People
Meet 2550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building San Francisco's tech scene.
John Ricci
Founder/President U.S. Angel Investors. VP S&M Trader Media (acquired for $350M). Cofounder @jmc-telecom. VP Sales and Marketing Bull
Alfred Lin
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Nick Frost
Business Development Manager at @mattermark Founder of @startuplist, Former VP of BizDev & Sales at @advsor. US Navy Veteran
Jim Young
Currently: founder of @perceptual-networks. Before: founder of HotOrNot, @i-o-ventures, Megatasty. PhD, UC @university-of-california-berkeley EE/CS.
Jyri Engestrom
Founder Ditto (sold to @groupon) & @jaiku (sold to @google)
Barney Pell
Founder @moon-express, @powerset (sold to @microsoft). Bing local, mobile, semantics . Assoc. Founder and Trustee, Singularity U. Active angel/advisor.
Ryan Sarver
Partner at @redpoint-ventures; Director of Platform at @twitter and early employee; Director of Consumer Product at @skyhook and early employee;
Ryan Swagar
Co-founder @venture51, Co-Founded @republic-project (which was acquired in 2013 by DGIT on Nasdaq), Father, Skier, Golfer, Surfer and Canadian.
Nova Spivack
Serial entrepreneur / angel; 20 ventures, 2 IPOs. 1st investor in @klout. Founder: @bottlenose, @live-matrix, Daily Dot, @streamglider, Twine, @earthweb & Dice.
Sam Pullara
MD at SHV, Early WebLogic eng, EIR at Accel & Benchmark, Founder of @gauntlet-systems (acq), Chief Technologist at @yahoo, Founder of @bagcheck (@twitter acq)
Matt Galligan
Co-Founder & CEO of @circa. Co-Founded 1% of Nothing, @simplegeo & @socialthing.
Othman Laraki
Entrepreneur, startup helper, previously VP of Growth, Revenue & International at Twitter. Co-founded MixerLabs, early PM at Google, and BASES board member.
Nikhil Kalghatgi
Partner at Vast Ventures. Formerly UX engineer, military intelligence, and 2x entrepreneur. Love frighteningly ambitious ideas....NYC/SF.
Ethan Kurzweil
VC @bessemer-venture-partners - focused on consumer web, mobile, and developer platforms
Naveen Selvadurai
@expa , @foursquare, @sony , @sun, and @lucent-bell-labs.
Justin Kan
Founded @exec and @justin-tv. Part time partner at Y Combinator.
Richard D. Titus
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.
Chris McCann
Community @greylock-partners. Founded @startupdigest @grouptie. Mentor @thiel-fellowship-20-under-20
Michael Dearing
Founder at @harrison-metal
Brit Morin
Founder & CEO of @brit-co-2; Worked at @google & @apple; Investor and advisor to various tech startups
Stephanie Palmeri
VC @softtech-vc with @jeff and @chudson. Investing in next-gen commerce, SaaS, mobile services. Marketing, product & consulting in a former life.
Maneesh Arora
CEO+Cofounder @mightytext. @google (PM on Consumer, Ads), @zynga (PM). @google Founders Award: AdSense.b4:Enterprise software. CS degree @university-of-california-los-angeles. #PRODUCTBUILDER
Ed Roman
Entrepreneur, developer, angel, advisor. Founded 2 startups. Connector of good people. I try to pay-it-forward by advising and helping as much as possible.
Niren Hiro
co-founder @searchman, Investor & Advisor @ several cool companies, ceo @crowdstar, ground zero @admob, GM Mobile @yahoo