People
Meet 1550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Chicago's tech scene.
David Cohen
Founder/CEO of @techstars. Investor in Amazing Startups. Geeky to the bone. http://www.davidgcohen.com
Daniel Novaes
CEO of @mobilex-labs - Simplified Mobile App Creation Platform For Brands & Businesses, $2M/YR Elekteks Inc. as a H.S. Senior, Kelley School of Business 2011
Harper Reed
former CTO of @obama-for-america , former CTO of @threadless and Advisor at @sandbox-industries.
Andy Yang
COO @500px | Formerly at @extremestartups @relay-ventures @chegg. @netflix. @thomas-weisel-partners. @goldman-sachs. @accenture. | @ChicagoBooth @university-of-california-berkeley.
Phillip Herrejon
French Press coffee loving R.E. Investor turned Tech Startup Pro/Non-Profit Advocate/Social Entrepreneur. LIFE LESSONS: Fail fast, live humbly, pay it forward.
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.
Sam Yagan
Founder & CEO at @okcupid.com
Mark Friedgan
Angel Investor; BS/MS Computer Engineering, @carnegie-mellon-university University; CIO Top 100/InfoWorld Top 25 CTO
Lauren Flanagan
Former sw entrepreneur; invested in 34 companies over past 8 years. Run 2 early stage funds: BELLE Capital USA, LP & Phenomenelle Angels Fund.
Stuart Larkins
Co-Founder and Partner of Chicago Ventures. Founder of @Twin Capital and active angel investor. Former @doubleclick / @performics exec.
Steve Olechowski
Former Co-Founder of FeedBurner and Google Product Manager, Mobile and Advertising. Current: Blinkfire Analytics
Sarah Evans
Chief Evangelist at @tracky PR. Social Media Correspondent. Animal lover. Birthed @twitter industry chats. #journchat #commentz prsarahevans@gmail.com
Ryan Moore
VC at @atlas-venture. Co-founded @grandbanks-capital. Believe in service-based approach for entrepreneurs. @princeton-university graduate.
Jason Seats
Managing Director @techstars • Co-founder @slicehost (acq by @rackspace)
Paul Lee
Partner at @lightbank
Lon Chow
General Partner, Apex Venture Partners
Jeffrey Carter
Turns Concepts into Profits. Advisor, Connector, Co-Founder of @hydeparkangels, Angel Investor, Independent Trader, @pointsnfigures
Victoria Levine
principal @ @lightbank - scrabble master - indie music aficionado - yoga enthusiast - cheese lover - physics buff
Andrew Romans
General Partner Georgetown Angels. Author (McGraw Hill July 2013) The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital
Marc Weiser
Managing Director RPM Ventures
Troy Henikoff
Troy Managing Director of Techstars in Chicago & founder of @surepayroll
Brian Ficho
Entrepreneur. Founder & CEO @obaz. Former EIR & Investor @lightbank.
Seth Kravitz
Co-Founder of @technori and @insuranceagents-com
Ravi Srivastava
Professional Trader, Genetic Algorithmist, Managing Partner @purvi-capital LLC.