Dan O'Shea is the presenter and author of "Into the Lion's Den - Kidnapped in Iraq". He presents an overview on the recent hostage taking crisis in Iraq; implications on kidnapping trends worldwide and the connection to the War on Terrorism.

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Join the Wharton Club of Northern California for a luncheon with one of Wharton's star marketing professors, Dave Reibstein!

Venue change--this event will now be in Cupertino!
Sales, Marketing and Business Challenges for Startups

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"Breaking Trail is the best leadership autobiography I have read. it's not only a case study of decision-making under life-and-death situations but also a story of ...."

Meet fellow Wharton alumni in a small group over lunch at Hobee's in Redwood Shores!

Shai Agassi, President of the Product Technology Group and executive board member of SAP, shares his learnings in the software industry drawing from his experience as an entrepreneur, technology pioneer and global business leader. Co-hosted with HBSANC

Our thanks to Wharton Executive Education for their support on this event!
You saw the announcement last month of Google buying YouTube for $1.65 billion. And you were probably saying to yourself, they paid how much for what?

Don't miss the next WCNC San Francisco speed networking event--reserve your seat now!
Note: this event has been moved from its original date on Nov. 29th to Tuesday, Nov. 28th.

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The WCNC has lined up an amazing event with dinner, champagne reception and opera hosted by SF Opera Board member John Hendrickson.

Why have 60 Minutes, The West Wing, Oprah Winfrey, New York Times, Fast Company and CNN featured the work of microfinance pioneer Heifer International? Because Heifer International helped set the stage decades ago for the success of microfinance today.