--------------------- Our last Women 2.0 Startup Weekend in August spawned 19 startups -- we are doing it again!

Hosted by Women 2.0 and Hackfest for the Light, Startup Sandbox will give individuals or teams a unique opportunity to work on ideas and launch startups. If you have an idea, bring your idea. If not, bring your skill set and find a great team! Both women and men are invited to attend. Register above! Snacks and lunch will be provided.

Reasons to attend:

1.) Make a working prototype
2.) Create an investor presentation
3.) Come with your company and get feedback
4.) Come with an idea to make a mock up
5.) Practice and learn new skills

There will be office hours with angel investors, lawyers, and developers. We will create a synergy of entrepreneurs, programmers, designers, putting their skills toward socially responsible software projects.

The video below was filmed at the last Women 2.0 Startup Weekend. For more coverage of Women 2.0 Startup Weekend, visit Startup Weekend's page for the event here.



Agenda:

FRIDAY
6:00pm – 6:15pm: Introduction
6:15pm – 6:45pm: Demos by Sponsors
6:45pm – 7:15pm: Wendy Lea (CEO, Get Satisfaction)
7:15pm – 8:30pm: Pitches
8:30pm – 9:30pm: Team building
9:30pm – 10:00pm: Closing

SATURDAY
9:00am – 2:00pm: Co-Working
2:00pm - 3:00pm: Panel
3:00pm – 6:00pm: Office Hours
6:00pm - 9:00pm: Co-Working

SUNDAY
9:00am – 6:30pm: Co-Working
6:30pm – 8:30pm: Pitches
8:30pm – 9:00pm: Closing

Speaker Bios:

Betty Kayton (Founder and CEO, InnovativeCFO) Betty has over 25 years of experience in the technology industry, as a key member of the executive team at high-growth, venture-funded start-ups. Her contribution ranges from strategic planning and fund raising to tactical challengers such as building appropriate infrastructure without stifling growth. Betty concurrently serves as CFO of several high tech companies, and previously was CFO at Leapfrog, Nominum, MGA Entertainment, and senior financial management positions at Fortune 500 companies. She was certified as a CPA while working for Ernst & Young. Betty holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a BA from Pomona College.
Leonard Speiser (CEO, Newco)
Leonard worked at Trinity Ventures as an EIR. Before that Leonard co-founded Bix, a website that enables anyone to create, enter or join a contest. Yahoo acquired the company in February of 2007 and Leonard took on the additional responsibility of running the Yahoo Groups business. Prior to Bix, Leonard was the Group Product Manager for Buying at eBay. During his five years at the company, Leonard added fixed price to the marketplace and led product initiatives for the API program, Search, the Home Page, Registration, My eBay, and Email. Prior to eBay, Leonard worked at Intuit launching new businesses in the consumer space. Leonard also founded two other companies including one of the first Instant Messaging systems in 1996. Leonard is also a director of Startup2Startup, a non-profit group dedicated to helping entrepreneurs get their business off the ground.
Rashmi Sinha (Co-Founder and CEO, SlideShare)
Rashmi is co-founder and CEO of SlideShare, the world's largest community for sharing presentations and documents. SlideShare is growing rapidly (more than 18 million monthly uniques) letting everyone from marketers, conference speakers and academicians share presentations and connect with others. Rashmi holds a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Brown University and did research on search engines and recommender systems at UC Berkeley. She is a frequent speaker at conferences such as Web 2.0 Expo and Future of Web Apps. She writes a blog at rashmisinha.com about running a startup.
Wendy Lea (CEO, Get Satisfaction)
Wendy is the CEO of GetSatisfaction. She is a managing partner and entrepreneur who has successfully built a global services business and serves as an advisor on integrated sales and marketing strategies and alliances to venture-backed start-up companies. She serves as Chairman of the Board for EventVue, and a board member for Aegis Analytics, Metallect and The Forum of Women Entrepreneurs & Executives (FW&E). Wendy is on the advisory board of StillSecure. She is an active partner for Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2) and an advisor for TechStars. Wendy is a graduate of the University of Mississippi, cum laude in Business Administration.


The upcoming Startup Sandbox is sponsored by:


If you don't like commuting up to San Francisco from South Bay, check out Startup Weekend in Palo Alto (also happening November 20-22, 2009)!