People
Meet 1318 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Oakland's tech scene.
Mitch Kapor
Lotus Founder, from 0 to $200MM in 3 yrs. Co-founder EFF, founding Chair @mozilla. Investor: @twilio, @uber, @classdojo ,@clever, @optimizely,@formlabs
Josh Hannah
General Partner at @matrix-partners; Founder & Director at @betfair.com; Entrepreneur and Investor. Gambler, guy who knows how to do a lot of things.
Richard Chen
International Daddy of Mystery. Investor. Hatena (Board), @google (PM), @optomail (Founder), @barclays-global-investors (Mktg)
Ryan Merket
@appstores.com (acquired by InMobi), Ping.fm (acquired by @seesmic),Partner Engineer at @facebook, Product guy with UI/UX and coding chops.
Oren Jacob
Cofounder, CEO ToyTalk. "Lean Launchpad" instructor @stanford-university, @university-of-california-berkeley. Mentor 500 Startups. EIR AugustCapital. CTO @pixar. Supervising Tech Dir "Finding Nemo".
Kalimah Priforce
Biz dev for @qeyno Labs | 2013 Echoing Green Fellow | Educator-In-Residence at Hidden Genius Project
Greg Kumparak
Writer at TechCrunch.
Tuyen Vo
Product Manager and Marketer with years of entrepreneurial experience. Founder @linepeek @centrro @gplay. Graduate @university-of-california-berkeley.
Noah Abelson
Co-founder/CEO at ShareRoot • Worked at @wildfire-interactive, @adparlor • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park
Sean Wycliffe
Co-founder of @dealflicks. Co-founded and grew last business to $1.5M+ revenue in 5 yrs. Founded NGO Project Pueblo. UCB '10 Econ, summa cum laude.
Phil Wolff
Co-founded VoIP startup, Tech Product Leader and Political Community Organizer. Bechtel, LSI Logic, Adecco SA, Hookflash, employee 56 at Compaq.
Cindy Padnos
Founder & Managing Partner, Illuminate Ventures. Prior founder/CEO Vivant (EVLV/ORCL) and VP Marketing Scopus (IPO)
Sean McCullough
Just a dude making it happen.
Patrick Ford
Experienced software engineer and manager. Experience from start ups to major corporations.
Peter Secor
Angel Investor, @university-of-california-berkeley
Bilal Ahmed
Entrepreneur, engineer, hustler, hacker, designer, yogi, musician and author.
Rob Kelly
CEO of Ongig: The Employer Branding SaaS; I've bought, sold & failed businesses; Author of An Enlightened Entrepreneur
Garrett Dodge
Co-Founder of @rockbot and @massachusetts-institute-of-technology grad. Previously, founded @fido-factor. Working on loyalty and engagement for brands & local businesses.
Naveen Jain
CMO and Co-Founder @immunity-project • CEO @sparkart • Investor / Advisor @rally, @gyft, @hifi, @truevault, @bellabeat @trnio, @zesty-1 - Y Combinator Alum (W14)
Nicholas Livingston
Co-Founder & CEO @honeit, Director of Global Recruiting @tubemogul, MBA @BerkeleyHass, Former Director of Talent Acquisition @mtv Networks / @viacom #HRTech
Paul Freedman
CEO at @altius-education
Karl Dotter
Founder & Pair Designer @pairdesignco, Founding Member of @designer-fund , Former Designer In Residence @500startups.
Cyrus Farivar
Senior Business Editor, Ars Technica (cyrus.farivar@arstechnica.com)
Zach Larson
CEO of Threadbare Games. Previously co-founder and CPO of @sidereel, acquired by Rovi. Product, Technology, Teams. Lean and LeanUX advocate. Giant nerd.