Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in San Francisco.
Founder & GM, Advertising Solutions at Neustar (NYSE: NSR) - VP, Digital, TARGUSinfo - Former Naval Aviator - MBA @SmithSchool - BS, CS @NavalAcademy
Co-Founder @thistle-1. Built @feefighters, sold to @groupon then ran BD there. Early @kiva. Prev: @bcg, @carnegie-mellon-university, @university-of-michigan.
Sr. Product Manager @metromile • Worked @bain-company, @obama-for-america • Econ, Env Econ, Business @university-of-california-berkeley
Founder, @luxr-co. Leader in the Lean Startup world. Entrepreneur. Co-founder and former CEO of @adaptive-path.
http://blog.luxr.co
Co-President of @harvard-business-school Angels. Venture Partner at Emergence Capital. Former VP of BD at @cornerstone-ondemand and @wageworks (both had IPOs).
http://www.emcap.com/people/sean-jacobsohn
COO at @taulia; first VP Loyalty Marketing for Harrah's Entertainment. Former ceo/co-founder of @trooval.
http://eshippunchdrunk.wordpress.com/
Partner @havoc VC (@silicon-valley + @earth ). Founder & fmr. CEO @colingo. Advisor @angellist Mentor @500startups. Before BD @comcast / @plaxo. Grad @upenn.
Director Everlane
Founder/CEO POPSUGAR
VP/GM @2wire (sold AT&T)
Founder/CEO @SugarMedia (sold 2Wire)
Chief Web Officer @bluelight-com
VP eCommerce at @j-crew
Founder @prompt-ly @razorfish (LA), @schematic, Digital business unit leader @bbc & @DailyMail Pre-IPO investor: @facebook, @tesla-motors @razorfish Entrepreneur, coach, angel, Chairman, Board member, CEO, adventurer, documentary filmmaker, & raconteur.
http://www.rxdxt.com
I make things happen. Need to close partner deals? Need a COO or other CXO? Need to build a sales team for your startup? I've done it + much more. #Growth
http://www.DanielOdio.com
Worked at @facebook, @paypal • Studied at @stanford-university
Alliances at Salesforce. Track record meeting aggressive revenue targets in startup and F500 companies. Investor in over 30 startups. FundersClub Angel Panel.
1st startup out of high school. Strong business and ops background. founding member 2x startups.
Think 'Hand of the King' but with more operations/sales/hugs and less intrigue/violence. Head of Sales Operations & Strategy @sunrun.
Co-Founder, EVA Automation; Founder, Liucrative Endeavors • Advisor, Entrepreneur, Financier, Investor • @harvard-business-school, @university-of-pennsylvania
Run Business Development at Facebook, VP of Products at @snaplogic, Chrome distribution at @google, Windows at @microsoft, built products at @microstrategy
Tech columnist @Slate. Content. Marketing. Growth. Led branded content @walmart, launched mobile @20th-century-fox, founded @mixblendr, made TV @nbc Universal
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_bet.html
Founder and CEO @capillary-technologies-1, Angel @tynker @studypad-inc @antfarm @verious-inc
Founder @wrapp, @adprofit • Worked at @creandum, @bearingpoint • Investor @leap-transit, @onbeep • Studied at @uppsala-university, @university-of-melbourne
USF grad. Customer Success at Lever, Inc.
http://ciaratrinidad.com
Software designer, programmer, former owner of rare book auction house, private pilot, active in K-12 educational technology.
Co-founder, CEO of @shyp . Canadian.
Founder @sf-musictech-summit , Future of Money & Technology Summit, SF MusicTech Fund, Future of Music Coalition, San FranZiskGo!, Green Witch (sold to CMGI) ++
Insikt Ventures --> Square -- > Visa
Business Development Manager at @mattermark Founder of @startuplist, Former VP of BizDev & Sales at @advsor. US Navy Veteran
http://nickfrost.org
Founder @urx • Worked at @google, @yahoo • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles and @y-combinator
http://www.jmilinovich.com
Investor in @buzzient. Founder and CEO of @buzzient. Founder and Managing Principal of @tbj-investments, LLC. Early investor in mobile and social innovation.
