Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Seattle.
Founder Chatbox, @jawfish-games, @netsys-technologies • Investor @skillshare, @jawfish-games • Former Pro Poker Player/Author/TV Host
Founder @redfin, @mindsite • Consulted at @microsoft-research • Investor @redfin, @mindsite • Studied at @university-of-washington
Cofounder of @prescreen and @zoosk.com, Chief Software Architect
Entrepreneur, CEO, Investor, real estate developer, father, surfer. cyclist. Worked at Accenture, Microsoft. Founded Loudeye, Imperium Renewables, Tippr, invested in over 60 startups.
Founder of DomainTools.com, sold in 2008.
Founder @voxel @ZumoDrive (acquired by Motorola) • Investor @boatbound @sendhub @sinolending @freak-n-genius @cashbet
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 of @onbeep a wearable startup in SF. Founded @chef-2, & VelocityConf • Investor @pagerduty, @fastly • Advisor @circleci • Firefighter/EMT
http://radar.oreilly.com/jesse
Serial entrepreneur (@feedburner sold to @google, @spyonit sold to 724 Solutions). My head is full of zero-billion dollar business ideas.
Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)
Chief Turtle Officer at Robot Turtles. CEO & Founder of @sparkbuy (sold to @google) and @ontela (now @photobucket).
http://www.danshapiro.com/blog
Founder @cheezburger, @circa • Studied at @northwestern-university. Allergic to cats.
http://benhuh.org
Founder at Carnegie Innovations, powered by Carnegie Mellon. GP at TL Ventures, Saturn Partners, and TNCV. Chairman at Panopto, Acrobatiq, Axioma, Redzone.
Co-Founder @truefacet • Worked at @bank-of-america-merrill-lynch • Studied at @new-york-university
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
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.
Entrepreneur
http://ozzie.net
Founder of @RivalIQ and @gist • Worked at @microsoft, @vulcan-ventures • Studied at @purdue-university • mentor @techstars and @startupweekend
http://tamccann.com
Founder of @a-thinking-ape
Currently VP of Design @twitter. Formerly Founder & CEO of @newsvine (acquired by @nbc-universal), and Art Director of @espn.
http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/
Robert is a serial entrepreneur and active Angel investor. Recent investments; @starsightings, @connect-me, Valant Medical, Revel, @nfluence, etc..
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
Co-founder of @postmates. Front-End / iOS Engineer
CEO and Co-Founder of TechShop. Launched 3 Fortune 500 websites: Avery, Kinkos (ecommerce), & HealthNet's benefits ASP. Author, Speaker, MBA, Green Beret.
Entrepreneur and investor. Founder and CEO of indix.
CEO of Zillow; father of three; husband of one; real estate junkie
Angel investor & social entrepreneur, founded tech startups, now run @skype service @microsoft. Strong engineering, Ops & business background.
Aligning Products with Markets for outstanding Results
online startup geek currently President of Zemanta
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/
CEO & Founder of Habit Design™ & Kim Advisory Capital. Co-Founder & Director of Microsoft New Consumer Products Studio & XBox LIVE. Harvard, Yale.
Founder / COO @load (SaaS/asp), CTO @vegas-com (sold to Greenspun Media Group), CIO CityQuick (@la-com, Hawaii.com), Adviser London Board Of Tourism
Cofounder @xdjs. PM on photo, game, shopping, productivity products @amazon, @smilebox, @realnetworks, @microsoft. @massachusetts-institute-of-technology 4B/6-3
Was Vice President, Kindle Software, Product Management, UI and Digital Platform for mp3 and video. Technology VP in @amazon Ordering, Operations and Logistics.
Founder/CEO of @funtini. Strong general management, strategy, marketing and brand experience with Disney, Cranium and @hasbro. Founder/CEO of @smith-tinker.
CTO & Co-founder @skedadel
http://idevrecipes.com
Founder @pure-watercraft, Grokhome hacker houses. Founded CityAuction, sold IACI 1999. Biz dev Webvan, General Magic. MIT @mit-sloan-school-of-management MBA 95
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 @webassist • Worked at @meltwater-foundation-mest @rustic-canyon-partners, @webmethods • Studied at @duke-university
CEO of Message Bus. Founder @angry-man-eats. Worked at @hotmail, @microsoft.
President & CEO of Socrata
CEO OwnerListens: Before You Yelp, Let The Owner Help
Mentor @sgblank's Lean Launchpad Class & @upwest-labs
Worked @clarium, @google & @idf
Stanford MBA
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
I design software with pen, paper and lists. Co-Founder, Playmark.com
Founder and CEO of @blue-box. Graduated from the Business Leadership Program at @university-of-puget-sound. Building tomorrow's technology today.
Current: just finished a 9 month travel sabbatical. Previous: @cubeduel (went viral, sold 2011) & @rescuetime (YC, @true-ventures, profitable).
http://www.tonywright.com
Co-founder & CTO at @everymove.
http://blog.calbucci.com
Experienced entrepreneur with over 22 years in the computer industry, founding and running startups & building large-scale, complex, mission-critical systems
Founder @mobilisafe, acquired by @rapid7 • Now VP/GM for Mobile @rapid7 • Worked at @lockheed-martin, @t-mobile • Studied at @stanford-university, @carnegie-mellon-university
Founder, @vittana (Khosla, Google-backed). Advisor, @experiment, @benetech. Former @amazon, @university-of-california-berkeley. 2x Ironman, 2x TED speaker.
http://www.obviouslywrong.org
Worked at @cooley, @packetvideo • Investor @bizeebee, @balance • Studied at @duke-university, @saint-olaf-college
Co-founder, CEO @monogram. Two-time entrepreneur. 500 Startups Alum. Former PM @ @amazon.com and DianDian.com (China).
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
VP Product & Marketing @sendgrid-1
Entrepreneur, Technologist, Strategist, Startup Advisor, VC Whisperer, Connector of Dots, Marketer & Creator of Cool Stuff
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 of @buddy - before that: over a decade at Microsoft, a stint at PricewaterhouseCoopers and formerly a professional pianist in Australia. Yes, really.
Founder @toll-free-cellular (Trinity, Oak, CrossPoint, Brentwood, Goldman Sachs), VP @ @xypoint (sold to TCS), CEO @ @v2green (sold to @gridpoint).
