Sponsors

OPEN SV has been fostering the spirit of an Entrepreneurial culture among its members and the larger OPEN SV community for the past 10 years. We have had tremendous success in carving a brand name for OPEN SV as the premier promoting agent for entrepreneurial and professional excellence in the Valley and for our events as the premier must-attend affairs for entrepreneurs and professionals alike.

Over the years, the message from OPEN SV to its community has been consistently optimistic with an offering of tools to enable the success from amongst the OPEN SV community. The focus has been on launching new ideas into a venture and in addition to strive for excellence in professional environments and larger organizations. OPEN events are the right place to connect with the elite entrepreneurs and professionals of exciting fields such as IT, Biotech, Green technologies and many more, where new and exciting ideas can take root and help you launch.

OPEN SV has two of its Annual biggest feature events in Women Leadership Forum and OPEN Forum. This year’s events, big and small, promise to be more exciting and relevant seeking to inspire and educate, the 3000+ attendees throughout the year, on what it takes for each of us to realize our entrepreneurial aspirations. There will be abundant supply of dynamic groups of entrepreneurs, professionals, venture capitalists, angels and thought leaders from around the world, at OPEN SV events.

Past Keynotes of OPEN Forum:

Former CEO & Chairman, CISCO John Morgridge, Former Cricketer & Philanthropist Imran Khan, CEO & Founder DASAR Alex Vieux, Former President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Former CEO of MySQL Marten Mickos, Mike Moritz of Sequoia Capital, Former Gov. Howard Dean, Steve Westly of The Westly Group, Gov. Jerry Brown and many more.

Reasons to Sponsor OPEN SV Events:

  • Engage with over 3000 attendees at OPEN events year round
  • Connect with the larger OPEN SV community for the entire duration of the year in monthly and quarterly events beyond OPEN Forum and Women Leadership Forum
  • Promote your company’s products, and services to today’s Entrepreneurs and Professionals
  • Attract and recruit the best talent in the industry
  • Sponsor logos for OPEN SV stay on the website for an entire year for over 50,000 unique visitors we get from around the world.
  • Our messaging in emails and other mediums helped us and our sponsors reach out to a community of 10,000+ professionals and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.

OPEN Forum Sponsorship Opportunities:

Entrepreneurial Idol:

This popular contest of ideas at OPEN Forum is a crowd favorite where several startups have presented their case to leaders of industry, including VCs, angels and successful entrepreneurs through a brief presentation. Judges have awarded prizes in the past to diverse set of startups ranging from startups in the social entrepreneurship space to ventures in bio-medical fields and social media. The contest has grown from 5 startups in its first year competing for a cash prize to over three times that number last year. Exclusive Sponsorship opportunities are available for this OPEN Forum event. Your OPEN SV Sponsorship Representative will work with you on a price package that suits your needs.

Themed Lunch:

In 2011, OPEN Forum introduced the concept of Themed lunch tables. The idea was to assign an expert or two of an Industry silo or a phase in a startup company’s life (Funding, Recruiting, Design etc.), who would head a lunch table of 10 or less participants. OPEN SV members and attendees would be encouraged to sign up for these tables ahead of time so as to ensure that they get plenty of exposure to some excellent mindshare on the topic of their interest in an intimate setting. Sponsors will be given an opportunity to contribute in the shaping of the agenda on these tables. Your OPEN SV Sponsorship Representative will work with you on a price package that suits your needs.

Sponsored Panels:

At OPEN SV and OPEN Quarterly Events sponsors will have the opportunity to sponsor a particular panel where they can showcase thought leaders from their fields of interest. OPEN SV sponsorship and content teams will work closely with the sponsors on ideas about bringing about the most effective display of the content that the sponsors feel would benefit OPEN SV audience. Your OPEN SV Sponsorship Representative will work with you on a price package that suits your needs.

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Here is what past year’s attendees had to say:

“It was an excellent event. Keynote was an eye-opener as he made it clear that adopting change before you are forced to change is the only way to succeed. Keep it up; look forward to 1000 people next year.” Syed Saulat Hussain, Attendee

“…loved it. Very informative. Venue was excellent also”

Pat Goering, Attendee

“This is a must-attend event for young professionals…”

Zain Jeewanjee, CEO & Founder, G1G Insurance