Clerisy noted US human right violations: if we don't enact affordable health care, we ask our trade partners ...

to sanction us monetarily through UN resolution. Have we not failed to
take care of entire classes of people? It appears the intent to harm
is there. Our own legislative proceedings make it evident.

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu

Growing rice using 25-50% less water, 80-90% less seed, no agri-chemicals, ... higher yields

FYI.

PG

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Julian Kingman <Julian@lotusfoods.com>
Date: Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Subject: Lotus Foods' Revolutionary Rice needs your support!
To:

Hi Everyone,

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nutrition, and helps reduce global methane emissions.

We've recently applied for a grant to help us get the word out about
this exciting new project, but we need your help to make it happen. Go
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and vote for "More Rice with Less Water".

If you have a Facebook account, you can post a link to it there, and
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-Julian

You'll find attached some more information on our SRI rices.

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reply to this e-mail with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line.

People get ready rident

Not paying attention to what is happening in the Obama administration.
Low info diet you know. Imagine about now the naysayers on certain
networks are in high gear. Threats to this President are four times
his predecessor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8NWqO85P6Y

Do you believe in home grown recipes? The story, in medias res we
should draw from the bank of the Black American experience. Keep
going. To exhaustion and then some. Have faith. Each of us has a part.
It is important that you do yours. We won't make it without you. God
has blessed America to give us a chance to step forward. Straighten
your back. Grab the hands of those next to you. Lean.

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu

Would you give 1 hour to save a woman's life?

Your time and wisdom are needed. RSVP to this email please to reserve seating.

WOMAN, Inc. Annual Breakfast -- FREE (celebrating our 32nd yr.)
Thursday, November 5, 2009
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Registration begins at 7:30
City Club of San Francisco
155 Sansome Street, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104

Perry Gregg
Board of Directors
http://womaninc.org

Iron in Serena's soles

Within 4 millimeters, the US Open question has become: throughout the
tournament, was everyone who served and touched the line "too soon"
uniformly called for it?

Suggestion. Continue the use of the magnetic field in tennis to
automate the process. Require certain grade metal in the soles of
shoes and in the heads of racquets (or the strings). Combined with the
metal powder present in tennis ball rubber, a device can be created to
determine that the head of the racquet is in probable contact with the
ball before either shoe is in contact with the line. Over the line OK.
In contact with the line a no-no before the strike -- an alert sounds
giving the umpire the opportunity to make the call. The service motion
happens too fast to trust humans to make the evaluation. Machines are
better. The game improves as we take emotions out of it.

Perry

perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu
cell: (510) 684-4152
Skype: perry.gregg

Brown doctors

Do our US doctors of the medical industrial complex stand for good? We
are about to find out.

If they do not use their influence to get us equitable care for
everyone, we should open the markets to allow Americans access to
international health plans. Versus no care, why not be treated
remotely over the web? Outsourcing will do the industry good. If US
care is so good they won't mind if we trust but verify -- utilize
competition to yield metrics. Let markets decide. Pray for choice. Ask
god for a doctor in India. With the price you are paying you can
afford it.

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu

On 8/14/09, Perry Gregg <perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu> wrote:
> Calling all Harvard & Stanford grads. Share this direction with
> Washington. For health care the referendum is on the doctors. Who did
> we send to medical school? Who took all those government loans and
> subsidies to get through to residency? How much have they made in
> return? Where are they now that our country is in crisis? Why won't
> they treat the people, all the people?
>
> If Americans are denied a complete health care solution this year
> doctors will lose the good will of the people. Being a US doctor will
> be an embarrassment. There will be no hiding. Your MD will be viewed
> with disdain in the rain on the golf course. Everywhere you go you are
> going to start to hear feedback from the public. There will be no
> where to cower from the common sense reasonable person verdict of the
> untreated.
>
> Perry
> perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu
>

--
Sent from my mobile device

Doctor button

Calling all Harvard & Stanford grads. Share this direction with
Washington. For health care the referendum is on the doctors. Who did
we send to medical school? Who took all those government loans and
subsidies to get through to residency? How much have they made in
return? Where are they now that our country is in crisis? Why won't
they treat the people, all the people?

