Jason Putorti
Co-founder of Votizen • Founder Advisor at SV Angel • First Designer-in-Residence at Bessemer • Former Lead Designer at Mint.com
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Lotus founder, built from 0 to $200MM in 3 yrs. Co-founder EFF. Founding Chair Mozilla. Investor: Twilio, Uber, Inkling, bit.ly.
Managing Director - Mayfield. Forbes Midas List 2010 (Top 100 VCs). Stanford MBA, Univ of Michigan MSEE/BSEE. Bassist in BlackMahal and CoverFlow
Co-founder of Founders Den, co-owner of Slide nightclub, former founder & CEO of Socializr, Friendster, and HotLinks.
VP Product at Google
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
CTO at Obama for America, former CTO of Threadless and Advisor at Sandbox Industries.
Single-handedly pioneered Social Gaming industry (Vampires/Zombies). Created 1st version of Causes. Founder BuildForge (Sold to IBM), Founder Ohai.
Founder, LUXr. Leader in the UX+Startup world. Entrepreneur. Co-founder and former CEO of Adaptive Path.
Product Director, Ads at Facebook
I'm a product designer inspired by Apple, Audi, and Amazon. I've never owned a PC. I worked on Final Cut Pro at Apple. I’m the founder and CEO of Posterous.
Entrepreneur, Founder Chegg.com
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
Founder/CTO at Joyent. Constant talent scout. I specialize in revenue generation, and all activities required to make it happen.
Executive in Residence at Greylock Partners. Most recently VP Product for Search, Platform & Mobile at LinkedIn. Previously at eBay, Preview Systems, Apple.
Co-founder Clover (Sutter Hill, Andreessen Horowitz), Co-founder Bix (sold to Yahoo), eBay, Intuit, MIT.
Engineering Advisor
Former COO/VP Product at Geni, designer of Yammer 1.0, founding designer at Tribe. Advising startups via 500 Startups, StartX, and Bullpen Capital.
Founder and CEO of Mightybell. Co-founded Ning.
Founder Friendfinder Networks (FFN) Sold 2007 Founder Fupa Games Inc.
CEO of Mindflash.com, former CMO of Mint, Expedia and Intuit
Love to start and build businesses.
Founder of AirBnB
Founder and ex CEO WebSpy (took public), Founder Netlink Inspection Systems Exited via Trade Sale, Founder Netlink CRM,
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 and Product Designer @AngelList. Ex-Google head of UX for Ads and Commerce. Ex-BofA head of UX.
Venture Hacker at AngelList, ex Head of Product at Friend.ly and WePay, engineer, designer, photographer.
Venture Hacker at AngelList. Previously intern at IA Ventures. Founder of Quirk. PS3 R&D at Naughty Dog. CMU CS BS and MS.
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.
Partner at 500 Startups
Searching for world-changing technologies for Rackspace.
Silicon Valley internet seed fund & accelerator. 500 team has worked @ PayPal, Google, AOL, Rackspace, Yahoo, YouTube, Mint.com, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund.
Partner & GM, Business Development
Founder and CTO of HubSpot and blogger at OnStartups.com
Founder of @AngelPad, Ex-Google Product Manager, Startup Advisor, Angel Investor http://thomaskorte.com/about-me/
Managing Member at SV Angel
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.
Canadian. CEO/Founder of Clarity.fm. Co-Founder of Flowtown (Acquired '11), Founder of Spheric Tech (Acquired '08), Mentor @ 500Startup. Investor in many.
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.
CEO / Co-Founder of @KISSmetrics. Previously started @crazyegg and @ACS. My hobby is helping entrepreneurs create something out of nothing.
Managing Director, Activate; Director, Expert Labs; Blogger, Dashes.com
Venture Partner at SoftTech VC (with @Jeff Clavier), CEO and Co-Founder of Bionic Panda Games. BD roles at Serious Business (now part of Zynga), Google, and Gaia Online
Founder Graphicly. Multiple Entrepreneur. Mentor at Techstars & 500startups. Startup Doer and Advisor.
CEO of Referly. Formerly 1st employee at Twilio. 500 Startups Mentor. Forbes 30 Under 30 in Social/Mobile Tech 2011. College dropout.
Editor, TechCrunch Europe
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.
CEO, Buyosphere (current); Founder, Coworking; Author, The Whuffie Factor; Speaker, Leigh Bureau; Founder, Citizen Agency; Online Marketing Director, Like.com
Entrepreneur, CNET/CBSi commentator & columnist, startup advisor, former PM. Most recent: Co-Editor & Editor-at-Large of Mashable.