Founder and executive at multiple startups including @zipline-games @watchguard Technologies, @trillium-lane-labs and @napera-networks.
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
Currently: VP of Business Development and Marketing at WeWork.
http://mattshampine.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
Gabriele Gresta is a world-renowned speaker and considered an expert in digital media and associated technologies, Participative Tv and Finance
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 :)
Director of Experience at Microsoft Store, Co-founder of Chewsy
http://trevinchow.com/blog
CEO of @yabbly. Formerly at @google, @harvard-business-school , @microsoft, KPCB Startup, and @marchex.
http://www.alwaysbeshipping.com
Co-founder of Technical Machine, 1st startup out of school. Majored in computing at Olin College. Interned at Hangtime, Microsoft, and Pico-Digital.
Cofounder of @familyleaf (YC W12). Left @stern-school-of-business. 19 years old. Worked at @zillow, @gawker.
http://ajayumehta.com
Formerly VP Engineering at @yelp
Founder CEO @9slides, Serial Tech Entrepreneur, Ex-Microsoft PM, Over a decade building scalable internet solutions, Masters in Computers.
http://www.siliconverse.com
Worked at @amazon, @yelp, @CoffeeMBagel @cornell-university
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 Lead Designer at @formspring and @zoosk. Draws pretty pictures on the Internet all day.
http://capwatkins.com/blog
EIR @betaworks. Previously ran BD at @moz and @seesmic. Forbes 30 under 30.
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.
Co-Founder and CEO (Tred); previously in private equity and automotives (PCCP/Lehman Brothers, Lowe Enterprises, BMW); MBA (@harvard-business-school).
Former Microsoftie, MBA, CS grad. CEO of Bizible, helping marketers make better decisions.
http://aaronbird.net
Founder @sprio, @jott • Worked at @microsoft, @expedia • Studied at @university-of-michigan, @kenyon-college
http://www.idlebandwidth.com
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.
Mobile technology entrepreneur since 2000. Living in Seattle and NYC.
Co-founder, CEO at @smore (@techstars Seattle 2011)
Co-founder, Smithfield Medical
Director of Sales & B.D., BetaSphere
Founder, Caspian Partners, LLC
Studied @university-of-california-berkeley
Experienced entrepreneur w/solid track record. COO MediaNet, CTO Demand Media, CTO eNom and CEO Wedding Tracker. Two acquisitions, one IPO & one turnaround.
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
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 GroupDragon, Co-Founder @KORwater. Alum @microsoft, @sony, @adobe. @IUKelleyMBA, @itp_nyu
http://blog.korwater.com/author/paul-shustak/
Crittercism, previous @wishery CTO/Co-Founder (AngelPad S11). @microsoft, founder @prefiat-llc: security, arch, cloud computing consultancy. MS ECE UIllinois.
Founder @learnsprout • Worked at @google, @youtube • Studied Computer Engineering at University of Washington
Co-founder at @thinkfuse
http://stevekrenzel.com
Founder @learnsprout. Previously at @microsoft, @nokia and @expedia
@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/
Founder & CEO of Reveal. Former Amazon Kindle PM. Stanford English, Harvard MBA.
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
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.
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
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.
C3PO, Co-Founder @onthego-platforms • Studied at @montana-state-university University Technology is my life!
http://www.otgplatforms.com/blog.html
CEO/Founder @evenues, @yodio • 15yr vet @microsoft, @ibm.
Entrepreneur and Development Leader
President/CEO of Exo Labs
http://blog.exolabs.com/
President and Co-Founder, @groundspeak, Inc.
http://www.locuslingua.com
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
@avado acquired by WebMD (October 2013).Thanks to AngelList for connecting us with great investors! Great outcome for all.
Founder @diystro, acquired in 2011.
Designer, hacker, maker, eccentric. UI Design and Development.
Co-founded @moment, @hardware-workshop, and @contour. I love building products and companies.
http://marcbarros.com
@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/
Founder Meldium | Early full-stack engineer at @tracksimple | Former lead engineer on AWS CloudWatch | BS, MS in CS at University of Michigan
CEO of Itchy Metal Entertainment, a global entertainment company. Tech Veteran, Entrepreneur, Social Media & Music Enthusiast. Worked @ @apple, @microsoft & Adobe
CTO at Addion, building the "easy" button for on-line advertising. Founder at Incubation Partners creating SaaS platforms for enterprise innovation management.
Mobile, device, cloud software. Founded @mergelab. Worked at @jawbone, Symform, PortalPlayer (NVIDIA), Open Interface (Qualcomm).
software engineer , architect, hacker and entrepreneur
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.
CTO at @reveal. Developed software for Clearwire, @amazon and numerous other Seattle startups.
http://www.aguywithanidea.com/
VP Product at UP Global, Tech Entrepreneur, Board Member, former EIR. Sales & Marketing tech background
http://www.dkparker.com/blog
CEO @bitgo, a leader in Bitcoin security. Seasoned technology executive.
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
Developer at @practice-fusion interested in social change and the Quantified Self.
http://careers.stackoverflow.com/beau
DC/LA Superconnector @forbes @MoxieStrategy @StartupGrindDC @ADmapco Creative Strategist, Media2.0Sensei, Political Wonketeer, Entrepreneurial Techie, Neuro PhD
CPO @tapastic. Formerly cofounder and designer of Wander and YongoPal. 500Strong.
CTO at Ador
http://lianza.org/blog/
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
Founder Vantage Sports • Started at @google. C.S./Business at @university-of-washington.
Team member of @balance Financial.
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.
User-centered design & product innovation. Cofounded Hub Seattle & Sparked.com /Johns Hopkins University
I love great design, cooking and coming up with crazy business ideas.
