Silicon Valley Leaders At Global Tech Symposium

Would love to get a ticket. I'll be in town from Portland and it'd be a great event to do a some good learning and networking.

I'd love to have one measly little ticket.

Tom,

I'd really appreciate the opportunity to attend - sounds like a fantastic educational event, and as a currently underemployed tech executive I would certainly value the networking opportunity. Thanks for your consideration.

-Steve

I'd love to have the opportunity to go! I'm a senior at Emory University, I worked at Lehman Brothers over the summer, and got fired before I started full time. I started a non-profit organization in college and I'm extremely interested in working in silicon valley as an entrepreneur. I'm working at a fund of funds focused on venture capital and I think this would be an invaluable experience for me!!

Either way, thanks for the offer, it sounds like it'll be an awesome lineup!

One ticket please....:)

Ever since the early 80's I've been interested in tech. I still remember staying up all hours of the night coding a magenta ball to bounce - the "hard drive" was a tape recorder...ouch. Well, tech certainly has come a long way. Apple and MSFT were started during challenging times and with todays environment there is also significant opportunity. I've launched, with some new friends, an exploratory idea exchange about today, tomorrow, and beyond - with topics addressing how technology, social trends, and global concerns will emerge and/or evolve

I've learned quite a bit through your thought leader series and spend time working through the TED presentations online. Well despite these challenging times we will pull through. Hearing from some of the folks that have assembled for this event is a great opportunity to calibrate my thinking and possibly share what's on my mind.

if I had a ticket
i'd be Stanford bound
on a neural pathway exercise
with dynamite in my hand

fantastic offer, awesome lineup, thank you!

sorry, not literally : ) !

Pick Me; Pick Me! Why?
1) We need more 'femme' voices in the overall equation
2) I have a great platform and nascent portal for teaching women about finance. (we need more of that, too) http://vator.tv/pitch/show/thefinancial911-for-women
3) I live down the street in Woodside so I won't be missing any planes or trains to get to the event! Heck, I could even ride my horse there.
4) I re-Tweet your posts ;)

It's difficult to decide. Would anyone be willing to write up a short post about what was the most interesting panel or experience they had at the conference?

Hmmm . . . very interesting Tom.

Thought I'd try again Tom,

I need to be at the GTS to observe, network and report on discussions (or lack of discussions) around business / revenue / pricing models and targeted paths to profit.

I am a huge fan and careful study of value propositions . . . the good, bad, ugly and then those rare game changers that really stand out.

I am also working on a venture that I am confident GTS will provide some insight that may warrant some minor adjustments or reveal I am right on track.

Thanks for your consideration.

Respectfully,

Chris Hopf

Thanks to everyone, I wish I had a hundred tickets to give out. I gave them to some youngsters, I figure they are the ones that will be creating the next generation of startups...

I am sure you'll likely take this post down, but this is a comment for you.

They are your tickets, and I have completely no problem at all with not being chosen . . . however, the reason that you "figure" above is really quite lame . . . I guess giving them to "youngsters" makes you feel young and hip again.

Hope you are not one of the judges at the "Pitch Competition" . . . if so, it would not look good for non-youngsters that may be presenting.

Thanks again for your consideration and take care,

Chris Hopf

I'd consider paying $795 not to have to listen to Pickens.

He adds only to his own pocket, never to the public discourse.

Chris: Wow. You sure are bitter. I'm glad I did what I did.

Thanks for the follow-up Tom,

I'll look you up while I am down at GTS and buy you drink. I apologize, I thought you were up to a robust exchange.

I certainly am not bitter, once again that makes about as much sense as your statement "...youngsters, I figure they are the ones that will be creating the next generation of startups".

That's all I was speaking to . . . that there must have been some other reason, cause that statement would suggest not a whole lot of thought went into it.

No doubt youngsters will be creating some of the future startups, but future startups are not mutually exclusive to youngsters . . . however you define "youngster". My bad if I misinterpreted your statement.

Again, I apologize Tom.

Thanks for all the information your site makes available to your readers . . . take care.

Chris: OK, thanks...