David Sacks
Founder/CEO of Yammer. Founder of Geni. Original COO and product leader of PayPal.
Followers
Managing Director at Foundry Group
Entrepreneur
A venture capitalist that invests in who we are and who we are becoming.
Co-founder of AOL; now Chairman of Case Foundation and Revolution (Zipcar, LivingSocial, Exclusive Resorts, Everyday Health, Revolution Money, Miraval, etc)
Managing Director - Mayfield. Forbes Midas List 2010 (Top 100 VCs). Stanford MBA, Univ of Michigan MSEE/BSEE. Bassist in BlackMahal and CoverFlow
@Evan Williams Farm boy from Nebraska. Co-founder of Twitter. http://evhead.com
CEO of Science, Former CEO MySpace, CEO/Founder Userplane, CEO/Founder PBJ Digital, CEO Tsavo Media, Angel Investor, Entrepreneur
Co-founder of Founders Den, co-owner of Slide nightclub, former founder & CEO of Socializr, Friendster, and HotLinks.
We like startups
Keen (Ingenio), DimensionX, Wallop, Coveroo and Cloudmark. $500+ million in exits to msft, at&t etc. Early advisor to facebook.
Serial Entrepreneur, 40+ Angel investments with $10 billion in exits including Linkedin, Paypal, Ziprealty, Plusmo, Vamoose, Evite
Ex-CEO of Wikia, Exec at eBay
Co-founder and CEO of Yelp
Co-founder of BetterWorks. Founder of MyMiniLife (sold to Zynga). Co-Creator of Farmville.
Principal at Greylock. Previous: product at Twitter (Growth), Facebook (launched Connect), Zazzle (ran product), LinkedIn (Growth, launched Jobs), RealPlayer
Chief Monkey at Monkey Inferno. CEO/Founder of Bebo. Viral marketing/product guy.
General Partner at Matrix Partners; Founder & Director at Betfair.com; Entrepreneur and Investor. Gambler, guy who knows how to do a lot of things.
CEO at Threadless. Director at Smule & Trunk Club. Former digital music entrepreneur/exec.
SVP of Marketing at HauteLook (now part of Nordstrom). Former eBay, StubHub, Live Nation
CEO iSkoot, sold to QCOM (VP now). EVP loopt. Founder, Pres DChoc. Founder, CEO SW Sports & Soft, sold to Paul Allen & iXL. CS Harvard. Inventor fantasy sports
Distinguished Engineer at Google (One of first 10 employees); PM & Strategy on Gmail, GTalk, Video, Picasa, Orkut, Groups & Mobile. Co-dev of AdSense targeting.
Director of Search Product Management at Google
CEO at Ruba, Inc.
Entrepreneur in Residence at Benchmark Capital
CEO, Xfire at MTV Networks
Founder/CTO at Joyent. Constant talent scout. I specialize in revenue generation, and all activities required to make it happen.
SVP Zynga; CEO and President of Yandex Labs; SVP Yahoo Search Group
CEO of SurveyMonkey, was co-founder and CEO of Launch Media (sold to Yahoo) and ran Yahoo Music
Former COO/VP Product at Geni, designer of Yammer 1.0, founding designer at Tribe. Advising startups via 500 Startups, StartX, and Bullpen Capital.
Serial CEO. Entrepreneur. Investor.
Partner Shasta Ventures; Chairman Turn, Extole, & Sojern
Prior: CEO/founder Turn; President Overture Search; CEO AltaVista.
Founder of Karma Science
Founder of Tapjoy
KPCB Associate, helped start the iFund
Stanford MBA
U of Michigan Computer Engineering
Founder Friendfinder Networks (FFN) Sold 2007 Founder Fupa Games Inc.
Founding Partner at Andreessen-Horowitz
Partner at Avalon Ventures; Co-founder Phoenix Technologies (PTEC); Vice President at America Online
Angel investor & advisor - social, mobile, local tech. Portfolio includes Summize & Tweetdeck, both acq by Twitter. CEO Collecta, Pres Reuters Tech & SVP AOL
co-founder @ zynga
Sweat - AngelList, Venture Hacks, Vast, Epinions; Money - Twitter, Heyzap, SnapLogic
Co-founder of AngelList and Venture Hacks • EIR at Atlas and Bessemer • Worked on Songbird, Grockit, Kovio • Schooling at MIT • Published in Science • 2 Patents
Venture Hacker at AngelList. Previously intern at IA Ventures. Founder of Quirk. PS3 R&D at Naughty Dog. CMU CS BS and MS.
