Launch Festival 2015
February 24, 2015
Agenda
MONDAY MARCH 2ND
Morning Session: 9:30am-12:00pm
- Fireside Chat with Yancey Strickler, Kickstarter
- Ryan Allis, The Launch of Connect 2.0 — Partner Presentation
- Fireside Chat with Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn
- The Future of Food
- Megan Miller, Bitty Foods
- Humberto Evans, Pantelligent
- Ethan Brown, Beyond Meat
Lunch + LAUNCH Job Fair: 12:00pm-2:00pm
Afternoon Session: 2:00pm-5:30pm
- Fireside Chat with Chris Sacca, Lowercase Capital & Tony Hawk
- Fireside Chat with Scott Painter, TrueCar
- Partner Presentation — Your Company Here! Email: [email protected] to support the Festival.
- 15 Brand New Startups Launch on Stage!
TUESDAY MARCH 3RD
Morning Session: 9:30am-12:00pm
- Accelerators: The Next Generation
- Halle Tecco, RockHealth
- Clara Brenner, Tumml
- Brady Forrest, Highway1
- Fireside Chat with Andrew Mason, Detour
- Partner Presentation — Your Company Here! Email: [email protected] to support the Festival.
- The Future of Health with Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder, Social+Capital Partnership
- Dhananja Jayalath, Athos
- Jon Schull, e-NABLE
- Esther Rodriguez-Villegas, AcuPebble
- The Future of Policing
- Chris Kapiloff, School Guard Glass
- Jim Schaff, YardArm Technologies
Lunch + LAUNCH Job Fair: 12:00pm-2:00pm
Afternoon Session: 2:00pm-5:30pm
- Fireside Chat with Peter Thiel, The Founders Fund
- Roelant Prins, Adyen – “Go Global, Be Local” — Partner Presentation
- Fireside Chat with Gary Vaynerchuck, VaynerMedia
- 15 Brand New Startups Launch on Stage!
WEDNESDAY MARCH 4TH
Morning Session: 9:30am-12:00pm
- Fireside Chat with Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures
- Fireside Chat with Glenn Beck, The Blaze
- Partner Presentation — Your Company Here! Email: [email protected] to support the Festival.
- The Fantastic 4: Angels who Make a Difference
- Naval Ravikant, AngelList
- Adeo Ressi, The Founder Institute
- Gil Penchina, Largest AngelList Syndicate in the World
- Joanne Wilson, Gotham Gal Ventures
Lunch + LAUNCH Job Fair: 12:00pm-2:00pm
Afternoon Session: 2:00pm-5:30pm
- Fireside Chat with Marc Benioff, Salesforce
- Kira Makagon, RingCentral — Partner Presentation
- 10 Brand New Startups Launch on Stage!
- Awards Show
Speakers
Jeff Weiner
LinkedIn
Marc Benioff
Salesforce
Peter Thiel
The Founders Fund
Yancey Strickler
Kickstarter
Chris Sacca
Lowercase Capital
Halle Tecco
Rock Health
Clara Brenner
Tumml
Andrew Mason
Detour & Groupon
Chamath Palihapitiya
Social + Capital Partnership
Fred Wilson
Union Square Ventures
Glenn Beck
The Blaze
Scott Painter
TrueCar
Naval Ravikant
AngelList
Tony Hawk
Professional Skateboarder
Joanne Wilson
Gotham Gal Ventures
Gary Vaynerchuk
VaynerMedia
Jed Katz
Javelin Venture Partners
Angela Benton
NewME Accelerator
Tony Bates
GoPro
Josh Williams
Last
David Tisch
BoxGroup
Jacob Jaber
Philz Coffee
James Beshara
Tilt
Charles Hudson
SoftTech VC
Brenden Mulligan
Cluster
Aileen Lee
Cowboy Ventures
Anthony Saleh
Queensbridge Ventures
Bea Arthur
In Your Corner
Danielle Morrill
Mattermark
Tina Sharkey
SherpaFoundry
Or Arbel
Yo
Tim Chang
Mayfield Fund
Ludo Ulrich
Salesforce
Jay Levy
Zelkova Ventures
Roelant Prins
Adyen
Keith Rabois
Khosla Ventures
Naithan Jones
AgLocal
Ryan Allis
Connect.com
Shivani Siroya
InVenture
Howard Lindzon
Stocktwits
Michael Heyward
Whisper
Ryan Sarver
Redpoint Ventures
Sahil Lavingia
Gumroad
Tucker Max
Book in a Box
Dash Gopinath
if(we)
Stuart Goldfarb
Melo7 Tech Partners
Peter Pham
Science Inc.
Shaan Puri
Bebo/Monkey Inferno
Nadia Eghbal
Collaborative Fund
Matt Galligan
Circa
Anima Sarah Lavoy
Connect.com
Rachel Proffitt
WSGR
Gigi Brisson
Attractor Ventures
GRAND JURY
Mark Pesce
The Register
GRAND JURY
Cyan Banister
Banister Capital
GRAND JURY
Jonathon Triest
Ludlow Ventures
GRAND JURY
Don Dodge
Google for Work
GRAND JURY
William Bryant
Partner DFJ
Todd Carpenter
WSGR
Kira Makagon
RingCentral
Enrique Salem
Bain Capital Ventures
Ethan
textethan.com
Michael Seibel
Y Combinator
Erik Moore
Base Ventures
David Famolari
Verizon Ventures
Matt Thompson
Microsoft
Cindy Gallop
MakeLoveNotPorn
John Lyman
Google for Entrepreneurs
Moin Moinunddin
Dropbox, Inc.
Elizabeth Irons
ScienceExchange