http://www.buzzient.com
Associate @illuminate-ventures, angel investor (@elepath, @fluidinfo, @transcriptic), ex-CEO/founder of social news start-up, ex-GOOG, ex-Omidyar Network, ex-AMZN, JD @uc-berkeley-2
Venture Investor at @pantera-capital
Co-founder and CEO @chartboost
http://blog.chartboost.com/
Current: CoFounder Datanyze
Advisor: Yesware & LaunchTrack
Mentor: Launchpad LA
Past: Pioneered the SaaS sales model for Netsuite / VP of Sales KISSmetrics
Associate @ Foundation Capital
Investor, Board Member, Advisor • VP @udemy • @rock-health-v5-fund • @estimote @skykick @faraday-bicycles @stowaway-cosmetics @tapulous @selfieclub
PM @nicira @vmware, Early Engg. @vmware, Founding Member @openstack-1 Quantum. Broad '1.0' Engg. & Biz exp. @stanford-university MS&E @university-of-texas-at-austin-1 CS
Managing Director, Acceleprise SF. Started SF Ent Tech Meetup. Early BD at Box.
http://www.acceleprise.vc/category/blog/
Venture Partner @500startups. Worked at @yahoo, @alibris • . Board or Advisory Board Member @ 8 companies. Mentor @ 20 Accelerator programs across globe.
http://marvin.entreprenor24.se/
VP, Digital Media and Investments for A+E Networks. Prior, founder/CEO of @parentsclick-network, Inc., acquired by @Lifetime Entertainment in 2008.
COO Cloud @sap, BizOps @successfactors, Head of West Coast Software Investment Banking @goldman-sachs, Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
@uwaterloo Alum. CEO & Founder @flinja. General Partner @X-Fund, Engineer by trade, built largest insurance eApp and CRM, hired over 500 people, Grew ARR to 50M
Work @issuu Worked @google, @admob, @criteo • Studied at @iu @cal • Investor
CEO & Co-founder of @sensai-corporation. Co-founded @rally and @Techranch. MBA + Engineer.
http://jonaslamis.com
Consumer growth hacker: web, social and mobile.
Founder/COO at @madesolid (@y-combinator W14) Previously Founder/CEO at @tioki. B.A. Business/Entrepreneurship - UC Santa Barbara. Worked at @adroll and @cbiz
http://blog.madesolid.com
@earthweb, @alexa-internet, @compete, CEO & Co-founder @discovery-mining, CEO & Co-founder @cohuman @pivotallabs @sprint.ly
http://blog.cohuman.com
Founder @biart-company, @cappasity-inc
Cofounder & Head of Customer @honeybook. Previous @activehours. Studied public leadership @harvard-university, @pomona-college.
Serial Entrepreneur with focus on consumer web.
Founded several companies (3 acquired, 1 VC backed). Been working on startups for over a decade
Specialize in managing technology strategies and new product portfolios.Founder BrightBytes • Worked at @zynga, @moody-s • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Founding employee and head of SaaS @quid. Seven years experience in building, selling and supporting B2B SaaS products in Silicon Valley.
http://zacauger.com
Co-Founder @bloomthat • Former Advertising Executive for @apple at @media-arts-lab • Worked at @zurich-investment-company + @sony-pictures-entertainment
Senior digital exec, entrepreneur, advisor, mentor. Over 15 years of industry experience; Strong business and strategy acumen - all about growing revenue.
http://www.bravenewmediaworld.com
Worked at @ning, @Cake Financial • Studied at @colgate-university
Investor @springbot, @whatcounts • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology
VC Director @samsung-electronics MD at @hattery. Prev head of @google.org investments; BoozAllen consultant. @wharton-school MBA; Fulbright and Kauffman fellow. Food (mostly cheese) and tech geek
MP of Anicca Ventures, BofD of Snibbe Interactive, xEIR of Inspirit Ventures, xCEO of Weatherista, xCEO of AdLocal (acquired by Yahoo JP), xVP Bizz Dev, Marcom
CEO @virool. Previously, started 2 companies & int'l non-profit. Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 5 Emerging Entrepreneurs '13. YC S'12, BS @babson-college College '10.
