SVCWireless Entrepreneurship Workshop Series (I)

- How to kick off your own company: Incorporation and legal issues for startup

You are in the Silicon Valley. You have heard lots of successful stories that creative people build up their own companies: Intel, Microsoft, Yahoo, Cisco, Google, Marvell ... You get excited. You have the passion to be one of these brilliant entrepreneurs. You want to make big impact!

But where should you start from? What skills does a successful entrepreneur have? How to avoid all of the traps during the journey? Bring your questions to the SVCWireless Entrepreneurship Workshop Series. Communicate with the top attorneys, accountants, VCs, and entrepreneurs. Have your case study in the field. Get first-hand information about corporation laws, financing, taxation, entrepreneurship skill, VC, equity allocation and more!

In the first workshop of the entrepreneurship series, you will learn -

How to kick off your own company: Incorporation and legal issues for startup

This workshop is intended for the entrepreneur who is considering starting a Silicon Valley business or a China related business. The basic steps, documents, timing and issues involved in forming a company will be discussed. The workshop will identify and discuss each of the documents (articles of incorporation, board organizational resolutions, by-laws, founders stock purchase agreements, etc.) required to complete the formation of a corporation.

Issues covered will include:

1. Selecting the place of incorporation

2. Basics of initial capitalization

3. Allocation of stock among founders

4. Determining vesting schedules for founders

5. Size and composition of the Board of Directors

6. Adopting and using stock option plans

7. Avoiding intellectual property issues at startup

Date	February 28, 2007
Time	6:30 - 7:00pm, registration and networking 7:00 - 9:00 pm, workshop
Venue	Fenwick & West LLP, Silicon Valley Center 801 California Street, Mountain View, CA 94041, 650 – 988 – 8500
Fee	Regular member: Free Associate member: $20 RSVP, $25 at the door Non-member: $20 RSVP, $25 at the door Student: $5 (Student ID required)

RSVP:

rsvp@svcwireless.org with the following subject line: “2/28: Your Name”

Contact and more information:

Yuan Tian, yuan.tian@svcwireless.org

Speaker Bio:

Lily Toy is an associate in the Corporate Group of Fenwick & West LLP, a law firm specializing in technology and life sciences matters. Fenwick & West is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an office in San Francisco.

Ms. Toy received her J.D. from Cornell Law School in 2004. During law school, Ms. Toy was a judicial extern for the Honorable Alan Jaroslovsky of the United States Bankruptcy Court. She received her B.A. with honors in Economics and Legal Studies from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001. Prior to joining Fenwick & West, Ms. Toy was a corporate associate with the Menlo Park office of Shearman & Sterling LLP. Ms. Toy is a member of the State Bar of California. She is fluent in Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese). Ms. Toy’s emphasis includes:Securities Offerings, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Venture Capital Financings.

Ping Cai is a visiting Chinese attorney in the Corporate Group at Fenwick & West LLP. Prior to joining Fenwick & West, Ms. Cai was a corporate associate with the Beijing office of Jun He Law Offices. Ms. Cai’s practice includes foreign direct investment, merger & acquisition, venture capital financing, real estate development and operation, etc. Ms. Cai received her LL. B. and LL. M. from China University of Political Science and Law in 1996 and 1999 respectively. In 2006, she received another LL. M. from Boston University School of Law. Ms. Cai is a member of China Bar and the State Bar of New York. She is fluent in Mandarin and English. Ms. Cai’s emphasis includes foreign direct investment, merger & acquisition, and real estate.

Fred M. Greguras is of counsel in the corporate and technology transactions groups at Fenwick & West LLP. He practices out of the firm’s Mountain View, California, office. Mr. Greguras focuses on strategic legal issues for software, semiconductor-related and life sciences companies. His practice includes start-up issues and financings in both domestic and international transactions. He has represented a wide range of companies in financing, M&A, licensing and other commercial transactions, from privately held startups to publicly traded companies. Mr. Greguras has also been a venture capitalist and a general counsel and CFO for a startup. Some of the clients he has represented are:

• BioMarker Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Excite@Home
• Exodus Communications, Inc.
• Kintana, Inc.
• Speedera Networks, Inc.

Mr. Greguras has authored many articles on start-up, financing, outsourcing, Internet and international legal issues, which are available at www.fenwick.com.

He received a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from University of Omaha in 1966, a Masters of Science in mathematics and computer science in 1968, and his J.D. in 1975 from the University of Nebraska. Mr. Greguras is a member of the State Bar of California.

Andrew Luh is a partner in the Corporate Group at the law firm of Fenwick & West LLP. Mr. Luh practices out of the firm’s Mountain View, California, office. His practice focuses on general corporate representation of high technology clients and transactional representation on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings, securities offerings and related matters. Among the clients he has represented are:

•   Cisco Systems, Inc.
•   Dell Inc.
•   Exodus Communications, Inc.
•   Silicon Image, Inc.
•   Sun Microsystems, Inc.
•   Symantec Corporation

Mr. Luh received his undergraduate education at the University of Virginia, where he graduated ranked first in his class with a B.A. in economics in 1993 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He attended law school at Stanford University, where he graduated with distinction with a J.D. in 1996 and was elected to the Order of the Coif.