San Francisco: The Duke Idea featuring Dean Blair Sheppard

 

Description

The Duke Idea is a series of talks led by President Richard H. Brodhead and various Duke leaders, held in venues across the nation. Topics generally focus on Duke's vision for the university of the 21st century and its place in shaping and serving society. Please join Duke alumni and friends, and President Richard H. Brodhead, for a conversation about the ideas that make a difference in people's lives. The president will be joined by Blair Sheppard, Dean of the Fuqua School of Business.

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Palo Alto: Alumni and Student Mixer

Tuesday April 26, 2011

Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM Location: Rudy's Pub ~ 117 University Avenue ~ Palo Alto, CA

 

Description

The Fuqua Bay Area Alumni Club of Northern California will hold two Spring Mixer Happy Hours to welcome our local admitted students into our community. Please come out and have a drink with us - see local alumni and meet admitted students to support the growth of our community. We've organized 2 dates and locations for your convenience and will serve light appetizers.

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San Francisco: Joint MBA mixer

 

Description

London Business School Alumni Association of the San Francisco-Bay area cordially invites Fuqua alumni to the San Francisco Bay Area FIRST TUESDAY. First Tuesday is a structured networking event for alumni of multiple business schools, including - London Business School, Berkeley/Haas, Chicago/Booth, Columbia, Cornell/Johnson, Duke, Harvard, INSEAD, IMD, Kellogg, Michigan/Ross, MIT/Sloan, NYU/Stern, Oxford, Stanford, Tuck, Wharton, and Yale. Whether you are actively in search of a new opportunity, have been thinking about starting to look for a new challenge, recently made a transition and want to encourage, help, and support fellow alumni, you are and/or your company is hiring, or you just want to keep building your network come join the group. April 7, 2011 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Downtown, San Francisco (Location will be emailed to Registrants.)

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San Francisco: DukeGEN Networking Event

 

Wednesday March 02, 2011

Time: 6:00PM - 9:00PM Location: District 216 Townsend Street @ 3rd San Francisco, CA 94107 US

 

Description

Join us at DukeGEN's next networking event for Duke alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents, and invited guests. District provides a quiet setting - perfect for meaningful business discussions. District is a walk from the Caltrain/BART/Muni to make it convenient for those coming from South Bay & East Bay.

Notes

If you would like to introduce yourself to the group & announce what you need (employees/advice/a job/contacts at certain companies or VC firms), please contact Michael S. Cann Jr. at michael.cann@alumni.duke.edu. This is a highly efficient means of informing all attendees how they can help you.

Event URL

www.dukegen.com/events

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San Francisco:Energy and Cleantech Mixer

 

Description

With interest in energy and cleantech growing fast, Fuqua and its new Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment (EDGE)* are ramping up efforts to foster innovative businesses in this area. To join the conversation, come to our first Idea Lab and mixer for Bay Area alumni to network, share ideas, and learn of exciting new innovations and initiatives.

Notes

Starting at 7:30, we will feature four 10-minute speeches from entrepreneurs and other alumni involved in energy and cleantech in the Bay Area, describing their ideas and organizations, along with Q & A afterwards. RSVP to this event at the link below. Have an energy or cleantech idea or project that you'd like to share at the Idea Lab? Email jason.grillo@fuqua.duke.edu

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 San Francisco: DukeGEN Networking Event

 

Description

Get out your business cards! Join us for the 5th multi-city DukeGEN Networking Event. For Duke alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents, and invited guests. The goal of Duke Global Entrepreneurship Network is to be a sophisticated and active network that helps create debate, dialogue, and lucky encounters between Duke entrepreneurs. We are providing the energy and coordination to encourage Duke entrepreneurs, around the globe, to connect and increase their chances of success.

Notes

The group will start with an informal networking event at the wine bar Vino Locale. Several Duke entrepreneurs will introduce themselves to the group and announce what they need to build their companies. At 8pm, for DukeGEN members who are interested, Mike Pisetsky B '08, L '08 of Cooley Godward will lead a discussion about early stage financings over dinner at Vero (www.veroristorante.com). Vero is at 530 Bryant St., four blocks away from Vino Locale. RSVP for dinner required - http://dukegendinneranddeals.eventbrite.com/. Vino Locale and Vero are walking distance from the Palo Alto Caltrain station.

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Sunday August 29, 2010

Time: 12:00PM - 4:00PM Location: AT&T (formerly PacBell) Park ~ 3rd and King St. ~ San Francisco, CA

 

Description

Fuqua alumni are encouraged to attend the Duke Club of Northern California's summer event at AT&T Park as the SF Giants take on the Arizona D-backs. The game starts at 1:00PM but Duke alumni are invited to gather at noon outside the Giants' Executive Offices (on 3rd Street between the restaurant Mijita and the Giants Dugout Store). Duke alumnus and Giants Sr. VP and Chief Information Officer, Bill Schlough, will met the group there and lead a private tour of the ballpark. Following the tour the group has reserved game seats in the Club Level. Seats are down the left field line, offering a great view of the game and the Bay.

Notes

Tickets are group rate discounted (including ticket fees) - $35 for non-dues payers and $30 for due payers. 

