Introduction to what is distinctive about Northern California's entrepreneurial culture - as well as tips on fund-raising for a startup

1. Welcome to Silicon
Valley: Presentation to
Rice MBA Students
Riaz Karamali
March 3, 2014

2. Agenda
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3. My Path to Silicon Valley

4. Firm Overview: Fast Facts
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5. Firm Overview: Global Reach

6. Representative Firm Clients

7. Representative Venture Capital Firm Clients

8. Texas / California Comparison

9. SF Bay Area Startup Scene –
More Than Just Santa Clara Valley

11. The “Sand Hill Road VCs”
A Pillsbury
1. Accel Partners
2. Benchmark Capital Partners
3. Draper Fisher Jurvetson
4. Greylock Partners
5. Khosla Ventures
6. Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
7. LightSpeed Ventures
8. Mayfield Fund
9. Meritech Capital Partners
10.Mobius Venture Capital
11.New Enterprise Associates
12.Palo Alto Venture Partners
13.Sand Hill Capital
14.Sequoia Capital
15.Versant Ventures
16.August Capital
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12. Key Ingredients Of Our Entrepreneurial
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13. My Perspectives and Advice On Silicon Valley
Culture
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14. Positives of Venture Financing
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15. Negatives of Venture Financing
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16. When Should I Incorporate?
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17. Pre-Incorporation Dos and Don’ts
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18. Startup Capitalization 101 – Typical Example
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19. Seed Financing 101 – The Players
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20. Seed Financing 101 - Structure
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21. Questions?