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To guide us into the future of biotechnology, we are very fortu-nate to have Dr. Phillip Sharp as our keynote speaker. Dr. Sharpshared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for thediscovery of split genes. At MIT, Dr. Sharp is the Salvador E.Luria Professor and head of the biology department. Dr. Sharpis also a scientist at MIT’s Center for Cancer Research, wherehe was director until 1991. Dr. Sharp is also a co-founder ofBIOGEN, INC. where he is Chairman of the Scientific Boardand a member of its Board of Directors.

Dr. Sharp’s has received numerous awards throughout his dis-tinguished career including MIT’s James R. Killian, Jr., FacultyAchievement Award (1993), the John D. MacArthur Professor-ship (1987-1992), the first Salvador E. Luria Professorship(1992-), the New York Academy of Sciences Award in Biolog-ical and Medical Sciences, and the General Motors ResearchFoundation Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize for Cancer Research. Seehttp://nobel.sdsc.edu/laureates/medicine-1993-2-autobio.html.

In addition to Dr. Sharp’s keynote address, we are pleased tohonor Robert Swanson ’69, ’71 and Frederick Middleton Jr. ’71for their contribution to the biotechnology industry. Mr. Swan-son is the co-founder of GENENTECH, INC. and served asdirector and CEO of Genentech from the time of its inception in1976 until 1990 when he was named Chairman of the Board.Mr. Middleton joined Genentech in 1978 and served as thecompany’s founding CFO. Mr. Middleton is a founder and gen-eral partner of Sanderling Ventures. This program is co-spon-sored by Bay Area Bioscience Center.

Date/Time Location

Thursday, October 8, 19986:30 pm Reception7:30 pm Dinner & Keynote

Westin Hotel5101 Great America ParkwaySanta Clara

Since 1976 when the first biotechnology company --GENEN-TECH, INC.-- was founded, numerous debates have sur-rounded the future of biotechnology including: howbiotechnology can be effectively commercialized; what benefitswill the biotechnology bring to humanity and when; and whatlimits should be placed on how biotechnology is used. Forexample, recently the prospect of human cloning being a tech-nological reality has stirred significant debate.

On Thursday, October 8th, the MIT Club of Northern California(MITCNC) will be addressing some of these issues in a programspotlighting the roles biotechnology in the new millennium.

SPOTLIGHT MIT ’98: Biotechnology In the New MilleniumKeynote Speaker: Dr. Phillip Sharp, Nobel Laureate in BiologySpecial Honorees: Robert Swanson '69, G’71, Genentech Co-Founder and Frederick Middleton Jr. '71, Genentech CFO

Organizer (RSVP/More Info)

Anne-Can(408) [email protected]/o Spotlight MIT 986155 Almaden Express #230San Jose, CA 95120

Cost Make check to MITCNC

$40 Prepaid Members

$55 Other/At-Door

RSVP by October 1stPlease indicate entree: steak, chick or salmon

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09/11 Fri 7:00pm Ballroom Dance Lessons and Party at Starlite in Sunnyvale 1409/13 Sun Noon Sunday Brunch and Matinee at China Valley in Los Altos 1209/15 Thu 6:00pm MIT/Stanford Venture Lab: iPass, “Access, Anywhere” 509/16 Wed 11:45am Tour of San Francisco Transamerica Pyramid 1109/16 Wed 7:00pm West Coast Swing Dance Lesson and Party in San Mateo 1509/17 Thu 7:00pm Happy Hour at Faultline Brewing Company in Sunnyvale 1509/19 Sat 9:30am In-Line Skating Clinic at Iron Horse School in San Ramon 1609/19 Sat 1:00pm Tour of Murals of the Mission, Treasures of SF 1309/20 Sun 10:00am Hike at Pinnacles National Monument 1409/22 Thu 6:00pm Silicon Valley Regional Telethon in Palo Alto 610/01 Thu 6:30pm New Enterprise Crucible: Evolution of a Start-Up 410/02 Fri 7:30pm Ballroom Dance Lessons and Party at Metronome Ballroom1410/08 Thu 6:00pm Spotlight MIT '98:Biotechnology In the New Millenium 110/10 Sat 6:00pm San Francisco Symphony: Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony 1610/11 Sun Noon Sunday Brunch and Matinee at Babbo’s Pizzeria in Palo Alto1210/15 Thu 6:30pm MIT $50K Business Writing Competition Winners 310/15 Thu 7:00pm Happy Hour at BBC in Menlo Park 1510/17 Sat 11:00am Welcome Reception for Class of 1998 in Atherton 1010/18 Sun 10:00am Hike at Windy Hill Open Space Preserve 1410/18 Sun 7:30pm NHL: San Jose Sharks vs. Boston Bruins at San Jose Arena1010/22 Thu 6:30pm New Enterprise Crucible: Kick-Off Event 410/24 Sat 6:00pm Dinner and Theater: Hecuba by Euripides at Geary Theater1211/05 Thu 6:30pm New Enterprise Crucible: Litmus Testing Your Idea 411/08 Sun Noon Sunday Brunch and Matinee at Fumiyoshi Restaurant 1211/12 Thu 6:30pm New Enterprise Crucible: Mixer 411/15 Sun 10:00am Hike at Castle Rock State Park 1411/19 Thu 7:00pm Happy Hour at Blue Chalk in Palo Alto 1511/20 Fri 7:00pm Ballroom Dance Lesson and Party at Starlite Ballroom 1412/13 Sun Noon Sunday Brunch and Matinee at Duoce France in Palo Alto12

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The MIT Club of Northern California is the premierregional alumni/ae club of the Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology. The club offers numerousresources in entrepreneurship, career development,and professional networking in the Bay Area. Inaddition, the Club provides many opportunities forsocial interaction between MIT alumni/ae as well asalumni/ae from similar university clubs.

If you have suggestions for theClub, or interest in volunteeringor organizing events, please con-tact any of the officers listed above. The Club is anall volunteer organization and is always seekingenergetic and motivated alumni/ae who are eager tobe involved.

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President David Weitz ’87 (650) 354-4215 [email protected]

VP - Entrepreneurship Fred Lam G’89 (510) 482-1419 [email protected]

VP - New Enterprise Crucible Tom Darbonne G’91 (408) 544-7169 [email protected]

VP - Events Sang Park '93 (650) 428-1249 [email protected]

Sports & Recreation John Keen G'94 (650) 933-3401 [email protected]

Cultural Sramana Mitra G'95 (408) 467-4205 [email protected]

Young Alumni/ae Melissa Kwok '93 (408) 828-3793 [email protected]

VP - Communications Edward Tau '95 (650) 742-6301 [email protected]

Electronic Communications Ping Huang '94 (650) 933-6256 [email protected]

VP - Finance Michael Sarfatti '76 [email protected]

Entrepreneurship Evan Matteo '94 (650) 655-2783 [email protected]

VP - Marketing Ning Peng '90 (650) 988-7214 [email protected]

VP - Career Development Nancy Chan '96 (408) 957-1596 [email protected]

VP - Membership Alan Au '97 (408) 777-5130 [email protected]

VP - Sponsorship Raj Prabhakar '96 [email protected]

Eric Jorgensen '60 (408) 929-4058 [email protected]

Welcome to the 1998-99 club year of the M.I.T. Club of North-ern California (MITCNC). As President of the MITCNC, Ihave given a lot of thought to better defining the purpose andfunction of the MITCNC. As a way of welcoming you to the1998-99 club year, I thought it might be interesting to outlinesome of the goals which the club has set on behalf of its constit-uency, the MIT alumni/ae in Northern California. By outliningthese goals, I hope to give you a better picture of what theMITCNC is seeking to accomplish through the various eventsand services described in this newsletter.

CREATING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AMONG MITALUMNI/AE

Now that we have graduated from MIT, we no longer have aclose-knit university campus where we can associate with eachother. The MITCNC seeks to create a sense of communityamong the 7000 (approx) alumni/ae in Northern California byoffering a diverse range of programs at which alumni/ae withsimilar interests can interact. In addition, the MITCNC stronglyencourages alumni/ae with specific interests to help organizeclub events. Help create that sense of community by attendingour events and encouraging fellow alumni/ae to attend.

PROVIDING AN INTERFACE FOR MIT ALUMNI/AE

The MITCNC seeks to serve as a conduit of informationbetween local alumni/ae and MIT, MIT related organizations,and local businesses. Each year, the MITCNC arranges for pro-fessors and other MIT officials to make presentations to localalumni/ae. Whenever possible, the MITCNC supports the localefforts of MIT related organizations, such as MIT AlumniCareer Services, ICAN, the Educational Council, the Entrepre-neurship Center, and the $50K Competition.

I encourage your feedback on how we can better achieve thegoals I have described and look forward to seeing you atMITCNC events this coming year.

Sincerely,

David Weitz, President, MITCNC

A Word from the Club President, David Weitz ’87

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1998 MIT $50K COMPETITION WINNING TEAMS Featuring Alex d’Arbeloff, Chairman of MIT Corporation and Founder and Chairman of Teradyne

ventures, critique their strategies, andlearn more about how the MIT commu-nity on the West Coast can participate inthe MIT $50K Competition, the hotteststudent-driven event on MIT Campus.The 1998-99 student organizing team ofthe $50K and the faculty and staff of theMIT Entrepreneurship Center will alsobe on hand.

Alex d’Arbeloff, founder of Teradyneand Chairman of the MIT Corporationwill provide the introductory remarks.

The MIT $50K Competition

The $50K Competition encourages stu-dents and researchers in the MIT com-munity to act on their talent, ideas andenergy to create tomorrow’s leadingfirms. Now in its tenth year, the Compe-tition has awarded over $150,000 in cashand business startup services to out-standing teams of student entrepreneurs,facilitated the birth of over 35 companieswith an aggregate fair market value ofover $180 million dollars and createdover 500 jobs. There are events through-out the year to help teams with the edu-cational, mentorship, networking,teambuilding and funding activities vitalto forming a successful company. Learnmore about the competition by visitingits website at http://web.mit.edu/50k/www/.

The Winning Teams

DIRECT HIT (Co Grand-Prize Winner)http://www.directhit.com/Direct Hit’s award winning technologyprovides highly relevant results for anyInternet search. Working together withmajor search engines, the Direct Hit sys-tem keeps track of the web sites that peo-ple actually select from search resultslists. By analyzing the activity of mil-lions of previous Internet searchers, theDirect Hit system provides a list of themost highly relevant results for yoursearch request.

VOLUNTEER SOLUTIONS, INC. (CoGrand-Prize Winner)http://www.volunteersolutions.org/Volunteer Solutions, Inc.(VSI) enablesthe easy and automated sign-up andmanagement of volunteers with non-profit agencies. Their Internet searchengine allows volunteers to find the rightopportunity based on their interests andconcerns and their Corporate VolunteerProgram allows corporations to quicklyand efficiently implement company-wide volunteer initiatives.

CARSOFT (Runner-Up)CarSoft designs and manufactures a fullline of automotive diagnostic tools fornovices and experts. CarSoft is “soft-ware that lets you know what your car isthinking”.

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Sabina Ahmed ’90 Financial Staff, Air Touch Leland Mah ’85 Acuson CorpMukesh Ahuja G’87 President, IT Links Samuel Maslak ’69 President, Acuson CorpThomas Burns ’62 GM Executive Staff, Chevron Roger McCarthy ’77 CEO, Failure Analysis AssociatesJohn Chisholm ’75 President, Customer Satisfaction Denman McNear ’48Paul Cook ’48 Chairman, SRI International John Mikulsky, Jr. ’73 Vice President, Endgate TechnologyJanet Grosser ’53 Bill Murray ’67John Jarve ’78 General Partner, Menlo Ventures Walter Price, Jr. ’70 Partner, RCM Capital ManagementHarbo Jensen ’74 Manager, Chevron Elizabeth Seifel ’78 President, Seifel AssociatesGeorge Keller ’57 Chevron Corporation Paul Shepard ’53 Vice President, Cargill SaltSteven Kirsch ’78 Chairman and Founder, Infoseek Joanne Spetz ’90 Public Policy Institute of CaliforniaRonald Koo ’89 Maxim Integrated Products Dennis Swanson ’68 Partner, Jackson, Tufts, Cole and BlackStephanie Littell ’79 President, Morgan Laboratories Robert Swanson ’69 Chairman and Founder, Genetech

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The MITCNC is honored to host presen-tations by the three winning teams of the1998 MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Com-petition -- Direct Hit, Volunteer Solu-tions, and CarSoft. Come and meet thewinning teams, hear presentations bythem on the progress of their ideas and

Date/Time Location

ThursdayOct 15, 19986:30pm Registration7:30pm Presentation

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Cost Check/Cash/Credit card

$15 Pre-paid Active Member

$20 Other/At-Door

RSVP and Organizer

David Weitz ’87

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New Enterprise Crucible ’99Please pre-register to help us with planning, by emailing your registration

This October, the MIT Club of NorthernCalifornia launches the second year of itspopular venture incubator program. Thisyears program, New Enterprise Crucible‘99, builds on lessons learned from lastyear’s venture incubator program. Theobjective of two-stage program remainsthe same: help entrepreneurial alumni/aeovercome obstacles impeding theirefforts to create new technology compa-nies. The first stage of the program con-centrates on helping participants form afounding team and develop a businessconcept for a new venture. During thesecond stage of the program, participantsare assisted in converting their businessconcepts into a quality business plan.This year we introduce a stronger focuson networking.

Stage I: Team formation and the Busi-ness Concept The first stage of the program focuses on

Date/Time Location

Thursday

6:30pm Registration7:30pm Presentation

Cafe IrisBuilding 5Silicon GraphicsMountain View

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$20 Other/At-Door

RSVP and Pre-Payment

Pre-pay by sending checks (payable to MITCNC) or by credit card number to:Anne-Canc/o MITCNC Venture Incubator6155 Almaden Expressway, Suite 230San Jose, CA [email protected](408) 323-2255

Organizer and More Info

Tom Darbonne G’[email protected](408) 544-7169Fred Lam G’[email protected](510) 251-8770

team creation and idea generation. Ourgoal is to create an environment wheresimilarly minded individuals with com-plementary skill-sets can mingle anddevelop a business concept that can berefined into a single page abstract.Enhancements to the program this yearinclude a web-based EntrePersonals siteto help prospective team members con-tact one another, three events whosesole purpose is networking, greater out-reach to affinity groups outside the MITcommunity (for complimentary skills),and an innovation workshop. If you cancrystallize your concept into a singlepage abstract, we have members of theventure capital community willing to cri-tique it.

Stage II: The Business Plan The second stage of the program consistsof educational events directed at produc-ing a quality business plan. A series ofdistinguished speakers will offer insightson marketing, finance, and strategic part-nerships. In this stage, participants will

meet successful entrepreneurs who willshare their experiences. We are alsoplanning a business plan workshop tohelp teams structure their plans.

Who Can Participate? While the program is open to the generalpublic, priority will be given to MITalumni/ae, who are members of the clubin good standing.

What time commitment is involved?Participation in the program is flexible.Those interested only in the speakingevents, may do so on a space availablebasis. On the other hand, if you are seri-ously committed to starting an enter-prise, the time commitment will beheavy.

What does the program cost? Generally, the week-night speakingevents cost $20 each. The MITCNCweb-site (www.MITCNC.org) will havethe latest details on each event.

Tentative Schedule of Events Check the MITCNC web-site for the latest details on these programs

October 1 Evolution of a Start-UpOctober 22 Enterprise Crucible Kick-OffNovember 5 Litmus Testing your IdeaNovember 12 Mixer IDecember 5 Innovation WorkshopDecember 17 VC PanelJanuary 7 Tales of Silicon ValleyJanuary 21 MixerFebruary 4 Analyst PanelFebruary 18 Seed FinancingMarch 4 High Tech MarketingMarch 21 Business Plan WorkshopApril 1 Lessons from the Trenches IApril 15 Valuation & Share of EquityApril 29 Lessons from the Trenches IIMay 14 Mixer IIMay 28 Lessons from the Trenches IIIJune 20 EntrepreneurFest ’99


iPass - Access, Anywhere A Winning Business Model Providing Local Connectivity to the Internet from All Over the World MIT/Stanford Venture Laboratory, a chapter of the M.I.T. Enterprise Forum

Come hear about the company that wasvoted the Best-of-the-Best in the Inter-net space. It was also the winner of theHighest Honor Award at the recent Ven-ture One Summit, where 550 hand-picked venture capitalists and relatedindustry professionals rated venture-backed companies on market opportu-nity, management team, earnings poten-tial and product quality.

Synonymous with "Access, Any-

Date/Time Location

TuesdaySep 15, 19986:00pm Reception7:00pm Presentation

Bishop AuditoriumStanford Graduate School of Business

Cost Make check to MIT Venture Lab


$30 Other/At-Door

Organizer (RSVP and More Info)

MIT/Stanford VentureLaboratory, P.O. Box 2506,Monterey, CA 93942-2506Phone: (408) 646-3377http://[email protected]

where", iPass provides the frameworkfor ISPs and telecom operators to meetthe rapidly growing remote access needsof businesses by offering global Internetconnectivity with a local phone call. Inonly two years, iPass has emerged as anindustry leader with a business model toprovide local access globally for theentire Internet community.

Telecom operators and Internet serviceproviders (ISPs) have long-faced theissue of how to provide TRULY globalInternet ACCESS FOR CUSTOMERSdue to the disparate nature of the Inter-net, high infrastructure costs, interna-tional regulations and difficulty innegotiating bilateral peering or purchaseagreements with hundreds of other pro-viders. Just as these issues were solvedthrough third-party clearinghouses inother rapidly growing industries such ascellular, banking and credit card transac-tion clearing, iPass has emerged as theprimary standards-based Internet clear-inghouse to solve these issues for ISPs.

This evening, Chris Moore, Co-founder, President and CEO of iPassInc. will present the iPass business

model as being "borrowed" from othersuccessful, established industries andwill discuss the company’s strategy ofleveraging off the established infrastruc-ture of numerous ISPs around the worldto meet the global needs of a burgeoningInternet era.

Chris’s presentation will be followed bya brief roundtable panel discussionabout the iPass model moderated byMichael Kleeman, VP of the BostonConsulting Group’s Global High-TechPractices. Members of the panel willinclude William Tai from InstitutionalVenture Partners (a venture capitalistspecializing in Internet businesses),Robert Berger from Internet BandwidthDevelopment (pioneer in Internet archi-tecture), William Chenevich fromVISA International (EVP, Payment Sys-tems), along with a representative fromConcentric Networks (a leading ISP).

The MIT Stanford Venture Laboratory(http://www.vlab.org) is a public forumthrough which entrepreneurs, manag-ers, executives, and anyone can come tolearn about the issues involved withstarting and growing companies.

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Get a chance to win the state of the artpersonal information manager, the3COM Palm III! Come to the MITRegional Telethon in Silicon Valley toraise fund for student financial aid andgeneral endowment.

The regional telethon is an importantaspect of MIT’s fund-raising campaign.It is targeted for in Northern California,the second highest concentration of MITAlumni after Boston.

The telethon provides a great opportu-nity to chat and catch up with local classmates and old friends from the 'Tute.Last year’s regional telethon held at Ray-Chem in Menlo Park raised over $40Kin one night.

This year’s telethon will be held atTIBCO in Palo Alto, courtesy of VivekRanadive. Dinner, drinks, prizes, andinstructions will be provided. No expe-rience is necessary.

Date/Time Location

TuesdaySep 22, 19986:00-10:00pm

TIBCO3165 Porter DrivePalo Alto


Theresa Joyce [email protected] Tau ’[email protected]

Win a Palm III at the Silicon Valley Regional Telethon

posted directly on the website; interestedalumni/ae would contact the VP ofCareer Development directly to get theinformation.

If you would like to volunteer to allowsomeone to shadow you for a day, pleasesend me your name, title, address, emailaddress, fax number, work/ home tele-phone numbers, company and a briefdescription of what you do / what yourcompany does. Your role would be toallow an MIT alumnus/a to “shadow”you for a day so that s/he may make first-hand observations about your career.

Suggestions? If you have any sugges-tions for career development servicesand events that MIT CNC could offeryou, please contact Nancy Chan '96, VPof Career Development,[email protected].

Job Placement Services in the Bay AreaTap into the MITCNC job network

MIT CNC is putting together a webpage(access it through Club’s homepage) tohelp those of you looking for jobs to:find contacts at companies whom youcan submit resumes to; job-shadow for aday in order to explore different careers.

If you would like to be an employmentcontact for your company, please sendme your name, address, email address,fax number, and work/home telephonenumbers along with your company web-site URL and brief description of yourcompany. Your role would be to serve asthe company liaison to the MIT CNCmembers: you would receive resumesfrom MIT alumni/ae and refer/distributethem to the appropriate contacts, as wellas answer questions about employmentopportunities at your company. None ofyour contact information would be

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The Freshman/Alumni Summer Intern-ship Program (F/ASIP) is off to a greatstart on both coasts. F/ASIP is designedto connect MIT freshmen with alumni inthe job arena through internships whichoccur the summer after their freshmanyear. MIT alumni take on the role ofmentors to the students, and act as aresource while the student is interning.Along with the summer internship, stu-dents are required to take several work-shops and seminars during the springterm. Attending these workshops andseminars, the summer internship, writinga paper and giving a presentation aftertheir summer internship will earn the stu-dent six credit units in their sophomoreyear. The student then has the opportu-nity to be the spokesperson for the com-pany that they worked for. It wasoriginally suggested that the programstart with ten internships in this first year.The enthusiasm of alumni in companiesnearly doubled that number. Of the fortystudents eligible for credit, twenty stu-dents went off to intern for the summer.Three of them were placed in California,two in the Bay Area. Our goal is to dou-ble the number of interns for next sum-mer.

“Students should be acquainted withboth the theoretical and practical aspectsof the job process, “ says Robert Blum-berg, president of SMS Technolgies andmentor to MIT intern Justin Lin.“employees have to know how to buildthe product as well as program the com-puter.” Blumberg, whose company is inSan Diego, was intent on hiring a fresh-man intern, and contacted the F/ASIPoffice after hearing that we were specifi-cally targeting the San Francisco Areafor the first year pilot. He feels the pro-gram is heading in the right direction andis excited at the prospect of in hiring anintern next summer. Alumnus ChrisKuszmal is both alumni and mentor onbehalf of MRJ Technology Solutions.He’s quite happy with the experience andis also very interested in continuing therelationship that MRJ Technologies hasstarted with F/ASIP. He urges us not to

F/ASIP Giving MIT Freshmen A Working Leg Up

make the program too easy, “...make ithard - make the students stretch.”

Both alumni and supervisors are amazedat the caliber of talent these freshmenhave. Alumnus Alex d’Arbeloff’s com-pany Teradyne took six freshmen internsfor the summer, placing five in Bostonand one in the Bay Area. Tom Smith ofTeradyne in Walnut Creek supervisesintern Peter Lu, and is very pleased andimpressed with the quality of Lu’s work.“If this kid were to quit MIT and comework here, I could probably let two fulltime guys go.” Smith said. He hasworked extensively with internship pro-grams using California based collegesand universities, and his is the first fresh-man that he has known to work at theWalnut Creek facility.

The jobs are challenging, not “busywork”. At SMS Technologies for exam-ple, one of intern Jason Wong’s tasks wasto perform an analysis of their labor stan-dards. His supervisor Allen Stein saysthat Justin “has accomplished the analy-sis very thoroughly and provided consid-erable data allowing us to betterdetermine our quoting system parame-ters.”

