Calendar

This calendar focuses on business and community events
of particular interest to Friend and Champion,
with a focus on southern Alameda County.

 

May
5
Sat
Tech Talk 2018 @ Delta Products Corp
May 5 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

 

Peter Hsieh is the General Partner of Acorn Pacific Ventures, and one of the few venture capitalists that has about 10 years of direct venture capital experience in Silicon Valley, and another 10 years of the same in China.

Diana Ding is the founder & CEO of Ding Ding TV, 1st Chinese American Internet TV, content and connection for Global Entrepreneurs. As a Silicon Valley media entrepreneur and business development & Operations Leader, Diana specializes in: Innovative Media Meets Smart Marketing.

David Jeng is the Chief Strategy Officer, Wintec and a member of the Board for Wintec. Prior to this role, David served as Vice President of the Retail division where he pivoted the business to a scalable business model. David also served as Vice President of Operations in which he oversaw the logistics and operating portions of the business.

Johnson Jeng is Founder @ StartPad.co , Klear Bottle, Elium, who is a brand and marketing specialist, a Silicon Valley Accelerator. Johnson has helped raised more than 20M+ on crowdfunding and help launched more than 60 products globally. Johnson currently advises startups on growth hacking, scaling, product design, and manufacturing.

Vince Wang is the founder of Vincent W. Enterprises LLC who runs/owns multiple E-Commerce brands and do marketing for a bunch of companies.

Sheena Chang is the Vice President of the global headquarter of Vantec Thermal Technologies in Fremont founded in 1993. Vantec established Taiwan branch office in 2001 and Shenzhen in 2007. Vantec is a leading brand of computer accessories that provides a complete line of Storage, Thermal, and Mobile solutions.

Chico Wu is co-Founder of FootPrintKu who is an entrepreneur with over a decade of hands-on engagement in the EDA field. As the design captain, Chico led PalPilot’s design division to record growth by focusing on value creation. Pinpointing challenges caused by manual processes, he co-founded FootPrintKu to increase representation of active automation in hardware design by harnessing robots and adaptive learning in hopes to transform EDA library development.

Wei-Fu Hsu was former Corporate Vice President and General Counsel of MediaTek, Inc. until late 2016. He joined MediaTek in late 2003 and has since built up the MediaTek’s legal department to become one.

Kai Chen is the Founder & Managing Director of OceanIQ Capital. As the company head, his primary role is to provide strategic vision, investment advisory, and relationship management. He started his investment management career at Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management, specializing in asset allocation and investment strategies. He later spent 12 years at Credit Suisse and was most recently a Director and Relationship Manager.

Peggy Fong is is the CFO/COO of Gaatu. She is a senior executive with extensive experience in finance, operations, product plans, sales & marketing and executive functions. Peggy has experienced in VC funded, public and privately held companies. Peggy has worked in all sizes of organizations from early start up to multi-billion global organizations with experiences in both IPO and M&A, including COO / CFO of Fetch Robotics.

 

 

May
9
Wed
Fremont Mixer – TechCU @ Technology Credit Union
May 9 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

 

Technology Credit Union is a not-for-profit full service financial institution operated for the benefit of our members, not stockholders. We invest our resources to deliver lower rates, outstanding service and a wide array of products and services.

 

May
10
Thu
Startup Grind – Sramana Mitra – Virtual Accelerator @ Peerbuds Innovation Labs
May 10 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Startup Grind Fremont – Sramana Mitra
Founder of World’s Largest Virtual Accelerator

Sramana Mitra is the founder of One Million by One Million (1Mby1M), a global virtual accelerator that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy, and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma. Sramana has a master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2015, Sramana was named one of LinkedIn’s Top 10 Influencers.

About Sramana Mitra

Sramana Mitra is the founder of One Million by One Million (1Mby1M), a global virtual accelerator that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy, and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma. Sramana has a master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2015, Sramana was named one of LinkedIn’s Top 10 Influencers.

 

May
11
Fri
Fremont Street Eats “First Bite” @ Downtown Fremont - the Place to Be
May 11 @ 6:00 pm

 

Street Eats is open from 4:30 PM to 9:00 PM.

First Bite ceremony is at 6:00 PM.

May
15
Tue
Leadership Fremont 2018 Graduation @ Washington West
May 15 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Join the Fremont Chamber of Commerce and the Leadership Fremont Class of 2018 as we celebrate their graduation from the program.

Keynote speaker: Fremont Police Captain Kim Petersen

Agenda

  • Welcome and Lunch
  • Class Project Presentation
  • Graduation Ceremony

Buffet lunch includes vegetarian option.

$28 per person (member price)
$40 per person (non-member price)

May
19
Sat
Kids’n’Kites Festival 2018 @ Fremont Central Park near Aqua Adventure Park
May 19 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
May
26
Sat
4th Annual Burger and Brew Fest @ Downtown Fremont - the Place to Be
May 26 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

The Burger & Brew Fest was created to celebrate the variety of craft breweries in northern CA. The 4th annual event happening on May 26th will feature:

  • sampling from bay area breweries
  • mouthwatering burgers and sliders
  • gourmet snack vendors
  • local business booths, art and craft vendors
  • live entertainment
    including The Burger Throwdown – a burger cooking competition.

This is one tasty fest you won’t want to miss!

Apr
4
Thu
Get More Done With Ease @ Fremont Chamber of Commerce
Apr 4 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

“Time Management” is a concern of everyone these days. We all want to be more effective in how we use our time.

“Productive” – “Effective” – “Focused” – “Intentional”

Whatever label you put on “time management”, ultimately you just want more time to enjoy more of life.

This workshop will empower you do just that.

You will learn …

  • The five most powerful words to give yourself more time every day.
  • Three ways technology is robbing you of time,
    and
    what to do about it!
  • Five specific tactics to make every day easier and more satisfying.

and you will …

  • Understand why improved productivity is your key to living the life of your dreams.

 

Bonus: Do More to Win!

 

Be one of the first people anywhere to witness the unveiling of a smart tool that can help you easily achieve more in less time every day.

This web-based app promises to help you stay focused on what needs doing every day so you’ll have more time and energy for what you want most from life.

 

You don’t want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime event!