Did you know that Hawaii imports 85% of its food?

The Farm To Table Lunch will be a highlight of Day Two’s Sustainability Day.  A private, invite only gathering of tech, green and business leaders who will come together for a lunch that’s 100% locally sourced in Hawaii to raise awareness of Hawaii’s effort to support sustainability.

SHARE YOUR TABLE is an intimate gathering place for food aficionados of all levels – an open “table” that’s as much about celebrating the rich diversity of traditions as it is about pleasing the palate.  Guided by the culinary lens of people who are passionate about food, SYT endeavors to be a delicious place of inspiration for both the enthusiastic home cook and for those who just love to eat. By sharing what we eat, how we eat, and where we eat, SYT hopes to foster a deeper appreciation and understanding of the diverse communities and lifestyles that make our Islands so wonderful.

SYT is a production of First Daughter MediaWorks, Inc., the creators of numerous award winning culinary television series, including The Kitchen Sessions with Charlie Trotter and Hawaii Cooks with Roy Yamaguchi.

We are a multiplatform endeavor with partnerships with Oceanic Time Warner Cable and The Honolulu Advertiser.

Entrepreneurs get a window into the secret world of venture capital. This session is led by Larry Chiang who studies the venture industry and writes about it from the point of view of an entrepreneur. He moderates a panel of VC experts. Bring your notepad and expect a session chock full of nuggets.

Read 9 VCs You Don’t Want to Meet,
Blunders of the VC Turned Entrepreneur,
10 Biggest Mistakes Made During Fundraising and
10 VCs and Their FICO Score.

When: 11:15 – 12:15, Nov 5

Where: Marriott Waikiki

Moderator: Larry Chiang , Duck9.com
Panelist: Dave McClure, Founders Fund
Panelist: Serkan Toto, TechCrunch
Panelist: Rebecca Fannin (Author-Silicon Dragon, International Editor-AVCJ)
Panelist: Dan Martell, Flowtown.com
Panelist: Valto Loikkanen, GrowVC

Description: Entrepreneurs, angels and VCs all doling out secrets they’ve learned from the trenches. This lightning round robin of tips will include bite size tid-bits of insider techniques, strategies and ideas on what entrepreneurs need to prepare when courting VCs.

Keep up with the conversation at Twitter #vcSecrets

2009 TC 50 Winner: Red Beacon

As seen on CNN, WSJ and Hawaii NBC 8

*** THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT ***
Waitlist yourself by texting, “Waitlist for Nov 5″ to 650-283-8008
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Note: You do not need an MBA or college degree to attend.

Knowledge gained here will ABSOLUTELY pay for your trip.

In this all-day workshop, I show 23+ ways to leverage other people’s work, get credit for other people’s experience and use other people’s money. If this sounds a bit devious because we are hijacking other people’s stuff, you are correct.

Hijacking is like hacking up code or engineering a better solution. I will reveal how engineers can hack entrepreneurship and sales. Avoid the catch 22’s that keep nerds, minorities, women and even MBAs from getting a business up and going. My name is Larry Chiang and I want you in my all-day workshop.

My goal is to have this workshop be your entire trip’s ROI.

Specifically, I will tactically show you how to

- Leverage other people’s momentum (by doing a sequel to a company, book or film you did not create) (Ch 3 of my book)

- Learn from other people experience by getting superstar, junior and co-hort mentors (Ch 5 of my book)

- Get access to other people’s money. There will be a VC panel: “Venture Capital Secrets”

- Cut and Paste other people’s work (Ch 3)

– WORK a CONFERENCE: Booth Sales (lead generation, tag team selling and getting expo visitors into the red zone) and Speaking to Get Deals (Ch 6)

- How to close a deal via Voicemail (from GigaOm article)

- How to Tip, Bribe, Comp and Tip your way past 100 Stanford MBA’s (POOLSIDE 2:20pm)

*** THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT ***
Waitlist yourself by texting, “Waitlist for Nov 5″ to 650-283-8008

Follow on Twitter @rethinkHawaii and @larryChiang. Remember, my book’s chapters are reprinted free at a website called BusinessWeek

NBC 8, KHNL

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What They Don’t Teach You At Business School
Date: Nov 5, 2009

8:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast of Champions Reception (recommended)

9:00 – 9:45 Mentorship. How to leverage OPK (Other People’s Knowledge)

9:50 – 11:10 Cut and Paste Other People’s Work – Building on other people’s Momentum

11:15 – 12:15 VC Secrets Panel

12:15 Lunch is for Wussies

12:45 – 1:10 How to Sell at a Conference for Engineers (Booth sales, floor whoring, work a cocktail party, speak at conferences)

1:10 – 2:00 How to work the phone for press and PR hits. Read GigaOm, “How to Close a Deal Via Voicemail”

2:20 – 3:30 {POOLSIDE} “Tipping, Bribing, Comping and Tipping“. Invaluable advice to outflank those more talented than you at a conference.

4:00 -5:15 “How to Pitch”. Moderated by Dave McClure and Dan Martell

5:15 – 9:30 The VIP experience. A separate ticket is required

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Startup2Startup is a group of Silicon Valley geeks, entrepreneurs, & investors dedicated to educating and helping the next generation of internet startups. We meet monthly over dinner to discuss relevant topics in technology & entrepreneurship, connect with new people & companies, and share our knowledge & experience.

Co-founder Dave McClure will be hosting a Startup2Startup dinner during [re]think : Hawaii. More details to come on the keynote speaker and theme for this upcoming dinner.

The Social Media Business Summit will offer solutions to social media marketing challenges for businesses of all sizes. From “mom and pop” shops to large enterprises, there is an urgent need for businesses that want to be or remain successful to develop a social media marketing strategy. Web 2.0 technology has transformed the interactions between company and customer and those organizations that don’t adapt will be left behind.

Rick Calvert, founder and CEO and Jim Turner, Social Media Director of BlogWorld & New Media Expo return to Hawaii following the So Much More Hawaii tour for [re]think : Hawaii and a one day corporate retreat featuring speakers, panels and case studies on how businesses across various sectors are integrating social media into their corporate strategy.

Startonomics is a one-day workshop designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs on how to create simple, actionable metrics; and how to use them to make better product and marketing decisions for long-term growth and startup success.

This peer conference format was launched in Silicon Valley in 2008 and has been held in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Beijing and Europe this fall.

On the “technology” day of [re]think : Hawaii, Dave McClure will be leading Startonomics : Hawaii with an all-star line up of tech entrepreneurs and investors both speaking and in attendance to connect and rethink the tech sector going into 2010.

Startonomics Hawaii Agenda

8:00 – 9:00
Hawaiian Style Breakfast

9:00 – 9:45

Startonomics Hawaii Welcome + Startup Metrics For Pirate
Dave McClure, Founders Fund
This is a 5-step model for creating a metrics framework for your business & customers, and how to apply it to your product & marketing efforts. The “pirate” part comes from the 5 steps: Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Referral, & Revenue (AARRR!)

9:45 – 10:30
Creating Something from Nothing: Product Management for V1 Products
Dan Olsen, YourVersion
Creating a brand new V1 product from scratch has unique challenges compared to just making improvements to an existing product. This talk will cover best practices in V1 Product Management including: understanding customer needs, problem space vs. solution space, user interface design principles, prioritization, and metrics.

10:30 – 11:00
Kona Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:45
Design 101 For Startups
Jason Putorti, Mint.com
Everyone knows good design is important, but not how to create it or why it matters so much. This talk will focus on several ways you can use the power of design, branding, and usability to build a defensible business advantage for your startup.

11:45 – 12:30
Building Web Properties That Convert
Dan Martell, Flowtown

12:30 – 2:00
Lunch
Entrepreneurs Wanted

2:00 – 2:45
Sit, Stay, Click! User Engagement & Retention
Ted Rheingold, Dogster.com / Catster.com

2:45 – 3:30
Scalability For Startups
Frank Mashraqi, Xgraph

[re]think : Hawaii kicks off on Sunday, November 1st at sunset at the Marriott Waikiki Beach Resort & Spa. The evening will feature an introduction to Hawaiian culture, music, food and traditions. [re]think attendees from around the world will have the opportunity to meet each other as well as local Hawaiian business and community leaders.

Stay tuned as we add details in the coming weeks on special keynote guests, performances and menus!