If Americans are denied a complete health care solution this year
doctors will lose the good will of the people. Being a US doctor will
be an embarrassment. There will be no hiding. Your MD will be viewed
with disdain in the rain on the golf course. Everywhere you go you are
going to start to hear feedback from the public. There will be no
where to cower from the common sense reasonable person verdict of the
untreated.

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu

Shadow boob jobs recovery

Have a sense of humor. It appears as though the rebuild of America is
for political appearance purposes. Looks are king. Even if we have to
blow up salty balloons of water and put them in our chests for
courage, we're on the rebound damn it. Don't touch the recovery and
call it fake you dotty whiner.

On the back of the fantastic American health care system which we've
decided is best preserved by actually not taking care of people,
workers will be in jobs with facades in the continental US. Take care
of yourself. Inflate the balloons. There is room for you in the lobby
greeting clients.

I don't get it. If everyone in America wanted a lawyer my brethren
would be drooling all over the plan to do it. What the heck is wrong
with our doctors? We need their leadership. Did they go to med school
for the money truck?

Perry, J.D.
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu

Why keep it twice? - search engineering esperance your-oo

Leapfrog Google? The search industry is bent down. Imagine next week
the Yahoo to Redmond flights where heads hit the seat upright pillows
dreaming of this upheaval. You are about to receive a magic vessel
infusion. When you lift your head from this email you'll have the
power to start your own company with two 'o's in its name. What part
of Africa, the Ukraine, India, Europe, China or the US will fuel the
your-oo headquarters? You'll be lauded for your green solution. No
data center near Grand Coulee or wave energy farm was needed. Why keep
the data twice?

The energy to store the data in your search results was paid for once.
You store it on your server we can access now. Why pay to copy and
keep a reflection of what is on your server in other locations too?
And what about latency? The copies are never accurate on demand.

So. The answer? Build an open source or proprietary search project
that leaves a stub of your data indexed on your server. It is your
data not theirs. Each server advertises. Create a billing system that
pays server providers where this footprint is above a certain onerous
threshold. Your data center costs for your-oo reduce to staging areas
around the world that temporarily hold indices and common high volume
results. The Redmond-Mountain View business models are disrupted.
You're a genius. Google survives with unbridled aspirations reduced.
They own the translation layer to the data on your server. Redmond
consortium dies replaced by you. Valid revolution starts as impossible
fantasy.

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu
Cell: (510) 684-4152
Skype: perry.gregg

--
Sent from my mobile device

URGENT: What can 4912 people at Stanford do with 4054 harvard-bay-area grads?

How can we bring these two together for good purposes on-line?
Suggestions please? The two groups are mostly on open source Mailman
with a little legacy Yahoo sprinkles from back in the day.

What web technologies would bring the crowd together? Keep in mind
there are similar size groups for UC Berkeley and UC Davis.
Integrating them into the soup is next. The lists are self funded to
pay for the engineering of whatever it is you dream up. Paint a
picture. These member numbers will be double in a year. Perhaps a
trade, a company partnership? My mind is open.

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu
cell: (510) 684-4152
skype: perry.gregg

You are needed - WOMAN, Inc. table captain's planning meeting Aug. 12th, 2009

Planning for our annual dinner in the fall has begun. Consider being a
table captain. Help support the organization that runs the main crisis
line (25K+ calls per year) for Bay Area women. You can imagine in
these economic times what that means for our families?

WINC is 31 with an amazing staff. Together with our ED, Roberta
Toomer, they are our life blood. Roberta has executive skills and a
caring work ethic that are off the charts. Conna Craig, one of the
most highly respected Harvard grads in the Bay Area, is our Board
President. Would you consider being a table captain?

Be a leader. Invite your friends and family to sit with you at our
annual event. We need your time and good energy. There is no charge
for the meal. At the end of the presentation we do an "ask". Giving is
optional. The main purpose is to educate the community so women know
about the services we offer. Check with your friends. You may know a
person we have helped.