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
Founder @weave, @decide-2 • Worked at @zillow, @microsoft • Double majored CS/EE at @university-of-washington
Founder TargetingMantra • Strong tech background • Machine Learning & Big Data enthusiast • MS at UIUC • BTech at IIT Guwahati • ex-Amazonian • 500Startups
Founder @distelli • Worked at @amazon, @aws • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university
Seasoned marketing, operations and strategy-focused biz dev exec @publicis-groupe, Previously @switchcam & @mopix - @500-startups-2012
Co-founder / CEO at @mobiledevhq. Operate @mobiledevhq, iPhoneDevSDK, and AppStoreHQ. Previously an engineer at @amazon.com. UChicago Comp Sci.
http://www.iseff.com
Co-Founder & CEO @honeit, Director of Global Recruiting @tubemogul, MBA @BerkeleyHass, Former Director of Talent Acquisition @mtv Networks / @viacom #HRTech
http://www.digitalsourcer.com
Consultant. Investment Professional. Advisor. Mentor.
Opportunities Evaluated, Innovation Managed, Problems Solved, Ideas Developed Into Businesses.
Narcoleptic designer + entrepreneur. Cofounded @trubalance @well-crafted @the-mill-1. Worked at @handshake / @inkd / @imagekind.
Founder, @memetales. Founder @doodleadoodle, Trendspace. MS Electrical Engineering - Ohio State, MBA - Fisher COB.
http://thinkmaya.com
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 & CEO of Spryly. Founded Eyejot. Founded WhatCounts; sold it (8-figure deal) in 2010. Passionate technologist & entrepreneur. Volunteer firefighter/EMT.
Senior Manager at @amazon.com • Developer at @amazon.com, @Drugstore.com, @realnetworks • Computer Science degree from @western-washington-university University
Founder @kitchenbowl • Investor @dealflicks • Studied at @berkeley, @CMU
http://www.simplyryan.com
Michael Fountain helps Entrepreneurs and Experts Design, Build, Deploy, & Market Software Solutions and Information Products online.
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/
@scoutzie, @y-combinator, @oxford, @CMU
Founder of MSquared Properties & Liquify Digital - devs of the @mynd Entertainment Genome. 3x startup founder - @scout-media (acquired by Fox Interactive).
Worked at @ooyala, @vmware • Studied at University of Washington
7-time startup CEO. Angel investor.
Co-Founder of @stride (Acquired, 2013). Software polyglot.
Lover of all clever hacks.
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
Founder @order-mapper-1 • Worked at @microsoft,• Studied at University of Washington, @colorado-school-of-mines
Team member of @seniorhomes.
Founder @jobsuitors • Worked at @amazon • Studied at @the-cooper-union-for-the-advancement-of-science-art
http://www.samiurr.com/about/resume.html
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
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
Founder @authorgraph • Worked at @amazon • Studied at @university-of-california-san-diego
http://www.readwritehack.com
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 @hillflint • Worked at @amazon, @bridgewater-associates • Studied at @dartmouth-college, @beijing-normal-university
Technical Advisor on Scalability, Data Science, Product and Funding
Co-Founder/CEO at @43things-com (@amazon.com)
Founder of @olympic-outdoorsman; Wheeler-and-dealer; Worked at @tesla-motors and @amazon
www.about.me/robbiejohnson
Research Scientist at Amazon. Founded 3 companies. Interests in forecasting, machine learning, datamining, optimization, etc.
Founder of @zet-universe (NUI + Big Data Analytics enabling IW productivity) • Worked at @microsoft, @google • MS in CS (2008).
http://blog.zetuniverse.com/
CEO/CTO @context-relevant. Co-founded from a decade of Big Data analytic work. PhD ABD from @cornell-university.
Founder @apptentive • Worked at @apple, @tellme Networks • Studied at @pomona-college
http://nextthing.org/
Founder @skykick • Worked at @microsoft, @accenture • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
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 @cloudpress (acquired by News Corp) • Worked at @amazon • Studied at @university-of-washington
http://allenpc.tumblr.com/
Founder @cloudpress • Worked at @amazon • Studied at @university-of-washington
CTO and founder of @Viableware.
Repeat entrepreneur looking to fill a hole in the outdoor gear market.
Ice/Sport/Trad Climber, Backpacker, Mountaineer, Tele Skier, Sailor, Surfer, Cyclist.
Founder Smart Layover
Co-founder of CommitChange. Graduate of @evergreen-state-college, world traveler, and bridging the gaps between technology and humanity.
http://about.commitchange.com
Sr. Biz Dev @amazon; Co-founder of @amOrganics; Founder of @MastersRank; Board of Directors for @ccrcla; W.P. Carey (ASU) MBA.
Founder TriggerMail • Worked at @bigdoor, @amd • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology
http://fayezmoh.tumblr.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/
Co-Founder and CEO at @days-by-wander
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.
General Manager of EZTABLE Hong Kong, CTO of @codementor • Creator of @ResumeTracker • Senior Software Engineer of @jiepang • Chief Developer of @nuandao
http://victorlamhk.com
Biz Dev @oozou, Founder at @dojothreads, @jajoop & @startup-watches Love Growth Hacking & online to offline models.
Studied at @macalester-college
Worked at @amazon, @teachstreet • Studied at @university-of-washington
Co-founder at Fondu and recommender engine dev turned Marketing Director.
@new-york-university Stern, Accounting & Computer Science.
Co-Founder & CTO at BeehiveID. PhD Computer Scientist, working in biometrics & machine learning
Artist, Designer, Entrepreneur
Co-Founder & CTO @tennisladders.net
Founder, CEO @onewed-formerly-nearlyweds, Inc. / OneWed.com. Previously helped build 3Gupload to $10mm in sales in 3 years.
Hustling @retention-science,
co-founder @TWEAKFootwear, founder @CentoWallets, studied @university-of-southern-california
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
Hands-on technology entrepreneur with 17+ years experience building technology products and companies. Founder of GoToTags.
http://gototags.com/blog/
Software developer, troublemaker.
http://codebutler.com/
Co-founder of @mannequin. Creator of @cocoa-controls.
Founder ZIIBRA • Studied at @university-of-washington // @upstart First Batch
@xensource @homestead-technologies @objectrocket Founder @crewtrader @glass-group-advisers Member @house-of-genius. Angel Investor. VC Scout. Startup Adviser.
Worked at @microsoft, @amazon • Studied at @harvard-university
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
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.
CEO Placebo Effect. Eight years leading philanthropic tech orgs. Relationship builder. One exit. Media magnet. BA Williams College.
