On Friday night, the group will get together for several hours of impassioned pitching from those who came to the event with ideas. We’re lining up a great collection of top-notch speakers for Startup Weekend San Francisco 2, ranging from technologists to venture capitalists, who will also be there to talk about the external environment and offer their expertise by sharing feedback on the ideas generated that evening.
Christine Herron
Christine Herron
From the First Round Capital web site:
Christine Herron is a Principal with First Round Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm. Previously, Christine was a director at Omidyar Network, where she developed the Media practice strategy. Prior to Omidyar Network, Christine held operational roles with Mission Research, NetObjects, and Microsoft, and was the founder and CEO of Mercury2. She started as an investor with Geocapital Partners, where she funded early Internet and network infrastructure businesses including Netcom and AXON Networks. Christine was ranked among the Top 20 Women in Technology for 2000 by AltaVista, and has earned degrees from both Stanford University and Columbia University.
Dave McClure
Dave McClure
From Dave’s web page:
Dave McClure has been geeking out in Silicon Valley for almost twenty years as a software developer, entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, blogger, & internet marketing nerd. Dave currently runs a seed-stage investment program for Founders Fund. His passion is helping startups with marketing, product strategy, and startup metrics, and he is an advisor or investor for several companies including: Canopy Financial, Eventvue, KissMetrics,Mashery, Mint, RichRelevance, 750 Industries, Simply Hired, SlideShare, TeachStreet, Twilio.
Connie Chan
Connie Chan
Mark Jacobsen (O’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures)
Mark Jacobsen
From the O’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures web site:
Mark has over 20 years of experience advising companies and entrepreneurs. He has significant investment and board experience, along with extensive deal-making expertise and executive-level operational experience. Mark was a co-founder of O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures in 2005. Mark is currently a board member of AMEE, CollabNet, Instructables, O’Reilly Media and TripIt, and a board observer of Chumby Industries and Acquia.
Katherine Barr (Mohr Davidow Ventures)
Katherine Barr
From the Mohr Davidow Ventures web site:
Katherine Barr is a member of the investment team at MDV focused on Internet-enabled companies.
Prior to joining MDV, she was a Negotiator/Senior Consultant at Vantage Partners (spin-off of the Harvard Negotiation Project) helping high tech clients such as IBM, Cisco and HP to better negotiate and manage their critical business relationships (including customer, supplier, outsourcing service provider or buyer, and alliance partners).
Sabrina Parsons
Sabrina Parsons, currently CEO for Palo Alto Software, was previously co-founder and co-owner of an entrepreneurial business that eventually became Palo Alto Software in the UK. That company was founded in London in 2001 and was purchased by the parent company in 2002. Currently she focuses on media relations and developing strategic partnerships at Palo Alto Software. She previously was founder and co-director of a successful internet consulting company based in the Silicon Valley, with a focus on advertising, marketing, and business development. She had been Senior Producer at Epinions.com, Director of Online Marketing at Commtouch Solutions, and Marketing Manager at Encommerce, all of which were absorbed into public companies. Sabrina is the co-author of a book recently published by Entrepreneur Press, 3 Weeks To Startup. She is also the President of the Princeton Entrepreneurship Network, an alumni organization that helps support start-ups and entrepreneurs in the
Princeton community.
