UC Berkeley Presents: “The Current Economic Turmoil and the Entrepreneur: the Impact on New Venture Financing and Survival”

Newswise — WHAT

The turmoil in the capital markets is not only affecting Main Street and Wall Street; it's hitting the purse strings in Silicon Valley. At this special Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum, the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business has assembled a panel of leading economists, venture investors, and business leaders to share their views, predictions, and advice about the effects of the credit crunch on emerging companies.

WHEN

Thursday, October 23, 2008 " 7:30 p.m.

WHERE

Arthur Andersen AuditoriumHaas School of BusinessUniversity of California, BerkeleyMap: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/haas/maps.html

WHO

- Jerome S. Engel Executive Director, Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Adjunct Professor, Haas School of Business http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/engel.html

- Jim Wilcox Kruttschnitt Family Professor of Financial Institutions Haas Economic Analysis and Policy Group and Haas Finance Group http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/wilcox.html

- Brian Atwood, Managing Director, Versant Ventures

- Mike Gridley, Principal, Industry Ventures

- Garrett Gruener, Co-Founder and Director, Alta Partners