As one journal article has billed him, Bill Nguyen is Mr. Do-It-All. Bill is an entrepreneur's entrepreneur, and one of the few in the Valley, who truly deserves the term serial entrepreneur. He has founded or played a critical role in an amazing 7 startups. Bill has taken on the world of messaging with OneBox.com, which he founded and sold to what is now Openwave for $850 million, the world of telecommunications with Seven Networks, whose goal is to make mobile email available on every mobile phone at an affordable price, and now he's taking on the world of music with his current startup, Lala.com. Bill's startups typically aim at nothing less than revolutionary changes at each industry he takes on.

In this engaging one-on-one setting, we will chat with Bill about his passion for startups (i.e., What makes him tick?), the driving factors for his many successes (i.e., How does he do it?), and his advice to the budding entrepreneur in the audience (i.e., How can the rest of us do it?). Join us for an insightful evening with Bill, and network with others from the CSPA as well as the VSVN communities.

Co-hosted by Vietnamese Strategic Ventures Network (VSVN)

Tom Chaffin, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Bill Nguyen, Founder, Lala.com

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Location
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
2475 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304

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Pricing

	Pre-register Online	Drop-in At the Door
CSPA Premium Members*	$15	$20
VSVN Members	$15	$20
CSPA Basic Members+	$25	$30
Students	$20	$25
Non-Members	$30	$35
Alliance Members	$20	$25

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⁺ Basic Members: Sign up for free! (former list members)

Appetizers and drinks will be served.

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Bill Nguyen, Co-Founder, Lala.com

Bill Nguyen cofounded lala.com in 2006 with the intention of reenergizing the music industry. Since then, the site has amassed an astounding 1.8 million titles registered by Lala users.

Prior to founding Lala, Bill founded SEVEN Networks in 2001 with the goal of growing the nascent mobile data market. Under Nguyen's leadership, SEVEN achieved successful commercial deployments of its mobile email software with 115 of the world's largest mobile operators, and works on 240+ handsets. SEVEN received many market awards of distinction. In 2002, leading analyst firm Frost & Sullivan named SEVEN Mobile Communications Entrepreneurial Company of the Year, Technologic Partners gave the company the "Investors' Choice" award for the second consecutive year, and MIT named Nguyen to the Technology Review 100, an annual award granted to the world's top technology and business innovators.

Prior to starting SEVEN, Nguyen founded Onebox, which set out to redefine the unified messaging market. Onebox was acquired by Phone.com, now Openwave Systems. Nguyen has also played a critical role in the success of numerous other startups. As vice president of products at Tioga Systems (now Support.com), he contributed to the product definition of what became the leading support infrastructure software for corporate enterprises and service providers. Nguyen also served as Vice President of Products for push technology pioneer FreeLoader, and headed business development and product management at the ForeFront Group, where he was responsible for launching the company's utilities, including WebWhacker, the first offline browser.

Bill has been named to Fortune's 40 Under 40 list, MIT's Technology Review 100 and is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Leaders of Tomorrow.

Tom Chaffin, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Tom is a partner in the Corporate & Securities group at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's Palo Alto office. His experience in representing clients in the Silicon Valley spans more than twenty years. He focuses on the representation of technology companies and venture capital firms in financings, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and commercial transactions. Mr. Chaffin also assists companies in their intellectual property protection and licensing programs, tax planning, and strategic corporate planning. He has represented both mature as well as early stage companies in the areas of semiconductors, software, communications equipment, contract manufacturing, information technology, life sciences, consumer and health products and real estate development and syndication.

Mr. Chaffin is a past chairperson of the Tax Section of the Santa Clara County Bar Association and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section. He is a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Golden Gate University where he teaches in the Graduate School of Taxation. Mr. Chaffin is also a prominent member of the firm's India & South Asia practice group.

Education

LL.M., Taxation, New York University School of Law, 1984
J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law, 1983 with honors
B.A., Economics & Accounting, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1980

Business and Taxation Sections, State Bar of California
Certified Specialist in Taxation by the State Bar of California
Executive Committee, Business Law Section of Santa Clara County Bar AssociationBusiness and Taxation Sections, State Bar of California
Certified Specialist in Taxation by the State Bar of California
Executive Committee, Business Law Section of Santa Clara County Bar Association