The kick off meeting is Wed. August 12th at 6:30 PM at our main office
on Valencia in the Mission District. We recently opened a second
location in the City dedicated to giving women free shelter who need
it. Step up. Reply to this email please. We could use your help as a
table captain. Best,

Perry Gregg
Board of Directors
cell: (510) 684-4152

Did you know there are at least 10 ways to support WOMAN, INC. ...
-----------------------------------------------------------
1. Give a donation via our website at www.womaninc.org.
2. Donate clothes or household items through Community Thrift.
3. Donate your used car.
4. Become a Volunteer, we have so many ways you can volunteer!
5. Become a Legacy Donor.
6. Shop & Donate through www.goodshop.com
7. Search the web & Donate through www.goodsearch.com
8. Attend a monthly Sharing Our Stories on the first Thursday of every
month at noon.
9. Participate in your employers giving program.
10. Shop at one of the COLE HARDWARE stores in San Francisco, and tell
them you part of WOMAN, Inc.s "circle of friends", 10% of your
purchases will be donated to WOMAN, Inc. in the form of gift cards at
the end of the year. You shop and we benefit.

WOMAN, Inc. was at PRIDE 2009 - June 27 & 28!

Four for fourth farrago

Squint. If you want to see our future this Fourth do so. Wide eyed,
open eared, too much data rushes in. Fitting you try to find our state
during the intended pomp of this day. What do you see through a narrow
aperture?

1. Confusion. Bombarded with conflicting information, how can a child
find their way in this mess? The information revolution showed up and
barfed all over us. Pay attention to the verbiage you encounter today.

2. Broken learning model. In a mind outside the country club in a
place the limo passes with windows sealed is the raw energy we need to
cultivate. Are the buildings of knowledge open to the people you see?

3. Opportunity. Positive energy. Isn't it amazing? Close your eyes. Do
you feel it? The life force in these universes is meant to be. It
wants to work together. Why?

4. Over growth. Many good plans and best of intentions showed up to
run this country. Great things happened. The plans went potty. We
lacked the conviction to clean up. Bathrooms of congressional action
from the 4th enactments till now are making us sick. Shooting ego
fireworks over it without wisdom ... stuff down a dog.

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu

Eliminate States

What efficiencies would we gain if we halved the number of states,
cities, counties, school districts in America? Get rid of the ones
that are not creating economic opportunities for their residents.
Fewer regulations. Lower taxes. Better states take the lead. Bad
states die.

Not married to this. If it isn't working we have to start questioning
our assumptions. It is fine for the administration to be loaded with
brilliant people. Are they too smart to act? They are playing with the
knobs on a hugely complicated macro pin ball game. You know the kind?
Lights flashing, sounds whirring and magnets under the particle board
pulling your ball to the traps. When do you walk away if it doesn't
feel right? What would we gain if we redesigned? Can we win if we
don't?

Don't let the US media families pull you towards revolution in Iran
taking your focus away from the one needed here. Have we lost the
ability to call shit shit and great great? God won't bless an America
not willing to help itself. Are you on your feet or on your knees?

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu

harvard environmental happy hour 4/16

Our next monthly discussion over $2 libations at Jade in SF is Thurs. 4/16. We'll slur towards environmental concerns.

http://jadebar.com

Perry

MIT solar car 2/27

From: Anjali Tripathi <tripathi@MIT.EDU>
Subject: MIT Solar Car Unveiling - TODAY, 3pm - Lobby 13

Just a reminder that you're invited to

The Unveiling of MIT's Newest Solar Car - Eleanor
TODAY, 3PM
Lobby 13

The MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT) has been working for over
a year to design, build, and test our newest vehicle: Eleanor.

With upright driver seating, integrated wheel fairings, and all new
batteries and control electronics, Eleanor keeps our tradition of
sleek looks and aerodynamic efficiency at a premium, while coming
closer to mainstream automotive vehicles.

Come check it out TODAY! Refreshments will be provided.

