NVCA Today

On November 12^th, the NVCA Strategic Communications Group met in Menlo Park for a day of best practice presentations and collaboration on marketing and communications at venture capital firms.  More than 60 NVCA members were in attendance and heard from outside experts across various subject matters including:

• Pui-Wing Tam from the Wall Street Journal on the paper's strategy for news coverage overall, for the venture capital industry, and in the San Francisco Bay area.
• EcoVC on a new organization formed to help venture firms and their portfolio companies build sustainable businesses.
• Proskauer Rose on the implications of current legislative proposals to have private investment advisers register with the SEC.
• Dave Gowel of Clearly Creative on the most effective ways to leverage LinkedIn to build your brand.
• Version 2.0 Communications on measuring the outcomes of public relations programs.
• Paul Capital, Probitas, and Pantheon Ventures (moderated by Kate Mitchell) on the current environment for LP/GP relations.
• Mark Heesen on recent developments on the public policy front.

For copies of presentations or to hear more about joining the NVCA StratCom group, please contact Emily Mendell at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it