Ladies Who've Launched: A Women's Entrepreneurship Panel • Wednesday, February 24, 2010
SPW Happy Hour Mixer • Friday, April 16, 2010
Happiness is Miserable: Here's Why • Monday, May 24, 2010
Ladies Who've Launched: A Women's Entrepreneurship Panel
A Stanford Entrepreneurship Week Event
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 • 6:30 - 9:00pm (panel to begin at 7:30pm)
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford, CA
REGISTER 
Many women have dreamed of starting a business of their own but knowing how to begin can be daunting. This event offers you the opportunity to hear the success stories and lessons learned from three outstanding Stanford alumnae, each of whom launched her own business. Our entrepreneurship panel will feature Gina Bianchini, founder of Ning, a social networking creation site; Mae O'Malley who launched Paragon Legal, an on demand corporate counsel services firm; and Judy Estrin who co-founded seven companies, most recently JLabs, a firm that advises in areas of leadership, entrepreneurship, and innovation.
The moderator of our panel will be Garth Saloner , Stanford Graduate School of Business Dean and Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Director. Join us and learn how each alumna conceived her business idea, uncover the challenges she faced, and take away valuable lessons on how to launch your own business. It promises to be an extraordinarily informative evening, filled with ideas, anecdotes and advice from our knowledgeable panel.
Gina Bianchini is the Co-founder and CEO of Ning. She's led Ning from its inception in 2004 to its current position as an exponentially growing top 100 global website and one of the world's most valuable start-ups. She has been featured on Fortune's "40 under 40," Huffington Post's 10 technology "Ultimate Game Changers," the New York Times, and Forbes. Prior to founding Ning, Gina was Co-founder and President of Harmonic Communications and held positions at CKS Group and Goldman Sachs. She graduated with honors from Stanford University and received her M.B.A from Stanford Business School.
Judy Estrin is CEO of JLABS, LLC, and the author of Closing the Innovation Gap. Estrin co-founded seven other successful technology companies and became Cisco's chief technology officer in 1998. Estrin has been named to Fortune Magazine's list of the 50 most powerful women in American business and sits on the boards of The Walt Disney Company and FedEx Corporation as well as the privately held Packet Design, Inc. She holds a B.S. degree in math and computer science from UCLA, and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
Mae Tai O'Malley is the founder and Managing Attorney of Paragon Legal, one of the nation's fastest-growing alternative model law firms. Mae began her career at Morrison & Foerster, and then worked in-house for several technology companies including Symantec and Google before founding Paragon in 2006. She has been featured in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, National Law Journal, and SF Business Times and was named a Legal Rebel by the American Bar Association Journal in 2009. Mae graduated from Stanford with honors and received her J.D. from Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law.
Cost is $25 to $55. Registrations accepted until 5:00 pm, February 23, 2010. Credit card payment and registrations will be accepted for this event online only. Questions? Email event organizer Nita Singh Kaushal.
Friday, April 16, 2010 • 6:00 - 9:00pm
Bistro 412, Palo Alto, CA
More details to come.
Monday, May 24, 2010 • 6:30 - 9:00pm (speaker to begin at 7:30)
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford, CA
Featuring Professor Jennifer Lynn Aaker, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. More details to come.