Cheers,

Anjali
MIT SEVT
http://www.mitsolar.com

Virtual Service Firm: A New Way of Working - 3/4

The Virtual Service Firm: A New Way of Working

The Yale Club of Silicon Valley brings you a talk with Craig Johnson '68.

Event Date: Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 at 6:30pm

Craig Johnson '68

The Virtual Service Firm (VSF)

A New Way of Working

Recent improvements in high speed Internet connectivity; the availability of low cost enterprise software tools; seemingly never ending increases in the billable rates and overhead of conventional professional service firms; and widespread dissatisfaction with the pressures and lack of work/life balance inside these firms have led to the emergence of a new kind of business – the virtual service firm (VSF). VSFs allow professionals in law, accounting, recruiting, product design, investment and other fields the flexibility to work from home, set their own hours and rates, work in teams, live where they want to live, work less, charge much lower billable rates, be less of a burden on the environment and still earn more money than they could at conventional firms.

Craig Johnson, CEO and co-founder of Virtual Law Partners LLP, will discuss this emerging trend and the reasons the VSF model benefits both professionals and clients. Prior to founding VLP, Craig was the Chairman and co-founder of Venture Law Group and before that was a senior partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Craig has been recognized by the National Law Journal as one of the 100 most influential attorneys in America and by Forbes Magazine as one of the country's top private company investors ("Midas List").

Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Time:
6:30 pm Check-in/Reception with light refreshments
7:00 pm Program and Q & A

Location:
Kellogg Auditorium
Silicon Valley Bank
3005 Tasman Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-654-7400

Directions:
Silicon Valley Bank is located near the Great America Parkway, which connects to both highways 101 and 237. The Kellogg Auditorium is next to the main office.

Ticket Price per Person:

$20 Members and non-members paid in advance
$25 Paid at the door

Registration:
You can register online at the Commonwealth Club or
by calling the Commonwealth Club at 408-280-5842.

Sponsors:
Yale Club of Silicon Valley & the Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley

Ben Gulak's Unocycle team near MIT is hiring

http://www.the-uno-tomorrows-transportation.com/index.html

Perry

Stanford Entrepreneurship Conference 2/18-25

Note: This event is over 50% sold out.

Buy your ticket this weekend as it sells out ever year. Great chance
to network with VC's, entrepreneurs, lawyers, get advice, etc.

Rob, Co-Chair GSB Entrepreneurial Conference

Center for Entrepreneurial Studies –

TAPPING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT

Dear E-Conference Friends,

Once again the Stanford Graduate School of Business is holding its
annual Entrepreneurship Conference – one of the most successful events
of its kind at Stanford University.

The annual GSB Entrepreneurship Conference is taking place on
Wednesday, February 25. This year's conference features keynote
speaker Paul Orfalea, Founder of Kinko's. The conference program
consists of a series of interactive panels and seminars featuring
prominent figures in the entrepreneurial and investor community.
These events will bring together veteran entrepreneurs, venture
capitalists, academics, students, and industry experts in an
insightful and active engagement.

Registration is open!! Get your ticket for the E-Conference early
before they sell out.

Moreover, there are exclusive student/alumni advisory sessions giving
you an opportunity to get personal advice from experienced
entrepreneurs, investors, and lawyers. After registering, click on
this LINK to apply for half an hour meetings and get feedback on a
business idea, career plans, or other professional topics. Meetings
are allocated by application.

This year's GSB E-Conference is the culmination of Stanford
University's third annual Entrepreneurship Week, February 18-25
(http://eweek.stanford.edu). Events will take place every day and
many are free and open to everyone.

For more information on the E-Conference, please visit www.econference.org.

