Mike Panesis
Tech executive and angel investor. President, Central Coast Network at Tech Coast Angels
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VP, Google. Investor in Minted, One Kings Lane, Square. MSCS, Stanford.
Founder/CTO at Joyent. Constant talent scout. I specialize in revenue generation, and all activities required to make it happen.
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
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.
San Francisco based incubator founded by @Thomas Korte and other ex-Googlers
We make life suck 34% less for early startups.
5.8k members Silicon Valley.
15 global chapters. 15+ members
co-founder, 3-Rings
GP, Hafooch Investments, Inc.
GP, Pulver Equities III
founder, #140conf events
founder, pulver.com
co-founder, Vivox
Managing partner at Bayspring Group, Founder K5Launch.
Board Member and President / Investor at Tech Coast Angels.
Founder of @four53. Frmly UI+UX at Apple, Product Designer at Apture (acq. by Google), creator of Modernizr (used on 190k+ sites globally).
Experienced entrepreneur, leader, & product- and tech-oriented executive in startups and public companies. Ex-Yahoo, Waterfront Media, Away.com.
CMO of Drumbi. 500 Startups mentor. Co-wrote "The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development".
Social Entrepreneur
Managing Director of Launchpad LA (launchpad.la), Co-Founder of Charlie (meetcharlie.com), Partner at Charlie Ventures (charlieventures.com)
European Editor at @TheNextWeb. Lover of startups, my family and Belgian beer. Used to write for @TechCrunch. Full bio at http://www.robinwauters.com
VP Eng. www.netplenish.com
CTO & VP www.catalystforthought.org
SSE @ www.nozasearch.com (sold to Blackbaud),
SSE @ www.zuujit.com
I'm a chronically curious and passionate early stage investor.
CEO and founder at CAUSECAST
Head of Strategic Development at Khan Academy. I like to build things that help humanity.
The Founder, CEO and product visionary behind Swagsy. Most recently, held both Product Management and Sr. Development roles at Specific Media / Myspace.
Founder @ K5Launch, member and board member @ Tech Coast Angels, deal committee ACE Fund, COO of Vokle, active investor.
International Entrepreneur, Investor and Investment Banker
Founder & CEO of Teamly.com, a team management SaaS tool. Serial entrepreneur with background in telecoms & web. I love starting, growing & advising companies.
CEO: Social Rewards Inc.; Advisory Board: @Klout.com; Organizer: @PubCon Internet Marketing Conferences; Loyalty Points for Social Engagements @Joseph Morin
Co-founder and Director at NXTP Labs
10-yr CEO, founder, BoD @ eBags (34% CAGR, 9.4M bags sold, 1.4M reviews, profits, $30M raised); CEO @ UsingMiles; Advisor Runa; Facilitator Founder Institute CO
Co-Founder at Cube. Previously at WePay. Spent two years at Deloitte consulting travel and payment clients. Former NCAA Division I Wrestling Captain.
Partner at Science, Santa Monica
Founding Partner & Program Dir @ Socratic Labs, Mg Dir @ RAK Tech Fund, Startup Ambassador @ NJtech.me, ERANYC mentor, Grockiteer emeritus, ed tech advocate.
Angel Investor
Serial Entrepreneur and Investor
Strong business & development background (UBS, Citigroup, UNFPA, UNICEF). Love all things data & micro. kickboxer & yogi by night. CEO of @InVenture
Founder & CEO of VANITI, 7X entrepreneur, with a passion for startups
Managing Partner Reinmkr Inc.
Investor in BeachMint, TrueCar, Viewdle, Blurb, Cocodot, Plixi, StackIQ. Team member of Anthem Ventures.
Angel Investor
OrganicStartup (Internet & Mobile incubator). Tech Coast Angels LA (seed investor network). Founder HealthInReach (consumer-driven healthcare marketplace). MBA
Principal at Southeast Interactive Technology Funds
Entrepreneurial-minded, Columbia/Kauffman educated, finance dude
Early Zimbra engineering team member. Now lead Zimbra R&D at VMware. Interest in SaaS, Internet Publishing, Ad Networks, Communications/Email, and Enterprise.
Entrepreneur, software engineer, coffee professional - currently: cofounder of Tonx
previously: cofounder and CTO of Foodzie
Pioneer & creator of CRM solutions, CEO - Nimble.com, Founder of GoldMine. Interests; Social Business, Customer Lifecycle, Acquisition, Enchantment & Retention.
Board of Directors at Rhapsody International
COO/Director BlueBay Asset Management (London); previously at Morgan Stanley. Cornell Ph.D. Physics
Co-founder & CTO, Invested.in. ex Sr. Performance Architect at MySpace. Lead Dev. at kSolo.com (acquired by MySpace 2006)
General Manager, Latin America at Zynga
Co-Founder of Invested.in, the #1 most followed Social Fundraising/Crowdfunding startup on AngelList.
investing most actively in start-ups since 2005; active on boards, mostly interested in LA-based companies
Entrepreneur, Mentor & Investor
Angel Investor @DaD Asia Seed Capital
Geek + Business
Mangement, Sales, Marketing, Design, Development and fundraising hands on experience.
