Network Meeting Center, Techmart Building
5201 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara
Thursday, August 7, 2003, 6:00 pm

Zero to Hero without Venture Capital -- From Lazertag to Celestial Seasonings to "Chicken Soup for the Soul", Meet the Wizards Behind Consumer Product Mega-Successes! This historic event brings together an amazing panel of living entrepreneurial icons.

Just as famous for the brilliance of their marketing as for the technology from which their ideas sprang, these startup heroes are coming together for the most powerful entrepreneurial panel in history! Learn from the experts, how billions of dollars in profits have been made the good old-fashioned way, by pioneering new and exciting consumer products. And, how you can implement your dreams without waiting for a VC fairy to bless them.

This panel of living legends will include:

· Jack Canfield, Co-author of "Chicken Soup for the Soul" (7 NY Times best-sellers, 85MM sold)

· Wyck Hay, Co-founder of Celestial Seasonings (#1 Natural and Specialty Tea Brand in the USA)

· Phil Baechler, Inventor of the Baby Jogger (The Original Jogging Stroller, as featured in People magazine and used by Princess Diana)

· Gary Erickson, Founder of Clif Bar (Inc. magazine's list of fastest growing private companies, 4 years running)

· Stephen Key, Founder of Stephen Key Design (Design team member, Lazertag and Teddy Ruxpin; Creator, Spinformation labels)

· John Lusk, Author of "Mousedriver Chronicles" (Inventor of the Mousedriver, Co-founder of Platinum Concepts, Inc.)

· Jim Scott, Former VP of Sales, Slick 50 (#1 automotive aftermarket product of 1990s, 1.9MM - 138MM in 3 years)

· David Bassett, Co-founder of Midwest Center for Anxiety and Depression (2nd Longest-running Infomercial in history, 500MM in sales)

· Ed Byrd “Mr. Creatine”, Co-founder of EAS; Founder, MRI (Made Creatine the #1 dietary supplement in history, Built 200MM/year company with $14,000 in capital)

Moderated by: Timothy Ferriss, Founder of Adaptagenix DC, Writer (Maxim, Philadelphia Inquirer and others)

THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT! Click here to REGISTER on our website.

PRE-REGISTERED RATES (All Rates Include Dinner)
Members - $35.00
Affiliate Rate - $35.00 (AeA, AAMA, AllOps Tech, American Venture Magazine, ASAP, ASVC, CEONetworking, Churchill Club, Cornell Alumni, CSPA, Financing Partners, FWE, Fundraising Forum, Futuredex, Golden State Capital Network, Harvard Alumni, HETTA Members, IBDNetwork, IPSociety, Insead US Alumni, inventRight, International Angelinvestors, Inventors Alliance, Jetro, Keiretsu Forum, LAVA, Market4Demand, Michael Johnson Sales Solutions, MicroIPO, Microsoft, MPN, Muybueno, NIRI, National Society of Hispanic MBA's, Princeton Alumni, SCU MBA-EC, Silicon French, Silicon Valley Bank, Silicon Valley Biz Ink, SIPA, SMEI Bay Area, South Asian Society of the George Washington University, SBI, SINA, SVC Wireless, SVIBA, TechCoire, TechVentures Network, TEN Members, TiE Members, 3rd Wave, TTEC, US Tech Events Group;Penton Media Inc., VC Task Force, Venture One, Wharton Club, WITI, WomensRadio and WomensCalendar, Workit, Xceleris, others TBD)
Non-Members - $49.00

WALK-IN RATES
Add $10.00 to price listed above

All qualified press are invited to join us for an exclusive Q&A session with the panelists from 6:30-7:00 pm; to request a press pass, please contact Steven Leung, sdleung@acentus.com.

Look for free information and materials from our Sponsors and Members at this event:

Clif Bar; "A Leading maker of great-tasting, all-natural energy and nutrition foods."

inventRight; "Bringing Your Ideas To Life!"

Ireland San Filippo, LLP; "Leaders in Accounting & Financial Strategy"

Keiretsu Forum:

Kepler's Books; " One of the nation's premier independent booksellers with a tradition of community involvement, unparalleled service, a vast book selection and an award winning events program."

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips: Connect@Manatt!

To reserve an Exhibit Table, contact info@svase.org, $500 Members, $1000 Nonmembers, includes 2 tickets to the event and dinner.