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The Silicon Valley Founder Institute is a proud partner of Lifograph, which is building the "Who's Who" of Silicon Valley and technology. With Lifograph, you can discover the timeline and connections of venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, executives, and other people in tech.

This engagement features a talk from Gary Swart, a VC at Polaris Partners, a venture capital firm that has invested in more than 100 companies such as E-Rewards, Kissmetrics, InsideSales.com, LegalZoom, JustFab, Automattic (WordPress), Art.com, Quantcast, JibJab, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IPO), and others.

Until April of 2014, Gary was the CEO of oDesk, the world’s largest online workplace with more than 5 million registered contractors, and over $1B in work delivered through the platform. Throughout his illustrious career, Gary has has spoken at the Inc. Magazine Leadership Conference, The Economist’s Ideas Economy Panel, South by Southwest, TechCrunch 50, TiECon, and GigaOM, among many other events. He has also appeared on such TV and radio programs as the BBC, National Public Radio, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, and Startups Uncensored.

Space is very limited. RSVP today and get the Early Admission discount!

PRICE:

$20 before Wednesday, January 21

$30 on the day of the event - January 21

AGENDA:

6:30pm - 7:00pm – registration and networking

7:00pm - 8:15pm – speaker program and Q&A

8:15pm - meet the speaker, network with other entrepreneurs

8:30pm - event ends

Chinese food dinner and drinks are provided.

Click here for more information and to register for this event.

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