Sincerely,

Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

Stanford University

email: ces@gsb.stanford.edu

phone: 650-723-0910

web: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/ces

Two Weeks from Now

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Evans <d...@fas.harvard.edu>
Date: Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 6:01 PM
To: perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu

Dear Alumnae and Alumni,

I'm sure there is much celebration planned for the bicentennial of
Abraham Lincoln's birth in two weeks, but, after watching the news
last night, this hallowed commemoration seems even more relevant.
What could display greater bipartisan cooperation than a vigorous
celebration of Abe Lincoln's meaning to the fundamental values of our
country? It will be instructive and maybe even good for our national
will to learn again how another tall, skilled, idealistic lawyer from
Illinois led our union through a period much more perilous than the
current straitened economic times.

As I'm sure you know, on that same February 12, 2009 the NAACP will
celebrate its centennial. That, too, might help to kindle a national
bipartisan grasp of WHAT WAS, WHAT IS and WHAT CAN BE in America--if
we work together and internalize our country's ideals.

To think, when the NAACP was founded Plessy vs. Ferguson, the infamous
"separate but equal" U. S. Supreme Court decision, was thirteen years
old, the end of Reconstruction approximately thirty-three years in the
past, and the Emancipation Proclamation was forty-six years old.
Think, too, how a sixty year-old African American must have felt about
the whimsicality of black life in this country in 1909.

Best regards,

Dave Evans

350.org and 3rdWhale.com - SF Green Drinks 2/4/2009

Wednesday, February 4th next SFGD
Sponsor for February – 350.org and 3rdWhale.com

350.org
350.org is a new grassroots climate campaign that is organizing a
planetary day of action in 2009 to push for a strong United Nations
climate treaty. Why 350? According to leading scientists 350 parts per
million is the safe upper limit for carbon in the atmosphere, and
consequently represents the target any international climate deal must
aim for. Events are already being planned at iconic places around the
world, from the Taj Mahal to Mt. Kilimanjaro to the Great Barrier
Reef. Let's add the Golden Gate Bridge to the list! Come meet the
350.org San Francisco staff at February's SF Green Drinks event or
check out www.350.org for more info.

3rdWhale.com
3rdWhale is a young technology start-up with the goal of enabling
sustainable living through the use of mobile and web technologies.
Making sustainable choices as an informed consumer isn't always
obvious or easy. To help, 3rdWhale has developed a FREE iPhone
application that literally points you in the right direction. 3rdWhale
Mobile is a location-based service that connects you to green
businesses near you - restaurants, retail, healing and wellness,
eco-travel, business services, and transportation! During this
recession, sustainability initiatives may be put on the back burner by
governments and businesses, therefore it is even more important to
support sustainable companies and kick start the green economy. Search
for "3rdWhale" in the Apple Store to download it for Free! You can
also view a product demo here:
http://www.sfu.ca/~mhc9/3w/3rdwhalemobile.swf

Event Details

Date: Wednesday, February 4th
Time: 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Varnish Fine Art, 77 Natoma Street @ 2nd Street
Bring: Please bring your business cards !

"Brother remaking our planet" Van Jones '93 YLS - Monday, February 2, 2009

Monday, February 2, 2009

 

Van Jones '93 YLS

author

The Green Collar Economy

 

As climate chaos and soaring fuel costs batter the U.S. economy, Van Jones brings a unique perspective to the color green. A 1993 Yale Law School alumnus, Van is a tireless advocate committed to creating "green pathways out of poverty" and greatly expanding the coalition to fight global warming. So when he imagines an Earth-friendly economy, he dreams of a society that has no throw-away species or resources - and no throw-away kids or neighborhoods.

He argues that a green economy that rescues the polar bears can also rescue the U.S. economy - putting America back to work; driving down energy and food prices; giving green-collar jobs and a second chance to wayward youth; and ending forever the need for oil wars and resource wars. In his vision, the green economy can be much more than a place for affluent people to spend money. It also can be a place for more ordinary people to earn money - and for poor people to save money.

Shifting the new environmental discussion from green consumers to green workers, Van shows how the shift from an oil-dependent, pollution-based economy can create a powerful engine for economic renewal - creating jobs for millions. Warning against the dangers of "eco-elitism" and "eco-apartheid," Van calls for a "Green New Deal" to help all classes and colors enjoy the work, wealth and health benefits of the green economy.

