Video interview with Cheryl Kellond, CoFounder Bia Sports about how & why they had to bypass investors to get their startup funded.
Start Up
Susan Coelius Keplinger, Triggit: Winning the Venture Game
Susan Coelius Keplinger is the co-founder and COO of Triggit Inc. Triggit is a venture-funded advertising technology start-up and a leader on the real-time advertising exchanges. Triggit was founded in 2006 and has an office in SOMA, San Francisco, CA. Prior to Triggit, Susan co-founded Votes For Students, a Pew Charitiable Trusts funded non-profit dedicated to measuring the efficacy of Internet and Email marketing as a Get-out-the-Vote technique. Beyond herentrepreneurial forays Susan is an avid athlete and can be found chasing the wind and waves while kitesurfing, seeking powder sking in Tahoe, or playing soccer with the Olympic Club. Susan earned her BA from Northwestern University, where the USA Today named her one of the nations top college students in 2004. You can find Susan at her blog and Twitter @sueck
Natalie Wood, ThoughtNet: Lessons for Women Sourcing Venture
Natalie Wood is CEO of The Thought Net which is a Thought Leadership Consulting Firm located in San Francisco, CA. They help companies build their brand to become effective market leaders and corporate social citizens via thought leadership programs that leverage new trends. She founded and built MizBiz.com, Inc. 1998 – 2001 an online business and financial services portal for women-owned businesses that served the small business market. She was also Business Director, Technology West Coast at The Economist Intelligence Unit from 2008 to 2010. Natalie can be found at TheThoughtNet & Twitter @thoughtnetinfo.