Mayfield & First Round Capital host entrepreneur event

February 9, 2010

Mayfield Fund has partnered with First Round Capital to host a networking event with the theme Entrepreneurs Helping Entrepreneurs. The two firms have assembled a dream team of founders including Jay Adelson/Digg, Caterina Fake/Flickr, Aaron Patzer/Mint, Gina Bianchini/Ning, Max Levchin/Slide and Mark Pincus/Zynga who have donated mentoring sessions, which will be raffled off at the event.

To participate in the raffle, entrepreneurs need to go to www.mayfield.com/raffle and fill out a short online application. Raj Kapoor and Emily Melton of Mayfield and Josh Kopelman and Rob Hayes of First Round will select 100 of the most promising applicants to attend the private event on Monday, March 1, 2010. At that event, six winners will be announced and all the attendees will have the opportunity to network with fellow entrepreneurs. Each winner will be matched with one mentor for one informal mentoring session. There is no cost associated with participating in the raffle.

“We are honored these proven founders were willing to donate their time to share learnings with aspiring entrepreneurs,” said Kapoor. “We believe that the best way to inspire success is to learn from those who are making an impact on our industry.”

“Founders helping founders has always been a key component of our startup community,” said Hayes. “We’re thrilled to see the tradition continue with this amazing set of entrepreneurs.”