Van Jones.  Van Jones is founding president of Green For All and a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress.  Green For All is a U.S. organization that promotes green-collar jobs and opportunities for the disadvantaged.  Its mission is to build an inclusive, green economy - strong enough to resolve the ecological crisis and lift millions of people out of poverty.

In 2008, Green for All partnered with the Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection to launch the Green For All Academy.  The Academy trains U.S. grassroots leaders to effectively advocate for an inclusive, green economy.

On September 27, 2008, Green For All worked with national partners to produce "Green Jobs Now" – the first-ever "national day of action" calling for green-collar jobs in the United States.  More than 600 communities in all 50 states participated, with more than 50,000 signing a petition that called for federal government action to spur green jobs.

Van' has received many honors.  In 2008 alone he received:

• the Elle Magazine Green Award 2008;
• selection as one of the George Lucas Foundation's "Daring Dozen 2008;"
• Hunt Prime Mover Award 2008;
• Campaign for America's Future "Paul Wellstone Award 2008;"
• Global Green USA "Community Environmental Leadership" Award 2008;
• designation as one of the nation's "Plenty 20" in the October/November 2008 edition of Plenty Magazine;
• San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Award 2008;
• selection as a TIME Magazine 2008 Environmental Hero; and
• designation as one of Essence Magazine's 25 most influential/inspiring African-Americans of 2008.

At the national level, Van worked successfully in 2007 with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA), U.S. Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.) to pass the Green Jobs Act of 2007.  That path-breaking, historic legislation authorized $125 million in funding to train 35,000 people a year in "green-collar jobs."

Date:               Monday, February 2, 2009

Time:
6:30 pm            Check-in/Reception with light refreshments
7:00 pm            Program and Q & A
8:00 pm            Book Signing (Books for sale by Kepler's Books)

Location:
Kellogg Auditorium
Silicon Valley Bank
3005 Tasman Drive            
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-654-7400

Directions:
Silicon Valley Bank is located near the Great America Parkway, which connects to both highways 101 and 237.  The Kellogg Auditorium is next to the main office.

Ticket Price per Person:

   $25  Paid at the door

Note:  The ticket price is $7 for students (including college students) with a valid student ID.

Registration:

You can register online at the Commonwealth Club or by calling the Commonwealth Club at 408-280-5842.

Sponsors:

Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley, Yale Club of Silicon Valley, and
Yale Law School Association of Northern California

Fwd: Stanford 2009 Conference on Entrepreneurship

TAPPING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT

The annual GSB Entrepreneurship Conference is taking place on
Wednesday, February 25. This year's conference features keynote
speaker Reed Hastings, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Netflix, Inc. The
conference program consists of a series of interactive panels and
seminars featuring prominent figures in the entrepreneurial and
investor community. These events will bring together veteran
entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, academics, students, and industry
experts in an insightful and active engagement.

Registration is open!! Get your ticket for the E-Conference early
before they sell out (going on sale to Bay Area community January 26).

Moreover, there are exclusive GSB advisory sessions giving you an
opportunity to get personal advice from experienced entrepreneurs,
investors, and lawyers. After registering, click on this LINK to apply
for half an hour meetings and get feedback on a business idea, career
plans, or other professional topics. Meetings are allocated by
application.

This year's GSB E-Conference is the culmination of Stanford
University's third annual Entrepreneurship Week, February 18-25
(http://eweek.stanford.edu). Events will take place every day and
many are free and open to everyone.

Finally, we are seeking student volunteers to assist with the
conference. There are opportunities to help with pre-event planning
and also to assist on the day of the event. Students who volunteer a
minimum of 3 hours will receive free admission.

...

For more information on the E-Conference, please visit www.econference.org.

Sincerely,

Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

Stanford University

Search Fund Opportunity

Charles is a Stanford GSB '99 grad – please contact him directly if
interested in the opportunity below.

