BYO(VC) Party

This is a party that is #hiLarryAss

The theme for this party = BYOVC

B - bring

Y - your

O -own

V -venture

C -captialist

Everyone has a VC friend that does not want to fund them. In my case I have about 80 of these 'friends

HEY, have you heard of a "White Elephant" gift exchange?! It is where you bring a gift you did not want and you pool all the unwanted gifts together. You get to pick one and you go through rounds where people trade, steal, borror, swap gifts. It is fun!

PLOT spoiler: Everyone goes home with a new gift they do not want.

Think of this party as a white elephant exchange for VCs

Well, for this event, I am requiring you to invite ONE.

Here is how:

1) Email your VC friend and CC me (larry @duck9.com)
2) When I see the email, I'll send you a comp code so you don't have to pay the $59/ $85. And your VC wont have to pay either.

3) That's it.

Or be lazy and just buy a tix.

Remember, in this age of 'Moore's law' and "everything is FASTER"...if you can't get your ROI for your $85 BEFORE you come... you should probably read "How to Work a Conference"

*** Engineered schedule: MONDAY November 15 ***

2:45-5:00 Secret VIP Workshop (Invite ONLY)

5:15pm Pre-party. Pre-game. Tailgate in the lobby. If you're not from America... tailgating is when you eat crap food behind the fender of a rented winnedago and pledge allegiance to the NCAA to which your engineering school is attached

5:30 - 8:45 Registration/Mixer/Accelerated Networking/QuasiVCPanel where Tier One VCs PITCH you (HINT: How does a hot girl hit on you?! She shows up.)
9:05pm The AfterParty

See the list of VCs I like HERE - The all-star VC line-up includes:

- Roelof Botha (Sequoia)
- Tom Ball (Austin Ventures)
- Luke Nosek (Founders Fund)
- Ken Howery (Founders Fund)
- Jon Teo (Benchmark)
- Mark Suster (GRP)
- Rob Hayes (First Round)
- Ethan Kurzweil (Bessemer)
- Joel Yarmon (Draper)
- Tim Draper (DFJ)
- Jonathan Erbinger (Blue Run Ventures)
- Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer (Sierra Ventures)
- Eric Engineer (Sevin Rosen Funds)
- Rajiv Bala (S3 Ventures)
- Dave McClure (500 Startups)
- Michael Derring (Stanford)
- Carly Spoljaric Spoljaric (First Round Capital) She was last year's all-star SXSW VC Panelist)
+ more

Where: Location in SF downtown Text messaged Mon Nov 15 at 9am
Co-hosts: VCs, Associates, VC Admins and ex-VCs
Featured Guests: Join celeb CEO's and VCs

Co-Hosting Organizations: Email the party secretary: larry chiang
Media We Love: TechCrunch, Venture Beat, Venture Wire, WSJ, and All Things D
Party Secretary: Larry Chiang*
* Larry Chiang is also the founder, funder, managing director, and only member of his fan club on facebook :-)

When: Mon, Nov 15, 2010 6:30-9:30pm

How to redundantly RSVP: Text message, 650-283-8008, to RSVP. Include your full name, title AND org, email address, SXSW. FOR example, text message, "Sheila Wisnowski / CEO-founder / Sheila@ProsperAss.com/ #reverseVC".


Genius stuff they don't teach you at B-school: coincide a tweet with your RSVP.

Capacity: 55. This will sell out

PRESS: I am limiting it to 1st 5 bloggers so text message, 650-283-8008 your name and press outlet

Tweet out this party

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The last party was here, here, here and here:

The Reverse VC Pitch Summit is in LAS VEGAS

Agenda:

***Wed Jan 5 ***
7:00 - 9:20pm Registration

9:30 -10:20pm OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION

10:20pm - 10:30pm VCs Introduced

10:30pm - 11:59 Networking

*** THURS Jan 6 (aka STILL WED NIGHT) ***

12:01am - 12:55am Drunk VC Panel

Real VCs, ex-VCs and Anonymous VCs tell it like it is (No videos, No cameras, No tweeting) Yes this will be EXTREMELY awesome. It is BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND as a sequel to the 2:00am VC panel at SXSW.

*** THURS Jan 6 ***

11:11 am FIrst Session: Yoga. You can watch or you can do.

11:20am - 11:22am Welcome Address from Party Secretary, Larry Chiang

11:25 - 11:45 FIRESIDE CHAT: Ron Conway (invited)

Submit your panel via email or here on this wiki page (http://bit.ly/vc1005w)

12:30 - 2pm Working Lunch

2:00 - 3:30 Concurrent Sessions led by 5 VCs and 5 entrepreneurs (preview sessions HERE http://bit.ly/vc1005w)

3:30 - 4:15 VC Secrets Panel

7:00pm VIP Dinner  (separate ticket may be required if I, larry @LarryChiang dot com, can't sell the sponsorship :-)

*** FRI Jan 7 ***

7:45 am - 10:30pm Applied Entrepreneurship: Lets all learn to promote at a conference. ON the front lines you will learn:
- how to sell like an effen PRO even if youre an undergrad CS major
-  How do you speak at a conference to promote your startup
- How do you host an afterParty for no money
- How do you work an expo booth

12:45am #AfterParty
Somewhere in Las Vegas