People
Meet 1750 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Los Angeles's tech scene.
John Eaton
Digital/Innovation Executive & Entrepreneur | Co-founder SocialChorus, Work for Fox TV, Mondelez • Electrical Engineering: UC, Santa Barbara
Kevin Diamond
I am currently the Chief Technology Officer at HauteLook, a leading online private sale site, acquired by Nordstrom. I also mentor and advise multiple startups.
Nathaniel Naddaff-Hafrey
Founder @cinelytics • Worked at @founder-collective, @google • Studied at @harvard-university, @mit-sloan-school-of-management
Skot Carruth
Co-founder and UX/Product Strategist @gophilosophie.
Fuad Hawit
Founder of Groopie.
Justin Jarman
Co-Founder @youbetme (Social Bet, Inc.), Advisor @keen-home, Advisor @kinvolved, Entrepreneur In Residence @nyupoly-incubators
Lando Barbagli
Co-Founder and CEO of @shobot. Marketing agency founder. Veteran Hollywood writer/producer.
Neil Young
Founder @ngmoco, CEO of ngmoco 2008-2012, working on Next. Investing with best friend & ngmoco founding partner Bob Stevenson, through LLL Capital
David Hauslaib
I create companies. Current: Pop-Up Pantry. Previous: Jossip Initiatives.
Edward Chang
business development @hellosign, formerly @tokbox, @citrix-systems, UCLA
William LeGate
Founder @ponder-2 • Taught myself Objective C at 13—created over a dozen apps which are now used by 1 in 16 American teens • 2013 Thiel Fellow
Andrew "Drew" Koven
eCom & Omnichannel Retail Executive @guess, 1st startup @18, Former Exec @SteveMadden, Melissa&Doug, FreshDirect, Geoff&Drew's; Invest/Mentor/Advise/Operate
Ashish Soni
Founding Director of USC Viterbi Startup Garage.
Brian Lim
co-Founder & CEO @tripdibs. Founder & CEO @atomate (nanotech). prior startups acquired by Sun, Cisco, Veeco. rocket scientist (certified at NASA-JPL). @massachusetts-institute-of-technology MS/BS
Daniel Darling
Seed stage investor $50-250k. Managing Director at Darling Ventures, focused on young entrepreneurs taking a mobile native approach.
Dorian E. Collier
CEO @make-believe-labs. Actively saving Christmas! Founder @workables, @4bit-digital. Worked @nbc-universal, @public-storage, @panasonic
Franklin Leonard
Founder of The Black List. Advisor to @boomgen-studios & Plympton. Worked at @universal-pictures, @mckinsey-company. @harvard-university, Class of 2000.
Melanie Linehan
Director of Growth + Marketing @quarterly Founder @animal-behavior, @hautesketch • Previously @twitter, @topsy • Studied at @academy-of-art-university

Michael Huskins
Investor in @xfire, @facebook, @playlist, @toktumi, @playsino, @glam Media, @rapidbuyr
Steve Taylor
Chairman Taylor Asset Management, Inc.
Timothy Mohn
Entrepreneur. Advisor. Angel Investor. Computer/Data Scientist. MS @new-york-university, @HBOGO, Comcast, @fullscreen @datasimple
Alexey Prohorenko
Founder @qwe3, @caffeinated-co • Currently at @riot-games, previously at @scopely, @keas
Jay Kline
Associate @invent-ventures , Strategic Pricing Manager @AT&T ~ @university-of-michigan Engineer @pepperdine-university-1 MBA
Mark Quezada
Co-founder @minded. Previously co-founder/CTO of @fastcustomer and founding engineer at @peer-news.