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> From: Xconomy > > > > We are pleased to let you know about a first-of-a-kind event for Xconomy: an invitation-only retreat in the heart of California’s wine country called the Napa Summit. > > Our inaugural Napa Summit will take place on June 7 & 8, 2012. This exclusive gathering, entitled “Keeping America Growing,” will convene leading innovators, investors, entrepreneurs, and Xconomists for candid conversations about the future of U.S. growth and competitiveness. Among our speakers: genomics pioneer Lee Hood; Ray Rothrock of Venrock, chairman elect of the National Venture Capital Association; legendary investor Bill Draper of Draper Fisher; super angel Dave McClure; Ann Marie Sastry, founder of battery maker Sakti3; Harry Shum, former director of Microsoft Research Asia and now VP in charge of search product development for Microsoft; Matt Mullenweg, Founder of Automattic; Pete Flint, CEO of Trulia, and Curt Carlson, CEO of SRI International. > > Bill Walton, NBA Hall of Famer and innovation advocate, will speak on entrepreneurship and competitiveness. > > June 7, 2012: Silver Oak Vineyards > 915 Oakville Crossroad, Oakville, CA 94562 > Registration, wine reception, and vineyard tours begin at 5:30 PM > Dinner commences at 7:00 PM > > June 8, 2012: Villagio Inn & Spa – Historical Barrel Room > 6481 Washington Street, Yountville, CA 94599 > Program from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM > > We only have room for a small number of attendees to this invitation-only event, which will include fewer than 100 total guests, including speakers. Registration is $1250, and includes wine reception, vineyard tour, and all meals (lodging is separate). > > To request an invitation–and for more event information, including the full list of speakers–please visit our Napa Summit event page. > > With best wishes, > > Your friends at Xconomy > > > EVENT SPONSORS > > > > > > SUPPORTING SPONSOR > > > > > This email was sent to chiang9@duck9.com<\/a> by summit@xconomy.com<\/a> | > Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe\u2122 | Privacy Policy. > Xconomy | 215 First Street | Suite 030 | Cambridge | MA | 02142<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Read By Larry Chiang > From: Xconomy > Date: April 26, 2012 10:37:53 AM PDT > To: chiang9@duck9.com > Subject: Announcing Xconomy’s Napa Summit 2012: Keeping America Growing > Reply-To: summit@xconomy.com > > > > > We are pleased to let you know about a first-of-a-kind event for Xconomy: an invitation-only retreat in the heart […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-credit-secrets"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}