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2008 Venture
Capital
Forum
Featuring Rob Monster
Managing Director,
Monster Venture Partners
May
14,
2008, 5:00 - 8:30 PM
The Davenport Hotel,
Marie Antoinette Ballroom
Title Sponsor:
Many thanks to everyone who made last
year's
event such an outstanding success.
Agenda
Keynote
Speaker:
Rob Monster, Managing Director,
Monster Venture Partners
Moderator: Tom Simpson,
NWVA
Panel:
TBA
Greg Gottesman,
Madrona Venture Group
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About the Keynote
Speaker:
Robert W.
Monster leads Monster Venture Partners (MVP),
an early stage venture capital firm focused on
transformative global opportunities in the areas of marketing,
internet and healthcare.
Mr. Monster
was the Founder of GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.), a leading
provider of technology-enabled services to the global market
research industry. Mr. Monster served as Chairman and CEO from
1999-2007, during which time GMI achieved annual revenue growth
of 100+% per year and served customers in more than 60
countries. GMI is backed by Technology Crossover Ventures, FT
Ventures and Voyager Capital.
Prior to
founding GMI, Mr. Monster was a global product development
manager with Procter & Gamble. During an eight year technology
management career with P&G, Mr. Monster worked and lived in
Europe, Asia, and North America. He also traveled extensively in
Latin America as part of his global role in leading the
development and commercialization of a series of successful new
product initiatives.
Mr. Monster, a Dutch-American, is fluent in English, Dutch, and
German. Mr. Monster has both a BS and an MBA from Cornell
University where he studied Life Sciences and Economics. Mr.
Monster is a member of ESOMAR - World Association of Research
Professionals. Mr. Monster is co-author of the book "Market
Research in the Internet Age", published by John Wiley & Sons.
Mr. Monster is winner of the 2005 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of
the Year award in Technology and Software (Pacific Northwest).
He serves on the boards of Alerts.com, Clicable.com, Demoxi, GMI,
Healthcare.com, and Patents.com,
and is a partner at Internet Real
Estate Group
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