NAWBO Silicon Valley Presents “Thrive or Just Survive?”

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thrive or just survive? Women business owners all over the Silicon Valley definitely choose the former, but the current economy poses some very serious challenges. On April 21st, Dave Hitz, NetApp Co-founder and Executive Vice-President will share his insights and tactics for thriving to the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Silicon Valley chapter, with lessons learned from his company’s 17 year history.

“We are thrilled to have Mr. Hitz as our guest speaker and along with Janice Edwards we feel this luncheon will provide valuable insight for our members and guests”

NetApp is a great case study for Silicon Valley companies and was just ranked #1 on the “Best Companies to Work For” List by FORTUNE magazine for 2009. Join us when Dave Hitz presents ideas on growing a company from 3 people to over 8,000 – going through every major cycle in business — start-up mentality; tumultuous dot-com boom and bust; and finally to a mature enterprise company. He'll also share stories from his new book: How to Castrate a Bull: Unexpected Lessons on Risk, Growth, and Success in Business.

Janice Edwards, President and CEO of Edwards Unlimited, a full service consulting and production company and former Community Relations Director/Executive Producer & Host for NBC Bay Area will interview Mr. Hitz.

(NAWBO) Silicon Valley (San Jose)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Registration and networking: 11:15am to 11:45am
Luncheon and Presentation: 11:45am to 1:30pm
Book Signing: 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Location: Silicon Valley Capital Club
50 West San Fernando, San Jose, CA

Please visit our website to register: http://www.nawbo-sv.org/

“We are thrilled to have Mr. Hitz as our guest speaker and along with Janice Edwards we feel this luncheon will provide valuable insight for our members and guests,” says NAWBO-SV President Wendy Buller. “Our speakers and topics provide a great resource for business development in every aspect, but especially in the present economic times.”

About NAWBO–Silicon Valley

The National Association of Women Business Owners Silicon Valley is a comprehensive and diverse association of CEOs and Executive Officers of women owned businesses serving a membership in the greater bay area. Through education, partnerships, alliances and affiliations with leading universities and fortune 500 companies we provide leadership opportunities and business expertise to our membership.

By doing so, we provide our members with the capacity to create wealth, become leaders of professionally run companies, enable them to compete effectively in an ever changing business environment and impact social and business policies. http://www.nawbo-sv.org/