolio companies - how Lean Startu p techniques fit \n\n* The transition from "\;Lean to Fat"\; - g etting from Lean Startup to Big Company \n\nAgenda \n6:00 - 6:30 - Meet and Greet \n6:30 - 8:00 - Puneet Talk and Discussion\n\nAbout Puneet \n\ nPuneet brings a strong mix of operating and Venture Capital experience to the True team.\n\nPrior to joining True\, Puneet was the VP of Produc t Management at Geodesic Information Systems\, which specializes in mobi le and Internet communication products selling to consumers\, OEMs\, car riers\, and online properties. There he helped grow the company from $20 M to over $80M in revenue in two years and learned valuable lessons abou t building a successful team in times of rapid growth. As part of his ex perience with Geodesic\, Puneet lived and worked in India for seven mont hs before settling back in their West Coast offices.\n\nPrior to Geodesi c\, Puneet spent four years at BEA Systems in a number of roles. Puneet ran product marketing for BEA’s JRockit product\, traveled the world e vangelizing BEA’s platform to CIOs and developers\, and also conceived \, initiated\, and ran product management and marketing for BEA’s RFID initiative.\n\nPuneet began his career at an early stage integration so ftware startup\, Crossworlds Software\, which was later sold to IBM. He then spent some time in the investment world in corporate finance and M& amp\;A in J.P. Morgan’s tech practice where he worked on several techn ology IPOs and acquisitions. Puneet also spent two years in Venture Capi tal at the Mayfield Fund helping to invest in early stage software deals . Puneet joined during the height of the bubble and endured during the d ownturn as well. It was during this latter period when he helped to lead Mayfield’s investment in Trigo\, an early enterprise software company \, which was later sold to IBM.\n\nAt True\, Puneet focuses on infrastru cture and software applications specifically around cloud computing\, op en source\, SaaS\, and mobile. He currently sits on the board of LoopFus e.\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250458955 URL:http://www.meetup.com/PDX-Lean-Startup-Circle/calendar/14212362/?from =list&offset=0 SUMMARY:PDX Lean Startup - True Ventures' Puneet Agarwal - An Early Stage VC's Perspective on Lean Startups LOCATION:Collaborative Software Initiative Inc.: 1 SW Columbia Street\, # 640\, Portland OR 97258 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR