Dear alumni,
We will be having a Special RoundTable "Social Network & Startup" gathering this Thursday Jan 13th with our special guest Raymond Yang 杨镭 (Tsinghua Electrical 78) to be our Mentor.
It's a great opportunity to meet Raymond Yang, get his advice, ask questions and discuss "Social Network and how to fund your startup".
Seat is very limited, please reply to echarliechao@yahoo.com with your Class/Year/Expertise/current company & position to register. The location/agenda will be provided to registrants later. Thank you.
RoundTable Coordinator
Mentor Profile:
Mr. Raymond Yang 杨镭 is the founding partner and Managing Director of WestSummit Capital Management, which focuses on the global technology PE investment with China Angle. Prior to WestSummit Capital, he was the Managing Partner of Navi Capital Partner, a fund dedicated to growth stage companies in China in TMT, health care, clean tech, etc. areas. Mr. Yang is also the founding partner of Taishan Angel Invest fund, one of most succssful institutional angel funds in China. .
Before that Mr. Yang was a venture partner at Northern Light Venture Capital, and was managing a US$120 million venture fund. He has made investment of a number of deals in Internet, wireless value-added service, IT media and consumer products sectors.
Mr. Yang has built reputable leadership and in-depth industry knowledge over the past sixteen years in the Internet, wireless, IT, new media and telecommunication sectors in China. He joined Linktone (NASDAQ:LTON) in March 2003 as CEO to handle a turn-around situation, eleven months later he turned the company into a high profitable and high growth business and took the company to the IPO on NASDAQ, and created the first "Chinese wireless entertainment company on NASDAQ". Linktone has given its investors over twenty folds return. Linktone has also, under the leadership of Mr. Yang, worked with China Hunan Satellite TV Station to create famous Chinese Super Girl Show.
Before joining Linktone, he had followed a career as a senior executive and entrepreneur at several high-technology companies in Silicon Valley U.S. and China. He was the founder and CEO of RivalWatch, Inc., a California-based startup providing competitive intelligence for retailers and manufacturers; Founder and CEO of Saratoga Technology International, a China-based voicemail and short messaging services (SMS) company, a strategic partner of Boston Technology Corporation; general manager of INFA Telecom, a subsidiary of Hong Kong New World Telephone; a senior technical member of a special development team for next-generation telecommunications products at Centigram Communication; and Asea Brown Boveri (ABB). Mr. Yang holds a BS from Tsinghua University and a MS from the Graduate School of China Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI).
杨镭是前掌上灵通CEO，他在十一个月里，使得一个濒临危机的企业带向了赢利及高速成长并将公司带上了纳斯达克(NASDAQ)使公司市值整整翻了20多倍从而成为纳斯达克"中国无线娱乐概念第一股"。他前后用了三年里，将公司规模从原来的70人扩展到了近800多人，旗下包括四个控股公司,任职三年间公司始终保持高速上升趋势并致力于打造一个"跨媒体，跨平台的'无线百老汇'".他带领掌上灵通与湖南卫视合作2005年度"超级女声"更是蜚声海内外，奠定了SP行业整合营销的龙头地位。
他先后连续被媒体和各类组织评选为"中国十大杰出CEO";中国IT十大财经人物"; "2005新经济年度人物"等称号。在他带领下的掌上灵通也获得诸多奖项如，"成长最快的十强民营上市企业"， "中国生活方式最佳无线增值品牌"等，并被《财富》杂志以及CCTV评为"2005年中国最佳雇主"。
杨镭于2006年离开掌上灵通而后加入北极光创投现任投资合伙人, 曾参与掌管1.2亿美金的投资。前后参与十几个互联网，无线增值，IT，媒体，传统消费项目的投资。 杨镭还同时是一位活跃的天使投资人，并在近期被《第一财经》评为2007最佳天使投资人。
Regarding RoundTable
Built on "Friendship, Sharing and Mentorship". RoundTable enables participant to get connected on the same expertise & interest, share their respective know-how, brainstorm for new business models & solution; receive advice from our invited Mentors.
RoundTable gathering is a long term connection network. Every group gets together regularly to share recent industry news, trends and continue to meet more friends with the same expertise. Seasoned Mentors are invited to our gathering giving our participants new thoughts & advice on the career path. We present our ideas and get feedback from Mentors and participants. Cross-discipline discussion are well encouraged to explore potential markets.
Each gathering is limited to a small number of group for efficient networking. Originated by Tsinghua, we welcome other school alumni to join us to strengthen your career path.
Current Eight Elite RoundTable Groups are:
Clean Tech/ Green Energy
RF, Analog & Mixed-Signal
SOC/ASIC/DSP
Bio & Medical Devices
Internet Software
EDA & Embedded Software
Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship
Telecomm & Network Communication
Join RoundTable on LinkedIn
RoundTable gathering is a long term connection network. Every group gets together regularly to share recent industry news, trends and continue to meet more friends with the same expertise. Seasoned Mentors are invited to our gathering giving our participants new thoughts & advice on the career path. We present our ideas and get feedback from Mentors and participants. Cross-discipline discussion are well encouraged to explore potential markets.
Each gathering is limited to a small number of group for efficient networking. Originated by Tsinghua, we welcome other school alumni to join us to strengthen your career path.
Current Eight Elite RoundTable Groups are:
Clean Tech/ Green Energy
RF, Analog & Mixed-Signal
SOC/ASIC/DSP
Bio & Medical Devices
Internet Software
EDA & Embedded Software
Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship
Telecomm & Network Communication
Join RoundTable on LinkedIn
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