Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Seattle.
Co-Founder @truefacet • Worked at @bank-of-america-merrill-lynch • Studied at @new-york-university
Founder @cheezburger, @circa • Studied at @northwestern-university. Allergic to cats.
http://benhuh.org
Founder of @a-thinking-ape
Entrepreneur, CEO, Investor, real estate developer, father, surfer. cyclist. Worked at Accenture, Microsoft. Founded Loudeye, Imperium Renewables, Tippr, invested in over 60 startups.
Founder at Carnegie Innovations, powered by Carnegie Mellon. GP at TL Ventures, Saturn Partners, and TNCV. Chairman at Panopto, Acrobatiq, Axioma, Redzone.
Founder of @RivalIQ and @gist • Worked at @microsoft, @vulcan-ventures • Studied at @purdue-university • mentor @techstars and @startupweekend
http://tamccann.com
Founder of DomainTools.com, sold in 2008.
President of @blue-moon-ventures. 25+ angel investments in last 5 years. Sat on boards of @cheezburger, @minted and others. Founded and sold multiple companies.
Co-founder/COO of @main-street-genome; Co-founder of @zaarly; Exec @appature; @startupweekend board; and Startup lawyer @cooley, CPA, Morgan Stanley.
http://www.ekoester.com
Founder @redfin, @mindsite • Consulted at @microsoft-research • Investor @redfin, @mindsite • Studied at @university-of-washington
Currently VP of Design @twitter. Formerly Founder & CEO of @newsvine (acquired by @nbc-universal), and Art Director of @espn.
http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/
Serial entrepreneur (@feedburner sold to @google, @spyonit sold to 724 Solutions). My head is full of zero-billion dollar business ideas.
Founder Chatbox, @jawfish-games, @netsys-technologies • Investor @skillshare, @jawfish-games • Former Pro Poker Player/Author/TV Host
Cofounder of @prescreen and @zoosk.com, Chief Software Architect
Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)
Neil Patel is the co-founder of Crazy Egg and @kissmetrics. He has helped corporations such as @amazon, AOL, GM, HP and Viacom make more money from the web.
Founder @voxel @ZumoDrive (acquired by Motorola) • Investor @boatbound @sendhub @sinolending @freak-n-genius @cashbet
Chief Turtle Officer at Robot Turtles. CEO & Founder of @sparkbuy (sold to @google) and @ontela (now @photobucket).
http://www.danshapiro.com/blog
Founder of @onbeep a wearable startup in SF. Founded @chef-2, & VelocityConf • Investor @pagerduty, @fastly • Advisor @circleci • Firefighter/EMT
http://radar.oreilly.com/jesse
Entrepreneur
http://ozzie.net
CTO & Co-founder @skedadel
http://idevrecipes.com
CEO and Founder of Coinstar, now Outerwall. Nasdaq OUTR. Eco-ATM Director and investor. KeyMe Director and investor. Space Needle Director. Chihuly Gardens and Glass Director. Stanford GSB '90. Yale '84. Morgan Stanley
Founder @webassist • Worked at @meltwater-foundation-mest @rustic-canyon-partners, @webmethods • Studied at @duke-university
Entrepreneur and investor. Founder and CEO of indix.
Cofounder @xdjs. PM on photo, game, shopping, productivity products @amazon, @smilebox, @realnetworks, @microsoft. @massachusetts-institute-of-technology 4B/6-3
CEO of Message Bus. Founder @angry-man-eats. Worked at @hotmail, @microsoft.
Founder @pure-watercraft, Grokhome hacker houses. Founded CityAuction, sold IACI 1999. Biz dev Webvan, General Magic. MIT @mit-sloan-school-of-management MBA 95
President & CEO of Socrata
Founder / COO @load (SaaS/asp), CTO @vegas-com (sold to Greenspun Media Group), CIO CityQuick (@la-com, Hawaii.com), Adviser London Board Of Tourism
Robert is a serial entrepreneur and active Angel investor. Recent investments; @starsightings, @connect-me, Valant Medical, Revel, @nfluence, etc..
Founder/CEO of @funtini. Strong general management, strategy, marketing and brand experience with Disney, Cranium and @hasbro. Founder/CEO of @smith-tinker.
Angel investor & social entrepreneur, founded tech startups, now run @skype service @microsoft. Strong engineering, Ops & business background.
CEO of @iq-technologies - Scalable social media platform & components for businesses. 20 plus years providing solutions for the enterprise, .com, & mobile.
http://blog.voteiq.com/blog/
Was Vice President, Kindle Software, Product Management, UI and Digital Platform for mp3 and video. Technology VP in @amazon Ordering, Operations and Logistics.
CEO and Co-Founder of TechShop. Launched 3 Fortune 500 websites: Avery, Kinkos (ecommerce), & HealthNet's benefits ASP. Author, Speaker, MBA, Green Beret.
Co-founder of @postmates. Front-End / iOS Engineer
online startup geek currently President of Zemanta
CEO & Founder of Habit Design™ & Kim Advisory Capital. Co-Founder & Director of Microsoft New Consumer Products Studio & XBox LIVE. Harvard, Yale.
Aligning Products with Markets for outstanding Results
CEO of Zillow; father of three; husband of one; real estate junkie
15 years of tech roles at startups, currently at AmazonLocal. Co-founder of @eyejot. Investor in @teachstreet, @willcall, @belle-clementine, 500 Startups (fund)
http://blog.daryn.net
Founder @mobilisafe, acquired by @rapid7 • Now VP/GM for Mobile @rapid7 • Worked at @lockheed-martin, @t-mobile • Studied at @stanford-university, @carnegie-mellon-university
Currently: VP of Business Development and Marketing at WeWork.
http://mattshampine.com
Experienced entrepreneur with over 22 years in the computer industry, founding and running startups & building large-scale, complex, mission-critical systems
Co-founder of @cody. 1st startup (@magoosh) funded and profitable. Product (@bing), business (@deloitte-consulting), + technical (@ruby). @university-of-california-berkeley @haas-school-of-business MBA.
http://www.pejmanjohn.com
CEO of @buddy - before that: over a decade at Microsoft, a stint at PricewaterhouseCoopers and formerly a professional pianist in Australia. Yes, really.
Founder and CEO of @blue-box. Graduated from the Business Leadership Program at @university-of-puget-sound. Building tomorrow's technology today.
Founder and executive at multiple startups including @zipline-games @watchguard Technologies, @trillium-lane-labs and @napera-networks.
I design software with pen, paper and lists. Co-Founder, Playmark.com
Worked at @cooley, @packetvideo • Investor @bizeebee, @balance • Studied at @duke-university, @saint-olaf-college
Co-Founder @parable 500 Startups mentor Previously Co-Founder at @flockish (sold to @stubhub!). Group Product Manager @ebay and PM @microsoft
http://www.nataliaburina.org
VP Product & Marketing @sendgrid-1
Entrepreneur, Technologist, Strategist, Startup Advisor, VC Whisperer, Connector of Dots, Marketer & Creator of Cool Stuff
Co-founder, CEO @monogram. Two-time entrepreneur. 500 Startups Alum. Former PM @ @amazon.com and DianDian.com (China).
Co-founder & CTO at @everymove.
http://blog.calbucci.com
Co-founder/CTO at Habit Labs/Health Month. Co-founder Robot Co-op (sold to @amazon). Creator of Locavore (sold to Local Dirt/Hevva). Creator of 750words.com.
http://wayoftheduck.com
Founder, @vittana (Khosla, Google-backed). Advisor, @experiment, @benetech. Former @amazon, @university-of-california-berkeley. 2x Ironman, 2x TED speaker.
http://www.obviouslywrong.org
Current: just finished a 9 month travel sabbatical. Previous: @cubeduel (went viral, sold 2011) & @rescuetime (YC, @true-ventures, profitable).
http://www.tonywright.com
President of ReadyPulse. Strong business planning, product marketing, and channel marketing expertise. Worked at @microsoft and Genesys. @santa-clara-university MBA 2000.
http://blog.readypulse.com
Founder @toll-free-cellular (Trinity, Oak, CrossPoint, Brentwood, Goldman Sachs), VP @ @xypoint (sold to TCS), CEO @ @v2green (sold to @gridpoint).
