Today we are excited to announce the scheduled journalists set to interview our keynote speakers for the November 7th Founder Showcase. Interviewing David Sacks (Founder & CEO of Yammer) will be Leena Rao (Senior Editor at TechCrunch) and interviewing Justin Moore (Founder & CEO of Axcient) will be Kym McNicholas (Executive Producer and Reporter at PandoDaily).
In addition to hearing talks from the leaders of two of Silicon Valley’s most groundbreaking companies, guests will enjoy an entertaining pitch competition, featuring seed-stage startups from around the globe, and have the opportunity to check out the newest wares from our Demo Tables.
Featured Journalists
Leena Rao, Senior Editor at TechCrunch
Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and Graduated from Columbia University in 2003. She has also contributed technology content for Oprah.com.
Kym McNicholas, Executive Producer & Reporter at PandoDaily
Kym is an Emmy Award Winning Anchor/ Reporter/ Producer, who is building her fifth video department from scratch at PandoDaily. Previously she spent four years at Forbes, where she built the West Coast video team, contributed to the magazine, and appeared weekly on Fox News. She’s also a regular contributor on NBC 11′s PressHere and TechNow, as well as KRON 4′s weekend broadcast.
Keynote Speakers
David Sacks, Founder & CEO of Yammer
David has been involved in the Internet space for 10 years as an entrepreneur, executive and investor, starting with PayPal in 1999. He was PayPal’s chief operating officer and product leader, taking the company from startup to IPO and eventual sale to eBay for $1.5 billion. Subsequently, he founded Geni.com, a genealogy website that enables millions of family members to collaboratively build an online family tree. He also produced and financed the movie “Thank You For Smoking.” David recently sold Yammer to Microsoft for $1.2 billion.
Justin Moore, Founder & CEO of Axcient
Justin Moore is a multi-time entrepreneur and recognized authority on cloud computing, SMB market strategy and entrepreneurship. As the CEO and Founder of Axcient, Justin leads the transformation of the data backup and business continuity industry to end data loss and IT downtime for businesses. Under Justin’s leadership, Axcient has been growing at a three-year rate of 2,462% – enough to earn the company Inc Magazine’s recognition as Silicon Valley’s #7 fastest-growing company.
Don't miss out what is surely to be our best Showcase yet.Tickets are still available but are selling out quickly, so register today.