Entrepreneur in Residence at @foundation-capital • Previously at @better-place, Intellectual Ventures/TerraPower • BS & BA from @stanford-university
Roam & Wander CEO. 3rd startup. Dartmouth. Led cloud services division at HTC, reporting to CEO. Rose through product into M&A at Microsoft, Motorola.
Entrepreneur
Founder at @tomo
Ex-Microsoft. YC Alum S'08. Independent App Developer. Founder @grouptalent.
http://codebrief.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
Founder | Ed @york-university | Chief Evangelist @microsoft | CTO @digiflare @spently | API @yellow-pages-group | @facebook @y-combinator hack winner
http://www.jldavid.com
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 | President | CTO of ubi interactive inc. / @ubi-interactive / Human Computer Interaction, ex-Vodafone, ex-Siemens, ex-Philips, CDTM, TUM Alumnus
http://chaozhang.com
Founder & CEO of @wire (TechStars Seattle 2013). @university-of-waterloo Computer Engineering. prev: Technology leader @amazon; founded Amazon CloudDrive
Founder & CTO of @wire • Lead engineer at @amazon • CS at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Founder @gliph • Worked at @bermind, @mentor-graphics • Studied at @babson-college, @oregon-state-university
http://blog.gli.ph
Co-Founder @eduongo
Founder FlexMinder
Co-Founder & CTO at @hoot-me. @dreamit-ventures Summer Class of 2011. @university-of-texas-austin Stats Grad.
CTO @buddy • Worked at @microsoft - Engineering & Engineering Mgmt • CS and Business @university-of-washington • 9-time Ironman
http://www.shawnburke.com
Founded inode technology (sold), Founded Pontiflex, Founded Crossboard Moble, Founded HAUS, Founded MiKiJio Arts (sold), Senior Engineer/Manager @ Amazon
Worked at @realnetworks, @microsoft • Studied at @harvard-business-school, @transylvania-university
http://stevebanfield.net
Outreach Producer@Noujaim Films | Director of Communications @openlabel | 13 yrs @microsoft: project/prog.mgt, web mgt, localization, marketing, writing/editing
Engineer
http://cjroth.com/
Co-founder and CEO @touchmail. Worked @microsoft on HealthVault, search, messaging and @email with Hotmail.
Founder @spiral-genetics, Dragon Curve • Early employee @distributed-energy-management, @lagotek • Psychology and Entrepreneurship at @university-of-washington
Write and publish iOS apps and other mobile/web projects. Formerly YC (W07), first engineer at Urbanspoon.
http://philkast.com
Founder @duxter, • 100 under 30 by White House • First hit @16 @university-of-washington
http://www.adamlieb.me
Founder @mowdo • Worked at @tred • B.S. & M.S. Economics & Sport Management at @FSU • Former D1 Athlete at Florida State
Co-Founder & CEO @ heroic.ly @techstars graduate. Generated millions of dollars in sales for startups before. On my way with Heroic.ly now.
Mobile Product Designer • Currently Lead Mobile Designer @paypal, Founder @mymentor previously at @quietly ,@microsoft, @expedia and many others.
Entrepreneur, Seattle-Boston-San Francisco
Sr Social Media Manager @tagboard (The Hashtag Hub).
http://blog.tagboard.com/
Customer Marketing Manager @ Comr.se
French I can pronounce/spell Entrepreneur properly. Startups @salesforce ☁ @startupweekend fan & xMSFT - Gastro-aholic, gadget-junkie & ski bum.
Founder Footmarks
Co-founder + CTO, @spotsi. Spend my time with @project-529. Spent last decade in startups.
Mobile, advertising, apps.
Founder, @banyan-branch
http://davehanley.com
CEO of Trufl. Previously product manager at @google.
Brand Marketing @google. 8+ years CPG Intl @starbucks. Founding Team, Growth Hacker @Tatcha Beauty. Founder @airbrush-genie @Geminievents & @bittybcosmetics.
Veteran open source ruby hacker. Longtime rails consultant turned entrepreneur.
C-level experience at several Silicon Valley startups. Marketing, product development and sales.
Former CEO of Leviathan Security Technologies. CEO/Co-Founder of 6 additional startups. Former mgr of TabletPC team at @microsoft. Mobile guy from CMU.
Founder & CEO at @social-flights
25 + years experience as a Management Consultant, Entrepreneur, Business Owner and Advisor.
http://www.relationship-economy.com/
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
Founded @beyondtrust and @desktopstandard (sold to @microsoft), Microsoft Princial Architect, US Navy F/18 pilot and Top Gun graduate, @rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
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
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
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
Co-Founder @ofunnel-1 and @giftgiv. @msaccel, @techstars grad. @microsoft and @booth_insider alumni.
http://immigrantentrepreneur.wordpress.com
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
15 Year Product Development/Distribution Specialist for companies like Motorola, MTV, @facebook, Universal Music, MLB, and @microsoft
COO of @ihear-network. Co-Founder @privacybank-com (sold to @infospace). MS Genetic Epidemiology, MEM @washington-university-in-saint-louis.
I work at @heap. Formerly of @carnegie-mellon-university and @facebook.
http://blog.drewinglis.com
Co-Founder @thyme • Worked at @microsoft, @isoftstone • Studied at @carnegie-mellon-university,@stanford-university
@microsoft on @bing, previously founder at @churnless, Lead Scientist at @thrive-acquired-by-lendingtree, behavioral psychologist (focused on behavior change and decision making)
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 @stagester makes more money for venues and bands on their live performances. @stagester is currently a Founder Institute - Seattle company.
http://blog.stagester.com
Worked at @oracle-corporation @microsoft, @bea-systems • Studied at @santa-clara-university
http://conceptual origami.blogspot.com
Entrepreneur, board member, investor, advisor. Former CEO Coinstar, Founder/CEO Naverus (now GE Aviation), VP Intellectual Ventures, VP Concur Technologies.
Founder @airpost
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).
Founder and CEO, @valueappeal, CEO @issi-data (Sold to DataSpan), MS Real Estate Development @massachusetts-institute-of-technology
http://blog.valueappeal.com
Co-Founder of @watrhub Inc.
Unique Product Dev & Incubation Experience (hardware @ @apple & @microsoft).
