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Past Events
UCLA Anderson - Doug Richard in Conversation with Bill Cockrum, Goldman Sachs, London - Tuesday 6 May 2008
Explore the intersection of research and practice in entrepreneurship with Professor Bill Cockrum and software entrepreneur Doug Richard ('90). Having appeared in the second series of Dragons' Den, Doug is the founder and Chairman of Library House, Founder and Vice-Chairman of the Cambridge Angels, Co-Founder and Chairman of Hotxt and Chairman of the Conservative Party Small Business Task Force.
Doug is a successful entrepreneur with 20 years' experience in the development and leadership of technology and software ventures, both in the US and in the UK. Between 1996 and 2000 he was President and CEO of Micrografx, a US publicly quoted software company which he sold to Corel Corp. in 2000. Prior to that he also founded and subsequently sold two other companies: Visual Software and ITAL Computers. Doug holds a BA in Psychology from University of California at Berkeley and a Juris Doctor at the School of Law, University of California at Los Angeles. In 2006 Doug was an Honorary Recipient of The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion.
For more information and to book and pay for your ticket to this event, please RSVP at http://cockrumlondon.eventbrite.com/ or call at 020 7079 0567 with a credit card number.
May 6, 2008 - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Goldman Sachs International
Peterborough Court
133 Fleet Street
London EC4A 2BB
£10 for students, £15 for UCLA Anderson and other UC alumni; £25 for guests
Dinner for 6 Strangers - Spring 2008
UC alumni in California have been participating in the “Dinners for 12 Strangers” tradition for more than 40 years, bringing countless alumni, students, faculty and staff together for evenings of memorable discussion and camaraderie at small dinner parties throughout the State. Here in the UK we would like to continue this tradition by organising the inaugural “Dinner for 6 Strangers” season. We in Europe, after all, appreciate that space for 12 comes at a premium. Be a part of the legacy by attending or hosting a dinner party of your own on one of the following dates:
Saturday 17 May 2008
Thursday 22 May 2008
Saturday 24 May 2008
There is no cost to participate in the dinners but we would appreciate donations to the Allan Buch Memorial Scholarship Fund or your campus. We are suggesting donations of £15 per head. Individuals can attend without making a donation and donations of less or more than the suggested donation of £15 can be made. These donations will be gift-aidable as outright freewill gifts to the University of California Trust (UK).
UC Alumni In UK Facebook Group
Over the years we have received many requests for an interactive online forum where alumni can contact each other independently (rather than going through the UC email list serve), that offers a bulletin board facility, and that offers an alternative to email. To that end the alumni committee have asked us to set up a Facebook group site. Facebook is an interactive electronic way of communicating with other people in real time. It's an alternative to email and offers more flexibility. The nice thing about Facebook is that you can choose your privacy settings, as well as interacting with other alumni more easily.
a) How To Join the Facebook Group
In order to join the Alumni Group Site in London you will need to set yourself up with a Facebook account. To do that you will need to go to the Facebook site and register. On Monday 25 February we will send you an email invitation to join the Facebook group. You will need to respond to that. But you will only be able to do that once you have set up a Facebook Account. We are giving you three week’s notice to do that.
b) How to Find the Group’s Site
The invitation to join the London UC Alumni Facebook Group should take you straight to the group’s site. If it does not or you don’t receive an invitation, the name of the group is “University of California Alumni Association (UK)”. You should be able to find that when you do a search under groups.
c) Facebook and Email Lists
California House and UC will continue to communicate with alumni via email and via Facebook. The email and snail mail lists will not be phased out.
d) Opting Out
If you do not wish to receive an invitation to join the Facebook group, please let us know.
We will do our best to keep you up to date of events sponsored by the other American Universities in London and we welcome you to send any additional information our way.