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ID 55593

Steve Farsht

Investor

Director and Board Member Techstars Chicago; Advisor Hyde Park Venture Partners; Member FireStarter Fund

ID 148478

Kurt Uhlir

Investor

CEO & co-founder @sideqik • I manage, advise & fund disruptive companies @nokia, @navteq, @vitrue • 12 US & international patents • Certified alligator handler
http://www.southerntechnologyleaders.com

ID 44088

Jan Davis

Investor

Founder @smartnames • Worked at @transunion, @trymax • Investor @evoapp, @showingtime • Studied at @university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill

ID 39553

Mike Fingado

Founder @notelog, @athletepreneur • Worked at @tred, @coursemodo • B.S. & M.S. Economics & Sport Management at @FSU

ID 81883

Frank Gruber

CEO & Co-founder Tech Cocktail a media company focused on tech startup news, research & events. Former developer turned product development at @aol & @tribune-interactive.
http://tech.co

ID 111208

Tom Trimmer

Investor

Founded Trimmer Capital Management, Aurapoint Asset Management, and True Adventures. Rock climber, sailor, mountain biker, skier, mountaineer, world traveler.

ID 951

Lon Chow

Investor

General Partner, Apex Venture Partners

ID 143

David Cohen

Investor

Founder/CEO of @techstars. Investor in Amazing Startups. Geeky to the bone. http://www.davidgcohen.com
http://www.davidgcohen.com/

ID 788

Jared Golden

Co-Founder & President @ Pear, Co-Founder @ Brand Accelerator, Board Member @ Worthee, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center Advisory Board, former ibanker.

ID 2880

Matt Spiegel

Investor

SVP/GM Americas MediaMath. Formerly CEO Omnicom Media Group Digital, Founder @resolution-media

ID 3590

Harper Reed

former CTO of @obama-for-america , former CTO of @threadless and Advisor at @sandbox-industries.
http://www.nata2.org

ID 194185

Shawn Carpenter

Investor

Co-Founder & CEO of @ycharts • Vertical Manager at @google • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign

ID 2319

Troy Henikoff

Investor

Troy Managing Director of Techstars in Chicago & founder of @surepayroll

ID 443332

Todd O'Hara

#innovator #entrepreneur #technologist #founder at Toodalu (acquired by Spring Marketplace)

ID 40313

Tyler Mayoras

Investor

Managing Director at O'Keefe Consultant and interim management in Change Management. Angel investor and mentor to internet and mobile technology companies.

ID 7005

Jeffrey Kalmikoff

Designer. Husband. Friend to startups. Maker of things. Avid fan: scary movies, loud music. Work: CXO @betable. Past: @threadless, @digg, @simplegeo.
http://www.callmejeffrey.com

ID 19422

Sam Yagan

Investor

Founder & CEO at @okcupid.com

ID 163548

Michael Bruns

Investor

technology finance and operating executive, former technology investment banker, former COO/CFO of ClearTrial (sold to Oracle in April 2012), Harvard MBA

ID 5738

Tim Hanlon

Investor

Founder/CEO, Vertere Group. Past Founder/MD Mediabrands Velociter (IPG). Past Founder/MD Denuo/VivaKi Ventures (Publicis Groupe); 20+ year ad/media veteran

ID 31174

Mark Friedgan

Investor

Angel Investor; BS/MS Computer Engineering, @carnegie-mellon-university University; CIO Top 100/InfoWorld Top 25 CTO
http://www.hubrix.com

ID 72214

Garrett Buxton

Experienced venture capital associate, tech startup operator, strategist, advisor. Love to build things, namely products and organizations of awesome people.

ID 135997

Andrew Saunders

Integrated Marketing & Content Solutions Executive at CAA (@creative-artists-agency). Featured in Wired, Fast Company and Banff Media Festival.
http://www.andrewsaunders.com

ID 183993

Michael Walsh

Founder @cariloop, @healthsparx and Health 2.0 Dallas, Advisor, @purdue-university University alum, living in Dallas, TX.
http://healthsparx.com

ID 135529

Yael Hochberg

Entrepreneurship and Finance professor at MIT Sloan School of Management; executive education professor at Kellogg School of Management. VC, entrepreneurship and innovation guru. Startup advisor. Former entrepreneur.