Not gonna stop until we win.
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
Making Gumroad. Previously @ Pinterest.
Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
Founding member of the Designer Fund & 500 Startups. Previously Facebook Fund & Venrock. Teach at Stanford design school & former Stanford Persuasive Tech Lab.
Welcome to the media revolution
Entrepreneur and angel investor from Latin America, living in New York. Founder and Managing Director at Quotidian Ventures.
Founder & CEO of @Brit; Worked at Google, Apple, Tiny Pictures; Investor and advisor to tech startups
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, StyleSeat
VC at True Ventures. Lover of Disruptive Technology, Punk Music, and Burritos.
http://www.lifeinbeta.org
Founder and Managing Director at ER Accelerator, Author of "Location Aware Applications", Serial Technology Entrepreneur
Venture Partner, General Catalyst (Lead seed investing); Co-Founder, Ignition Talent Group
Cofounder of Foodspotting. In a prior life, the Manager of Social Media + Digital Partnerships at The New York Times.
Co-Founder: Enole. Engineer: SGI, CNET, Razorfish. Business Development: Photobucket, Clearspring.
Founder Cake Health. Corporate strategy, Seagate. Market research manager, Ipsos (clients: Google, Intel, LG, Sprint, Apple). Santa Clara U., Magna Cum Lauda
10 years in music, 5 in IT security, lived in 5 countries, founded 1 company, and currently build startup bootcamps. Taught myself RoR and design.
Rumson Group. Helped invest in over 50 funds spanning private equity, Growth, VC and Real Estate. Invested globally in US, India, Europe, and China.
Co-founder and CEO of Chromatik. Professional saxophonist and music tech lecturer at UCLA. A&R/Programming at Capitol Records and KROQ.
Venture Partner 500Startups (focused Latam + international); Founder Brazil Innovators - epicenter of startups in Brazil. Connector, community builder
Founder/CEO Inporia, Founder/CEO Omnisio (sold to Google), Mentor at 500 Startups, Mentor at StartMate. Love startups and technology.
Angel Investor. Former CEO of Linden Lab (Second Life) and Organic; Entrepreneur in Residence at Idealab! Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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.
Founder of @Lean, not impressed by hype. Also founded @TechAtNYU. I blog at http://trevorowens.com
Veteran founder (StreetEasy), advisor, investor (Vast Ventures).
Serial Entrepreneur/Earliest Stage Investor-Founded Freelotto/Qool/Power.com (sites founded acquired 100+ million users & reached $1+ billion peak market value)
Founder Newroo (sold to News Corp) & Ad.ly (largest celeb endorsement network). Brown grad. Now: founder at Chill.com
Founder Sprouter (acquired by Postmedia). Inc Magazine Top 30 Under 30. Canadian Business Top 20 "Power Elite".
CEO Friendsheet, 64px, Free Gifts, LikeButton, early SGN, early @ Tapulous. FB Fund advisor, 500 Startups mentor. Notable FB Platform developer.
VP @ Simplegeo
CMO of Drumbi. 500 Startups mentor. Co-wrote "The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development".
Mentor @ 500 Startups, previously CTO @ SimplyHired
Founder/CEO of Wavii. Frmr. Director at Fox Interactive Media. PM at Microsoft. CTO at CLS, Inc. Angel Investor.
Currently: EIR at Accel. VC at Red Swan.
Employee: Bain, Bonobos, TellApart
Education: Harvard
Developer @Rally. Co-founder: Mojo, AirCart. Director: "Starting-Up in America". EFREI Paris / UC London / Beijing Tech M.Sc. 2007.
Venture Capital Investor at NVP
Hacker. Angel: Dropis.com, Iubenda.com. Advisor: Coderloop.com. Dave McClure's Shadow @ 500startups.
EIR Shasta Ventures. HBS Grad.
Co-Founder, Cake Health. Former TechCrunch/CrunchBase Developer. Engineer.
Hacker. Georgia Tech Alum. Texas born Greek. Known for PSTAM.com. Co-founder @Picplum (YC S11), Notifo (YC W10), Skribit. Got my 15min in my own Nike ad.
BD at Unified. Advisor to BranchOut. Was employee #6 at Involver, grew customer base to more than 100K as the Head of Marketing (now at over 1m).