 

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San Francisco: Alumni Student Mixer

Thursday June 10, 2010

Time: 6:00PM - 8:30PM Location: Ozone Thai Restaurant and Lounge ~ 2nd and Brannan, San Francisco (SOMA)

 

Description

The Fuqua alumni club of San Francisco will have their annual event to welcome new alumni and interns to the Bay Area on Thursday, June 10 in San Francisco on the patio at Ozone Lounge on 2nd and Brannan.

Notes

This is an annual event where the old and the new collide and is always one of the best attended socials of the year. For those of you familiar with the city, this is formerly the patio of Jack Fallstaff…covered and heated, it's a great place for an event. We will have hosted heavy appetizers and Ozone is in close proximity to several good restaurants and bars, as well as being very accessible to those coming in from the South and East Bays.

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San Francisco: Discussion and book signing with Dan Ariely

Monday June 07, 2010

Time: 7:30PM - 9:00PM Location: The Booksmith ~ 1644 Haight Street ~ San Francisco CA 94117

 

Description

Fuqua alumni and guests are invited to a discussion and book signing with Dan Ariely. Dan Ariely, Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University, will discuss The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home, his new book that argues the irrational course of behavior may sometimes be the best.

Event URL

www.booksmith.com/event/dan-ariely-upside-irrationality

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San Francisco:

Entrepreneurs present to early stage investors

 

Description

DukeGEN is hosting an event for Duke founders of Consumer Internet/Social Media ventures to present their business concepts to a panel of sophisticated Duke angel investors and venture capitalists.

This event is open to the entire Duke community and may be of particular interest to:

• Entrepreneurs who seek funding for their ventures;
• Angel investors and venture capitalists looking for new investment opportunities; and
• Duke alumni who desire to develop contacts with other Blue Devils involved with new venture creation.

This event is focused specifically on Consumer Internet/Social Media ventures. Future DukeGEN events may focus on different industries.

Notes

Our distinguished investor panel includes:

• Jim Scheinman T '88 of Maven Ventures, his early stage investment fund.  Jim is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and advisor to start-up companies.  He is a pioneer in social networking and engagement marketing, the predominant source of revenue for online social networks.  Jim is best known for his role as employee number one at Bebo, the third largest social network in the world when it was acquired by AOL in early 2008 for $850M.  He was also an early employee at Friendster.  Jim is currently the COO/CMO of PageOnce, the leading smartphone personal information management company.

• Josh Felser T '86, B'90 of Freestyle Capital, an early stage venture capital fund designed to fill the void between retreating angels and venture capitalists moving into later stage investments.  Josh is best known as a co-founder and the President of Spinner, the first multi-channel Internet radio service which was acquired by AOL for $320M.  He was also a co-founder and the CEO of Grouper/Crackle, one of the first Internet video networks.  Grouper/Crackle was acquired by Sony Pictures for $65M.  In December 2009, Josh and several others launched The Start Project, an incubator.

• Ryan Spoon T '03 of Polaris Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in seed and early stage investments in companies engaged in the information technology and life sciences sectors.  Ryan was the founder of beRecruited, the nation’s No. 1 online networking destination for high school student-athletes seeking recruitment from college coaches and universities.  beRecruited was acquired in 2007.  He is also a co-founder of InGameNow, an online service which allows sports fans to interact around teams, leagues and games.

This event is focused specifically on Consumer Internet/Social Media ventures.  Future DukeGEN events may focus on different industries.

We are actively seeking Duke founders to present their business ideas to the investor panel.  Want to present?  Founders who would like to present should fill out this application by April 12th, 2010.  If you have any questions, contact DukeGEN co-chair Michael S. Cann Jr. T ‘95 at 617.453.2032 or michael.cann@alumni.duke.edu.

 

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Welcome to the San Francisco Fuqua Alumni Club! Get involved to make connections with other Fuqua alumni in the area and continue your lifetime of learning through Fuqua. If you have ideas for club events or if your company has space to host an event, please contact the club leadership team or the Alumni Relations office at alumni-relations@fuqua.duke.edu.

There are a number of ways to get involved with Fuqua Alumni Club of San Francisco:

1. Make sure your contact information is up to date in the alumni directory . In order to receive information via e-mail about activities in your region, your contact information must be current. Fuqua alumni are invited to club activities based on their city of residence or employment. Are you only planning to be in Northern California temporarily? E-mail the Alumni Relations office , and we can make sure you are on the club's e-mail distribution list. 
2. Offer to host an alumni event at your business, home, or work place.  
3. Get involved with club leadership.  
4. Suggest events and ideas for activities you'd like to see in your city.
5. Recommend a personal or professional speaker or make a presentation yourself.

If you'd like to get involved in any way, please contact your club leadership team.

Week In Cities Happy Hours

The Fuqua Club of San Francisco hosted current MBA students for a series of happy hours in early January 2010. Here are a couple of photos from those events:

Holiday Gathering

December 2, 2009

The Fuqua Club of San Francisco gathered to toast goodbye to 2009 and welcome all that 2010 has to offer on December 2nd at Restaurant LuLu. Below are some photos from the evening: