Return of the venture-backed IPO?

In related news to Leavey School Professor Robert Hendershott's recent research findings, news today of the imminent OpenTable IPO which could break the venture-backed IPO dry-spell of the past 15 months.

"Will the Old Venture Model Work with New Web-Based Start-ups?"

New research from my colleague Professor Robert Hendershott in the Department of Finance at Santa Clara University suggests that the traditional venture capital industry, evolved for relatively capital intensive start-ups like semiconductor firms, is a poor fit for the next generation of web-based start-ups. However, the same forces that make venture capital a poor fit also make venture capital less relevant, providing an alternative path for entrepreneurs to create the next cohort of leading web firms. You can download the full paper here.

Green Tech Entrepreneur Academy

CIE Founders Award Winner and SCU alum Bob Goff updated me about a week long workshop July 6 - 10 called the Green Tech Entrepreneur Academy led by my colleague Wil Agatstein, Executive Director of the UC Davis Center for Entrepreneurship.

Application deadline is May 15th.

Egnyte Earns Information Week Startup 50 Award

Congrats to Vineet Jain '04 MBA, founder of Egnyte for making the Information Week Startup 50. You can see a great interview with Vineet here.

Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the 1909 Copyright Act

The 1909 Copyright Act marked a revolution in U.S. copyright law. The 1909 Act was the first to protect works upon publication with notice, without prior registration; the first to expressly recognize a right to prepare derivative works; and the first to expressly recognize the public domain. The 1909 Act remained in effect for seven decades, during which time copyright law was repeatedly called upon to deal with the disruptive effect of new technologies, such as motion pictures, sound recordings, radio and television, photocopy machines, and computers. As a result, the 1909 Act had a significant influence on the copyright law we have today.
The scheduled list of speakers:

Keynote speakers:

David Nimmer, Of Counsel, Irell & Manella
William Patry, Senior Counsel, Google
Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office

Learn more and RSVP for free here.