Courses & Events

2011 | Entrepreneurship in Asian High-Tech Industries

Mar 29, 2011 - Jun 1, 2011

04:30 pm - 05:50 pm

Tuesdays, 4:15 – 5:30 pm, March 29 – June 1, 2011
Free to the Public
NEW LOCATION: NVIDIA Auditorium, Huang Building, Stanford University,

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Instructor: Richard Dasher (rdasher [at] stanford [dot] edu)
Available to Stanford students for one-unit credit as EE 402T

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Date Speaker Title Slides

3/29 Richard Dasher, Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center Asia Entrepreneurship Update 2011 Slides

4/05 Panel: Omar Mencin, President, US Market Access Center (San Jose), with Sun Ho (Founder and CEO) and James Schliesser (Mentor) Little Lives, and Suzuki Tatsunori (Co-founder and CEO) and Chuck Consorte (Co-founder), Zeptor. "Incubating Asian Start-Ups in Silicon Valley" USMAC, Little Lives, and Zeptor Presentations

4/12 Helen Wang "What the Rise of the middle class in China means for entrepreneurs" Slides (Large File)

4/19 Panel: Shirley Sun (Founder and CEO), WinVivo, and Yu-Kai Chou (Founder), RewardMeApp.com. "The Role of Asia Culture in Successful U.S. Entrepreneurship" WinVivo and RewardMe Slides

4/26 Dr. Ed Rubesch, entrepreneur and Professor, Thammasat Univ., Thailand "Teaching entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia"

5/03 Mr. Motokuni Takaoka, CEO of Weava Japan “Revitalizing a Stagnant Industry with New Technology and Innovative Marketing: Airweave Mattresses and Weava Japan” Weava Japan presentation and Current Use

5/10 No Seminar Bye Week

5/17 Dr. Yoshiyuki Sankai "CYBERDYNE and the Robot Suit HAL"

5/24 Dr. Gang Xu "The Practice of Technical Innovation in Wuxi, China" Wuxi Entrepreneurs Slides part 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

5/31 Ms. Courtney Devon McColgan, Co-Founder and Board Member, Wokai "Social Entrepreneurship: Wokai -- Microfinance in China" Slides

6/07