Systems Design Grad from Waterloo. I remix tech+biz.
CEO/Founder of @gratafy, an experience-based social gifting startup. Wharton MBA, 2011 in Strat. Mgmt. Oaktree Capital, Associate; Credit Suisse, Analyst.
Founder @myunfold, CancerSurvivor, with strategic product planning, BizDev and leadership skills. Hustle, Learn, Execute and Dominate is my motto. #CoolKidsClub
Integrated Marketing & Content Solutions Executive at CAA (@creative-artists-agency). Featured in Wired, Fast Company and Banff Media Festival.
http://www.andrewsaunders.com
Founder @www-pocomaru-com • Studied at @seattle-university
Founded @prism-money • Worked at @microsoft • Studied at @northwestern-university
Founder and CEO @snapswap. Strong business and banking background (WorldBank, Central Bank of Russia) MA in Economics @ohio-state-university
Founder of a Financial Planning & Wealth Management Practice and Co-founder of @trubalance
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
http://adamstelle.com
VP Business Development at Playmark. Previously founded @zendorse, worked at @solutionset and @microsoft.
Co-founder & CTO of Socedo; worked on SQL Server, BizTalk Server etc. at Microsoft; UW MBA, Bachelor in CS.
Founder of Piper
Gearing up to change personal finance.
RIP Receipt. Hello financial fresh air.
#digitalreceipt and #receiptsolution
http://piperup.com
20-year developer at @apple (Newton) and @microsoft (Windows, IE, MSN). Now on my second startup, @carezone.
http://waltersmith.us
General Counsel @bitcoin-foundation
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
CEO and Co-founder of @writer-ly
Founder @angelsquare, @copybar • Worked at @citigroup, @mercer-consulitng • Studied at @pomona-college
Founder @startup-recroot, startup growth investor • Studied at @university-of-toronto
Co-Founder, Product Guy, Coder, Former Googler
Co-Founder of @started.in - Started.in is a global showcase of local startups.
CEO of @dealer-ignition and Dealy, Strong sales and Marketing, Product Development and Architecture. Work @ford-motor-company, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz.
http://saasceo.me
CTO of @ip-ghoster Startup focused on providing next generation communication security which will replace VPN.
Co-Founder, COO @writer-ly • Former Director, Website Production at @audible-com • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario
Founder of preferling been apart of 3 other start-ups advisor to few I love the art of closing a sale.
Founder of @promo, @viral-foundry. Previously: EiR at @fullstackventures
http://kenny.is
CTO of Trufl. Previously Senior Software Eng at @google.
Co-Founder & CEO of @ottemo-inc. 2x startup founder. Entrepreneur.
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
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
Co-Founder of AudioLoves. Worked at @microsoft and @amazon. Winner of Apps for Californians competition.
CEO of BagsUp. 3rd travel startup, 1 acquired by @travelocity. Background in finance, corporate sales and board management.
Marketing Science Geek @microsoft, TouchMail, @Freshiii, Business Model Junkie, Trendspotter, Lover of #Startups, Passionate about innovation in #Africarising
http://freshiii.tumblr.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
CEO and Co-Founder of @dental-departures. 20 years of business and technology experience (@expedia, @microsoft)
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
Co-Founder at @wisemind-studios LLC
Entrepreneur, Ironman triathlete, sr product mgt & marketing at WA & CA tech companies, @harvard-business-school, @stanford-university MS, BS, product design.
Serial Entrepreneur & Co-founder @taumobility & TalismaWorks
Product Specialist. @art-sumo, Ex-@Microsoft.
http://www.naysawn.com
Entrepreneur/Technologist/Futurist/Event Innovator/Philanthropist
Currently CTO at a web startup in stealth mode with working prototype. Previous roles include Director of Engineering, (@demand-media,) Chief Engineer, etc.
Founder @percept-labs-acquired-by-google • Worked at @google, @microsoft • Studied at @university-of-maryland-baltimore-county, @university-of-mumbai
Co-Founder of Canary, Ambassador of Seasteading Institute, CSO of Aqua Terra Planetary Holdings, Licensee at Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies.
http://www.josiahtullis.com
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
Full Stack Entrepreneur
http://www.adamgering.com
Founder KardioFit • Studied at @linfield-college
Founder of BagsUp. 3rd travel startup, 1 acquired by @travelocity. Background in Product and Business development, corporate sales and commercial.
Founder, @mediaplex ($4.5 Billion IPO). 12+ business combinations. CEO, @saflink (took valuation from $8M to $420M). Juris Doctor (USD, @oxford-university University).
CEO and Co-Founder at @relaborate, Inc.
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
CEO of @ihear-network. Design Thinking for business strategy and creative problem solving. @university-of-washington iSchool MSIM 2011.
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.
Partner at notorii. Have previously worked as a product manager, designer, and developer for early-stage startups. Background in law/finance.
Emergency Response Director - @nethope by day. Advisor to startups, VCs, investors, companies, and governments around the world at other times.
http://blog.disasterexpert.org
CodeIgniter, Rails & Laravel development + outstanding UX Skills.
I am the founder and CEO of Sentri. MS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.
@mobdog founder. Database / search architect. Expert sailor and dorado / yellowtail fisherman.
http://blog.mobdog.com
Owner, @impressity Inc
10 years computer science background
Strong business background (UW MBA)
Worked at @microsoft, Georgia Tech Research Institute
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/
Founder/Product Designer @opencal (acquired by @groupon), @sitemasher (acquired by @salesforce), and @avicy (acquired by Teravendo). Mobile Product Design.
First Officer, @JOLT Labs. @htc. AOL. @wildseed. @microsoft. OneBusAway. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Founder, CTO of @circleci Media. Previously Principal Dev/PM at Microsoft in Bing Semantic Index, Search Incubation, and Search UX. Deep technology+data science.
CEO and Founder of Currently; started 3 new businesses in Fortune 500 and small companies, participated in 2 exits, 1 merger, and a spinout.
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
Currently founding @zamplebox. Creative leader with passion for bringing together biz dev, technology, and design to solve real problems.
