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Jul 2017 – Present

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Apr 2010 – Jul 2017

mountain view, ca

I was the founder and managing partner of 500 Startups, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm and accelerator. 500 has made investments in over 2,000 companies, including Twilio (NYSE:TWLO), Credit Karma, SendGrid (NYSE:SEND), Grab, Udemy, Ipsy, TalkDesk, InterCom, MakerBot (acq'd SSYS $400M, 2013), Wildfire (acq'd GOOG $350M, 2012), and Viki (acq'd Rakuten $200M, 2013).

Oct 2008 – Mar 2010

San Francisco Bay Area

I managed a ~$3M portfolio across two early-stage investment programs: the FF Angel seed fund (part of Founders Fund II) and the Facebook fbFund, an incubator for Facebook-related startups. I made 42 seed-stage investments which resulted in 4 unicorns: Twilio (NYSE:TWLO), Credit Karma, SendGrid (NYSE:SEND), and Lyft, as well as Wildfire Interactive (acquired by Google for $350M), and Life360 (raised over $90M in capital).

Sep 2004 – Oct 2008

San Francisco Bay Area

I was an investor and/or advisor in ~20 internet startups including: Mint.com (INTU), oDesk (now UpWork), Mashery (INTC), TeachStreet (AMZN), KissMetrics, Jambool (GOOG), Twilio (NYSE:TWLO), and SlideShare (LNKD).

Jul 2006 – Jun 2008

San Francisco Bay Area

Web 2.0 Expo (2006-2008): I helped create & co-chair the Web 2.0 Expo tech conference. I organized 60 talks and panels with 100+ industry speakers, and helped market the conference to 10,000 attendees. Graphing Social Patterns (2007-2008): I created a tech conference for O'Reilly about Facebook & social platforms. We produced 3 events in 2007 and 2008 attended by over 1,000 developers and investors.

Jan 2007 – Present

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2006 – Present

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Intensity Ventures

1995 – Present

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Mobius Venture Capital

Jan 2001 – Present

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Softbank Technology Ventures

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Upfront Ventures

Aug 2007 – Present

Upfront Ventures is a venture capital firm that backed both of my previous start-ups. I had been working with the partners for 8 years prior to joining as a General Partner. I joined "the dark side" to to help fund like-minded entrepreneurs.

salesforce.com

Mar 2007 – Aug 2007

I joined salesforce.com when the company where I was founder and CEO, Koral, was acquired. I stayed through a transition period to ensure that the product was ready for a successful market launch and the entire engineering team of Koral remains at salesforce.com.

Koral (Acquired by Salesforce.com)

Apr 2006 – Mar 2007

I founded Koral along with my former colleagues from BuildOnline. We built the product over a 2 year period and then officially launched our new product, Koral, at DEMOFall 2006. It was a smashing success and received a lot of industry accolades. We were acquired in March 2007 by salesforce.com.

BuildOnline (acquired by The Sword Group)

Nov 1999 – Nov 2006

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Sep 1991 – Nov 1999

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CEO, Management

Nov 2006 – Present

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Jul 2009 – Present

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Jan 2017 – Present

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Silicon Flatirons Center at the University of Colorado

Jan 2010 – Present

Boulder, colorado

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Jul 2006 – Nov 2006

Founder of earFeeder.com, CEO, main web developer, bottle washer, and cook. Sold company to SonicSwap.com in 2006.

Capital Factory

Capital Factory

Jan 2009 – Present

Capital Factory is the entrepreneurial center of gravity in Austin, Texas. Located in the middle of downtown, Capital Factory has 50,000 square feet full of startups and entrepreneurs. Take classes to learn the skills that startups need, attend meet ups to find a co-founder, rent a desk for you startup or apply for funding and mentorship in the Incubator. http://www.capitalfactory.com

Capital Factory

Eisenhower Fellowships

Oct 2014 – Present

Eisenhower Fellowships is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization seeking to foster international understanding and leadership through the exchange of information, ideas and perspectives among leaders throughout the world. Established in 1953 as a birthday tribute to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the organization has sponsored more than 2,000 Fellows from 108 countries. For more information, visit www.efworld.org

Capital Factory

The University of Texas at Austin

Jun 2015 – Present

Texas Health Catalyst is a program at The University of Texas at Austin to more effectively and efficiently translate the best faculty research into health impact as a therapeutic, diagnostic, device or digital health product. Through the program, the Dell Medical School in collaboration with the Cockrell School of Engineering, College of Natural Sciences, School of Pharmacy and the Office of Technology Commercialization will develop a vetted pipeline of translational research from across the university and make this rich resource easily accessible to downstream developers, partners and funders.

