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 AeA/Stanford Executive Institute
High-Tech's Most
Renowned Executive Experience
August 10-21, 2008
Stanford, California
2007 AeA/Stanford Executive Institute Recap
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A unique element to
the Institute is the New Venture Lab (NVL), an entrepreneurial challenge
in which participants apply and incorporate principles addressed in class into a cohesive and integrative final
product. Working in small groups, participants present their business plans for new high-tech products to a panel of Venture Capitalists. This unique
experience provides insight into understanding, participating in, and
managing the entrepreneurship process.
 Tied for Venture Capitalist Choice: Virtual Playground
Product: A social networking utility
for parents to match their social values with their
children's online activities and community and thus create a safe,
virtual playground for their children that
Team Members:
Laina Raveendran Greene, GetIT;
Tracy Ting,
Varian Medical Systems;
Tom Byers; Anne Storer, Adobe;
Amy Brar, Kronos;
Guy La Corte, Concur Technologies ;
Keith Eyre, Boeing
 Tied for
Venture Capitalist Choice: Koob!
Product:
Electronic Textbook Service that gives college students access to
textbooks on a Koob reader, which is a lighter, cheaper,
eco-friendly alternative to printed texts.
Team Members (From L-R): Po Kwok Au-Yeung,
Michael Gibson, Edgar Jager, Seke Koch, Yvonne Murray, Jan Thorell, Beau
Wilson,
 Tied
for People's Choice: KidSafe
Product:A cost effective fashion
accessory for boys and girls that double as a wireless detection
child security device.
Team Members (From L-R):
Paul Betlem, Adobe Systems;
Mike Adler, Thomson;
Behrooz Zahiri, Magma Design Automation;
Simanta Chakraborty, Reactivity; Tom Byers;
Kristi Aho, Adobe Systems; Julie McEntee, Adobe Systems; Robert Robison,
Concur Technologies
Tied
for People's Choice: Go!Vision
Product: A hand's free, wearable,
wireless
image enhancement system that optimizes
vision in smoke
and at night which will be
primarily targeted to firefighting,
emergency rescue, and military special operations.
Team Members (From
L-R)
George Kuo, Cadence Design Systems; Robert
Coveny, FLIR Systems; Sam Patton, Varian Medical Systems; Vy Tran,
Varian Medical Systems;
Tom Byers; Wolfgang Gries,
Newport/Spectra-Physics;
Mark Jonaitis, Varian Medical Systems
EZCard
Product: The size of a credit card, the
EZCardTM utilizes industry-leading fingerprint technology with PC
interface to ensure secure and one-touch house and access to all a users
online passwords.
Dr. Driveway
Product: Comprehensive automotive maintenance
management system that ensures timely, personalized and convenient
automotive maintenance in their own garage.
Housecall 2.0
Product:
web portal that integrates access to medical
information, live medical professionals, web-enabled diagnostic devices,
and community-based communication with personal healthcare providers.
Onecard
Product: A
single point of purchase payment device that
allows consumers to choose which payment option and financial institution
to pay with and provides consolidated billing statements.
Sun Net
Product: Replaces traditional roofing material
with energy collecting composite while preserving traditional appearance
and providing alternative energy solution for the average homeowner.
Green Grocer
Product: A web application that considers your
families personal preferences and needs and delivers custom menus and
groceries from convenient locations near you.
greenLife
Product: A suite of tools and services that
allows an individual or organization to monitor, analyze, and budget their
use of global resources, just as they do their personal finances.
AeA Solar
Product: A new power generation concept which
leases solar panels to homeowners, installing them for free and then
selling discounted power back to homeowners.
HooRU
A caller ID system for cell phone users.
Multi-On
Product: A unique set of tools for software
providers to leverage the power of parallel processors through a smooth
transition to parallel code.
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