CoFounder at @decide.com (acquired by Ebay) - shopping with no regrets. Previously: @zillow, @microsoft, UW. My Blog: www.zealoustiger.com
https://www.zealoustiger.com
CEO OwnerListens: Before You Yelp, Let The Owner Help
Mentor @sgblank's Lean Launchpad Class & @upwest-labs
Worked @clarium, @google & @idf
Stanford MBA
Founder @sprio, @jott • Worked at @microsoft, @expedia • Studied at @university-of-michigan, @kenyon-college
http://www.idlebandwidth.com
Founder and CEO of @drawn-to-scale, a distributed database company. Deep enterprise tech and open source love. Did SQL Server @microsoft, OSCON @o-reilly-media.
http://www,roadtofailure.com
Former Microsoftie, MBA, CS grad. CEO of Bizible, helping marketers make better decisions.
http://aaronbird.net
Co-founder of Technical Machine, 1st startup out of school. Majored in computing at Olin College. Interned at Hangtime, Microsoft, and Pico-Digital.
Founder CEO @9slides, Serial Tech Entrepreneur, Ex-Microsoft PM, Over a decade building scalable internet solutions, Masters in Computers.
http://www.siliconverse.com
As CTO of HiiDef I launched Flavors.me (now 1MM users) and @goodsie.com (Business Insider Top Startup of 2011). Now at Tred changing the way people buy cars.
Former Lead Designer at @formspring and @zoosk. Draws pretty pictures on the Internet all day.
http://capwatkins.com/blog
CEO of Healtho. Founded and sold @buzzlabs to IAC. Worked at Microsoft, Audience Science. UW CS + Econ
http://philip.io
CEO & Founder of @h-farm-ventures, Italian Venture Incubator in beautiful Venice :)
Co-Founder and CEO (Tred); previously in private equity and automotives (PCCP/Lehman Brothers, Lowe Enterprises, BMW); MBA (@harvard-business-school).
Director of Experience at Microsoft Store, Co-founder of Chewsy
http://trevinchow.com/blog
Gabriele Gresta is a world-renowned speaker and considered an expert in digital media and associated technologies, Participative Tv and Finance
Formerly VP Engineering at @yelp
Mobile technology entrepreneur since 2000. Living in Seattle and NYC.
CEO of @yabbly. Formerly at @google, @harvard-business-school , @microsoft, KPCB Startup, and @marchex.
http://www.alwaysbeshipping.com
EIR @betaworks. Previously ran BD at @moz and @seesmic. Forbes 30 under 30.
Worked at @amazon, @yelp, @CoffeeMBagel @cornell-university
CEO | Founder @ Comr.se
Co-founded M3 (TSE:2413). Created world's most successful pharma-to-physician online marketing channel. Transformed $2M startup capital into $1B market cap.
Cofounder of @familyleaf (YC W12). Left @stern-school-of-business. 19 years old. Worked at @zillow, @gawker.
http://ajayumehta.com
Software and technology M&A and fundraising advisory for mid-market investment bank Desilva+Phillips. Previously founder & CEO of Nology Media and Prosodic.
Pixel-perfect ninja.
Co-founder of @smore. Addicted to making stuff faster and smoother. Lives and breathes the web.
CEO and Co-Founder of @everymove; Healthcare start-up; Worked at Overture, @salomon-smith-barney, @kline-hawkes VC; @university-of-california-los-angeles MBA
http://blog.benaroya.net
Co-founder, Smithfield Medical
Director of Sales & B.D., BetaSphere
Founder, Caspian Partners, LLC
Studied @university-of-california-berkeley
@harvard-university CS, @microsoft, COM/OLE, xBox founder, startups, Rails and Facebook Apps as CTO of @ilike, @rel8tion founder, @ios-app-development, @mobile-2.
http://ilikecode.wordpress.com/
Experienced entrepreneur w/solid track record. COO MediaNet, CTO Demand Media, CTO eNom and CEO Wedding Tracker. Two acquisitions, one IPO & one turnaround.
Chief Strategy Officer at TaxACT. CEO at @balance Financial. Head of Product at @finsphere. Focus on product development for SaaS and FinTech.
http://www.balancefinancial.com/blog
Founder & CEO of Reveal. Former Amazon Kindle PM. Stanford English, Harvard MBA.
CEO of Mindbloom, Nearly 25 years of finance & operations experience with early-stage, high-growth companies. Worked at Amazon.com, Ernst & Young, Stripes Group Strategic Advisor. BS Accounting, NC State.
Co-founder at @thinkfuse
http://stevekrenzel.com
Crittercism, previous @wishery CTO/Co-Founder (AngelPad S11). @microsoft, founder @prefiat-llc: security, arch, cloud computing consultancy. MS ECE UIllinois.
Co-founder, CEO at @smore (@techstars Seattle 2011)
Founder @learnsprout. Previously at @microsoft, @nokia and @expedia
C3PO, Co-Founder @onthego-platforms • Studied at @montana-state-university University Technology is my life!
http://www.otgplatforms.com/blog.html
Entrepreneur and Development Leader
CEO GroupDragon, Co-Founder @KORwater. Alum @microsoft, @sony, @adobe. @IUKelleyMBA, @itp_nyu
http://blog.korwater.com/author/paul-shustak/
CEO/Founder @evenues, @yodio • 15yr vet @microsoft, @ibm.
Founder @learnsprout • Worked at @google, @youtube • Studied Computer Engineering at University of Washington
CEO of @freak-n-genius • 2x TechStars Alum • TEDxSeattle speaker 2013 • Seattle 2.0's Best Startup Designer 2011 • Startup Weekend Facilitator
http://www.kylekesterson.com
Co-Founder, Head of Product at @moveline w/ background in Consumer Behavior + UX. Strategist in ad agencies in previous life. MA/BS in Advertising UT Austin.
CTO at @reveal. Developed software for Clearwire, @amazon and numerous other Seattle startups.
http://www.aguywithanidea.com/
Co-founded @moment, @hardware-workshop, and @contour. I love building products and companies.
http://marcbarros.com
CEO @bitgo, a leader in Bitcoin security. Seasoned technology executive.
Founder Meldium | Early full-stack engineer at @tracksimple | Former lead engineer on AWS CloudWatch | BS, MS in CS at University of Michigan
@puzzazz Eng Director. Former CTO of Vidoop, a security startup, captain of engineering leads at Cooliris, founding developer of Bing Multimedia Search team.
http://scott.blomqui.st/
VP Marketing @abodo. Founder + advisor @crowdstreet @cinephiled @founderspad @aquo @rent.com. Aspiring polymath. Ciderist. Hiker. Skier. Diver. Husband + dad.
Spends his time advising startups and matching talented folks with companies that need (and reward) them.
http://www.everyonehateshr.com
@avado acquired by WebMD (October 2013).Thanks to AngelList for connecting us with great investors! Great outcome for all.
Mobile, device, cloud software. Founded @mergelab. Worked at @jawbone, Symform, PortalPlayer (NVIDIA), Open Interface (Qualcomm).
CTO at Addion, building the "easy" button for on-line advertising. Founder at Incubation Partners creating SaaS platforms for enterprise innovation management.
CEO & Co-Founder of @skilljar. Former PM @amazon, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business '09, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology-1 '03.
Biz dev exec, 20 years experience in start ups. Co-founded web tools company, sold to Adobe. Worked at NeXT for 5 years. Joined 3 other early stage companies.
Decades of experience building media businesses and strategic partnerships at Disney, @realnetworks, @rhapsody, Blade Games World and RollingStone.com.
Founder & CTO: @hangtime-1 , @familylink, @piick • Worked at @tabula, @microsoft-research • CS at @university-of-washington, @brigham-young-university
VP Product at UP Global, Tech Entrepreneur, Board Member, former EIR. Sales & Marketing tech background
http://www.dkparker.com/blog
Founder @diystro, acquired in 2011.
Designer, hacker, maker, eccentric. UI Design and Development.
President and Co-Founder, @groundspeak, Inc.
http://www.locuslingua.com
CEO of Itchy Metal Entertainment, a global entertainment company. Tech Veteran, Entrepreneur, Social Media & Music Enthusiast. Worked @ @apple, @microsoft & Adobe
President/CEO of Exo Labs
http://blog.exolabs.com/
software engineer , architect, hacker and entrepreneur
CEO of Affinity.IS, Co-founded Zango reached $80M in annual revenue in 5 years placing #7 on INC 500 fastest growing companies. Techstars Mentor.
Author of O'Reilly book
"Shipping Greatness" • Shipped Hangouts, Apps, Chrome at @google, Machine Learning @amazon • MEM, @dartmouth-college • First startup in '95
http://blog.shippinggreatness.com
I love great design, cooking and coming up with crazy business ideas.
Founder Vantage Sports • Started at @google. C.S./Business at @university-of-washington.
Co-founder / CEO at @mobiledevhq. Operate @mobiledevhq, iPhoneDevSDK, and AppStoreHQ. Previously an engineer at @amazon.com. UChicago Comp Sci.
http://www.iseff.com
CEO at The @newhive. Urban Design/Sociology. I design spaces for people to connect.
http://zach.thenewhive.com/!
Founded @voodoopc-1 while in high school, sold to HP in 2006, build a luxury brand from a commodity ... love investing, helping startups -- I run @bing-fund
http://www.rahulsood.com
Developer at @practice-fusion interested in social change and the Quantified Self.
http://careers.stackoverflow.com/beau
Founder @weave, @decide-2 • Worked at @zillow, @microsoft • Double majored CS/EE at @university-of-washington
Team member of @balance Financial.
CTO at Ador
http://lianza.org/blog/
Seasoned marketing, operations and strategy-focused biz dev exec @publicis-groupe, Previously @switchcam & @mopix - @500-startups-2012
CPO @tapastic. Formerly cofounder and designer of Wander and YongoPal. 500Strong.
Founder @distelli • Worked at @amazon, @aws • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university
Consultant. Investment Professional. Advisor. Mentor.
Opportunities Evaluated, Innovation Managed, Problems Solved, Ideas Developed Into Businesses.
Founder TargetingMantra • Strong tech background • Machine Learning & Big Data enthusiast • MS at UIUC • BTech at IIT Guwahati • ex-Amazonian • 500Startups
DC/LA Superconnector @forbes @MoxieStrategy @StartupGrindDC @ADmapco Creative Strategist, Media2.0Sensei, Political Wonketeer, Entrepreneurial Techie, Neuro PhD
User-centered design & product innovation. Cofounded Hub Seattle & Sparked.com /Johns Hopkins University
Co-Founder & CEO @honeit, Director of Global Recruiting @tubemogul, MBA @BerkeleyHass, Former Director of Talent Acquisition @mtv Networks / @viacom #HRTech
http://www.digitalsourcer.com
Founder @kitchenbowl • Investor @dealflicks • Studied at @berkeley, @CMU
http://www.simplyryan.com
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer at @new-hive. Design, information architecture, UI, UX, graphics. Founder of Culture Designs, worked at @microsoft , Coach, CorchiaWolinerRhoda, TransWorld.
http://culturedesigns.com/
Founder, @memetales. Founder @doodleadoodle, Trendspace. MS Electrical Engineering - Ohio State, MBA - Fisher COB.
http://thinkmaya.com
Team member of @seniorhomes.
Worked at @ooyala, @vmware • Studied at University of Washington
Founder @order-mapper-1 • Worked at @microsoft,• Studied at University of Washington, @colorado-school-of-mines
Co-Founder of @relaborate, a Content Creation Platform. Teach Entre Mktg in MBA Program at @university-of-washington Foster School of Business.
http://www.relaborate.com/blog
Founder @authorgraph • Worked at @amazon • Studied at @university-of-california-san-diego
http://www.readwritehack.com
Founder & CEO of Spryly. Founded Eyejot. Founded WhatCounts; sold it (8-figure deal) in 2010. Passionate technologist & entrepreneur. Volunteer firefighter/EMT.
@scoutzie, @y-combinator, @oxford, @CMU
CTO & Founder @apptentive • Worked at @microsoft as Program Manager for Windows Phone Developer Experience • @university-of-washington MBA, @pomona-college CS & Econ
http://mike.saffitz.com
Senior Manager at @amazon.com • Developer at @amazon.com, @Drugstore.com, @realnetworks • Computer Science degree from @western-washington-university University
Founder 1Record, Lead platform engineer at Mobiplug Networks. Previously helped build Decide.com and Farecast (acquired by Microsoft - now Bing Travel).
http://tristanburch.com/blog
Founder of MSquared Properties & Liquify Digital - devs of the @mynd Entertainment Genome. 3x startup founder - @scout-media (acquired by Fox Interactive).
CMO, Entrepreneur, fmr VP @salesfusion, CEO @loopfuse (sold to @salesfusion), founder @nearstream (merged with @loopfuse), VP at @gist (sold to Blackberry)
http://replytoall.typepad.com
Co-Founder of @stride (Acquired, 2013). Software polyglot.
Lover of all clever hacks.
7-time startup CEO. Angel investor.
Founder @jobsuitors • Worked at @amazon • Studied at @the-cooper-union-for-the-advancement-of-science-art
http://www.samiurr.com/about/resume.html
Michael Fountain helps Entrepreneurs and Experts Design, Build, Deploy, & Market Software Solutions and Information Products online.
Narcoleptic designer + entrepreneur. Cofounded @trubalance @well-crafted @the-mill-1. Worked at @handshake / @inkd / @imagekind.
Founder @hillflint • Worked at @amazon, @bridgewater-associates • Studied at @dartmouth-college, @beijing-normal-university
Repeat entrepreneur looking to fill a hole in the outdoor gear market.
Ice/Sport/Trad Climber, Backpacker, Mountaineer, Tele Skier, Sailor, Surfer, Cyclist.
ceo/co-founder of @sqord . worked five years in financial services in sales and management. caught startup bug founding Dore Duds. studied at @vanderbilt-university, @university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill
Founder of @zet-universe (NUI + Big Data Analytics enabling IW productivity) • Worked at @microsoft, @google • MS in CS (2008).
http://blog.zetuniverse.com/
Co-Founder/CEO at @43things-com (@amazon.com)
Sr. Biz Dev @amazon; Co-founder of @amOrganics; Founder of @MastersRank; Board of Directors for @ccrcla; W.P. Carey (ASU) MBA.
CTO and founder of @Viableware.
Founder @apptentive • Worked at @apple, @tellme Networks • Studied at @pomona-college
http://nextthing.org/
Founder @cloudpress (acquired by News Corp) • Worked at @amazon • Studied at @university-of-washington
http://allenpc.tumblr.com/
Technical Advisor on Scalability, Data Science, Product and Funding
Co-founder of CommitChange. Graduate of @evergreen-state-college, world traveler, and bridging the gaps between technology and humanity.
http://about.commitchange.com
Director of Engineering @Shift-Labs, Y Combinator alum, former COO of @viacycle. MS In Mechanical Engineering from @georgia-institute-of-technology. Worked @philips.
http://shiftlabs.com/blog/
Founder TriggerMail • Worked at @bigdoor, @amd • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology
http://fayezmoh.tumblr.com
Research Scientist at Amazon. Founded 3 companies. Interests in forecasting, machine learning, datamining, optimization, etc.
CEO/CTO @context-relevant. Co-founded from a decade of Big Data analytic work. PhD ABD from @cornell-university.
Founder @cloudpress • Worked at @amazon • Studied at @university-of-washington
Founder @skykick • Worked at @microsoft, @accenture • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
Founder Smart Layover
CEO/Co-founder of @sweepio . Start-up Guy, three startups, two successful exits, one IPO. Dad of 2, husband of 1.
http://fatboylabs.com
Founder of @olympic-outdoorsman; Wheeler-and-dealer; Worked at @tesla-motors and @amazon
www.about.me/robbiejohnson
Founder ZIIBRA • Studied at @university-of-washington // @upstart First Batch
Software developer, troublemaker.
http://codebutler.com/
Co-founder at Fondu and recommender engine dev turned Marketing Director.
@new-york-university Stern, Accounting & Computer Science.
Co-Founder & CTO @tennisladders.net
Worked at @microsoft, @amazon • Studied at @harvard-university
Punk turned Developer turned CTO turned CEO turned Advisor turned Investor turned Punk... rinse and repeat. Life is about learning daily and loving what you do.
Biz Dev @oozou, Founder at @dojothreads, @jajoop & @startup-watches Love Growth Hacking & online to offline models.
Studied at @macalester-college
Co-Founder and CEO at @days-by-wander
Co-Founder & CTO at BeehiveID. PhD Computer Scientist, working in biometrics & machine learning
Hustling @retention-science,
co-founder @TWEAKFootwear, founder @CentoWallets, studied @university-of-southern-california
Hands-on technology entrepreneur with 17+ years experience building technology products and companies. Founder of GoToTags.
http://gototags.com/blog/
Worked at @amazon, @teachstreet • Studied at @university-of-washington
General Manager of EZTABLE Hong Kong, CTO of @codementor • Creator of @ResumeTracker • Senior Software Engineer of @jiepang • Chief Developer of @nuandao
http://victorlamhk.com
CEO of @actively-learn. Prior experience: @microsoft, @ebay, microfinance, TSA, and web startup. @harvard-business-school MBA 2007. Expertise: product mgmt, strategy, BD.
http://goyaljay.com
Founder, CEO @onewed-formerly-nearlyweds, Inc. / OneWed.com. Previously helped build 3Gupload to $10mm in sales in 3 years.
Co-founder of @mannequin. Creator of @cocoa-controls.
