People
Meet 1750 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Los Angeles's tech scene.
Chris MacDonald
Founder @hugefan, @indiefeed
Guy Primus
Founder @tentpole-ventures • Worked at @overbrook-entertainment • Studied at @georgia-institute-of-technology, @harvard-business-school
Wesley Barnett
Founder Maximize Social Media • Worked at @treetop-software • Investor @treetop-software • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles
James Mason
CEO of SynerMed. Largest medicaid MSO in the country. Think TPA for the affordable care act. Angel and Search Fund Investor and Operator.
John Jersin
Ex-Google PM, engineer, @stanford-university alum.
Kai Gradert
Designer @angellist · UX/Design @adobe-1 Lightroom mobile · Previously @google · Founder @cheers · Owner @hingeheads
Kofi Frimpong
Hustler. @princeton graduate. Founder @brandslip Founder @mealtics
Juan Bruce
Co-founder & CEO @Epoxy.tv | Designer & technologist innovating in entertainment | IDEO, BMW, Team Downey, Continuum | Stanford Design, Engineering & GSB
Paul Shustak
CEO GroupDragon, Co-Founder @KORwater. Alum @microsoft, @sony, @adobe. @IUKelleyMBA, @itp_nyu
Andy Sternberg
Digital strategist and live experiential, participatory media content + event marketer with 15+ years experience and a Master's in Online Journalism.
Michael Mayes
Product and UX leader. Worked at @work-market, @gerson-lehrman-group, @capitalone • Studied at @university-of-virginia • Fond of Marketplaces, creators, agile / lean, TCB
Trevor Neilson
@white-house, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Founder Global Philanthropy www.globalphilanthropy.com, President at G2 Investment www.g2investmentgroup.com
Giang Biscan
Founder of TheStartupAngel.com • PhD, MBA • Developed the Reflux Classifier, acquired by Ludowici in 2001 • Founder of VietSight, acquired by HITES in 2005
Jan Wellmann
Entrepreneur/Producer
Michael Taus
VP Marketing @abodo. Founder + advisor @crowdstreet @cinephiled @founderspad @aquo @rent.com. Aspiring polymath. Ciderist. Hiker. Skier. Diver. Husband + dad.
Mike Borras
CEO @socialspiel • Co-founder @tupalo • Team Member @rockstar-games • Editor at @startupdigest • Mentor @startupweekend
Rupert Ralston
Founder, Developer, Angel investor
Stefanie Narayan
Manager Chaotic Investments, Executive Director @thursdaynights, Marketing at @fonality and @Audyssey Laboratories • UCLA Bruin
billzanker@aol.com
Founder: The Learning Annex, Brainfuel, Great American BackRub Stores, FundAnything. I invest in consumer companies.
Zachary Norman
CCO Founder President - @text 17 years of experience in gaming/mobile. Founded @jamdat-mobile & @text. I have worked for the likes of Activision and EA.
Adam Corey
Currently: Partner @queensbridge-venture-partners Previously: @500startups founding team at @sharespost, revenue generation and biz dev at @evite
Dan Beldy
Partner at @steamboat-ventures
Dean Gebert
7 startups, with 2 failures. Getting the startup itch again... searching for EIR and Management opportunities. Part time Angel investor and Advisor.
Scott Yates
Founder at @blogmutt. Previously founded MyTrafficNews (sold to Traffic.com) and one other that had a positive return. Journalist before that.