Panels
Six panels, including two working lunches, will be held during the TechCrunch50 conference.
There will be two panels on each day of the conference and each will include a mixture of discussion and advice on subjects important to entrepreneurs and investors.
The Role of the Angel Investor
An introduction to the most prominent Angel investors. Panelists will discuss their perspective on personal investing, inclusive of what these Angels look for in terms of team experience, technology categories, investment stage, valuation, etc. The Panelists will discuss their successes, failures, hopes and dreams.
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Time: Monday, September 8th, 12:00pm
Moderated by: Jason Calacanis, Founder, CEO, Mahalo
Panelists:
- Ron Conway, Angel Investor
- Yossi Vardi, Investor and Entrepreneur
- David Kidder, Founder and CEO, Clickable
- Chris Sacca, Investor and Company Advisor
- Matt Coffin, Investor and Entrepreneur
Building scalable web businesses - the right entrepreneurs focused on the right markets
Join Clearstone Venture Partners, the Founders of Rubicon Project, thePlatform, LiveOps, StumbleUpon and many others for a hosted open-forum lunch discussion focused on what every entrepreneur needs to know to ensure their start-up is set for success from the earliest investment stage. Learn from successful and established "company starters" what patterns they look for when evaluating when and if to invest in entrepreneurs and their ideas at the earliest stages. Hear serial entrepreneurs share war stories about the lessons they've learned building scalable web businesses from scratch and working with the VCs that fund them.
Time: Monday, September 8th, 1:30pm
Moderated by: David Stern, Venture Partner, Clearstone Venture Partners
Panelists:
- Frank Addante, Founder and CEO of the Rubicon Project
- Rahul Sonnad, Fonder and CEO, Geodelic
- Sumant Mandal, Managing Director, Clearstone Venture Partners
- Ariel Poler, Serial entrepreneur and investor
- Bill Trenchard, Chairman at LiveOps / Angel Investor
20 Questions for VCs
A panel of VCs on what they are looking for these days, how spooked they are by the liquidity drought, and how the venture capital game in general is changing.
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Time: Tuesday, September 9th, 11:45am
Moderated by: Erick Schonfeld, Co-Editor, TechCrunch
Panelists:
- Sumant Mandal, Managing Director, Clearstone Venture Partners
- George Zachary, Partner, Charles River Ventures
- Roelof Botha, Partner, Sequoia Capital
- Raj Kapoor, Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
- Ross Levinsohn, Partner, Velocity Interactive Group
Mastering the Top 3 Challenges of the Start-Up: Financing, Recruiting and Customer Acquisition
A working lunch sponsored by the Mayfield Fund dedicated to exploring the three top challenges of start-ups, including financing, recruiting talent and acquiring an audience for your product.
Time: Tuesday, September 9th, 1:15pm
Hosted by: Navin Chadda, Mayfield Fund
Panelists:
- Ram Shiram, Managing Partner, Sherpalo Ventures
- Jon Love, Founder, JL Recruiting
- Chamath Palihapitiya, VP of Product Marketing, Facebook
Exit Strategies, M&A Uncovered
The stage will be shared with 5 other prominent VCs, M&A experts, Corporate Executives and others who are prepared to share their perspectives on what is practical and required for a successful exit with the TechCrunch50 audience.
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Time: Wednesday, September 10th, 11:45am
Moderated by: Heather Harde, CEO, TechCrunch
Panelists:
- Michael Marquez, EVP, Strategy and Corporate Development, CBS Interactive
- David Lawee, VP, Corporate Development, Google
- Barney Pell, Founder, Powerset
- Ted Wang, Partner, Fenwick & West LLP
Hollywood Goes Silicon Valley
The panel showcases the efforts of a posse of entertainment luminaries who are creating content exclusively for the Web and are embracing new technologies in all aspects of their production, marketing and distribution of commercial entertainment properties.
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Time: Wednesday, September 10th, 5:00pm
Moderated by: Michael Arrington, Founder and Co-Editor, TechCrunch
Panelists:
- Joss Whedon, Writer, Director
- Stan Rogow, Executive Producer and Director of Gemini Division
- Matthew Diamond, CEO and Founder of Alloy Media + Marketing
- Chris Henchy, Gary Sanchez Productions
- Michael Yanover, Business Strategist, Creative Artists Agency