The summer job experience in a relatedfield is proving to be a most importantlife experience for the freshmen. MIT iswell known to be exemplary for prepar-ing students academically for jobs. How-ever more jobs now demand that theiremployees be able to communicate bothwith other workers and clients, and it isthe experience that these interns are get-ting. It was a pleasure to see the effectalumnus Chris Kuszmaul had on one ofhis interns. She is extremely bright, veryanalytical and a bit rigid. When I met herin the site visit at NASA, she was mark-edly more relaxed, and expressive. Mysense is that the experience has allowedher to communicate more openly andfreely; something for which Kuszmaulwould modestly never take credit.

We plan to visit the West Coast again inthe fall for a bit of follow-up, but mainlyto talk to MIT Alumni who are interestedin hiring freshmen for summer internpositions. We appreciate any leads orcomments you may have. What makesthe program a win, win situation is thatfreshmen get the job experience, whilecompanies get to hire some of the bestfront end freshmen that MIT has to offer.That in itself is great publicity for yourcompany and for recruiting.

The MIT Parents Club of Northern California hosted a BBQ reception in Atherton for current students, alumni, and parents of incoming freshmen. The reception was held by MIT parents, Scott and Carolyn Feamsters.

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EntrepreneurFest ’98: A Culmination ofENTREPRENEURFEST ’98

Well everyone, I’d say that EntrepreneurFest '98 really put theexclamation point on a very successful year! We heard a keynoteaddress from MIT President Charles Vest. We honored MITentrepreneurs Jerry Burnett (Visionary Corporate Technology),Paul Cook (RayChem, SRI), Brian Hinman (Polycom), SuhasPatil (Cirrus Logic), Vivek Ranadive (TIBCO), and Howard Shao(Documentum). There were 20 private MIT start-up companiesout there demonstrating their products and services for a crowd of300 people, VC's getting dunked, great weather, T-shirts, and deli-cious food. Ahhh, what a day!

EntrepreneurFest '98 was very good for MITCNC. It celebratedMIT Entrepreneurship and brought people together. It gave us achance to showcase the success of the Venture Incubator and tellfolks what they can look forward to in the future.

I’m grateful to all who volunteered their time and efforts to helpmake the event a success. I would like to take this opportunity togive special recognition to those members of the EntrepreneurFest'98 Organizing Committee who took active leadership roles indriving this event forward: Paul Estey, Gus Tai, Reza Moazzami,

Ken Decanio, and Sang Park. Special thanks to Alex Chish-olm of Cambridge. Thanks also to Xerox PARC for provid-ing the wonderful facilities.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM-YEAR IN REVIEW

We began in the summer of 1997 by conducting two strategicplanning sessions in which we developed a mission statementand outlined goals for the Entrepreneurship Program:

“The mission of the MITCNC Entrepreneurship Programis to foster the success of MIT alumni/ae as entrepreneursthrough encouragement, education, and by bringing peo-ple together”

The SPOTLIGHT MIT '97: ENTREPRENEURSHIP dinnerbanquet which drew over 300 people to listen to MIT Chair-man Alex d’Arbeloff and the 3 winning teams from MIT’sbusiness plan competition, certainly helped get the year off toa good start and encourage entrepreneurship.


The 1997-98 Entrepreneurship ProgramThe success of the VENTURE INCUBATOR series, aimed ateducating new entrepreneurs and wanna-be entrepreneurs, dem-onstrated that there is a real need for this type of program.

Throughout the year, the ENTREPRENEURSHIP STEERINGCOMMITTEE has developed and guided the events and pro-grams that serve the MIT community. Our monthly meetingsalso serve as an informal networking vehicle for MIT entrepre-neurs.

WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 1998-1999:

We have already started planning for this coming year’s Entre-preneurship programs:

Tom Darbonne will continue his leadership of the VentureIncubator series and it will go forth under the name EnterpriseCrucible;

We will launch the new MFN, the MIT Founderís Network ,which will give MIT entrepreneurs who are currently guidingtheir companies forward, a forum in which to network and shareexperiences with each other.

We are trying to increase entrepreneurship in the East Bay,including general social/networking events. Our VP of Events-East Bay, David Daniels will be spearheading these efforts;

We are also focusing our efforts to develop a lifesciences entre-preneurship track for emerging biotech entrepreneurs and theircompanies. We hope that this year’s SPOTLIGHT '98:BIO-TECHNOLOGY event helps us to springboard this new pro-gram. Betsy O’Neill is the contact person for this track.

Finally, we will continue to maintain ties to the entrepreneur-ship resources at Cambridge (the Entrepreneurship Center, &Enterprise Forum), promote the Women’s Entrepreneurshiptrack, circulate job openings at start-ups, and keep people awareof what other local resources (MIT/Stanford Venture Lab, MITSloan Club, New Enterprise Forum, etc.) have to offer.

If you want to get involved with the Entrepreneurship Program,please contact me. We would welcome your participation in ourEntrepreneurship Program.

Fred LamVP Entrepreneurship 1998-1999

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Remember hockey in the Garden? WellI don’t! When I was in Boston, tickets tosee the Bruins were impossible to get.Well every year the Boston Bruins visitSan Jose for one game and we’ve gottickets!

This year the Bruins visit the San JoseShark tank on Sunday, October 18th at7:30 PM. This will be the home openerfor the Sharks. Last year they surpassednumerous team records to again enter theStanley Cup playoffs. And this year theyare expected to do even better.

We have a block of upper reserve seatsavailable Tickets are $39 for MITCNCmembers and guests, and $44 for non-members. Please send your check madeout to the MITCNC and self addressedstamped envelope right away. Otherwisewe may be forced to sell the tickets tothat other alumni organization fromhigher up the Charles.

Date/Time Location

SundayOct 18, 19987:30pm

San Jose Arena525 West Santa Clara StreetSan Jose, CA 95113



$44 Others

RSVP and Pre-Payment

John Shield G’893109 Sunset TerraceSan Mateo, CA [email protected](650) 573-9627

NHL: San Jose Sharks vs. Boston Bruins

Please join us in extending a warm wel-come to MIT’s newest graduates, theClass of 1998, to the Bay Area. AlumnusJohn Jarve ’78 and his wife have gener-ously offered their beautiful home inAtherton for a casual outdoor barbeque.

This is a great opportunity for alumni tomeet members of the MIT community in

the greater Bay Area (Berkeley, SanFrancisco, Peninsula, and Silicon Valley)and to find out what the Club has to offer.

If you know of any MIT alumni (not justnew graduates) who have recentlymoved into the Bay Area, please invitethem to come! MIT graduate students atStanford, Berkeley, and UCSF are espe-cially encouraged to seek out new fellowMIT students in their departments andinvite them to this event.

Plenty of food (accomodating vegetari-ans) and drinks will be served.

Directions:From 101, exit on Marsh Rd. Head westtowards El Camino Real. Go left onMiddlefield Rd. Near the intersection ofMiddlefield and Glenwood, turn left onLinden.

Date/Time Location

SaturdayOct 17, 199811:00am-2:00pm

Home of John Jarve87 Linden AvenueAtherton, CA

Cost Cash

FREE! Members of Class of ’98

$5 All Others


Sang Park ’[email protected](650) 428-1249

Annual Welcome Reception and BBQ for the Class of 1998

Did you know that theMITCNC has an electronicmailing list which we use toremind members of upcomingevents? Approximately everyother week, you’ll receive amessage with the latest infor-mation. To be subscribed, justensure that the MIT Alumni/ae Office has your emailaddress and knows that youare living in the Northern Cal-ifornia area. You can sendaddress updates to the MITAlumni/ae Office by emailing<[email protected]> (this is thepreferred contact method), orby phoning Alicia Kikuchi at: (617) 253-5205.


The most appealing view of the pyramid isfrom Columbus Ave at Kearny Street (on theedge of Chinatown) where you can combineit with the copper-plated turret of the Colum-bus Tower building (Courtesy of PhotoSe-crets.com).

Tour of the San Francisco Transamerica PyramidBuilt in 1972, the Transamerica Buildingbecame an instant icon on the San Fran-cisco skyline. Now 25 years old, thebuilding continues to command the toprents in the City.

Our tour of the Transamerica Pyramidwill be led by Andrew T. Segal, VicePresident of LaSalle Partner’s San Fran-cisco operations, who directs all aspectsof leasing and management for the760,000 square foot Transamerica build-ing. Mr. Segal will be joined by Sean S.Ohno, General Manager, and Robert W.Scott, Vice President and Regional Man-ager, of LaSalle Partner’s Northern Cali-fornia.

After the tour, we will eat lunch and dis-cuss this unique building and how it fitsin the San Francisco office market. Wewill also learn about LaSalle’s invest-ment portfolio in California. The eventcost includes lunch.

Date/Time Location

WednesdaySep 16, 199811:45am

LaSalle Partner’s Office600 Montgomery Street 4th FloorSan Francisco

Cost Check/Credit Card

$30 Prepaid Members

$35 All Others


Libby SeifelMITREA c/o Seifel Associates220 Montgomery Street Suite 448San Francisco, CA 94104(415) 989-1244(415) 989-1245 (FAX)

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Ogrydziak Architects specializes in progressive, program-specific architecture.The firm concentrates on innovative architectural solutions, within the param-eters of a given project. In opposition to an increasingly generic built environ-ment, we emphasize creativity and "play" in our work. Each project representsa unique intersection of client, program, budget, and site -- provoking anequally unique architectural language, symbolically appropriate to the specificcircumstances. The single rule which binds all projects is a rigorous demandfor internal consistency within each project. The firm operates at a range ofbudgets and scales, often creating "symbolic" rchitecture with limited meansand/or non-traditional materials. We believe that significant works of architec-ture are always experimental, rooted in the process of making Architecture.

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12 FALL 1998

Are you a movie buff? Do you want tobe one? Come and join other MITalumni and friends who are movie buffsand movie buffs-wanna-be’s. MITCNCis now holding monthly movie outings inSan Francisco and the South Bay.

In the South Bay, every second Sundayof each month is Sunday Matinee. Apre-movie brunch gives late risers achance to fill their stomach before catch-ing a blockbuster matinee.

In San Francisco, every third Saturday ofeach month is Saturday Night Cinema,featuring artistic and foreign films in SanFrancisco’s historical repertoire theaters.After the film, we willexplore one of the localrestaurants to eat, drinkand discuss the film.The announcement ofthe film and locationwill be on the Club’sweb site.

Date/Time Location

SundaySep 13, 1998Noon

China Valley355 State StreetLos Altos, CA 94022(650) 941-9898

Date/Time Location

SundayOct 11, 1998Noon

Babbo’s Pizzeria717 Stanford Shopping MallPalo Alto, CA 94304(650) 321-1488

Date/Time Location

SundayNov 8, 1998Noon

Fumiyoshi Restaurant1991 W El Camino RealMountain View, CA 94040(650) 969-9990

Date/Time Location

SundayDec 13, 1998Noon

Douce France93 Town And Country VlgPalo Alto, CA 94301(650) 322-3601


Sramana Mitra G’[email protected]

Movie Mania: Saturday Night Cinema and Sunday Matinee

Hecuba tells the story of the ill-fatedwidow of King Priam, slain ruler ofTroy, who in exile designs a master planto wreak vengeance on those who soughtto wipe out her family and her civiliza-tion. Set in a mystical Thrace circa 1,400b.c.e., Hecuba speaks in timeless wordsof justice, forgiveness, and humanity.

Before the play, dinner will be at City-scape, the SFO Hilton’s 46th floor withspectacular 360-degree view of the cityand the Bay. Cityscape can be reached at(415) 923-5002. SFO Hilton is locatedat 333 O’Farrell Street -- just around thecorner from the Geary Theater. Dress issemi-formal.