@xensource @homestead-technologies @objectrocket Founder @crewtrader @glass-group-advisers Member @house-of-genius. Angel Investor. VC Scout. Startup Adviser.
Artist, Designer, Entrepreneur
CEO Placebo Effect. Eight years leading philanthropic tech orgs. Relationship builder. One exit. Media magnet. BA Williams College.
Co-founder, Madrona Labs. Previously Microsoft Garage, Office for iPad. Startup Weekend Global Facilitator. Creator of SeizeTheDay and Zero for iPhone.
http://benjamingilbert.net/blog
Co-Founder | President | CTO of ubi interactive inc. / @ubi-interactive / Human Computer Interaction, ex-Vodafone, ex-Siemens, ex-Philips, CDTM, TUM Alumnus
http://chaozhang.com
Ex-Microsoft. YC Alum S'08. Independent App Developer. Founder @grouptalent.
http://codebrief.com
Roam & Wander CEO. 3rd startup. Dartmouth. Led cloud services division at HTC, reporting to CEO. Rose through product into M&A at Microsoft, Motorola.
Founder & CTO of @wire • Lead engineer at @amazon • CS at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Entrepreneur
Founder FlexMinder
Founder | Ed @york-university | Chief Evangelist @microsoft | CTO @digiflare @spently | API @yellow-pages-group | @facebook @y-combinator hack winner
http://www.jldavid.com
Founded West Virginia Illustrated and Sportcut.
Co-Founder/CEO of @fanzo. Previously Co-Founder/CTO of @smilebox, and before that built RealArcade, the first App Store. B.S. C.S. Notre Dame, Summa Cum Laude
http://www.paulingalls.com/blog
Co-Founder & CTO at @hoot-me. @dreamit-ventures Summer Class of 2011. @university-of-texas-austin Stats Grad.
Entrepreneur in Residence at @foundation-capital • Previously at @better-place, Intellectual Ventures/TerraPower • BS & BA from @stanford-university
Founder @kiind || Worked at @metalab, UEnd.org, & Schneider Electric. || Former pro triathlete.
http://leifbaradoy.com
CEO and Co-founder of @ubi-interactive.
Ex-Vodafone, Ex-Siemens, Ex-Aricent.
Schooling in TU Munich, CDTM, Munich, Columbia Business School, NY.
Founder at @tomo
CEO of UserNest. Serial entrepreneur & angel investor. Formerly at Xerox PARC and GE. Wharton MBA and lifelong software nerd, wrote my own OS at age 12.
Co-Founder @eduongo
Founder & CEO of @wire (TechStars Seattle 2013). @university-of-waterloo Computer Engineering. prev: Technology leader @amazon; founded Amazon CloudDrive
Founder @gliph • Worked at @bermind, @mentor-graphics • Studied at @babson-college, @oregon-state-university
http://blog.gli.ph
Mobile Product Designer • Currently Lead Mobile Designer @paypal, Founder @mymentor previously at @quietly ,@microsoft, @expedia and many others.
Entrepreneur, Seattle-Boston-San Francisco
CTO @buddy • Worked at @microsoft - Engineering & Engineering Mgmt • CS and Business @university-of-washington • 9-time Ironman
http://www.shawnburke.com
Co-founder and CEO @touchmail. Worked @microsoft on HealthVault, search, messaging and @email with Hotmail.
Worked at @realnetworks, @microsoft • Studied at @harvard-business-school, @transylvania-university
http://stevebanfield.net
Sr Social Media Manager @tagboard (The Hashtag Hub).
http://blog.tagboard.com/
Co-Founder & CEO @ heroic.ly @techstars graduate. Generated millions of dollars in sales for startups before. On my way with Heroic.ly now.
Write and publish iOS apps and other mobile/web projects. Formerly YC (W07), first engineer at Urbanspoon.
http://philkast.com
Mobile, advertising, apps.
Co-founder + CTO, @spotsi. Spend my time with @project-529. Spent last decade in startups.
Founder @duxter, • 100 under 30 by White House • First hit @16 @university-of-washington
http://www.adamlieb.me
Customer Marketing Manager @ Comr.se
Engineer
http://cjroth.com/
Founded inode technology (sold), Founded Pontiflex, Founded Crossboard Moble, Founded HAUS, Founded MiKiJio Arts (sold), Senior Engineer/Manager @ Amazon
Founder, @banyan-branch
http://davehanley.com
Outreach [email protected] Films | Director of Communications @openlabel | 13 yrs @microsoft: project/prog.mgt, web mgt, localization, marketing, writing/editing
Founder Footmarks
Founder @mowdo • Worked at @tred • B.S. & M.S. Economics & Sport Management at @FSU • Former D1 Athlete at Florida State
French I can pronounce/spell Entrepreneur properly. Startups @salesforce ☁ @startupweekend fan & xMSFT - Gastro-aholic, gadget-junkie & ski bum.
Founder @spiral-genetics, Dragon Curve • Early employee @distributed-energy-management, @lagotek • Psychology and Entrepreneurship at @university-of-washington
Co-Founder @thyme • Worked at @microsoft, @isoftstone • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university,@stanford-university
Brand Marketing @google. 8+ years CPG Intl @starbucks. Founding Team, Growth Hacker @Tatcha Beauty. Founder @airbrush-genie @Geminievents & @bittybcosmetics.
VP of Engineering and owner, GeekHQ, Inc. Serial entrepreneur with a former exist. Former CEO & Founder. Strong technical and business background.
http://Blog.BryanStarbuck.com
15 Year Product Development/Distribution Specialist for companies like Motorola, MTV, @facebook, Universal Music, MLB, and @microsoft
Founded @beyondtrust and @desktopstandard (sold to @microsoft), Microsoft Princial Architect, US Navy F/18 pilot and Top Gun graduate, @rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
I work at @heap. Formerly of @carnegie-mellon-university and @facebook.
http://blog.drewinglis.com
CEO/Founder @roost-by-notice-software, CTO/UX- Architect @volunteerspot. 20+ years software development & innovation across many platforms and technologies.
http://www.AlertRocket.com/blog
Founder Mustang Software, @eventmingle. Past President of Starbase, @web-associates, @alchemy-solutions. InvestMentor at @venturebox.
http://jimharrer.com/index.php/jim-harrer-ceo-blog/latest?format=feed&type=rss
http://about.me/JustinColeSmith
http://www.linkedin.com/in/smithjustin
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zw16glmzd22knyl/Justin%20Smith%20Resume%2005022014.pdf
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zw16glmzd22knyl/Justin%20Smith%20Resume%2005022014.pdf
CEO of Trufl. Previously product manager at @google.
Veteran open source ruby hacker. Longtime rails consultant turned entrepreneur.
CEO of Glooey, Founder Zazengo, CTO/Founder of NRG Group (IPO), General Manager Microsoft Developer Network, Lead PM Microsoft Visual C++
http://theartofwork.com/blog
@microsoft on @bing, previously founder at @churnless, Lead Scientist at @thrive-acquired-by-lendingtree, behavioral psychologist (focused on behavior change and decision making)
C-level experience at several Silicon Valley startups. Marketing, product development and sales.
COO of @ihear-network. Co-Founder @privacybank-com (sold to @infospace). MS Genetic Epidemiology, MEM @washington-university-in-saint-louis.
Co-Founder @ofunnel-1 and @giftgiv. @msaccel, @techstars grad. @microsoft and @booth_insider alumni.
http://immigrantentrepreneur.wordpress.com
Former CEO of Leviathan Security Technologies. CEO/Co-Founder of 6 additional startups. Former mgr of TabletPC team at @microsoft. Mobile guy from CMU.
CTO of FlyPaper.io, CTO of SparkRadius, CEO of North by Nine/Thoughtful (acq. ConversIQ), VP Eng. of Daptiv/eProject, Vp Eng xLoom, Microsoft Dev Mgr
http://lynchseattle.com
Founder & CEO at @social-flights
25 + years experience as a Management Consultant, Entrepreneur, Business Owner and Advisor.
http://www.relationship-economy.com/
16 years Internet experience. Founded @case-s-ladder (sold to @intermix-media), GM/SVP for 10 years. Co-founded @the-daily-plate in 2005 (sold to @demand-media)
Founder One4All • VP (Speakeasy, Exodus, Daptiv, Balihoo, Morse Best Innovation, Atlas Accelerator) • Revenue Growth Expert
Integrated Marketing & Content Solutions Executive at CAA (@creative-artists-agency). Featured in Wired, Fast Company and Banff Media Festival.
http://www.andrewsaunders.com
CEO/Founder of @gratafy, an experience-based social gifting startup. Wharton MBA, 2011 in Strat. Mgmt. Oaktree Capital, Associate; Credit Suisse, Analyst.