http://virool.com/blog/
Growth Hacker & App Marketplace expert - I make product + marketing = ultra-efficient customer acquisition. Founded 5 startups. Kellogg MBA, Angel Pad alum.
http://blog.NewRelic.com/
Founder @caarbon • Founder @quilt, @nerd-swagger-inc • @koemei Fellow at @kauffman-foundation-1 • @harvard-university, @yale-university @columbia-university
VC at @deep-fork-capital | Previously @wanelo, @lowercase-capital, @gumroad | @harvard-business-school + @duke-university University alum
http://ventureminded.me
CEO - @mitoo - Serial entrepreneur and UX Designer. Loosely a Mentor at Tech Stars London, 500, Seecamp and others.
https://medium.com/@Andycru_mp
Founder of @upshiftpartners Growth Stage Sales Accelerator Co- Founder @calfinder bootstrapped to 20m • Investor and Advisor. Sales Geek
http://www.upshiftpartners.com/blog
CEO - Angel Fund @ Inversys. Market development and Technology background (Networking, Security,Mobile, 4G/LTE... Worked at Cisco, Motorola, @sprint, @apple..
co-founder Activision ATVI $14B cap, founder @acclaim-games (sold to @playdom). Founder and managing partner @startenginela LA's largest accelerator.
Director at HireVue, ex-founder @codeeval (Acquired 2012), @textbo (Acquired 2011)
VP of Biz Dev @buildingconnected, Founder of @vektr-io, Studied at @berkeley, started @rock-to-relief at 16 that generated $100K for non-profits.
Strategy Consultant | @fundersclub | @mkii-ventures | Googler @ 19 years old, left as a YouTuber @ 26 | Ex-Head of Business Development @Firespotter Labs
http://www.falonfatemi.com
Founder/CEO of @partender • @quilt Alum
BS in Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology @emory-university and MS in Entrepreneurship @university-of-florida.
Founded @PeeData (CEO) Co-Founded @squrl (CEO) and @industrynext (Managing Partner)
Currently: Leading all marketing, growth, and BD initiatives at Axiom Zen. Previously: BD & product marketing for Frontback, Mixpanel, Appcelerator, Huddle.
http://www.spencerchen.co
Box, salesforce.com, Get Satisfaction.
Cofounder and VP of Business Development @getable • Worked at @pfizer • Studied at @tufts-university
Looking to start something new. Successes as both CTO and CEO, a geek with business sense who loves to build.
Current Zynga PM, Ex-McKinsey Consultant, ex-VC Associate, Harvard MBA, Computer Engineer, Consumer Tech Enthusiast
VP Sales & Marketing for @RetentionSci. Previously ran sales teams at @badgeville. @yahoo, @webex, @Oracle & @socialtext.
http://schnaars.wordpress.com
VP of Sales and Business Development at InfoArmy
Former EIR & SVP business dev; CMO; VP strategic planning; angel investor; board observer, entrepreneur, teacher. Likes laughing and agile commerce.
Firestarter @ Think Gaming - Y Combinator S2014 // Previous: co-founder, @squrl, @industrynext
AL Syndicator; Angel Investor • Managing Director at @trg-holdings • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @mit-sloan-school-of-management
Venture lead @visa; Co-founder @october-three (private, profitable); @joby (acquired); CCA Strategies (acq by JPMorgan); BS, MS Statistics @stanford-university
http://pberg.com/blog/
I'm a serial entrepreneur with more than a decade of emphasis on women’s health and children’s education.
http://toynachin-health-technology.tumblr.com/
Innovator on business models, marketing & discovery in noisy long tail markets.
CEO/Founder @chewse, @500 Startups; Food Planner @tedx; @usc Entrepreneur of the Year
http://tracyleelawrence.com/
CEO Nexway Inc., Co-founder of Net2one, investor and advisor for several start-up (Online, E-commerce)
Escp eap, 17years in Internet Jobs, from Sales to CEO
Founder @honeybadgr • Bitcoin • Previously @google, @Coderwall, @appdynamics, @virool • Studied at @point-loma-nazarene-university
http://honeybadgr.com/blog
Founder @the-assets the Business Assets Marketplace - Former Founder & CEO @tactilize, @owni, VP @CNNum, (...)
