March 27, 2003

The Challenge:
Portfolio Company Board of Directors Best Practices in Changing Times
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This program will help members of the Boards of portfolio companies identify and deal with some of the unique and troubling conflicts that VC and CEO board members are facing, whether your portfolio company is healthy or struggling.

The Challenge
The entrepreneur/founder has successfully envisioned a new idea, convinced others to go on the journey to launch the enterprise and found a source for the capital needed to get it going. Now the challenge is to build the necessary ingredients the management team and organization structure to execute and deliver results. Too often the emphasis of a startup is on building the product rather than the company.

Moderator:
Fred Greguras, Of Counsel, Fenwick & West

The Panelists:

Jeff Jones, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu,
Henry Lesser, Partner, Gray Cary - The Changing and Increasing Role of the Audit Committee
David Berger, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati - Litigation Exposure for Board and Audit Committee Member
Patricia Mar, Of Counsel, Morrison & Foerster - Issues and exposures of Directors of the Financially Troubled Company