Co-Founder at Lemnos Labs, Air Force Officer 2006 - 2010. I made Star Wars real (worked on the Airborne Laser). MIT Course 2 '06.
Serial Entrepreneur, Sustainability & Organic nut, trying to change the world
Scholar, speaker, writer, educator (TED_ED Brain Trust)
How do great entrepreneurs think? How can we best help them? Oh, yeah & Entrepreneur Up!
Founder of the One Million by One Million global initiative aimed at helping a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars in annual revenue and beyond.
Founder of Silfur Capital. Engineer, entrepreneur, trader, technologist, and angel investor.
@TechZulu COO, Chief Host. Tech journalist. Rumored Bene Gesserit. Heirophant. A 5' 2 force to be reckoned with.
Founder of Hardware Zone, CEO of clickTRUE, No. 1 Google Analytics Certified Partner in SE Asia. Angel Investor, Serial Entreprenuer, Partner of Kyosei Ventures
A Buenos Aires-based accelerator seed-fund seeking to invest in, provide support & community to committed entrepreneurs starting up & growing global companies.
We provide seed investment, mentorship and encouragement to talented engineers with innovative ideas and a passion for making things.
Product Designer at Groupon 2012. Co-founded MyZeus in 2011. Previously founded P41 Studios in 2007.
Founder/CEO of MoPix. Board member at 100UE. Former brand strategy professional worked w/ Academy Awards, EA, Fox, Microsoft, NBC, and T-Mobile, among others.
Social/digital media startup lawyer, advisor, investor, Board member. Former eHarmony VP/global head of Legal. OG MySpacer. Prolific commentator.
Co-founder/CEO of antengo ('Twitter meets Craigslist for mobile'). Previously slung pixels for Microsoft Advertising.
Software Engineer
Partner at Greenstart, a startup accelerator focused on supporting 'fast' cleantech entrepreneurs.
Founder FastCall. Three time entrepreneur. 1st startup in college. Cofounder Seattle-based OpenSpace.com.
Veteran open source ruby hacker. Longtime rails consultant turned entrepreneur.
Advisor to TroopSwap.
co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder Acclaim Games (sold to Playdom). Founder and co-chair Start Engine LA's largest accelerator.
Founder, ICD (acquired by Texas Instruments), MIE Labs. Angel investor, member of Baltimore Angels.
Research Scientist, academic, entrepreneur. Scientific founder of eHarmony. Advisor to TripTrotting, Payoff, Beachmint, Graphight. Co-founder of TidePool.
Experienced Technology Executive & Company Advisor
Amplify is a hands-on startup accelerator and multi-faceted entrepreneurial campus in Los Angeles.
Investor in InternMatch, CrowdMob.
Investor in BetterWorks. Advisor to Tvoop.
Founder of AHHHA
Game expert, Co-founder of BitRaider, Biz Dev. Mng at GarageGames, sold to IAC for $40MM.
Helped 6 Companies Navigate hyper-growth and VC funding. TweetPhoto, MojoPages, Dayak. Played interim exec role in all.
Coach CEO peer group
co-Founder & CEO TripDibs.
Founder & CEO Atomate (nanotech).
prior startups acquired by Sun, Cisco, Veeco.
rocket scientist (certified at NASA-JPL).
MIT MS/BS
Co-founder and Chief Architect at ChowNow
Advisor of Fast Air Buy LLC, co-chair Heartland Mobile Council's Summit 2012, former digital strategy consultant at Chicago Fire Soccer Club. UC Berkeley MBA.
Co-founder, Amicus. Reshaping civil society through innovation.
Vice President - OC Network at Tech Coast Angels
Chief Operating Officer at ChowNow, LLC
Managing Partner at Voivoda
Marketing consultant, startup advisor, founding team member. Experience spans 3 decades, 125+ tech startups. Strong relationship focus. Extensive networks.
Founder / CTO at Plate before that Technical Lead at MySpace, Chief Architect at Slingshot Labs, worked on Casini at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
GM Americas/Europe Software.com though IPO and $6.8B exit. Blue Casa CFO/COO/CEO with $50M revenue/80K cust. BOD Desktop Standard and BeyondTrust through exits.
CMO and co-founder at Cogi.com. Seed investor, early employee at CallWave (IPO, 2004). Strong marketing background. MBA, UC Berkeley. BA, Yale University.
Agility Capital
President/Founder of MusicRewards.com
Passionate about business SaaS. Founder and CEO, RightSignature.
Author, The Venture Adventure (Simon & Schuster).
Co-founder and COO CapLinked. Former private equity partner and banker for $6 billion of investments. Stanford University years ago.
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Author & Speaker
CEO at Bia Sport. Concept to launch GM. ex-Yahoo VP, Adobe, E-Trade; Sold 1st startup to AOL Greenhouse to pay for MIT Sloan MBA. Triathlete; Mom of 4.
Partner at GRP Partners