Date/Time Location

SaturdayOct 24, 1998

5:30pm8:00pm

Geary TheaterSan Franciscohttp://www.act-sfbay.org/Dinner (Cityscape in Hilton)Play (Geary Theater)

Cost Make check payable to MITCNC

$37 All


Ravi [email protected](650) 325-5278 (Home)(650) 725-1683 (Office) PO Box 8961Stanford, CA 94309RSVP deadline:September 14, 1998Please send SASE for tickets

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Explore some of the most beautiful trea-sures of San Francisco, the murals ofMission Street!

This tour will start with a slide show ofthe history of murals on Mission Street.After some historical perspective, wewill begin on a 2-hour walking tour tosee the murals in person. Wear comfort-able walking shoes.

Date/Time Location

SaturdaySep 19, l9981:00pm

348 Prectia AvenueSan Francisco

Cost Make check payable to MITCNC

Free! All


Monika Gorkani G’[email protected]

Murals of the Mission, Treasures of SF

Join us on Saturday, February 20, 1999 when West Bay Opera pre-sents Bizet’s passionate opera Carmen in French with Englishsupertitles. Carmen is considered the most popular work in thewhole opera repertory. Carmen’s superlative, lyrical music andcompelling story about the fervent actions and disastrous fate of aman caught in the web of a woman of intoxicating beautry andseductive charms reach out to audiences worldwide. You’ll be spell-bound from beginning to end.

Date/Time Location

SaturdayFeb 20, 1999

7:15pm Reception8:15pm Opera

Lucie Stern TheatreMiddlefield Road at Melville in Palo AltoCommunity RoomTheatre



$38 Other/At-Door


Janet Grosser ’581016 Lemon StreetMenlo Park, CA 94025(650) 321-0444

West Bay Opera presents Carmen!

(L to R) Rachel Louis Michelberg as Carmen, and Benoit Gendron as DonJose. Photo by John Todd.

MITCNC will host a reception for alumni and friends priorto the performance. Dress is semi-formal. Seats are lim-ited, so order yours early. Please send SASE for tickets.

Most of the murals are remembered images fromthe homelands left behind for one reason oranother (the Mission is overwhelmingly Hispanic,but unlike So. Cal., it's not overwhelmingly Mex-ican, but Central American, and South American).

• Courtesy of Sadio O’ http://sadieo.ucsf.edu/sf/murals/murals.html

14 FALL 1998

Sunday HikesDate/Time Location

SundaySep 20, 199810:00 am

Pinnacles National Monument8 mi, 1500’+ climb

Tall stone spires, canyons and caves, caves, caves. Spectacular scenery, and NO FLOODING -- what more could you ask for! All-day out-of-town trip RSVP required!

Date/Time Location

SundayOct 18, 199810:00 am

Windy Hill Open Space Preserve8 mi, 1100’ climb

Skyline Ridge trip descends to Corte Mad-era creek. Combines ridgetop views with fall colors.

Date/Time Location

SundayNov 15, 199810:00 am

Castle Rock State Park6 mi, 800’ climb

Crawl around in Sandstone caves at Castle Rock and Goat Rock. Nice views, pretty woods, interesting rock formations


Jim Reich ’[email protected](650) 969-4558NOTE: These hikes are getting on into the rainy season -- please check the website after 830A on the morning of the hike for weather cancellations.http://home.earthlink.net/~jreich/mithikes.htmDate/Time Location

MondaysSep 28, 1998Oct 26, 1998Nov 23, 19987:30pm Lesson9:00pm Dance

Alberto’s Night Club736 Dana StreetMountain Viewhttp://www.albertos.com

Cost Pay cash at site

$12 Lesson, party, and drinkFree Drink for MIT Alumni

$7 Party and drink only


Sramana Mitra G’[email protected]

Argentine Tango at Alberto’s Night Club

Socialize, have fun and network withother professionals all at the same time.Learn to dance one of the world’s classi-est and most passionate dances: the sen-

sual Argentine Tango! No need to RSVP,and no partner necessary. All levels ofexperience are welcome. Bring yourfriends!

Don’t know how to dance? Dancingalone isn’t fun? Learn ballroom danc-ing... Waltz, Foxtrot, Rhumba, Cha Cha,Swing, Hustle, and more. No need toRSVP, and no partner necessary. All lev-els of experience are welcome. Bringyour friends!

Date/Time Location

FridaySep 11, 19987:00pm

Starlite Ballroom1160 N. Fair Oaks Ave Sunnyvale(408) 745-7827

Date/Time Location

FridayOct 2, 19987:30pm

Metronome Ballroom1830 17th Street at De HaroSan Francisco(415) 252-9000

Date/Time Location

FridayNov 20, 19987:00pm

Starlite Ballroom1160 N. Fair Oaks Ave Sunnyvale(408) 745-7827


$6 Lesson and party


Waldemar [email protected]

Ballroom Dance Lessons & Party

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Happy Hour in Sunnyvale

Happy Hour in Menlo Park

Happy Hour in Palo Alto

Date/Time Location

ThursdaySep 17, 19987:00 pm

Faultline Brewing Company1235 Oakmead ParkwaySunnyvale


Melissa Kwok ’95(408) 467-1200 [email protected]

Date/Time Location

ThursdayOct 15, 19987:00 pm

BBC1090 El Camino RealMenlo Park



Date/Time Location

ThursdayNov 19, 19987:00 pm

Blue Chalk630 RamonaPalo Alto



MITCNC Happy Hours“Drink Rum, Drink Rum, Drink Rum All Day and Come Along With Us...”

The State Dance of California WestCoast Swing is a dance that developed inthe 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s and is derivedfrom Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, and EastCoast Swing which are all enjoying aresurgence due to the popularity of theRetro Swing Bands such as Big BadVodoo Daddy, Squirrel Nut Zippers, andRoyal Crown Revue.