ID 294929

Joyce Schwarz

Advisor 75 early-stage venture funded firms -- emusic to Primesense. 50 new product rollouts. Bestselling author, speaker,past president USC Film Alumni assn
http://www.hollywood2020.net

ID 237177

Amber Porter Telfer

Investor

Partner leader at Lithium. Agency background. Digital and social strategy experience: BofA, Coca-Cola, etc. Product development at a dot com. U.S. Army Veteran

ID 39473

Rob Costlow

Founder: @tourist-records Co-Founder: ActiveFam Past gigs: @the-active-network @eteamz-com @rollingnote @teamsnap @weplay @zaadz Contemporary Pianist Dad of 2

ID 25739

Joe Born

Founder of @digital-innovations, @neuros-technology and @sonr-labs. Inventor of consumer products totaling $350M in revenue.

ID 213844

Paul A. Linden

Investor

Entrepreneur & Storyteller • Founder Hindex, Inc • Education and Business Development background • Worked at @img • Studied at @university of Miami, @Augustana

ID 63342

Tom Denison

My passion is mentoring, advising, funding and founding tech startups. Seriously seasoned and savvy strategy, marketing and business development veteran.
http://tomdenison.tumblr.com/

ID 32779

Chris Carter

Founder WisePatient • Worked at @accenture, @arcapita-inc • Studied at @vanderbilt-university, @kellogg-school-of-management

ID 34890

Alex Griffiths

CEO @socialcrunch. Strong finance, business development & product launch skills. Brit in Chicago. 1 exit so far.
http://blog.alexgriffiths.info

ID 457945

Sal Cilella

Techstars mentor, start-up advisor. Currently @razorfish. Acquity Group and gravitytank alum. Experience design, mobile, omni-channel focus.

ID 144097

Mark Clark

Investor

Founder @darc-corporation, O2Works • Worked at @oracle-corporation • Investor @fantree, @klick-push • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign

ID 130857

Craig Vodnik

Investor

VP Operations and Co-Founder at cleverbridge
http://www.buildingkeystones.com

ID 352401

Derek Brooks

Builder. Fixer. Thinker. Rocker.
http://derek.broox.com

ID 142290

Stan Gauss

Founder @reportedly • Worked at @gannett, @Advance Internet, @Knight Ridder Digital, @vendasta • Studied at @rutgers-university-new-brunswick
http://www.stanleygauss.com

ID 73399

Chris Molnar

CTO at @pear-formerly-apparel-media-group. Entrepreneur, advisor, technologist. Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign.

ID 261023

Brent Rickles

Sustainable, Long-Term ROI Growth Strategist. Founded my 1st company in Chicago. 5 years in S.F. working for two E&Y entrepreneur of the year award winners.

ID 51644

Jonah Grant

Developer @modest-inc Helped to found @belly out of high school. Previously @lightbank. School during the day.

ID 264745

James Adams

Investor

Managing Partner, M4; Sold PE-backed company to (NASDAQ: ABFS) for $180M. Proven GM, Sales Exec in B2B, B2C and B2G. MBA, U of Chicago, '98; BSME, UIUC, '91.

ID 90839

Sairam Rangachari


ID 118856

Steven Wagner

CEO of @dealer-ignition and Dealy, Strong sales and Marketing, Product Development and Architecture. Work @ford-motor-company, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz.
http://saasceo.me

ID 255283

Shital Chheda

Investor

Consultant @mckinsey-company, Revenue Leader @google, @base-crm and @texas-instruments • MBA @northwestern-university-1 (Kellogg), MS & BS Eng @virginia-tech

ID 393776

Tomás F. Serna

Founder Nextinit • Studied at @northwestern-university, @instituto-de-empresa

ID 405530

Don Chartier

Versatile manager/doer who sells new technology and services. Drives faster adoption and greater revenue. Was told that I'm "interstitial." Sounds good to me.
http://www.ranchodeluxe.blogspot.com

ID 165419

E. Jeffrey Lyons

Investor

M&A Advisor at City Capital, Founder/BOD - PRIMIS (52% IRR), Pres./BOD - BigTime Software (VC-backed), Adj. Entrep. Faculty at NU, Kellogg & Techstars Mentor

ID 216966

Dave Anderson

Founder JiSu, CMO Entrigna. Established business leader (United Airlines, Tap Pharamceutical). Former consultant (ZS Associates) and academic (PhD Applied Math)
http://www.jisushopping.com/blog/

ID 67756

Marcy Capron

Partner/CEO: @polymathic We build products for nontech entrepreneurs & intrapreneurs. I live for: Logan Sq, DIY/interior design, planning stuff, & heavy beats.
http://wearepolymathic.com/blog

ID 220749

Thomas M. Sparico


ID 123990

Andy Person

Investor

Director at Urban Outfitters. Consumer growth operator/investor/advisor. Significant experience working and investing in growth stage to public companies.