Marketing Director and Co-Founder @mystery-tackle-box
Co-founder at MovingWorlds.org. Auditor turned Marketer turned Social Innovator. Now promoting Experteering - join the movement.
http://blog.movingworlds.org
Co-Founder and CEO of @lacuna-systems. 25-years loving IT and Webops. Cook and maker of music.
Founder
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.
Head of development at Meshfire. VP of Technology at Docusign, VP of Product Development at Netpodium, Aldus Fellow. Product design, development and delivery.
Serial corporate entrepreneur, advisor, investor. Co-founder Sidewalk.com (sold to Ticketmaster), eHome (merged with Windows Division), MS Online Stores.
Social Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of @findproz.com
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
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.
Realistic executor and proven leader. Started multiple companies. Computer science degree. Ex @microsoft.
http://www.finagraph.com/news/
Game industry veteran, product and team management, triple AAA development to small mobile applications; 16 years in high tech.
Serial technology entrepreneur. Master of blending product skills, business model development and market vision.
http://www.attentionsciences.com/blog/
Worked at @homeaway, @bedandbreakfast-com
http://ricardodsanchez.com
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
Serial entrepreneur, tech guy. Other stuff.
Founder MetricsHub Inc • Worked at @microsoft, @sun-microsystems • Studied at @university-of-notre-dame
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
Freelance software engineer specializing in building social internet sites, mobile apps and APIs.
VP Product at @relaborate | Product & Growth | @university-of-washington - Foster Business
https://medium.com/@michaelneu
ex-Microsoft, Founder and CEO of BeHeard. Motivated and always smiling. :)
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
Founder @flatline-guitars • Worked at @asqee-spc, @clocktower-media • Studied at @fordham-university, @central-washington-university
Founder @the-display-rack , @university-of-waterloo-2 Mathie, @queen-s-university MBA, Ex. Investment Bank, Private Equity, TEDx
CTO at indieflix.com; COO at ppm.net
Founder @monchilla-com • Worked at @microsoft, @georgia-institute-of-technology-1 • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology, @university-of-washington
Founded @aequilibrium • Worked at @microsoft, @electronic-arts,@ubisoft, @mckesson-medical-imaging, @blast-radius • PhD in Computer Science from SFU
http://www.aequilibrium.ca/blog
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
Creator, Connector & Sometime CEO. Co-Founder of The Next Big Thing Foundation. Passionate activist & speaker for women in tech & entrepreneurship.
http://www.ucantbuycool.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, Founder of ZingCircle. Worked at @microsoft.
Founder/CEO at @beer2buds.com, Founder/CEO PromoBomb.com, COO TalentSpring.com (acquired by TalentTech), former Adobe.
http://www.anywhereprofessional.com
Team member of AppStoreHQ, @qpass, @icebreaker.
Entrepreneur. Founded @smart-layover, @regal-hospitality-solutions and @hospitality-parking-services
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
Head of Product @duxter, Co-Founder of @seenth-at.
Co-Founder CEO at Cyntient • Worked at @microsoft • Lead Architect at @z2live • Lead Engineer at Xbox LIVE • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
Business Development Executive
Government and Education Solution Architect at Amazon Web Services. 15+ years building geo-enabled web apps in U.S and Japan. MCP@MIT
Entrepreneur, founder of @kustomnote , Ph.D. in Computer Science from @virginia-polytechnic-institute-state-university ex - @amazon Software Dev. Manager
http://husseinahmed.com
Co-Founder @boxtiq, Lead roles as Product Manager/Software Developer, Past: Co-Founder @pointprior, Co-Founder @chalo, Windows/Ads team @microsoft
President at Makena Partners, Experienced Recruiting and Software Professional
@microsoft Alumni, Interened @rim, Currently a Sr. Technical PM @appnique. I get things done and make magic happen.
http://www.bluepixel.ca
Co-Founder @fling (@socialblend) Previously: @dachis-group, @cisco, @pure-digital-technologies, @razorfish (@microsoft), @symantec, @langoo (acq @verisign)
CEO of @angles-media. Psyched about digital media and big data.
Founder @venture-all-stars, @new-media-synergy • Worked at @enfect, @nervana
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/
Co-founder of Algal Scientific. Fifth employee at Sakti3 (Khosla Ventures). Michigan MBA.
CEO at ClipCopia, Inc.,
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.
Co-founder @printdash • Biz Dev @flattr Deal Maker Not Heart Breaker
Big, playful presence. Clarity. Purpose. Vision. Well-connected. Knows things about stuff. Solves problems.
Engineer | Entrepreneur | People Connector
http://www.AdrianChu.com
Energy, tech and sustainability entrepreneur & executive. CEO Propel Fuels.
http://www.robelam.com
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/
@microsoft, @linden-lab, @skytap, @pure-networks Decades of software development experience. Security, Networking, Cloud. @carnegie-mellon-university ECE '91.
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
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 at Cameo Labs, Inc
Written for Film, Television and the Web.
@colorado-college College Grad
Founder Institute Grad
CEO at @heartrate-games. Launched @apple's .Mac product into retail, grew it to $40 million in two years.
http://www.heartrategames.tumblr.com
CEO of Pawzii with strong engineering experience on high-profile sites (Zillow, NFL, NBC).
http://blog.alecmatias.com
@microsoft Partner level employee (21 years), Founder of @4-guys-inc Finisher, Geek, Adviser with Real Good Idea.
Founded Coinswap • Worked at @safebit
CTO of @caretrio. Building the caregiving solution for the 21st century, inspired by my own family's experience.
Worked at @microsoft • Studied at @university-college-london
Owner of Hidden Pineapple, former Microsoft (PM/Dev on web platform, Channel 9) for over 7 years.
http://erikporter.com
accomplished entrepreneur - built desktop software, web applications, and mobile. As one of 3 co-founders of @attassa (acquired by @hightail-2 in 2010).
Technology Executive
http://@jasonmcsmith
Founder Union Bay Networks, Technical Lead at F5 Networks, Networking and Embedded Systems startups.
Student at UPenn Wharton studying finance and computer science.
Founder @egraphs • Worked @neuropace • Studied at @stanford-university
Founder Eyethereal • Worked at @frog Design, @motorola, @theplatform
Sales and marketing leader in digital signage. Former President of Digital Signage Group, and EVP of Activelight a $120M technology distributor.