Capital Factory

Apr 2014 – Present

We deliver email. Lots of it. Our sister company UnsubCentral helps email marketers comply with the national CAN-SPAM act. Formerly known as SKYLIST and PulseConnect

Capital Factory

Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce

Jan 2014 – Present

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Atom Factory Inc.

Dates employed unknown

Time employed unknown

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Jessica Livingston

Feb 2005 – Present

I love working with early stage startups. I'm currently on a sabbatical. Unfortunately, I never check my LinkedIn inmail.

AngelPad (VC Fund & Accelerator)

2010 – Present

Google (Office of the CEO)

Feb 2007 – Jun 2009

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2005 – Jan 2007

Mountain View, CA

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Google Europe - London

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Google HQ, Mountain View, CA

Mountain View, CA

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Rowan Trollope

May 2018 – Present

Rowan Trollope

Oct 2015 – Present

I am responsible for Cisco’s global IoT business strategy and technology solutions. My team is also responsible for Applications at Cisco, including the Collaboration technology group.

Rowan Trollope

VP, Management

Nov 2012 – Oct 2015

In 3 years, transformed Collaboration products group into the #1 market leader in all segments, the undisputed vision and execution leader in the industry in every category. Drove results: dramatic turnaround, with business growing in double digits now for 6 consecutive quarters. Transformed the entire product portfolio with 8 Red Dot awards for outstanding product design in hardware and software Delivered the groundbreaking Cisco Spark cloud platform which is powering the next generation of products for Cisco Led 5 acquisitions, with the Acano acquisition being the largest. Simplified Collaboration product line from 65 to 17 SKUs

Rowan Trollope

Jan 1991 – Nov 2012

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Rowan Trollope

Jan 1991 – Jun 2011

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Techstars Chicago (Formerly Excelerate Labs)

Jul 2016 – Present

Greater Chicago Area

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Techstars Chicago (Formerly Excelerate Labs)

The Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH)

Jan 2011 – Present

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

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Techstars Chicago (Formerly Excelerate Labs)

Corazon Capital

Jan 2014 – Present

Greater Chicago Area

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Techstars Chicago (Formerly Excelerate Labs)

TechStars Chicago

Jan 2013 – Present

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Techstars Chicago (Formerly Excelerate Labs)

Sep 2012 – Present

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Mar 2011 – Present

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2011 – Present

Mountain View, CA

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2006 – Present

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California Clean Tech Open

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Jun 2016 – Present

Saint Louis, New York

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Jan 2009 – Present

I started the company with Jack back in 2008

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Jan 2017 – Present

Greater St. Louis Area

The only meetings where I regularly wear a necktie

Jul 2013 – Present

Greater St. Louis Area

LaunchCode.org trains and places programmers. And it's FREE.

Washington University in St. Louis

Oct 2017 – Present

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Carine Magescas

2010 – Present

San Francisco / New York

AngelPad is ranked #1 US Accelerator by MIT’s U.S Seed Accelerator Rankings and StrictlyVC called it the “Anti Y-Combinator“

Carine Magescas

represented by Themes & Projects and Samuel Owen Gallery

2012 – Present

Fine Art Photographer Recent Exhibitions: Solo Exhibition "la Plage Blanche" - San Francisco 2016 Group Show - Visibly Summer - Greenwich 2015 Solo Exhibition "The Surge" - New York 2015 AAF Battersea London, 2015 Christie's Multiplied London, 2014 AAF Fall New York 2014 Art Hamptons 2014 AAF Spring New York 2014 Gallery Representation: Themes & Projects - San Francisco CA Samuel Owen Gallery - Greenwich CT and Nantucket MA Eyestorm, London

Carine Magescas

Feb 2003 – Dec 2007

e-commerce platform for French Home Accessories with exclusives US representation and distribution rights. Wholesale clients included MoMA New York and W Hotels. Featured in numerous press publications (dailycandy, Home&Garden, NYtimes, DesignSponge etc...).

Carine Magescas

Moreover Technologies (acquired by VeriSign)

Apr 2001 – Oct 2002

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Carine Magescas

Semio Corporation

Nov 1999 – Mar 2001

Led all Marketing, Branding and PR programs.

