People
Meet 1750 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Los Angeles's tech scene.
Dennis Phelps
General Partner @ IVP focused on late-stage tech investing. Angel investor in select digital media companies.
Mark Hatch
CEO and Co-Founder of TechShop. Launched 3 Fortune 500 websites: Avery, Kinkos (ecommerce), & HealthNet's benefits ASP. Author, Speaker, MBA, Green Beret.
Michael McCartney
Studied at @harvard-business-school, @princeton-university
Robert Rutherford
Founder @hive-lighting • Worked @media-rights-capital, @william-morris-endeavor-entertainment, @AnonymousContent • Studied @brown-university
Jon Alain Guzik
Founder @rideapart-media, Hubris Factory • Worked at @yahoo, @driverside • Studied at @san-francisco-state-university, @california-institute-of-the-arts
Ben Widhelm
Investor in @burstly, @shift-1, @traffic-marketplace, @elephantdrive.
Brenda Christensen
Dir. PR., Model N; Dir., Nimble; Corp. Off., Maximizer; Dir., GoldMine; Angel, StepCast. Completed Maximizer RTO & two funding rounds, $10 million, $15 million.
Chance Barnett
Founder & CEO of @crowdfunder-com. Serial Internet Entrepreneur. Product & Marketing Geek. Conversion Junkie.
Andrew Heckler
Founder at Hone - www.gohone.com. Partner at Workhouse Capital. Founder of Brightfield Energy. Angel Investor. Start up Advisor. South American Focus.
John Hadl
Founder @swoop • Worked at @us-venture-partners
Ryan Stoner
Seasoned marketing, operations and strategy-focused biz dev exec @publicis-groupe, Previously @switchcam & @mopix - @500-startups-2012
Tegan Monique Gaan
Founder @gigit • Worked at @microsoft, @amplify-la • Studied at @oglethorpe-university
Morgan Brown
Full stack marketer focused on user growth. Startup marketing veteran.
Mike Macadaan
Partner at @science Studio. Specialize in User Experience, Design, Brand and Identity. Product and UX Advisor, Co-Founder @urbandig, Founder @twiistup
Victor Young
@uwaterloo Alum. CEO & Founder @flinja. General Partner @X-Fund, Engineer by trade, built largest insurance eApp and CRM, hired over 500 people, Grew ARR to 50M
Mike Bracco
Senior Product Manager at JibJab. I am the product lead for JibJab's children brand called StoryBots. Previously at Mahalo.com.
Miles Beckett
Founder @eqal • Investor @chromatik, @tradesy • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
Jim Gilliam
@nationbuilder Founder and CEO
Samit Varma
Anthem Venture Partners
Jon Bassett
Investor @silverton-partners. Looking for killer software deals. Personally into gardening, soccer, SUP and good books.
Rahul Harkawat
Venture partner at G2V accelerator and Angel investor in Tech & Software. Experienced exec investing in very early stage companies that will make a difference.
Andrei Marinescu
User growth & product guy. Previously CMO @viddy, customer acquisition @hulu, and VP Marketing @mog. Berkeley Haas MBA, Caltech MS.
Stephen Liu
CEO @privy-net • Founded/scaled largest SoCal APA org @asian-professional-exchange-apex and Softbank-backed "Forbes Top 200 B2B co" @reelplay-com • @university-of-southern-california MBA
Dylan Pearce
Senior Associate at @polaris-partners-1