Day Three: Palo Alto

It was another successful start in Silicon Valley this morning as our group became "locals" throughout area visits today. They began the day at IDEO, an award-winning global design firm helping organizations to innovate and grow. The group met with Alumna Judy Lee for the visit and we are grateful she was able to spend time with the group, as pictured below. Matt Ocko of Data Collective, a company that helps invest in entrepreneurs building "Big Data" companies. He hales from Yale University and met the students for lunch in Palo Alto for a great group discussion. Next stop was Vantage Point Capital, one of two venture capital firms the group will meet along their venture. The group then ventured to Echelon to meet with Alumnus, Varun Nagaraj, to discuss the company's path to developing the world's most proven, open standard, multi-application energy networking platform. Echelon even greeted the group by welcoming them on their digital company sign outside the office! Later in the evening the group dined with Chris Crump from the class of '78 at NC State, he is now a successful Management consultant/Angel investor/ Entrepreneur in the Valley.

It was a busy "venture through the valley" for our group today, but the pictures below tell the best story of all.