Bing Gordon is a leading expert in gaming technology, with his most notable contributions to the industry including his position as the former Chief Creative Officer at Electronic Arts (EA), and as an investor/ director at the video game developer Zynga. Now, Bing is the Chief Product Officer at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, where he leads an innovative and... read full bio
Ben Rooney is the former Co-Editor in Chief of Informilo, and Technology Editor at The Wall Street Journal Europe. While with The Wall Street Journal, he wrote for both print and digital editions of the newspaper, and pioneered a new section providing news, commentary and analysis on technology business activity in Europe, as well as start-ups, digital entrepreneurship, and gadget... read full bio
Jeff Clavier is the Founder and Managing partner of SoftTech VC, one of the most prominent seed venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, with over 190 investments. An early angel investor in Web 2.0, Jeff and his team have funded successful startups including Mint (Intuit), Kongregate (GameStop), Brightroll (Yahoo), LiveRamp (Acxiom), Milo (eBay), Wildfire (Google), Blacher Report (Turner), Gnip (Twitter),... read full bio
Among the elite super angel investors in the Silicon Valley is Shervin Pishevar, who has seeded over sixty startups. He is the co-founder and executive chairman of Hyperloop One, which is working to commercialize the revolutionary Hyperloop transportation pod. He is also co-founder and managing director of the Sherpa Capital VC firm, which has backed companies such as Airbnb, Uber,... read full bio
Naval Ravikant is the CEO and co-founder of AngelList, a website for startups, angel investors, and job-seekers looking to work at startups. AngelList syndicates have invested over $100M in US startups so far, becoming the largest single pool of funds ever devoted to early-stage startups. Prior to forming AngelList, Naval co-founded Epinions (acquired by Shopping.com) and Vast.com. A prominent angel... read full bio
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A leader in the world of gaming, Julie Uhrman is the former founder and CEO of OUYA- a groundbreaking gaming console that allows any developer to publish a console game by bringing the mobile app model to the TV. OUYA is a powerful, brilliantly designed, open and inexpensive alternative to conventional game consoles. Now, Julie is the Executive VP &... read full bio
Former VP of Product at Twitter, Michael Sippey is now the CEO and founder of Talkshow, an app that allows people to text in public. With this messaging app, individuals, groups of friends, entertainers, creators, and anyone else can have conversations in public, to be viewed by others in real time or after the fact. Every Talkshow can be shared... read full bio
Niklas Zennstrom is a leading tech entrepreneur, most notably founding numerous high-profile online ventures with Janus Friis, such as Skype and Kazaa. He recently founded the technology investment firm Atomico, which has invested in over fifty companies on three continents. Zennstrom also co-founded the nonprofit organization Zennstrom Philanthropies, which aims to support climate change, human rights and social entrepreneurship. He... read full bio
Donald Miller is the CEO of the marketing service StoryBrand, helping thousands of businesses each year to define their brand message. In total, Don’s books have spent over a year on the New York Times Bestsellers list, including: Blue Like Jazz, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, and Scary Close. He helped write the major motion picture Blue Like... read full bio
The biggest claim to fame of screenwriter and producer D.B. Weiss is his work on HBO’s series Game of Thrones. Along with being a screenwriter and producer, Weiss is also an author and director. On Game of Thrones, he fills the roles of executive producer, screenwriters, and occasionally the director. Early on in his career, Weiss worked as a personal... read full bio
Considered the premier journalist of Silicon Valley, former writer for The Wall Street Journal Kara Swisher is the co-founder of Recode, a technology news website that keeps up with what’s happening in Silicon Valley. While with The Wall Street Journal, she served as the co-executive editor of All Things Digital, which specialized is tech and startup company news. She also... read full bio
Erika Costell is among the top YouTubers out there, gaining over 1 million subscribers overnight. It has taken even the greatest YouTubers years to achieve this feat. She started out as a member of famed YouTuber Jake Pauls Team 10, eventually creating her own channel and skyrocketing her fan base with the help of shout outs from Jake. ... read full bio
Ben Horowitz, co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, is a businessman, blogger, investor, and author. He also was the co-founder, CEo, and president of the software company Opsware, which was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard. He also authored a book entitled The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers, which was published... read full bio
Rutledge Wood is truly car-obsessed and at an early age learned from his father the business of buying, restoring and selling new and old vehicles. He tried out working in the business world, but quickly discovered that simply wasn’t his cup of tea. His love of cars led him to NASCAR, and to starring in NASCAR Smarts on the SPEED... read full bio
Colonel Chris Hadfield was an astronaut for 21 years, completing three space flights, two thousand six hundred orbits of Earth, and has made space accessible for those on earth by using social media. Dubbed ‘the most famous astronaut since Neil Armstrong’, Hadfield is renowned internationally (and universally). As Canada’s first fully qualified Space Shuttle crewmember, Hadfield has displayed honor and... read full bio
Lady Michelle Mone is a renowned entrepreneur, speaker, and advocate. Baroness Mones career began upon her building Ultimo Brands Internation, UKs leading lingerie brand. Her goal, through this company, was to help women build confidence. The baroness was honored with a Life Peerage to the House of Lords by the Prime Minister and an OBE from Her Majesty the Queen... read full bio
Regarded as one of the best economic minds of his generation, Joseph E. Stiglitz is the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics. His work has helped explain the circumstances in which markets do not work well and how selective government intervention can improve their performance. He was a member of the Council of Economic Advisors from 1993-95, during... read full bio
Alfonso Cuaron is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and editor. Some of his best known films include: A Little Princess, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Children of Men, and Gravity. His work on Gravity earned him an Oscar for Best Directing, making him the first Mexican director to win that award. Hes received... read full bio
Allan Golston is the president of the United States Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His job is to lead the foundations efforts for education opportunity and student achievement. He wants to make sure that all students whom are of low-income, and students of color receive a high-quality education that helps them into careers and succeed in college.... read full bio