Founder of The Sourcery, a new kind of tech recruiting company. BA from @colby-college College, MS in Fisheries Science from University of Washington.
Former @google Engineer. Founder of @blink-online-marketing. Specialized in Mobile Apps design, Social Media strategy, trends in the deal space and gamification.
Filmmaker/Entrepreneur • Founder at @filmskout • Studied at @university-of-washington
http://auteurdecinema.wordpress.com
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/
Worked at @realnetworks, @witcom-wireless-isp • Studied at @university-of-california-irvine, @california-state-university-fullerton
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/
Founder @Mzines Digital. Worked at @amazon • Studied at @chicago booth.
http://www.mzines.com
Founder @tonightwe • Worked at @placefull-inc
Worked at @morgan-stanley, @smith-barney • Studied at @wharton-school, @university-of-washington
Entrepreneur, instructor, and advisor in the world of social entrepreneurship. More at www.scottjames.me. CEO @trash-backwards.
http://www.scottjames.me
Founder @ikkos, former US Olympic Coach, Team Builder, Inventor
Founder and CTO @sporcle. Worked at Adobe and Co-founder of RogueSheep. CMU CS 1997.
Keeping Things Organized
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
Co-Founder of Mona. Previously @amazon @paypal @turkcell @turk-telecom @ericsson. Studied at @cmu-tepper-school-of-business @Istanbul University.
Co-Founder @pointprior Dev Manager/ SDE/ TPM @amazon / @tellme-networks / @microsoft Computer Science & Human-Computer Interaction @carnegie-mellon-university-2
Writer. CEO & founder, @mister-kite-entertainment Corporation.
http://www.nickblake.com
http://vishnustrumpet.wordpress.com
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.
Multi-dimensional leader: shipped platforms, services, apps @MSFT, @startups, @tedx.
Launched Buckitdream startup at the Sundance Film Festival, 2014.
http://frankstartups.com
Creative Technologist. Entrepreneur. Car Nut. Geek.
CEO & Founder Tacii & @Take5 • Worked at @apple @microsoft @google @qualcomm @amazon • BSEE @university-of-massachusetts-amherst
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/
Founder, Navigation Partners LLC; Global Marketing Strategist & Entertainment Consultant
Founder @fatport (acquired). Founder MailChannels (Seattle & Vancouver Angels). Early Employee @circa (sold to Polycom). BSc Computer Engineering SFU (Vancouver).
Founder of Tapose.
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
Currently Sr. PM @microsoft, formerly @tieclip cofounder. CS UIUC. Specializing in highly orchestrated chaos.
http://blog.tiecliphq.com
CTO at @placefull . President at @flying-bike-cooperative-brewery . Entrepreneur, engineer, beer snob, snowboarder, beard grower, lover of awesome things.
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
Interested in exploring ideas focused on the enterprise space. TCS, Wipro, IIT, IIM, @harvard-business-school.
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
CEO + co-founder of Dodecki. Designer-founder out to change the world.
Managing Partner at Adventesia
Founder @eseniorcity I Co-Founder of @pin-citi
Founder @fabbit • Worked at @pixar, @university-of-washington-1 • Studied at @university-of-washington, @school-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago
Co-founder at SOMO.
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
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/
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
Founder @solvr-bz
http://bunturedempter.com
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.
CoFounder and CEO of coJuvo, TapFunder • Worked at @ATTMobility, @amdocs • Veteran of the mobile startup space focusing on product commercialization.
http://www.mobilemarketingfail.com
Partner @venturescale.co Advisor@MyUnfold @business-development-1 and @finance-4 • Worked at @college-success-foundation, @washington-stem
Founder & ceo @bevyup. Product Management, Web Analytics, Monetization background. Previous: Lead Product Management @bing.com International. startup founder.
Founder @idefi
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 @urbantech-systems • Investor @myunfold • Studied at @university-of-washington
Was in Eng. Management: @coderbuddy, @tivo, @iPIX & @macrovision.
Was Programmer+Architect: @tippr, @sensage, @E*Trade, & @bamboo-com [IPO and Acq. by IPiX]
Founded/designed/built/maintained two e-commerce websites. Working on third one, @pricedemand. Drafting 4th and 5th ones because I just can't stop.
Business Development @ Amazon.com @mtv-networks @clearchannel
A purveyor of all things digital. Lover of code and beauty.
CEO, Uber Entertainment. High school dropout invited to do a PhD in Japan. Running companies and making software since age 15.
Make of Fine Software
Founder @briefcase • Worked at @tubemogul, @adknowledge, A ton of really cool clients as well
Combine my vision, creativity, technical skills, & business acumen with my project management & leadership qualities to create world class software
Co-founder and CTO of Skyforge. Worked at @microsoft, computer science at UIUC.
I'm addicted to solving difficult problems, learning technologies, working with people, and managing projects -- probably why I love and excel in startups!
Founder @snap-skout-1 • Worked at @microsoft • Studied at @washington-state-university
Founder Battery Maxer • Previously other startups, @microsoft, @symantec • Studied at @university-of-washington, @hawaii-pacific-university
CEO, Founder and Managing Partner of Taggle, Llc. and Integral Sports Management. Visonary with strong leadership and communication skills.
Founder of Barcinno, Worked at @foundum-s-l • Studied at @university-of-colorado-boulder, @USD
http://www.barcinno.com
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
Co-Founder of @promolta, a platform for VIDEO promotion. Help your video go VIRAL.
Co-founder of @nveloped • Worked at @microsoft • Studied at @duke-university
Founder Deblume • Worked at @microsoft, @at-t • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology
Founder @cinephiled; Former editor for MSN Movies; Founded Juneau Information Service Technology; Studied journalism and history at @western-washington-university
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.
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/
Currently working on @gumwall.com. Former designer and front-end developer at @devhub (Evo Media Group).
http://thegumwall.tumblr.com
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
Founder Olde Skuul • Worked at @microsoft, @sony-computer-entertainment-america
Founder @localisto • Business Development • Studied at @university-of-british-columbia
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
CEO & Co-founder at findwell
http://blog.findwell.com/
Co-founder of @papertrail, Seven Scale. Code at github.com/eric
Built Pressleaf (https://vimeo.com/37829291) and then sold it to Inkstone.
http://israelpasos.tumblr.com
Founder Institute. Consumer web; social enterprise; online media; sustainability; community. Former outdoor educator. Passion: Bridge building & tech for good.