http://nicolasvoisin.com
Corp Dev @livefyre, M&A @yahoo, Investment Banking @morganstanley • Studied at Columbia, University of Chicago
VP of Sales, Adobe Marketing Cloud @adobe-systems Formerly Americas Platform Sales @google and Marketer Sales @doubleclick
Founder @zillabyte • Former sales at @twilio, former @usmc • Studied at @harvard-business-school School
http://essays.zillabyte.com
Worked at @yahoo, @airbnb • Studied at @san-jose-state-university
I founded Social Times Inc. in 2007 and sold it to WebMediaBrands (parent company behind mediabistro.com) in 2010. Now I'm building my next company...
http://nickoneill.com
Head of Enterprise Sales @factual • Founding member @jetblue • Worked at @yodlee, @apple, @redpoint-ventures @originate • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles Anderson School of Management, @boston College
VP Sales and Marketing at Open Garden.
Previously GM at @microsoft.
Various stints in advertising and media.
MD Private Securities Group @sharespost; worked @wells-fargo, @stifel-nicolaus-weisel, @canaccord-adams; attended @university-of-colorado-boulder
Head of Mobile BD @yelp. Former @techstars NYC & Late-Stage VC investor @ Summit Partners. Focused on Mobile-enabled businesses. Experienced w/ BD & Product
Founder @man-goes-mobile, @green-and-red-technologies • Worked at @google, @admob • Investor @caplinked, @tigertrade • Studied at @columbia-university
http://www.slideshare.net/nasheetislam
co-founder @gunbygun, formerly co-founder @blissmo, strategy consultant @pwc, political campaigns. Startup Ops/Biz Dev/Product. Passionate about tech for good
Mentor @500startups @startx and @vegastechfund
VP of Operations @hackreactor • Founder @Louder • Led Social Media for Jerry Brown Campaign • Led Operations @rally • Helped @twitter grow from 20 to 250
http://mutgoff.com/
Founder at @incloudcounsel, @tembo and @dashmob. Lawyered at @kirkland-ellis-llp. Schooled at @yale-university & @harvard-law-school. Mostly pleasant.
SaaS company builder. CEO & Co-Founder @socialpandas. Launched Force.com & @liveperson API business. Ran @salesforce.com's AppExchange ecosystem. @university-of-california-los-angeles MBA.
Business Operations Leader and handy-woman who helps startups get their sh*t organized, who manages acquisitions and supports growing pains for scalability.
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Product @refresh. Previously salesops & product @zocdoc, VC @highland-capital-partners, management consultant @the-parthenon-group; @harvard-business-school MBA and @duke-university engineer
CEO, Founder @elasticbox. @microsoft and @ibm Alum, Director of Platform at @myspace and VP product and strategy @sgn @mindjolt
Founder, CPA, MBA. 15+ years in the online dating space including Match.com. CFO/COO/Business Development Expertise. Help grow business in a healthy way!
All things @visible - Was BD @formspring, advisor to @origami-labs-1, Managing Director of FounderDating for the Bay Area • Studied at IU
Design extraordinaire with a passion for product and business
Founder and CEO @countable - Direct Democracy
Sold @sidereel to Rovi Corp • Worked at @ibm • Angel Investor and startup Advisor
http://www.bartolah.com
Founder/CEO of @social-high-rise; Founder @karmakey; Sales junky
First Account Executive at StackMob, UC Berkeley undergrad, collegiate water polo player & avid rough water swimmer.
Serial entrepreneur; Founder @positivetalk, @multex (IPO and sold to Reuters for $200 mil) • Worked at @morgan Stanley, @Thomson Reuters • Studied at @rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/76238758/Jim%20Tousignant%20Resume%209.2.12.pdf
entrepreneur making a positive impact in the world
http://www.venturegal.com
Co-founder
Tech Exec & BizDev... At 23, developed CaseTrack software for legal • Founded 2 Startups and worked in Finance w/ Merrill Lynch • @carnegie-mellon-university-2
http://www.contractroom.com
Worked at Zaarly.com, trulia.com. Share Economy enthusiast. Small Business marketing and value creation consultant.
Founder/CEO @fanpop • Worked at @apple, @ebay • Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @university-of-pennsylvania