Founder and CEO, @valueappeal, CEO @issi-data (Sold to DataSpan), MS Real Estate Development @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
http://blog.valueappeal.com
Founder and CEO @snapswap. Strong business and banking background (WorldBank, Central Bank of Russia) MA in Economics @ohio-state-university
Founder @www-pocomaru-com • Studied at @seattle-university
Co-founder & CTO of Socedo; worked on SQL Server, BizTalk Server etc. at Microsoft; UW MBA, Bachelor in CS.
http://adamstelle.com
Founded @prism-money • Worked at @microsoft • Studied at @northwestern-university
VP Business Development at Playmark. Previously founded @zendorse, worked at @solutionset and @microsoft.
Founder of Piper
Gearing up to change personal finance.
RIP Receipt. Hello financial fresh air.
#digitalreceipt and #receiptsolution
http://piperup.com
Founder @stagester makes more money for venues and bands on their live performances. @stagester is currently a Founder Institute - Seattle company.
http://blog.stagester.com
Entrepreneur, board member, investor, advisor. Former CEO Coinstar, Founder/CEO Naverus (now GE Aviation), VP Intellectual Ventures, VP Concur Technologies.
Founder @myunfold, CancerSurvivor, with strategic product planning, BizDev and leadership skills. Hustle, Learn, Execute and Dominate is my motto. #CoolKidsClub
Co-Founder of @watrhub Inc.
Unique Product Dev & Incubation Experience (hardware @ @apple & @microsoft).
Systems Design Grad from Waterloo. I remix tech+biz.
Founder of a Financial Planning & Wealth Management Practice and Co-founder of @trubalance
CEO of Parkt. Founded @sonique (Sold to @lycos). Went to @new-york-university Film. Directed Music Videos. Produced Indie Films. Designed Sonifi App (bought by iZotope).
Worked at @oracle-corporation @microsoft, @bea-systems • Studied at @santa-clara-university
http://conceptual origami.blogspot.com
Founder @airpost
CTO of Trufl. Previously Senior Software Eng at @google.
Co-Founder & CEO of @ottemo-inc. 2x startup founder. Entrepreneur.
Founder @angelsquare, @copybar • Worked at @citigroup, @mercer-consulitng • Studied at @pomona-college
Founder @startup-recroot, startup growth investor • Studied at @university-of-toronto
Principal at Startup Culture. Been involved intimately with Social and Mobile Games for the last 5 years. Strong Biz Dev relationships built over the last 15yrs
Co-Founder of @started.in - Started.in is a global showcase of local startups.
20-year developer at @apple (Newton) and @microsoft (Windows, IE, MSN). Now on my second startup, @carezone.
http://waltersmith.us
Founder of preferling been apart of 3 other start-ups advisor to few I love the art of closing a sale.
CEO & Co-Founder @oscilla-power • Investor @bioiq, @fledge-1 • Worked at @general-electric, @amyris-biotechnologies, @ballard-power-systems • @massachusetts-institute-of-technology ChemE, @harvard-business-school
CTO of @ip-ghoster Startup focused on providing next generation communication security which will replace VPN.
CEO of @dealer-ignition and Dealy, Strong sales and Marketing, Product Development and Architecture. Work @ford-motor-company, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz.
http://saasceo.me
General Counsel @bitcoin-foundation
Co-Founder, COO @writer-ly • Former Director, Website Production at @audible-com • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario
CEO of BagsUp. 3rd travel startup, 1 acquired by @travelocity. Background in finance, corporate sales and board management.
Founder of @promo, @viral-foundry. Previously: EiR at @fullstackventures
http://kenny.is
CEO and Co-founder of @writer-ly
Co-Founder of AudioLoves. Worked at @microsoft and @amazon. Winner of Apps for Californians competition.
CEO & Founder of @fotojelly-1. Accomplished technologies with exp. as developer, CTO, sw sales exec and CEO of a small ISV. Founder Institute graduate.
http://blog.christopherross.net
Co-Founder, Product Guy, Coder, Former Googler
Founder Juke • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @new-york-university Founder Thinking Pictures. Patent holder (Digital Content and Wearable Video). Digital Rights Mngt, AI and Human Interface
Co-Founder of Canary, Ambassador of Seasteading Institute, CSO of Aqua Terra Planetary Holdings, Licensee at Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies.
http://www.josiahtullis.com
I’m an expert in Analytical Marketing and Strategy and I’m also a Hardcore Data Geek & Finance MBA. I've been involved in startups since 2000.
http://www.heuge.com
Co-founder of @cody. Product Manager (@microsoft), Researcher (@microsoft Research). MBA & MPH (@university-of-california-berkeley). BS Computer Science (University of Washington).
http://pauljavid.com
Worked at @microsoft, @avado • Studied at @university-of-washington
Entrepreneur, Ironman triathlete, sr product mgt & marketing at WA & CA tech companies, @harvard-business-school, @stanford-university MS, BS, product design.
Founder KardioFit • Studied at @linfield-college
Product Specialist. @art-sumo, [email protected]
http://www.naysawn.com
Full Stack Entrepreneur
http://www.adamgering.com
CEO and Co-Founder at @relaborate, Inc.
Founder @percept-labs-acquired-by-google • Worked at @google, @microsoft • Studied at @university-of-maryland-baltimore-county, @university-of-mumbai
Entrepreneur/Technologist/Futurist/Event Innovator/Philanthropist
Serial Entrepreneur & Co-founder @taumobility & TalismaWorks
Founder, @mediaplex ($4.5 Billion IPO). 12+ business combinations. CEO, @saflink (took valuation from $8M to $420M). Juris Doctor (USD, @oxford-university University).
20+ years startup/VC experience in USA, EU and Australia: co-founder; biz dev, advisor, angel, Boards and legal counsel. Duke J.D., M.A.; Univ of Washington
http://www.termsheetbattle.com
Founder of BagsUp. 3rd travel startup, 1 acquired by @travelocity. Background in Product and Business development, corporate sales and commercial.
Currently CTO at a web startup in stealth mode with working prototype. Previous roles include Director of Engineering, (@demand-media,) Chief Engineer, etc.
CEO and Co-Founder of @dental-departures. 20 years of business and technology experience (@expedia, @microsoft)
Co-Founder at @wisemind-studios LLC
Marketing Science Geek @microsoft, TouchMail, @Freshiii, Business Model Junkie, Trendspotter, Lover of #Startups, Passionate about innovation in #Africarising
http://freshiii.tumblr.com/
Currently founding @zamplebox. Creative leader with passion for bringing together biz dev, technology, and design to solve real problems.
Emergency Response Director - @nethope by day. Advisor to startups, VCs, investors, companies, and governments around the world at other times.
http://blog.disasterexpert.org
Founder, CTO of @circleci Media. Previously Principal Dev/PM at Microsoft in Bing Semantic Index, Search Incubation, and Search UX. Deep technology+data science.
Marketing Director and Co-Founder @mystery-tackle-box
Co-Founder and CEO of @lacuna-systems. 25-years loving IT and Webops. Cook and maker of music.
Partner at notorii. Have previously worked as a product manager, designer, and developer for early-stage startups. Background in law/finance.
CEO of @ihear-network. Design Thinking for business strategy and creative problem solving. @university-of-washington iSchool MSIM 2011.
First Officer, @JOLT Labs. @htc. AOL. @wildseed. @microsoft. OneBusAway. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Founder
Founder/Product Designer @opencal (acquired by @groupon), @sitemasher (acquired by @salesforce), and @avicy (acquired by Teravendo). Mobile Product Design.
@mobdog founder. Database / search architect. Expert sailor and dorado / yellowtail fisherman.
http://blog.mobdog.com
Co-Founder of Qlovi.com; University of Michigan Ross School of Business MBA; I went from startup to Microsoft, now looking to go back to startup.
Founder of @studio-pepwuper. Previously a strategist @sony and a developer @electronic-arts . @university-of-southern-california Marshall MBA, @university-of-california-berkeley alum.
http://blog.brandonwu.co/
Co-founder at MovingWorlds.org. Auditor turned Marketer turned Social Innovator. Now promoting Experteering - join the movement.
http://blog.movingworlds.org
CEO and Founder of Currently; started 3 new businesses in Fortune 500 and small companies, participated in 2 exits, 1 merger, and a spinout.
I am the founder and CEO of Sentri. MS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.
Owner, @impressity Inc
10 years computer science background
Strong business background (UW MBA)
Worked at @microsoft, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Entrepreneur since 6. Focused on social and behavioral change. Co-built 6 startups. 4 secured/earned $100K+. Co-built 15 organizations. 3 majors/4 minors.
http://www.jamesnorris.org/insights
CodeIgniter, Rails & Laravel development + outstanding UX Skills.
