中華資訊網路協會 Chinese Information &
Networking Association
4675 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 101, Santa Clara, CA 95051
CINA eSIG Entrepreneur Workshop III
Planning and Surviving the Early Days of a Startup
Date/Time: Wednesday, July 28,
2004, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Venue: Fenwick & West LLP, 801 California St. Mountain View, California 94041
Speaker: Dr. Hong-Tai Chou
Fee: Free for CINA Members; $10 for Non Members
RSVP: RSVP@cina.org with a subject “CINA 7/28 eSIG”
Note: This workshop is the 3rd of the 3 prerequisites for the upcoming Entrepreneur Boot Camp to be hosted by TVBN and co-hosted by CINA and Hua Yuan on August 14, 15,2004
Speaker’s Bio:
Dr.
Hong-Tai Chou is founder and CEO of Incubenet Corp., a global network of angel
investors specialized in early stage investment in high tech startups. Dr. Chou
is also involved with many startups and nonprofit organizations as their board
director or advisor. Due to his unique expertise in entrepreneurship, investment,
and technologies, Dr. Chou is frequently invited in Silicon Valley and Asia as
a speaker on various subjects, including emerging technologies, incubation,
venture investment, and the related issues in Asia (notably China).
Dr.
Chou has a successful track record of building high-tech startups. He founded
Omniscience as its President and CEO. Its board members included Silicon Valley
celebrities such as Lawrence J. Ellison (Founder and CEO of Oracle), Jeffrey
Henley (Chairman of Oracle) and Leonard Y. Liu (former COO of Cadence, former
Chairman and CEO of Acer). Omniscience was later acquired by Oracle, and the
product is now better known as Oracle Lite. Prior to Omniscience, Dr. Chou co-founded
Versant Object Technology (Nasdaq: VSNT).
Dr.
Chou received his Ph.D. in Computer Sciences from University of Wisconsin -
Madison. He also received an MS in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Computer
Sciences, both from UW-Madison. Prior to his graduate study, Dr. Chou received
a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University.