I am a 1999 graduate of the GSB. My partner, Chris Dooley, and I
recently closed a search fund, Gum Branch Capital
(www.gumbranchcapital.com). As you may know, a search fund is a
vehicle which allows one or two entrepreneurs to target and acquire a
small to medium sized company ($10-30 million in revenue). After the
acquisition, the entrepreneurs will receive a substantial ownership
stake in the company, and are expected to serve as the senior managers
of the company going forward. The initial phase of the search fund
involves a small initial investment round which funds a national
search for a target company for at least a couple of years. Gum
Branch Capital has a distinguished team of initial investors who not
only will provide advice and counsel during the search and acquisition
process, but also provide a substantial portion of the equity
component of the acquisition. The model described above has an
excellent track record of success, with mean IRRs averaging 30%+.

Chris and I are looking for a couple of part-time interns to help us
source suitable acquisition targets. Your duties will include
managing contact with a group of regional investment banks and
regional/vertical business brokers to maintain a healthy pipeline of
deals. We will also require you to help us strategize about
appropriate verticals (given the rapidly changing economic and
financing climate) and also to help refine the criteria used to filter
deals. The approximate time commitment for this role is 8 hours a
week.

In return for your commitment, we offer two things:

· For any deal which you identify which eventually leads to a
successful acquisition, we will pay you a success fee of 0.5% of the
final acquisition price. This means that if we purchase a company
for $20 million, we will pay you $100,000 immediately upon successful
completion of the acquisition.

· In exchange for four months of your time, we will broker an
introduction to select members of our investor base. This
introduction, combined with the experience you will be able to
reference based on your work with us, will give you a "leg up" in the
process of raising your own fund should you decide to pursue this
opportunity.

Please contact me at cphillips@gumbranchcapital.com if this
opportunity is of interest to you.

Venture capital list

http://www.boogar.com/resources/venturecapital/index.htm

Perry
(510) 684-4152
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu

Lunch with Yale's Larry Lessig at Olympic Club 2/12/2009

Thursday, February 12th, 2009 at 12:00pm

LARRY LESSIG
for a talk on

"A Declaration for Independence"

Thursday, February 12
Olympic Club
524 Post Street (x Mason St.)
San Francisco CA
Noon
$40 for non-members
LUNCH IS INCLUDED

A Declaration for Independence: There is a growing threat to some of
the most important institutions in our culture and political life from
an improper dependence on money. In this lecture, Professor Lessig
will describe this threat to institutions from the academy, to
Congress, and the developing movement to check it.

Mother Jones pictures, reminder Green event tonight 5:30 (1/7)

From Dec. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sfgreendrinks/sets/72157610706381775/
. The monthly Green mixer machine convenes again tonight 77 Natoma, SF
5:30 PM.

Perry

Welcome HBS Class of 2010 now drop out and start your company in the Bay Area

OK that was a bold statement to get your attention. Consider launching
your venture and career in Silicon Valley. Prices have dropped on real
estate in outlying areas to record lows. Salaries are depressed. The
talent pool is the highest the country has to offer. Planting your
company here makes sense.

"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly
disguised as impossible situations." -- Charles R. Swindoll

Use crowd wisdom. If you need assistance making a connection or
finding resources email harvard-bay-area@yahoogroups.com and
harvard-bay-area@ushow2.org . You'll reach over 3000 grads. If I can
be of assistance, please let me know. Best,

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu
(510) 684-4152

Welcome HBS Class of 2009 to the Bay Area! - ". . . ineluctable as gravity."

[Bay Area] . . . ineluctable as gravity.
-- Marilynne Robinson, The Death of Adam

Happy new year. Consider launching your venture and career in Silicon
Valley. Prices have dropped on real estate in outlying areas to record
lows. Salaries are depressed. The talent pool is the highest the
country has to offer. Planting your company here in 2009 makes sense.

Use crowd wisdom. If you need assistance making a connection or
finding resources email harvard-bay-area@yahoogroups.com and
harvard-bay-area@ushow2.org . You'll reach nearly 3000 grads this way.
If I can be of assistance, please let me know. Best,

Perry
perry.gregg@post.harvard.edu
(510) 684-4152