Aug 2010 – Present

500 Startups is a global early-stage VC and startup accelerator. Wore many hats and herded many pugs to grow 500 to >$300MM under management, 1700+ portfolio investments, 150 team members, 25+ accelerator batches, and a vibrant global community of founders. Led investments in 150+ companies including ipsy, RealtyShares, Between, Guideline, Bombfell, Willing, Scentbird, Italist, StackCommerce, and more. (view more at https://angel.co/christinetsai)

Jun 2003 – Aug 2010

Lead for Google I/O (http://code.google.com/io), Google's largest developer event of the year, featuring over 5,000 developers in attendance, 90+ sessions, 180 company demos, and more. Other big accomplishments include product launches for App Engine for Java, Google Web Toolkit (GWT), Google Web Elements, and producing over 30 developer case studies. Prior to Developer Platforms, led product marketing for video monetization including AdSense for Video and AdSense video units. Also managed AdSense publisher engagement (e.g. retention and cross-sell). Prior to that, was part of original technical support team for Google Analytics née Urchin. Competitive market intelligence guru for Analytics team. Prior to that, part of original technical support team for AdSense and led early optimization programs to help publishers maximize revenue.

Jul 2007 – Sep 2008

YouTube syndication - bringing YouTube to any screen, any time. Led product marketing for YouTube APIs and YouTube for mobile. Drove co-marketing for syndication partners including Panasonic, EA, Sony, TiVo, and more.

Nov 2002 – May 2003

Supported international sales managers and 3rd party distributors across 20+ global markets. Market research for lead generation.

ChevronTexaco Products Co.

May 2001 – Aug 2001

Summer internship while studying at Cal. Built web-based dashboard model for U.S. refinery managers using Plumtree Portal technology and OSIsoft PI system.

Jun 2012 – Present

Mountain View and Los Angeles CA

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Makegameswith.us

Apr 2012 – Jul 2017

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Dec 2011 – Jul 2016

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Jan 2009 – Jul 2012

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Sep 2013 – Present

San Francisco Bay Area

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Jan 2018 – Present

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Prellis Biologics

Oct 2017 – Present

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2016 – Present

San Francisco Bay Area

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2014 – Present

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Jun 2017 – Present

Running for Governor of Colorado

Colorado State Board of Education

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Ignite Talks PBC

Aug 2015 – Present

San Francisco Bay Area

Ignite Talks PBC supports the 350+ Ignite events that have formed worldwide. Ignite started as a geek event 9 years ago, but over time it has become an event for everyone. Ignite Talks PBC is focused on supporting the Ignite community worldwide and promoting public speaking.

Jan 2017 – Present

Selecting, advising & mentoring the startups at Highway1. No longer there on a daily basis.

Dec 2006 – Present

Greater Seattle Area

Ignite is a geek event for sharing ideas. Speakers each get 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds for a total of 5 minutes. Bre Pettis and I started it in Seattle and quickly spread around the globe to hundreds of cities.

Community Arts Stabilization Trust

Feb 2015 – Present

San Francisco Bay Area

At the Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST), we believe that securing permanent, affordable space for the arts is critical to San Francisco’s booming innovation economy and weaving the social fabric that maintains our economic and cultural diversity. The mission of CAST is to create stable physical spaces for arts and cultural organizations to facilitate equitable urban transformation. By: - Acquiring properties to sustain arts in selected San Francisco neighborhoods - Building the capacity of cultural organizations to lease or own property - Bundling leases to sustain affordable rents for those not prepared to buy - Leveraging funding to achieve the goal CAST is: - Creating a new and inventive approach to asset development for cultural organizations - Contributing to neighborhood revitalization strategies with arts at the center of economic and community development - Demonstrating a new philanthropic strategy for the arts by recycling financial resources and forging unprecedented public-private partnerships - Mitigating space challenges for arts organizations in one of the hottest real estate markets and most important cultural communities in the US - Serving a mix of cultural organizations, artists and a community of people that is diverse by age, race, gender, economic status and cultural background

PCH International

Mar 2013 – Present

San Francisco Bay Area

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Techstars Chicago (Formerly Excelerate Labs)

MATH Venture Partners

Mar 2014 – Present

MATH Venture Partners is an early to middle-stage fund managed by a seasoned team of hands-on investors and operators. We look for entrepreneurial teams that have customer acquisition as part of their core DNA. It is this maniacal focus, deep appreciation for process and exceptional talent that makes them stand out. MATH forms deep and personal partnerships with entrepreneurs.

Techstars Chicago (Formerly Excelerate Labs)

Kellogg School of Management

Nov 2012 – Present

Teaching courses in Entrepreneurship and Digital Marketing

Techstars Chicago (Formerly Excelerate Labs)

2015 – Present

Madison, Wisconsin Area

To hungry diners across the nation, EatStreet is the most convenient way to order delivery and takeout from their favorite restaurants. To restaurant owners, EatStreet is their one-stop online ordering and marketing shop through its suite of web, mobile, and social products. The company's in-house 24/7 customer support team ensures every order is fast, convenient, and correct, from the moment of hunger to the moment the food arrives.