Co-Founder, Activate. 1st startup launched out of @realnetworks, Chief Executive, BuildersCapital. Advisor SDN
Passionate about Web technology, finance and exploration. Avid reader and discoverer. Founder/Chief Web Business Analyst at @bitcadet.
http://bitcadet.com/blog
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
Owner of Urbanity Shop. Co-founder of Ottemo and Rich Kids Brand. Serial entrepreneur.
CEO @showqase. Cofounder @orto. Movie fan. PhD candidate.
Co-Founder @fabbit • Worked at @pixar, @industrial Light & Magic • Studied at @berkeley, @UO
Founder @givingtrax • Worked at @ibm, @onyx-software • Studied at @university-of-washington
Principal of Zoomis Design+Development // Partner at GreenSeed Capital
http://www.bahner.co
CTO of Ottemo. Worked at Julep, Microsoft, BroadVision and Level3. Software executive with strong business background.
Founder @book512 & @bedj • ECE undergrad @university-of-texas-at-austin-1 • Student Entrepreneur • Passion for learning, building and technology
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 & CMO @saltbox. Inbound marketing & sales. Worked at @t-mobile. @university-of-washington Physics, published research.
http://blog.saltbox.com
Cloud Platform Architect @jobaline • Co-Founder & Investor at @100thingsclub • Worked at @microsoft • Studied at @university-of-miami MSEE/BSEE
http://www.josedanielcontreras.com/
CEO of @laughing-buddha-games. Software industry veteran (EA, @microsoft, PopCap Games). 1st @microsoft Bizspark startup!
http://blog.laughingbuddhagames.com
CEO of @edge-it-group. Founded @celestial-products (Acquired by Anlekus Investments), Killing the baby monitor.
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.
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
Co-Founder @artemek-technologies • Worked at @apple, @ebay • Studied at @university-of-southern-california
Bootstrapped Adtaq Internet (hosting), now founded and built ShowThis (social video publishing); Previous Exp @ Microsoft, Shopzilla, AT&T, and AMEX.
Co-Founder and CEO of Blufish
Co-founder at @graphdat, coding for 20 years, building teams, leading teams, of the last 3 companies, 2 were acquired.
6 year old Founder at @gap-tooth-stickers
Industrial/Mechanical Engineer, DJ, Photographer, Aspiring Producer, and Critical Listener
Founder @glove-box-inc • Worked at @carmax • Studied at @university-of-washington
Founder of @cobaltpm
http://cobaltpm.com/blog
Owner of DFK International LLC. Multiple companies started. Worked at @microsoft, Attachmate, Others. Has experience in Financial Engineering, Angel, etc.
http://www.duanefking.com
Founder of Winfosys Technologies, Experienced Technology Executive, Entrepreneur, Google+ Evangelist.
Female co-founder, have tech co-founder. Screamingly good designs. Available for co-founding.
Chief Operating Officer. Founder @autotegrity, @leap-it. BS in Management from MIT @mit-sloan-school-of-management School.
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
Studied at @university-of-michigan // Worked at @microsoft, @apple-retail, and TAF // Founded @solvr-bz, @dream-allies
Co-Founder at Global Graynz. Strong background in marketing, logistics and team building. MBA from The University of Washington.
http://www.globalgraynz.blogspot.com
Founder Mercadyne Investments, LLC
Co-Founder & CEO @r-evolution-industries-2, @digital-sound-recording • Worked at @apple, @thomson-reuters • Studied at @ohio-state-university
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
Founder Informion, Inc. • Worked at @microsoft, @amazon Founding member of Windows Azure, strong engineering background with focus on product management.
http://avilay.wordpress.com/
Head of Technology/CTO, entrepreneur, Worked at Yahoo
CEO of Upside Commerce. 1st investor in @theplatform (sold to Comcast). Strong brand expertise. Worked at @microsoft, Viridian, NationsBank and Chase.
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
Founded @longshot-apparel-2. Entrepreneurially bombastic & insightful. Devoted to connecting the dots between companies, consumers and the real world.
Creator of Ping the Spider Co.
Founder & CEO at Rokaroo Classifieds • Lead UX Designer at Concur Technologies. Previously worked at eBay, Netflix, Logitech, Structural Soft, LLC and Oracle.
Entrepreneurial Finance Director w/ outstanding project management and cross-functional team leadership skills. Seeking PdM role to leverage unique attributes.
Founder of BlueCosmo Satellite Communications, strong business & startup background.
SEO, Online Marketing & Web Design @HoodWebMgmt / Urban Homesteading & Permaculture @SeaHomestead
http://www.hoodwebmanagement.com/articles/
Recovering Fortune-500 company manager. Current customer fortune builder.
CEO of Hundo. Design @Bungie Studio's - Branding the video game Halo. UIX @xbox. Consumer Research @snapvine
Founder @wizrocket. Founder & ex-CTO - @burrp & AskMe. Worked at @network18, @motorola, @att-wireless. Entrepreneur, Software Engineering for 19 years.
http://anandjain.wordpress.com/
CEO @tinybuild-games-1 Worked at @spil-games • Skilled at finding diamonds in the rough
Founder Localisto
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.
Founder @spark-8 • Studied at @university-of-washington Create today in order to solve tomorrow's problems.
engineering at amazon. previously early stage builder at startups sense networks (acq by yp), appinions. columbia grad.
Co-Founder COO/CFO at Cyntient • 1st Regional Tech Mgr @goldman-sachs Seattle • Senior Systems Analyst @boeing • Geophysical Analyst @chevron Research
Chief Product Officer at @apphere . Built 1st software startup out of college. Worked as VP Solutions at @spring-wireless.
Founder @appstyr , @seenuu • Worked at @navex-global • Studied at @university-of-oregon
Health/UXUI Hacker • Prev. Cofounder @healtho; @johns-hopkins-hospital, @uwmc, PharmD @university-of-washington, MBA @johns-hopkins-university