Funding team at AngelList + VC at Atlas Venture; founded and killed Social Swipe. Retail + SMB in my DNA.
Founding Partner @ 500 Startups. Ex-PayPal, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund, Mint.com. Geek, developer, entrepreneur, marketer. Investor in 250+ co's.
Angel investor in 25 startups. Creator/founder: LAUNCH, TechCrunch50, Mahalo, Engadget, WeblogsInc, autoblog, silicon alley reporter, this week in startups.
Searching for world-changing technologies for Rackspace.
Managing Partner at SoftTech VC (one of the original micro-vcs, before it was fashionable ;). Invested in 125+ companies in 8 years. And really loving it.
Founder of @AngelPad, Ex-Google Product Manager, Startup Advisor, Angel Investor http://thomaskorte.com/about-me/
Founder and Managing Director of Felicis Ventures. Formerly Sr. Manager, Strategic Partner Development; Product Manager; International Sales Manager at Google
Startup guy and advisor on metrics/marketing. Occassional blogger. Previously EIR at Mohr Davidow Ventures, ran product at AudienceScience.
A man. A plan. A panda.
San Francisco based incubator founded by @Thomas Korte and other ex-Googlers
Erick Schonfeld is the former Editor of TechCrunch. He has been covering startups and technology news since 1993.
CEO/Co-Founder of Stocktwits..GP of Social Leverage (Angel Investing)..Wallstrip creator (purchased by $CBS)..Momentum, Acceleration & LOL hunter..Love Popcorn
Working on The Next Big Thing (Gaston Labs). Founded PBworks, Hacker Dojo, SuperHappyDevHouse, and Mexican.VC. Hacker. Award-winning startup advisor.
Partner at Y-Combinator. Co-founder of Posterous. Early designer / engineering lead at Palantir.
Venture Capitalist at Charles River Ventures
Investor for 20 years in teams (Zynga, XenSource/CTRX Facebook, Datamirror/IBM, Fortinet/FTNT, Tango, Metaweb, D-Wave) solving hard problems for large markets.
husband. dad. serial entrepreneur (firefly, lovefilm, seedcamp). operator (wpp, msft, skype). investor (index, TAG)
http://localglo.be
VP Enterprise Marketing, PBworks; Startup Investor and Advisor
Founder & Exec Chairman of MediaTrust PerformanceExchange .Founder Internet Media Labs. Technology innovation & social media. Thiel Fellowship Foundation Mentor
CEO of Referly. Formerly 1st employee at Twilio. 500 Startups Mentor. Forbes 30 Under 30 in Social/Mobile Tech 2011. College dropout.
Investor in SimpleGeo, Mint, Get Satisfaction, Xobni, TaskRabbit, DNAnexus, Yieldex. Team member of First Round Capital.
Strategic Advisor, Angel Investor, Deal Strategist - passionate about the Internet and the convergence of technology and consumer behavior
Currently @ Greylock. Was 2nd in at AngelList (managed dealflow through 8K startups), Oxford MBA, Cambridge Eng.
A Wall Streeter for over 20 years, former partner at Goldman Sachs, and founder of its Internet Research effort in 1994
Founder & CEO of Teens in Tech Labs. Associate Producer of Olive the Movie. Evangelist, Silicon Valley at JESS3. Advisor at Everyme.
Founded Baseline in 2006. 60+ investments since inception and have helped more than 30 founders sell their companies with great success.
not godin, green, mcfarlane, rogen or any other seth. just me, the dad, entrepreneur, thinker.
http://www.sethgoldstein.com
Founder Moon Express, Powerset (sold to Microsoft). Bing local, mobile, semantics . Assoc. Founder and Trustee, Singularity U. Active angel/advisor.
Founding Partner, Innovation Endeavors. Building an exceptional community of entrepreneurs around the world. Stanford MBA.
Entrepreneur, CNET/CBSi commentator & columnist, startup advisor, former PM. Most recent: Co-Editor & Editor-at-Large of Mashable.
Not gonna stop until we win.
Director at Twitter; CEO and Co-Founder at Mixer Labs; Product Management at Google
Founder & CEO at Microtask. Founder & CTO of Hybrid Graphics (NVIDIA Finland). HackFwd referrer. Coach at Startup Sauna.