Techstars Chicago (Formerly Excelerate Labs)

Nov 2016 – Present

Greater Chicago Area

Great companies need great people. That's where we come in. Built In is a network of local online communities connecting startups and technology companies with passionate tech professionals. We help you share your employer brand, promote your culture, participate in community events and recruit the right candidate for every position.

Techstars Chicago (Formerly Excelerate Labs)

2015 – Present

Greater New York City Area

CardFlight is a software-as-a-service company offering mobile payments technology and point of sale solutions to enterprises. We offer a Software Development Kit for developers to integrate payments acceptance in their existing app and SwipeSimple, a turnkey mobile solution for independent sales organizations and merchant service providers to offer to their merchants. Our technology platform is EMV chip card enabled with encrypted card readers, and a PCI Level 1 compliant payment gateway supporting all major U.S. processors.

Oct 1994 – Present

United States, Ireland, China

Investigate unfilled market needs in developing and/or undervalued markets, with a focus on accelerators, engineering innovation and hardware/physical products. SOSV is the Accelerator VC, we help startups smash it. As MD, I don't invest directly in companies, our handful of great investment partners do that.

Mar 2012 – Oct 2014

invited to give a speech at Silicon Republic's Digital Ireland Forum on 23 March 2012... and that became a movement. Now we are legion. (redefined the immigration policy for Ireland, opening up Ireland to tech workers from around the world, the world's best and brightest have an open door to come work in Ireland).

Feb 2007 – Oct 2014

Worked on overall strategy, sales, and technology. I spend a lot of time with customers trying to figure out how to improve the product and achieve behavioral change. It was an awesome job, in a product category that we helped pioneer, both through the main company and three other companies that spun out of it... millions of people using products created through this company, mostly in China & the US. Shared transport/mobility took off in this time period. (Company was previously known as "Avego" from 2008-July 2013). Lawrence Mulligan took over the CEO role at Carma in October 2014 after I determined I needed to relocate to the US for my son's education. I am still on the board at Carma.

Feb 2007 – Mar 2009

chairman of a leading technology company in Ireland that provides solutions in the transport, insurance and location based services industry to the european market; turned Chairman role over to Richard Bryce; served on the board since April 2009 until August 2013, when Mapflow was bought out by Lexis Nexus (Reed Elsevier)

Two Pop Productions

Jan 1998 – Jan 2006

Shoot footage and still photography for documentary films, newspapers and magazines as well as broadcast news organizations. Worked in Los Angeles, Iraq, the far east and other exciting places. Directed and produced two award winning films, "String Worms at Budd Terrace" (2005 Winner of the Silver Award for best feature documentary film on elder issues), and a short narrative comedy "Squirrel Nuts" (2000 winner for best short film from Shorttakes).

Feb 2013 – Present

Mountain View, CA

#customersuccess

Acceleprise San Francisco

2014 – Present

San Francisco Bay Area

Excited to help vertical SaaS entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground.

May 2012 – Feb 2013

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LiveOffice (acquired by Symantec for $115 MM)

May 2008 – May 2012

* Ran market-leading cloud / SaaS email archiving / E-Discovery provider. * Recruited by Private Equity investor Summit Partners. * Grew cloud archiving ARR from ~$2 MM in 2008 to ~$25 MM in 2011. * Ramped down unrelated legacy businesses. * Managed cash flow and profitability with only ~$1 MM in equity investment. * Serviced and renegotiated term debt financing. * Recruited and led strong team of ~170. * Hired exec team including head of sales, PM, operations/engineering and finance. * Created unique and authentic company culture. * Built and grew cost-effective inside sales and marketing funnel. * Developed key partnerships with Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Box, DropBox and Symantec. * Scaled technology to petabytes of storage, billions of objects and 7 data centers worldwide. * Recognized as Visionary by Gartner, E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist and Inc 5000. * Drove and negotiated acquisition by Symantec for $115 MM cash.

Trinity Ventures

Oct 2007 – Apr 2008

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Boomtown Accelerator

Batshit Crazy Ventures

Jun 2016 – Present

Boulder, Colorado

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Boomtown Accelerator

Humanaut Creative

Jan 2013 – Present

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

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Boomtown Accelerator

Made Movement

Jul 2012 – Present

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Boomtown Accelerator

Aug 2010 – Present

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Boomtown Accelerator

Jun 2010 – Present

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Trevor Blackwell

Umbrella Research

Apr 2012 – Present

Redwood City, CA

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