VP Product at @relaborate | Product & Growth | @university-of-washington - Foster Business
https://medium.com/@michaelneu
Serial corporate entrepreneur, advisor, investor. Co-founder Sidewalk.com (sold to Ticketmaster), eHome (merged with Windows Division), MS Online Stores.
Worked at @homeaway, @bedandbreakfast-com
http://ricardodsanchez.com
Social Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of @findproz.com
Founder MetricsHub Inc • Worked at @microsoft, @sun-microsystems • Studied at @university-of-notre-dame
A serial entrepreneur; I have started/sold 4 companies in the mobile technology space. I invest in Seattle area through the Angel fund Monition Partners.
http://www.anthonyjdavis.com
Start-up guru with four exits under my belt, looking for my next opportunity to work with a remarkable team on a remarkable problem that needs to be solved
Realistic executor and proven leader. Started multiple companies. Computer science degree. Ex @microsoft.
http://www.finagraph.com/news/
CEO of MealDrop. VP of Business Strategy at E&T Startup, Past Education Director for Social Entrepreneurship at @brigham-young-university and Regional Manager at Elevate Comms.
Cofounded @static-factory-media and @red-llama. Working as an executive at early stage and emerging growth startups for many years.
Former Vice President of Data Systems and Chief Privacy Officer at @intelius. Currently VP Products at stealth startup.
http://jimadler.me
Freelance software engineer specializing in building social internet sites, mobile apps and APIs.
Game industry veteran, product and team management, triple AAA development to small mobile applications; 16 years in high tech.
Founder and CEO of New Car City. Bootstrapped his first dealership at 22, boosting annual revenue to 14 million in less than 5 years generating leads with tech.
http://www.byronpeterson.com
Founder of KSubasta. Business owner at age 20. Worked with Deloitte and @microsoft. Strong international management experience.
Serial technology entrepreneur. Master of blending product skills, business model development and market vision.
http://www.attentionsciences.com/blog/
ex-Microsoft, Founder and CEO of BeHeard. Motivated and always smiling. :)
Serial entrepreneur, tech guy. Other stuff.
Head of development at Meshfire. VP of Technology at Docusign, VP of Product Development at Netpodium, Aldus Fellow. Product design, development and delivery.
Founder @the-display-rack , @university-of-waterloo-2 Mathie, @queen-s-university MBA, Ex. Investment Bank, Private Equity, TEDx
Founded @aequilibrium • Worked at @microsoft, @electronic-arts,@ubisoft, @mckesson-medical-imaging, @blast-radius • PhD in Computer Science from SFU
http://www.aequilibrium.ca/blog
Business Development Executive
Entrepreneur, Founder of ZingCircle. Worked at @microsoft.
Team member of AppStoreHQ, @qpass, @icebreaker.
Founder @monchilla-com • Worked at @microsoft, @georgia-institute-of-technology-1 • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology, @university-of-washington
CTO of FusionPipe. We are passionate about developing Enterprise Mobility Solutions using Cloud Computing Infrastructure.
http://www.fusionpipe.com/blog/
Founder Tripcierge • Worked at @microsoft, part of founding team @expedia • Studied CS at @virginia-polytechnic-institute-state-university, @birla-institute-of-technology-and-science
Head of Product @duxter, Co-Founder of @seenth-at.
CTO at indieflix.com; COO at ppm.net
Product Management leader at @research-in-motion; redefined mobile email, brought @livemocha to 10M users • MASc in Systems Design at @university-of-waterloo
http://socialgraphpaper.blogspot.com
Government and Education Solution Architect at Amazon Web Services. 15+ years building geo-enabled web apps in U.S and Japan. [email protected]
Founder/CEO at @beer2buds.com, Founder/CEO PromoBomb.com, COO TalentSpring.com (acquired by TalentTech), former Adobe.
http://www.anywhereprofessional.com
Co-Founder of NewCarCity.com. For nearly 15 years I've worked with teams that build technology intended to connect car shoppers to car dealers.
Entrepreneur. Founded @smart-layover, @regal-hospitality-solutions and @hospitality-parking-services
Creator, Connector & Sometime CEO. Co-Founder of The Next Big Thing Foundation. Passionate activist & speaker for women in tech & entrepreneurship.
http://www.ucantbuycool.com
Founder @flatline-guitars • Worked at @asqee-spc, @clocktower-media • Studied at @fordham-university, @central-washington-university
Co-Founder CEO at Cyntient • Worked at @microsoft • Lead Architect at @z2live • Lead Engineer at Xbox LIVE • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Co-founder Fork, Serra Media. Director of Digital Media at NBC affliate in Seattle. Author of 3 books incl. Entrepreneurial Journalism.
http://www.journalism20.com
Co-founder @printdash • Biz Dev @flattr Deal Maker Not Heart Breaker
Co-Founder @boxtiq, Lead roles as Product Manager/Software Developer, Past: Co-Founder @pointprior, Co-Founder @chalo, Windows/Ads team @microsoft
Engineer | Entrepreneur | People Connector
http://www.AdrianChu.com
President at Makena Partners, Experienced Recruiting and Software Professional
CEO of @angles-media. Psyched about digital media and big data.
Co-founder of Algal Scientific. Fifth employee at Sakti3 (Khosla Ventures). Michigan MBA.
@microsoft, @linden-lab, @skytap, @pure-networks Decades of software development experience. Security, Networking, Cloud. @carnegie-mellon-university ECE '91.
Entrepreneur, founder of @kustomnote , Ph.D. in Computer Science from @virginia-polytechnic-institute-state-university ex - @amazon Software Dev. Manager
http://husseinahmed.com
Drew Morrison, Seattle is an entrepreneur who loves food and fashion. He has taken his passions and created CityGuru, Seattle a community for food and fashion.
http://drewmorrisonseattle.blogspot.com/
@microsoft Alumni, Interened @rim, Currently a Sr. Technical PM @appnique. I get things done and make magic happen.
http://www.bluepixel.ca
CEO at ClipCopia, Inc.,
Co-Founder @fling (@socialblend) Previously: @dachis-group, @cisco, @pure-digital-technologies, @razorfish (@microsoft), @symantec, @langoo (acq @verisign)
Executive @hpSoftware. Leader of new incubation, M&A and turnarounds. Startup to big co. experience as a creator and operator. Prior @vertica, @hp and AdobeCap
Big, playful presence. Clarity. Purpose. Vision. Well-connected. Knows things about stuff. Solves problems.
Energy, tech and sustainability entrepreneur & executive. CEO Propel Fuels.
http://www.robelam.com
Co-Founder & product at Struts + Springs. Manages concept validation and talks to users.
Currently at Nuance. Co-Founder of Healthstorian.com. Focused on product design, development and refactoring. Previously at CheapTickets and T-Mobile.
President, @liftport-group – The Elevator to Space Companies. Globally (in)famous for developing the Space Elevator from science fiction to a real-world program.
http://www.liftport.com/get-lf8d/
Co-Founder/CEO Life Dreams; Ex T-Mobile GM/Intrapreneur, 5 ventures, $36M raised; Prod/Mktg background; Kellogg MBA, Oregon State BS Engr.
http://blog.samanoalex.com
Founder @venture-all-stars, @new-media-synergy • Worked at @enfect, @nervana
Founder at Cameo Labs, Inc
Written for Film, Television and the Web.
@colorado-college College Grad
Founder Institute Grad
Worked at @microsoft • Studied at @university-college-london
Student at UPenn Wharton studying finance and computer science.
accomplished entrepreneur - built desktop software, web applications, and mobile. As one of 3 co-founders of @attassa (acquired by @hightail-2 in 2010).
CTO of @caretrio. Building the caregiving solution for the 21st century, inspired by my own family's experience.
Founder Union Bay Networks, Technical Lead at F5 Networks, Networking and Embedded Systems startups.
Founder @egraphs • Worked @neuropace • Studied at @stanford-university
Worked at @realnetworks, @witcom-wireless-isp • Studied at @university-of-california-irvine, @california-state-university-fullerton
Founder Eyethereal • Worked at @frog Design, @motorola, @theplatform
CEO at @heartrate-games. Launched @apple's .Mac product into retail, grew it to $40 million in two years.
http://www.heartrategames.tumblr.com
Sales and marketing leader in digital signage. Former President of Digital Signage Group, and EVP of Activelight a $120M technology distributor.
Founded Coinswap • Worked at @safebit
CEO of @missionrunner. Shipped online games & platform at @microsoft. Led UX teams at @getty-images, Drugstore, Attenex/FTI. MS Information Design & Tech
http://blog.missionrunner.com/
Former @google Engineer. Founder of @blink-online-marketing. Specialized in Mobile Apps design, Social Media strategy, trends in the deal space and gamification.
