We’re hosting another coaching session for the month of May..this time with Rebecca Kaden from Maveron!
As usual, we only have a few seats so if you’re interested, send over your executive summary to Joyce Chuang at jchuang@orrick.com for consideration.
Your company must be in the following industries to be considered: consumer, mobile, media.
Additional details about the event below:
Please send your ONE PAGE executive summary to Joyce Chuang by Friday, May 24, 2013 by 12:00 pm PST.
We will notify you by Tuesday, May 28, as to whether or not you have been selected to attend.
Once selected, you will be assigned a 30-minute time slot between 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm. Each time slot consists of 5 mintues to present your company and 25 minutes for Q&A – if you have questions for the investor, please prepare them in advance.
Please feel free to bring your own laptop for brief demos. Wireless internet will be provided in the room.
We’re offering up another one of our coaching sessions, this time with Sequoia Capital. See below for details and how to apply. These coaching sessions have been great opportunities for entrepreneurs to sit down with an investor for 30-minutes and get their feedback and advice. We try to do these on a monthly basis either in the Peninsula or in San Francisco, and only post them on our blog. So subscribe to us to receive notifications of the next one!
Details and how to apply:
Only entrepreneurs in the following industries will be considered: mobile, consumer, and SaaS
Send your executive summary to Joyce Chuang at jchuang@orrick.com by Friday, February 15, 2013 by 12:00 pm PST. Click here to find a template. Please follow the template as it makes it easier for the investor to review.
We will notify you by Tuesday, February 19, whether or not you have been selected to attend.
Once selected, you will be assigned a 30-minute time slot between 9:00 am – 10:30 am. Each time slot consists of 5 minutes to present your company and 25 minutes for Q&A – if you have questions for the investor, please prepare them in advance.
Please feel free to bring your own laptop for brief demos. Wireless internet will be provided in the room.
Meet: Bryan Schreier Thursday, February 21, 2013
From 9:00 am - 10:30 am at Sequoia Capital’s Office
Executive Summaries Due: Friday, February 15, 2013 by 12:00 pm PST
You will be notified by: Tuesday, February 19, 2013
From us to you. Another wonderful coaching session provided by Orrick TOTAL ACCESS with the lovely Renee DiResta from OATV. We’re now accepting executive summaries from entrepreneurs from all industries in tech excluding consumer apps that fall into the “mobile-social-local” space and e-commerce companies that have a flash sale/groupon model. We’re not purposely trying to isolate these two types of companies, Renee just wants to make sure she’s providing the best coaching advice possible and those two groups aren’t really in her realm of focus.
With that aside… submit your exec summaries now! For more information, see below. Because space is limited, attendees must apply and be approved to attend.
Details and How to Apply:
Entrepreneurs in all industries are welcome to apply with the exception of:
o consumer apps that fall into the “mobile-social-local” space
o e-commerce companies that have a flash sale/groupon model
Send your one-page executive summary to Joyce Chuang by Sunday, September 16 by 11:59 pm (PST). Click here to find a template for your summary. Please follow the template as it makes it easier for the investor to review.
We will notify you by Wednesday, September 19, as to whether or not you have been approved to attend.
Once approved, you will be assigned a 30-minute time slot between 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm. Each time slot consists of 5-minutes to present your company and demo and 25-minutes for Q&A.
We will have a laptop in the room available for you to use or you may bring your own. The room will be equipped with wireless internet.
Investor Information:
Meet: Renee DiResta, Associate
Thursday, September 20, 2012
From 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm at Orrick’s San Francisco Office
Applications Due: Sunday, September 16, 2012 by 11:59 pm (PST)
I was recently interviewed by John Bautista, Partner in the Emerging Companies Group at Orrick, regarding the areas in which I am interested in investing, as well as the up-and-coming trends that are currently energizing me as an investor. There are many new and exciting technologies on the horizon, but the three that I am most enthusiastic about are the following:
1) SMB/ SaaS: We recently invested in a company called Adaptive Planning, a leader in cloud-based corporate performance management solutions. The company saw record results in 2011. The emergence of growing technologies like social mobile enable small enterprises to create very interesting workflow solutions that allow them to be more effective and efficient. There is an emergence of small / medium enterprise solutions that now allow companies to access these technologies in a much easier way – and for vendors to serve these companies in a much simpler way.
2) Mobile (Tablet and iPad specific): Mobile, and specifically the tablet subsector, provides a huge opportunity for growth – not only for consumers but also enterprises. From a consumer perspective, there are so many amazing apps that have been developed and released for tablets/iPads, but I think we are just scratching the surface of what it can do for a company. When looking at the mobility sector as a whole, I no longer look only at phones, I am now much more interested in what the iPad can do – it has the potential to cut across education, enterprise, consumer and of course gaming, an area in which it has already proven hugely successful and transformative.
3) Financial Technologies: Financial technologies, especially targeting consumers, is one segment that is of strong interest and in some areas it is discounted; this is especially true in the world of investing given the turmoil we’ve witnessed in the last three or four years with the stock market. A company in which we recently invested, Motif Investing , allows consumers to make better decisions about their investments – and I think that is a trend that is on the rise. Financial technologies in general, be it payments, billing or workflow solutions – is an area that continues to be interesting and has tremendous potential for growth.
About Sergio Monsalve: Sergio is focused on early and growth investments in the digital media, mobile, and social areas. His current investments and board seats include Adaptive Planning, Bionic Panda Games, Branchout, Motif Investing, Rafter, and a couple of stealth projects. He was previously board of The DealMap (acquired by Google), myYearbook (acquired by Quepasa), and StarCite (acquired by The Active Network). He is a board participant and is involved with Lending Club.
