Silicon Valley Connect comes to Cambridge

From the 15th through the 17th of November, we had the Silicon Valley Connects comes to Cambridge program at the Business School. It was a great event and an opportunity to know as to what was the buzz on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean (or should I say Pacific Ocean).

There were quite a lot events (including debates, panel discussion and networking events). I attend a few of them and found it very insightful. The events I attended are listed below

1) The teams behind the "Hi-Tech" companies....How do we do it now? Who do we need now? - A panel discussion with Megan Smith (Google :VP - New Business Development) and Reid Hoffman (Founder LinkedIn).

2) Enterprise 2.0: How big companies use lessons from customer Internet so they survive? - A panel discussion with Ellen Levy (Founder of Silicon Connect), Allen Morgan (Managing Director of Mayfield Funds), Ted Shelton (Managing Partner -The Conversation Group) and Julie Farris (Founder of Scalix)

3) Working for a big company versus a start-up. Why Choose? - A panel discussion with Megan Smith (Google), Julie Farris (Sclaix) and James Slavet (General Partner, Greylock)

4) Hot trends in the valley - A panel discussion with Chris Coffman (Library House), Brett Bullington (Angel Investor), Hans Peter Brondmo (Plum), Kara Swisher (AllthingsD) and Ted Shelton (TCG)

Quite a great time to learn about the new things that are driving businesses.