@microsoft Partner level employee (21 years), Founder of @4-guys-inc Finisher, Geek, Adviser with Real Good Idea.
Filmmaker/Entrepreneur • Founder at @filmskout • Studied at @university-of-washington
http://auteurdecinema.wordpress.com
CEO of Pawzii with strong engineering experience on high-profile sites (Zillow, NFL, NBC).
http://blog.alecmatias.com
Technology Executive
http://@jasonmcsmith
Founder of The Sourcery, a new kind of tech recruiting company. BA from @colby-college College, MS in Fisheries Science from University of Washington.
Owner of Hidden Pineapple, former Microsoft (PM/Dev on web platform, Channel 9) for over 7 years.
http://erikporter.com
Founder and CTO @sporcle. Worked at Adobe and Co-founder of RogueSheep. CMU CS 1997.
Founder @fatport (acquired). Founder MailChannels (Seattle & Vancouver Angels). Early Employee @circa (sold to Polycom). BSc Computer Engineering SFU (Vancouver).
Founder @ikkos, former US Olympic Coach, Team Builder, Inventor
Worked at @morgan-stanley, @smith-barney • Studied at @wharton-school, @university-of-washington
Founder @Mzines Digital. Worked at @amazon • Studied at @chicago booth.
http://www.mzines.com
CEO at @navigate-boomer-media, MBA, Former Fortune 500 Exec, Speaker, @pepperdine-university University Board Member, Collegiate Big 12 Golfer, Business, Marketing, Culture
http://www.navigateboomermedia.com/blog/navboom/
Writer. CEO & founder, @mister-kite-entertainment Corporation.
http://www.nickblake.com
http://vishnustrumpet.wordpress.com
Entrepreneur, instructor, and advisor in the world of social entrepreneurship. More at www.scottjames.me. CEO @trash-backwards.
http://www.scottjames.me
Co-Founder of Mona. Previously @amazon @paypal @turkcell @turk-telecom @ericsson. Studied at @cmu-tepper-school-of-business @Istanbul University.
User Experience Strategist. My passion is helping organizations connect with their customers in a more meaningful way to achieve their mission.
http://www.shiftfwd.com/blog
Media Mogul behind #QEBLLC @QEBVLogTV #PublishingQEB #QEBStudios & #QEBFoundation. NEWS TIPS #4045329232
Finance Director @ Zephyr Health. Ran Finance, Analytics, & HR at Limeade. Controller at Atlas Accelerator• Finance @university-of-washington.
Founder, Navigation Partners LLC; Global Marketing Strategist & Entertainment Consultant
Multi-dimensional leader: shipped platforms, services, apps @MSFT, @startups, @tedx.
Launched Buckitdream startup at the Sundance Film Festival, 2014.
http://frankstartups.com
CEO & Founder Tacii & @Take5 • Worked at @apple @microsoft @google @qualcomm @amazon • BSEE @university-of-massachusetts-amherst
Founder @tonightwe • Worked at @placefull-inc
Keeping Things Organized
Creative Technologist. Entrepreneur. Car Nut. Geek.
Co-Founder @pointprior Dev Manager/ SDE/ TPM @amazon / @tellme-networks / @microsoft Computer Science & Human-Computer Interaction @carnegie-mellon-university-2
Serial entrepreneur. Founder & CEO of @smartrx. Co-founder of @pragna and @askme-corp. Passionate about technology and building a business. BS in Comp. Sc.
http://blog.smartrx.in/
CTO at @placefull . President at @flying-bike-cooperative-brewery . Entrepreneur, engineer, beer snob, snowboarder, beard grower, lover of awesome things.
CoFounder and CEO of coJuvo, TapFunder • Worked at @ATTMobility, @amdocs • Veteran of the mobile startup space focusing on product commercialization.
http://www.mobilemarketingfail.com
Founder @fabbit • Worked at @pixar, @university-of-washington-1 • Studied at @university-of-washington, @school-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago
Founder of Colombus News press agency
Reporter for the news desk of Le Figaro
Reporter for the radio RMC
Reporter CAPA TV agency
Writer Film director
Founder of Tapose.
Co-Founder and CEO of @music-putty . TEDx Organiser. Studied at @university-of-washington and @california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo.
http://arashnamvar.wordpress.com
Experienced business developer. Passionate about IT, finance, and project development. Entrepreneur. Founded @engine , @Aquatic Energy.
Visual + Web Designer; Co-founder of Stone Table LLC; Co-founder of @cucune, @forrage.
http://www.alysonjonesstudios.com/blog
Interested in exploring ideas focused on the enterprise space. TCS, Wipro, IIT, IIM, @harvard-business-school.
Inventor, "Med-Surg Onshoring" (pat. pend.). Project leader $50MM ILEC COs. Leading Wall St. analyst Cable-Modem 1.0. MBA, UNC-Chapel Hill. U-Mich. award.
Founder @solvr-bz
http://bunturedempter.com
Lover of maps & exploration. Focus on mobile location consumer products. Most recently founder of @quadstreaker, an iPhone app that creates a map of your life.
http://blog.quadstreaker.com
CEO + co-founder of Dodecki. Designer-founder out to change the world.
Managing Partner at Adventesia
Co-founder at SOMO.
Partner @venturescale.co [email protected] @business-development-1 and @finance-4 • Worked at @college-success-foundation, @washington-stem
Founder @eseniorcity I Co-Founder of @pin-citi
Sold DomainTools.com for $16M in 2008.
Co-founded AboutUs.org in 2005.
Likes to Invest in Small Technology Companies.
Serial Entrepreneur.
http://blog.jaywesterdal.com
Founded SASH Senior Home Sale Services in 2005. Background in social work, senior care, and real estate. BA Sociology: Hamilton College in NY.
http://www.sashservices.com/blog/
Currently Sr. PM @microsoft, formerly @tieclip cofounder. CS UIUC. Specializing in highly orchestrated chaos.
http://blog.tiecliphq.com
Make of Fine Software
Founder @snap-skout-1 • Worked at @microsoft • Studied at @washington-state-university
Founder of Barcinno, Worked at @foundum-s-l • Studied at @university-of-colorado-boulder, @USD
http://www.barcinno.com
Founded Galleries HQ • Worked at @microsoft and @bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation • Studied at University of Washington, @bellevue-college College
http://www.gallerieshq.com/blog
Founder @idefi
I'm addicted to solving difficult problems, learning technologies, working with people, and managing projects -- probably why I love and excel in startups!
CEO, Uber Entertainment. High school dropout invited to do a PhD in Japan. Running companies and making software since age 15.
CEO, Founder and Managing Partner of Taggle, Llc. and Integral Sports Management. Visonary with strong leadership and communication skills.
Founded/designed/built/maintained two e-commerce websites. Working on third one, @pricedemand. Drafting 4th and 5th ones because I just can't stop.
Founder @urbantech-systems • Investor @myunfold • Studied at @university-of-washington
Founder @briefcase • Worked at @tubemogul, @adknowledge, A ton of really cool clients as well
Rusty Citron:President and Co-Founder. 30 years experience leading marketing and promotion teams on over 200 major movies & TV shows. AMPAS voting member
http://www.rustycitron.blogspot.com
A purveyor of all things digital. Lover of code and beauty.
Co-founder and CTO of Skyforge. Worked at @microsoft, computer science at UIUC.
Business Development @ Amazon.com @mtv-networks @clearchannel
Combine my vision, creativity, technical skills, & business acumen with my project management & leadership qualities to create world class software
Founder & ceo @bevyup. Product Management, Web Analytics, Monetization background. Previous: Lead Product Management @bing.com International. startup founder.
Founder Battery Maxer • Previously other startups, @microsoft, @symantec • Studied at @university-of-washington, @hawaii-pacific-university
Was in Eng. Management: @coderbuddy, @tivo, @iPIX & @macrovision.
Was Programmer+Architect: @tippr, @sensage, @E*Trade, & @bamboo-com [IPO and Acq. by IPiX]
Co-Founder of @promolta, a platform for VIDEO promotion. Help your video go VIRAL.
Owner of Urbanity Shop. Co-founder of Ottemo and Rich Kids Brand. Serial entrepreneur.
CEO of @vudu-marketing. Digital marketing strategist (SEO, Social, CRO). Guest lecturer at @brigham-young-university, member of Mensa, advisor to @audiencebloom.com
http://samantics.net/
Founder Deblume • Worked at @microsoft, @at-t • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology
CEO & Co-founder at findwell
http://blog.findwell.com/
Founder Institute. Consumer web; social enterprise; online media; sustainability; community. Former outdoor educator. Passion: Bridge building & tech for good.