Angel investor and founding partner of Amidzad, investor in Dropbox, Zoosk, Path, Causes, Soundhound, Backplane, Addepar, Ark and 40 other startups
Co-founder of Chart.io (YC 2010). Founding Partner at Spinnakr (500S). Sometimes investor.
We make life suck 34% less for early startups.
5.8k members Silicon Valley.
15 global chapters. 15+ members
Angel investor
Co-Founder/CEO: TargetClose
Investor: Klout, TroopSwap, BetterWorks, Scopely, Social Rewards, Bitium
Advisor: LinkedIn, Pandora, TroopSwap, Ustream, Bitium
Board Member X Prize, Founder of TheFunded, Founder of The Founder Institute.
Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
OPERATOR - Prod Dev/Mkting
✦Excite@Home/SVP
✦Excite/SVP
✦Crystal Dynamics/Producer
✦EA/PM
INVESTOR:
✦LinkedIn/Board
✦Facebook/Board Observer
✦Pandora/Board
Founder & CEO of @Brit; Worked at Google, Apple, Tiny Pictures; Investor and advisor to tech startups
CEO and Founder of Appstores.com, previously Partner Engineer at Facebook, Co-founder of Ping.fm (acquired by Seesmic).
Internet entrepreneur (DealPilot, Pageflakes) and angel investor, mainly SaaS (Zendesk, FreeAgent Central, Clio, samedi, inFakt.pl, momox.de, Geckoboard,...).
Frontman at Rockstar Group, Advisor, Investor, trying to be an author (writing in process).
Principal at Polaris Venture Partners. Formerly: eBay, beRecruited (founder), Flite / Widgetbox.
Co-Founder/Partner at Science. Entrepreneur, Advisor. Built a few startups - Color, BillShrink, Photobucket.
Always the first on the dance floor.
Founder, Managing Director, Tekton Ventures (seed fund). Former entrepreneur, sold last co. to FormSpring. Public servant to company builders.
Founder: Bullpen Capital, Aggregate Knowledge, Invested in Zynga, Udemy, Tubemogul, SimpleFeed
Co-founder, ZenPayroll. Co-founder/CEO, Vizmo. Worked at Bump, Intel. PhD cand. at Stanford EE. Stanford Graduate Fellow in Engineering.
Innovator, investor. Founder, AdForce, Wink. Worked @ Verity, Apple. Investor/Advisor: LinkedIn, Cloudmark, Wikia, ICONAircraft, BrightRoll, Fundly, GAINFitness
Scrappy Mofo. Hustler. Co-Founder/CEO of Humanoid SpeakerText.
Angel or Seed in Twitter (Tweetdeck), Tango, ContextLogic, Soundtracking. VC in >15 startups that IPO'd; Founder or Chairman of 3 companies (1 IPO, 2 sales).
entrepreneur: HomeRun, AdRoll, Slide, Justarrive; soldier: PayPal, IDEO; investor: Clarium, angel
Founder in SiliconANGLE. Investor & Founder in SiliconANGLE Labs Incubator. Angel Investor and Cofounder, VerticalEngine
Principal at Highland Capital Partners
Early-Stage Investor at Accel Partners; Founder, CEO at chart.io (YCombinator Summer 2010); Research at TechCrunch
Serial entrepreneur with a couple of exits. Early investor in AVG, Mashery, 8tracks, Refinery29, Rapportive, 500Startups. UIUC Computer Science.
Co-founder of Huddle. Investor in Postmates, OnSports, Pipedrive, Buffer, Secret Escapes. All about product, brand, go-to-market. Brit in SF. Love puns.
Rumson Group. Helped invest in over 50 funds spanning private equity, Growth, VC and Real Estate. Invested globally in US, India, Europe, and China.
Angel Investor. Former CEO of Linden Lab (Second Life) and Organic; Entrepreneur in Residence at Idealab! Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
time to get back to reality! silicon valley angel -- tesla motors, posterous, tweetdeck, zaarly, a thinking ape investor.
http://www.backtoreality.com
Partner/Co-founder of Stage One Capital and VP of Marketing for YETI Coolers. Multiple start-ups, former private equity. Marketer and fisherman at heart.
Co-Founder // CEO of LaunchRock. Last startup failed thanks to lack of users. PhD dropout.
Serial Entrepreneur/Earliest Stage Investor-Founded Freelotto/Qool/Power.com (sites founded acquired 100+ million users & reached $1+ billion peak market value)
