Motorola, Verizon & Microsoft building partnerships

Motorola, Verizon and Microsoft will be hosting a free conference for entrepreneurs and companies interested in building mobile applications and making partnerships with the big players. My colleague, Sanjiv Parikh, is organizing the conference which will be held on Friday, November 17th at the Microsoft campus in Mountain View, California.

LEVELING THE MOBILE PLAYING FIELD
Accelerating Growth Through Partnership
Mobile Startups & Microsoft – Motorola – Verizon

November 17, 2006 | 8:00am – 1:00pm | Microsoft Campus | 1065 La Avenida, Building 1 | Mountain View, CA 94043

Does partnering with Microsoft, Motorola and/or Verizon accelerate growth and drive value?

For emerging companies, building and nurturing strong partnerships is critical to success. This symposium is dedicated to de-mystifying the partner process for startup companies across the mobile value-chain. We will cover the following:

o    What is the outlook for mobility oriented startups in 2007?

o    What drives the mobile value-chain?

o    What/who influences the ecosystem and how?

o    How can Microsoft, Motorola, Verizon, and their network of partners help accelerate the growth of a startup?

o    What are some of the areas in which these firms are looking to partner?

o    What is the best way to engage with them? Challenges? Opportunities?

o    What areas are VCs investing in and looking at?

Most importantly, key representatives from the product and business development teams of these companies will be in attendance. This is a unique opportunity to meet the individuals that specifically drive the partnering process! Learn how to navigate through these organizations to get to the relevant individuals. Who are they? What are they looking for? How can you fast track your engagement with these organizations?

AGENDA

8:00am – Registration Open/Continental Breakfast

9:00am - 9:10am – Welcome Remarks
Dan’l Lewin, Corporate Vice President, Strategic and Emerging Business Team, Microsoft

9:10am - 9:30am – Keynote: Mobility Outlook: 2007
Overview of the mobile sectors that are changing the game.
Rajeev Chand, Rutberg & Co.

9:30am - 10:45am – A Level Playing Field: How Partnering with Large Organizations Accelerates Growth?

Moderator: Rajeev Chand, Rutberg & Co.
Speakers:
Paul Leeper, Director, Market Development, Motorola
Sanjiv Parikh, Director – Mobility, Emerging Business Team, Microsoft
Ray Taylor, Executive Director, Verizon

10:45am - 11:15am - Networking/Coffee Break

11:15am - 12:15pm - VC Panel: The investment outlook for mobile startups?

Moderator: Rajeev Chand, Rutberg & Co.
Speakers:
Tim Chang, General Partner, Gabriel Venture Partners
Harshul Sanghi, Investment Manager, Motorola Ventures
Fred Wang, General Partner, Trinity Ventures

12:15 Networking/Lunch

If you would like to attend, please register at http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=120444

Comments

[Brandon Watson]

Will slides from the presentations be made available online? Getting to CA on such short notice is not always easy from TX.

[Brandon Watson]

and all of your links are copy/pasted from Outlook Web Access and inaccessible to outsiders trying to click.

[Don Dodge]

Brandon, I will ask Sanjiv to post copies of presentations at www.MicrosoftStartupZone.com after the meeting.

Thanks for letting me know about the links. I have disabled them, except for the registration link, which I fixed.

[Scott Quick]

Hi Don,

Check out www.mfoundry.com

Cheers - SQ