Founded 2 products at @microsoft. Founded ViAir - sold to Visto. CTO at Pure Networks, sold to Cisco. Started a Business Unit at Cisco. Founded FameMe.
http://www.brettonstuff.com
Co-founder of @papertrail, Seven Scale. Code at github.com/eric
Founder Olde Skuul • Worked at @microsoft, @sony-computer-entertainment-america
Currently working on @gumwall.com. Former designer and front-end developer at @devhub (Evo Media Group).
http://thegumwall.tumblr.com
Founder @cinephiled; Former editor for MSN Movies; Founded Juneau Information Service Technology; Studied journalism and history at @western-washington-university
Co-Founder Cyntient, Co-Founder Trantor Systems Ltd., Founder Ichikawa Japanese Cuisine • Worked at @adaptec, @ford-aerospace, @trantor-systems-ltd • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
CEO at @saltbox. Sales, operations and learning & development background; B2B, Retail and Indirect distribution channels. Worked at @t-mobile, @comcast and @at-t.
http://www.saltbox.com/blog2.html
Co-Founder, Activate. 1st startup launched out of @realnetworks, Chief Executive, BuildersCapital. Advisor SDN
Founder @ Ignite Financing, CoinBatch, External Input. Background in network operations, vendor & project managment, budgeting, entrepreneurship.
Founder of 5 tech startups (@leftcoastlabs, @ntrapoint, @buzzlab, @cloudpost, TrustCloud). Current CTO at TrustCloud Inc.
Passionate about Web technology, finance and exploration. Avid reader and discoverer. Founder/Chief Web Business Analyst at @bitcadet.
http://bitcadet.com/blog
Co-founder of @nveloped • Worked at @microsoft • Studied at @duke-university
Founder @localisto • Business Development • Studied at @university-of-british-columbia
Built Pressleaf (https://vimeo.com/37829291) and then sold it to Inkstone.
http://israelpasos.tumblr.com
Co-Founder & CMO @saltbox. Inbound marketing & sales. Worked at @t-mobile. @university-of-washington Physics, published research.
http://blog.saltbox.com
Strong engineering background spanning from physical product to software (Fluke and Genie Industries). UW MBA, OSU BS Ind & Mfg Engineering. Founder of Rex
Co-Founder @artemek-technologies • Worked at @apple, @ebay • Studied at @university-of-southern-california
CEO of @edge-it-group. Founded @celestial-products (Acquired by Anlekus Investments), Killing the baby monitor.
Co-Founder and CEO of Blufish
Co-Founder @fabbit • Worked at @pixar, @industrial Light & Magic • Studied at @berkeley, @UO
Award winning journalist turned media entrepreneur. Co-founder at Escape Apps, NPR/ Marketplace alum. Building the directory of the world's awesome.
http://knowwhatapp.com
Founder @givingtrax • Worked at @ibm, @onyx-software • Studied at @university-of-washington
CEO of @laughing-buddha-games. Software industry veteran (EA, @microsoft, PopCap Games). 1st @microsoft Bizspark startup!
http://blog.laughingbuddhagames.com
CEO @showqase. Cofounder @orto. Movie fan. PhD candidate.
Principal of Zoomis Design+Development // Partner at GreenSeed Capital
http://www.bahner.co
Cloud Platform Architect @jobaline • Co-Founder & Investor at @100thingsclub • Worked at @microsoft • Studied at @university-of-miami MSEE/BSEE
http://www.josedanielcontreras.com/
Bootstrapped Adtaq Internet (hosting), now founded and built ShowThis (social video publishing); Previous Exp @ Microsoft, Shopzilla, AT&T, and AMEX.
Founder Informion • Worked at @microsoft • Studied at @indian-institute-of-technology-guwahati
Entrepreneur. Serial startup enthusiast in the Mobile Software/Telephony space, as employee, executive and founder: Microcell, Clearnet, WordLogic Systems, SAI.
Founder @book512 & @bedj • ECE undergrad @university-of-texas-at-austin-1 • Student Entrepreneur • Passion for learning, building and technology
Co-founder at @graphdat, coding for 20 years, building teams, leading teams, of the last 3 companies, 2 were acquired.
CTO of Ottemo. Worked at Julep, Microsoft, BroadVision and Level3. Software executive with strong business background.
Founder of @cobaltpm
http://cobaltpm.com/blog
High-energy business development veteran with a talent for building relationships and expanding revenue streams in a variety of B2B markets.
http://blog.geedra.com
Female co-founder, have tech co-founder. Screamingly good designs. Available for co-founding.
6 year old Founder at @gap-tooth-stickers
Studied at @university-of-michigan // Worked at @microsoft, @apple-retail, and TAF // Founded @solvr-bz, @dream-allies
Founder Informion, Inc. • Worked at @microsoft, @amazon Founding member of Windows Azure, strong engineering background with focus on product management.
http://avilay.wordpress.com/
Owner of DFK International LLC. Multiple companies started. Worked at @microsoft, Attachmate, Others. Has experience in Financial Engineering, Angel, etc.
http://www.duanefking.com
Co-Founder at Global Graynz. Strong background in marketing, logistics and team building. MBA from The University of Washington.
http://www.globalgraynz.blogspot.com
Industrial/Mechanical Engineer, DJ, Photographer, Aspiring Producer, and Critical Listener
Founder @glove-box-inc • Worked at @carmax • Studied at @university-of-washington
Founded General Biodiesel, Inc 2006 present, founded Compass Com, Inc 1994 sold 2004, expertise in Biodiesel, Internet, communications, Degree in Software Marketing, Marketing Management from Bellevue, Electrical Mechanical Drafting NSCC
Griffin has spent the past three years in the tea industry working with startups, focusing heavily on business development, processes consulting, and marketing.
http://griffinkelton.com
Head of Technology/CTO, entrepreneur, Worked at Yahoo
Founder of Winfosys Technologies, Experienced Technology Executive, Entrepreneur, Google+ Evangelist.
Founded @longshot-apparel-2. Entrepreneurially bombastic & insightful. Devoted to connecting the dots between companies, consumers and the real world.
Founder Mercadyne Investments, LLC
CEO of Upside Commerce. 1st investor in @theplatform (sold to Comcast). Strong brand expertise. Worked at @microsoft, Viridian, NationsBank and Chase.
Co-Founder & CEO @r-evolution-industries-2, @digital-sound-recording • Worked at @apple, @thomson-reuters • Studied at @ohio-state-university
Chief Operating Officer. Founder @autotegrity, @leap-it. BS in Management from MIT @mit-sloan-school-of-management School.
Founder Localisto
Founder of BlueCosmo Satellite Communications, strong business & startup background.
SEO, Online Marketing & Web Design @HoodWebMgmt / Urban Homesteading & Permaculture @SeaHomestead
http://www.hoodwebmanagement.com/articles/
CEO & Co-Founder of TalkToTheManager. Creator of zKorean, PhotoGrinder. Advisor to Earndit.com.
http://startupnextdoor.com
Product Manager, business developer and Ruby hacker paying my dues in the start-up trenches.
Co-Founder COO/CFO at Cyntient • 1st Regional Tech Mgr @goldman-sachs Seattle • Senior Systems Analyst @boeing • Geophysical Analyst @chevron Research
Founder & CEO at Rokaroo Classifieds • Lead UX Designer at Concur Technologies. Previously worked at eBay, Netflix, Logitech, Structural Soft, LLC and Oracle.
CEO @tinybuild-games-1 Worked at @spil-games • Skilled at finding diamonds in the rough
CEO of Hundo. Design @Bungie Studio's - Branding the video game Halo. UIX @xbox. Consumer Research @snapvine
Entrepreneurial Finance Director w/ outstanding project management and cross-functional team leadership skills. Seeking PdM role to leverage unique attributes.
engineering at amazon. previously early stage builder at startups sense networks (acq by yp), appinions. columbia grad.
Creator of Ping the Spider Co.
Founder @appstyr , @seenuu • Worked at @navex-global • Studied at @university-of-oregon
Chief Product Officer at @apphere . Built 1st software startup out of college. Worked as VP Solutions at @spring-wireless.
Founder @spark-8 • Studied at @university-of-washington Create today in order to solve tomorrow's problems.
Recovering Fortune-500 company manager. Current customer fortune builder.
Health/UXUI Hacker • Prev. Cofounder @healtho; @johns-hopkins-hospital, @uwmc, PharmD @university-of-washington, MBA @johns-hopkins-university
Founder @wizrocket. Founder & ex-CTO - @burrp & AskMe. Worked at @network18, @motorola, @att-wireless. Entrepreneur, Software Engineering for 19 years.
http://anandjain.wordpress.com/