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In January 2011, two representatives [http://www.svb.com/ Silicon Valley Bank] gave a presentation at the Haas business school, organized by [http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/main/engel.html Jerry Engel ] of the [http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/ Lester Center for Entrepreneurshipand Innovation]. The purpose of this presentation was to explore the possibility of having Haas PhD students and faculty conduct research with the SVB's data. This page details findings from that meeting and the follow-up on-site meeting between SVB and Haas 's representative, Ed Egan. ==The January Meeting== ===Attendees=== '''From Haas''':*Jerry Engel (engel@haas.berkeley.edu), Faculty Director, Lester Center for Enterpreneurship and Innovation*Toby Stuart (tstuart@haas.berkeley.edu), Visiting Faculty from Harvard Business School*Javed Ahmed (jahmed@haas.berkeley.edu), PhD Candidate in finance *Ron Berman (ron_berman@haas.berkeley.edu), PhD student Student in marketing *Ed Egan(ed_egan@haas.berkeley.edu), PhD Student in BPP*Orie Shelef (orie_shelef@haas.berkeley.edu), PhD Student in BPP *Sharat Raghavan (sharat_raghavan@haas.berkeley.edu), PhD Student in BPP, and Neil Thompson (neil_thompson@haas.berkeley.edu), PhD Candidate in BPP, are interested in this data but were unable to attend the meeting. '''From SVB''':*[http://www.svb.com/viewprofile.aspx?id=4294968147 Michael Graham] ‎(MGraham@svb.com), Senior Managing Director of SVB Analytics*[http://www.svb.com/viewprofile.aspx?id=4294967514 Dave Krimm]‎(DKrimm@svb.com), Head of Strategy and Research for SVB Analytics     Dan Zaelit ‎(dzaelit@svb.com)‎