What’s the Difference? West CoastSwing (WCS) evolved in LA at the insti-gation of Dean Collins in order to makeit easier to Film swing dancing. Conse-quently WCS is a slotted dance in whichthe partners dance in a linear slot(approximately 2ft wide by 5 ft. long)where they exchange places as part ofeach pattern, as opposed to Lindy wherethe partners constantly circle while danc-

ing (makingit very hardand dizzy-ing to film).

West CoastSwing isalso moretraditionalldone toslower andmore mod-ern musicsuch as R&B, Blues, Jazz, Rock, andeven Countryand and some Disco, asopposed to old big band music (althoughyo can do it that also if its at a goodtempo). So you can dance WCS to yourfavorite music and you’re not limited tothe old stuff.

West Coast Swing is also an open dancewhere each of the partners has their ownpart which they can modify, style, andinterpret, so you are not limited to themirror patterns of traditional Ballroomand Latin dancing.

Sound good? Want to Learn More? Noneed to RSVP, and no partner necessary.All levels of experience are welcome.Bring your friends!

Directions: 101 N or S to Third AvenueExit in San Mateo. West on Third Ave-nue until you hit North B Street North onNorth B Street The Club is on your rightabout a mile up after the shopping centeron the left. It’s at the top of Beardsley’sat the Peninsula Social Club

Date/Time Location

WednesdaySep 16, 1998

7:00pm8:00pm9:00pm

Peninsula Social Club100 North B StreetSan Mateo(510) 886-3487Beginner LessonInterm./Advanced LessonsGeneral Dancing


$7 Lesson and party


Peter [email protected] Swing info available at:http://www.peterk.com/Docs/Interest/Dance/wcs.html

West Coast Swing Dance Lessons & Parties

New mailing list: [email protected]

An unmoderated, open mailing list is now available so that members can subscribethemselves to it. This is to help people organize impromtu get-togethers with otherMIT alumni/ae without having formal, organized events planned months inadvance. But any formal, organized events will be publicized to *both* the mainclub list <[email protected]> and this social list.

To subscribe, send email to [email protected], with the text "sub-scribe mitcnc-social YOUR-EMAIL-ADDRESS" in the body (not subject line!) of themessage. Do NOT send subscription requests to the mailing list itself, only to the-request address.

16 FALL 1998

San Francisco Symphony: Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony

Sylvain Cambreling conductor Nikolai Lugansky piano Boulez Notations I-IV (SFS premiere)Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Mozart Symphony No. 41, Jupiter Reservations due by September 15

For musical excitement, nothingmatches what you will hear in San Fran-cisco’s Davies Symphony Hall. OnOctober 10th, Mozart’s musical energyand passion will be unleashed as theguest conductor Sylvain Cambreling andthe pianist Nikolai Lugansky join a hostof world-class musicians of the SanFrancisco Symphony Orchestra in heart-felt performance of Mozart’s SymphonyNo. 41, or the Jupiter Symphony. Alsoon the program are Grieg’s Piano Con-certo in A minor and the San FranciscoSymphony premier of Boulez’s Nota-tions I-IV.

This will be great evening, which we willstart by having a cabaret style dinner atVivande Ristorante from 5:30pm to7:30pm. Dress is semi-formal.

Vivande Ristorante, an Italian restaurant,is located at 670 Golden Gate Avenue, inOpera Plaza San Francisco, CA 94102Tel: (415) 673-9245, Fax: (415) 673-2160. From the Opera Plaza, the restau-rant is entered through a mini Roman-style courtyard, where our reception willbe held.

The $45 price includes: a cabaret styledinner, two glasses of wine, plus tax andgratuities. The final details of the menuwill be sent by email and posted to theMITCNC Web site at a later date.

A secure parking garage with attendantson duty is conveniently located withinthe Opera Plaza, which fills the blockbounded by Van Ness Avenue and Fran-klin; enter from Turk Street or GoldenGate Avenue. Parking will be dis-counted 50% (to $7) with the restaurantvalidation.

We hope you can be a part of this MITClub night at the San Francisco Sym-phony! These events have a cap of 30people each.

Date/Time Location

SaturdayOctober 10, 19986:00 pm8:00 pm

Davies Symphony Hall

DinnerSymphony


$90 Pre-paid Active Member$45 per person for the symphony and $45 per person for the cabaret style dinner at Vivande Ristorante


Alex Sherstinsky, Ph.D. ‘[email protected](650)572-5804Please send your checks toAlex Sherstinsky FaceTime Communications, Inc. 1155 Triton Drive, Suite A Foster City, CA 94404 Include your email address and phone num-ber for the confirmation.

Attend a special In-Line skating clinicjust for MIT alumni. This clinic is taughtby Liz Miller, author of “California In-Line Skating, The Complete Guide to the

Best Places to Skate.” For a descriptonof Liz's clinic, check out her web page at:http://www.getrolling.com/sk8class.html

Skill Level: From never tried it to inter-mediate. EVERYBODY will start offwith a discussion on injury free skatingand a serious lesson on using the heelbrake so it really works. To maximizethe effectiveness of the instruction, wewish to limit the event to adults only,please. Attendance is limited.

All students required to supply ownskates, wear helmet, wrist guards, knee/elbow pads. Rentals are available at AnyMountain in the Market Place shoppingcenter nearby at the corner of Bollingerand Alcosta Blvds. in San Ramon.

What to bring besides gear: Somethingto drink, sun screen, a picnic lunch,stretchy loose-fitting clothes (jeans areuncomfortable under knee pads)

Handouts will be provided by Liz,including “Learn to Love Your Heel-brake,” and “Don’t Be a Cheapskate:How to Shop for Your First Pair of In-Line Skates.”

Directions: Exit 680 at Bollinger CanyonRoad in San Ramon. Head east to thestop light Alcosta Blvd. and turn left.Pass the Community Park and Firesta-tion until you reach the entrance to IronHorse Middle School on the left. Park tothe left of the entrance, where we’llmeet. We’ll skate in the new basketballcourts and in the park.

Date/Time Location

SaturdaySep 19, 19989:30 pm-Noon

Iron Horse Middle School, San Ramon (famous Iron Horse trail runs alongside it)




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