ID 28167

Leon Ginsburg

Investor

CEO, entrepreneur and investor with 14+ years experience designing software solutions

ID 133573

Ian McCreadie

Investor

Former Lower Middle Market Banker, Current Screening and Diligence Team Member @private-capital-alliance
http://privatecapitalalliance.blogspot.com/

ID 300948

Peter Mantas

President & CEO ► Problem Solver ► Analytics Expert ► Mentor/Advisor

ID 82168

Paul Hofmann

Founder Saffron Technology • Worked at @northwestern-university-1, @massachusetts-institute-of-technology-1
http://paulhofmann.net/blogs

ID 94771

Cem Baydar

Investor

Strategy and Management Consulting Executive with 15 years of experience, Advisory Board Member of Endeavor, Member of Keiretsu Forum, ex-Accenture and comScore executive.

ID 6002

Chris Ziobehr

Investor

I am a Partner at @caldera-venture-partners

ID 123102

Boris Rozman

Experienced Entrepreneur with expertise in Talent Acquisition, Mobile/Web Solutions. Founder/CEO of @cmp-jobs & @loginaut. Bootstrap to $2m. EO NY Member.

ID 14659

Adam Burck

Investor

MD of Evergreen Equity, building great businesses and brands. Previously in marketing and general management for CPG food & beverages globally.

ID 269139

Samuel Frith

Studied at @miami-university

ID 64603

Jonathan Petrino

Interactive Marketer/Business Strategy Professional. Web 3.0 Data Proponent. Worked at @expedia & @thomson-reuters. Currently at @responsys. Marine Corps Veteran.

ID 124097

D.C. Crenshaw

D.C. Crenshaw President & Ceo of Fete Select TV. He is a food and lifestyle personality and a two-time Emmy nominated TV Host and Executive Producer.
http://www.efete.ent

ID 142760

Brett Relander

Co-Founder at Tactical Marketing Labs - Passionate Entrepreneur - Digital Marketing Strategist - Lean Startup Advocate - Startup Advisor - Only Results Matter

ID 105468

Jeremy Gilbert

Assistant Professor at @northwestern-university University's Medill School of Journalism

ID 115702

Jordan Bast

B2B business builder with 10 years sales, marketing, & management experience. Engineer & MBA. Advisor to Bison Pallet. Materials, industrial, cleantech.

ID 6016

Matthew Caston

Investor

CSO at 365 Retail. Strong finance and sales operations background. Startup to enterprise management expertise. Moderately irreverent.

ID 335649

Mike Whitaker

Founder @idefi-axs

ID 199051

David Schacht

Multi-lingual exec, worked at @gerson-lehrman-group, @corporate Executive Board • Studied @university-of-chicago, @johns-hopkins-university • Strat - Ops - Research Leadership

ID 139193

Samir Suri

Work at @progreso-financiero • Studied at @university-of-chicago, @university-of-minnesota-twin-cities

ID 223232

Luis Antonio Venegas

We bring expertise in a broad range of areas, including mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, roll-ups, bridge capital, and internal growth financing.

ID 136185

Mike LaBelle


ID 247914

Matt Dennewitz

i head up tech at @pitchforkmedia and @beergraphs. lover of python, js, golang. baseball is a lifestyle. from hell's heart i regress thee.

ID 388561

Alex Pyatetsky

Founded The HOTH (Acquired by Next Net Media 2013). Perpetual Immigrant. Compulsive connector. Occasional advisor/consultant. Let me know how I can help.
http://www.hungrymisfit.com

ID 181557

Isaac Kohn

Startup & Growth Executive. Strategy, execution, operations, product management, build winning teams, international experience. Co-founded Vigilant Europe Ltd.

ID 213967

Zachary

Founder HE SWIM • Worked at @beckman-coulter, @telluride-ski-and-golf-resort • Studied at @boston-college, @university-of-massachusetts-amherst

ID 391981

Jeremy Cai

Founder @sprout-products Worked @adobe @greenvolved @global-village-fruits-inc // Technology, Entrepreneurship, Design
http://jeremycai.wordpress.com

ID 290618

Atul Jain, MD, MS

Asst. Professor of Medicine at the Univ of Chicago. Experienced in clinical research & medical education. I want to change how we all think about health care.

ID 122625

Conrad Styczen

Founder at BeachFire Ventures

ID 373

Scott Soderstrom

Co-Founder/CFO @Madaket Health • Entrepreneur in Residence - Notre Dame • Strong Finance/Accounting/Strategy background, CPA • Angel Investor/Ex-Private Equity
http://www.scottsoderstrom.com/news

ID 84865

Scott Gosnell

CEO at Windcastle Venture Consulting, Visiting Instructor of Economics at Kenyon College

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