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Gina Bianchini. Chi-Hua Chien. Chi-Hua Chien joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 2007.

Chi-Hua Chien

At KPCB he focuses on investments in consumer web and mobile. Jeff Clavier. Chamillionaire. Hakeem Seriki (born November 28, 1979),[1] better known by his stage name Chamillionaire, is an American rapper and entrepreneur from Houston, Texas.[2] He is the CEO of Chamillitary Entertainment.

Chamillionaire

Chamillionaire was also the founder and an original member of The Color Changin' Click until the group split in 2005. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Chamillionaire has an estimated net worth of $15,000,000.[3][4] Music career[edit] 1998–2004: Beginnings[edit] 2005–2006: The Sound of Revenge[edit] 2007–2008: Ultimate Victory[edit] Don Dodge. Josh Felser. John Ham. Joe Kraus. Jim Lanzone. Jim Lanzone is President of CBS Interactive.

Jim Lanzone

He was previously the CEO of Clicker, which has been billed as a TVGuide for programming available on the Internet. Clicker launched in beta at TechCrunch50 on September 14, 2009 and was acquired by CBS in March 2011. Jim is the former CEO of Ask.com. After leaving Ask, Lanzone took a position as the Entrepreneur in Residence at Redpoint Ventures. Loic Le Meur. Ted Maidenberg. Ted Maidenberg is a General Partner at The Social+Capital Partnership (Social Capital) – a venture capital fund based in Palo Alto, CA that incubates and invests in breakthrough companies in healthcare, education, financial services, mobile and enterprise software.

Ted Maidenberg

Ted joined The Social+Capital Partnership from U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) where he was a Partner. Sean Parker. Victoria Ransom. Victoria has been an entrepreneur since her early twenties and has developed three successful companies. As founder & head of Wildfire, a social media marketing technology provider recently acquired by Google, Victoria has built the company to tens of thousands of customers, nearly 400 employees, and eight offices worldwide.

Clients include 30 of the Top 50 global brands and agencies such as Pepsi, Unilever, Sony, AT&T, Ogilvy, Publicis and Digitas. Wildfire is a two-time winner of the fbFund; investors include Summit Partners, Accel Partners and the Founder's Fund. Victoria has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor of arts degree from Macalester College where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. In her capacity as an entrepreneur, Victoria has been featured in several publications including The New York Times, Bloomberg TV, Entrepreneur Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. Chris Sacca. Julie Schoenfeld. Julie is a veteran entrepreneur with a passion for identifying talent and assembling effective teams. Prior to Idealab spin-out Perfect Market, Julie was a founding member and CEO of two other successful venture-backed startups. Julie was president-CEO of OEwaves Inc. from its creation in 2000 to February 2007 and she remains active on OEwaves' board of directors.

Previously, Julie was president-CEO of Net Effect Systems Inc. In her 18-month tenure at Net Effect, she raised two rounds of financing from Greylock Management, Trinity Ventures and TL Ventures, built a world-class management team, launched the company and product and sold the company to Ask Jeeves Inc. for more than $288 million. Before Net Effect, she was VP of worldwide sales for Stream International, where she grew sales from $30 million to more than $200 million in three years. Julie holds a B.S. in engineering from Tufts University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. See Less. Robert Scoble. James Slavet. Sukhinder Singh Cassidy. Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is Founder & Chairman of JOYUS.

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

Prior to founding JOYUS in January 2011, she’s spent 18 years as a leading consumer internet and media executive at global and early stage companies including Google, Amazon, Polyvore, Yodlee, and News Corporation. Most recently, Singh Cassidy served as CEO and Chairman of the board at the leading social commerce site, Polyvore, Inc., and CEO-in-Residence with Accel Partners, a leading global consumer internet venture capital firm. From 2003 to 2009, Sukhinder was a senior executive at Google, Inc; as President of Asia Pacific and Latin America, she was responsible for all of Google’s commercial operations in both regions built the company’s physical presence from inception to a multi-billion dollar business across 40 domains and 103 different countries throughout APAC and Latin America. Recent Milestones Investments Videos Sources. Todor Tashev. Photo: Eric Millette Todor is partner at Omidyar Network and leads the firm's U.S. -based efforts in Consumer Internet & Mobile, Education, and Financial Inclusion.

Across these initiatives, Todor's investment focus is on consumer Internet and mobile companies. Matt Thompson. BizSpark Featured Startup App: TradingView BizSpark Online, 4/18/2014 10:00 AM "Today we feature a BizSpark Startup who recently published their Finance App called TradingView.

Matt Thompson

Trading View helps you track accurate information for stocks and other markets with the most advanced charts available and enables you to set up personal... Read More The Road To Success Can Be Long and Demanding, But Never Give Up – A First Person Perspective by SmartCloud CEO Kim Mayyasi and CTO Steve Fraleigh. Greg Tseng. Elaine Wherry. Lior Zorea.