Investing in Women: WITI San Diego Investor Panel

I organized & moderated an investor panel for WITI San Diego ‘Investing in Women: Increasing Opportunities for Funding Women’ earlier in the year.  It has taken a while to get the video of the talk but better late than never & I am thrilled to be able to share it with those who did not attend the event.  The conversation was really fabulous & really added value about women raising investment with some brilliant investors.  

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Mark Suster, Partner GRP: ‘The Cocktail Party Pitch’

Mark Suster Partner GRP Partners. Mark was Vice President, Product Management at Salesforce.com following its acquisition of Koral, where Mark was Founder and CEO. Prior to Koral, Mark was Founder and CEO of BuildOnline, the largest independent global content collaboration company focused on the engineering and construction sectors, which was acquired by SWORD Group. Earlier in his career, Mark spent nearly ten years working for Accenture in Europe, Japan and the U.S.  Mark received a BA in Economics from the University of California, San Diego, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Mark led the investment in Factual and currently sits on the Boards of the following companies in GRP’s portfolio: Ad.ly, Awe.sm, Burstly, Factual, GumGum, Pose and Ring Revenue.

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Cassie Phillipps, FailCon: Failure is the Best Way to Learn How to Succeed

Video interview with Cassandra Phillipps, Executive Producer FailCon.  Cassandra has been a startup event producer for over three years, producing and managing numerous conferences, including FailCon http://thefailcon.com/, SF MusicTech Summit, Inside Social Apps, Unleashed Conference, Startup Seminars, and many more. She works with clients to insure each has a high-quality and profitable event, connecting them with the best partners, sponsors, and speakers for their topics. Before moving to the start-up industry, she served as a stage manager at various theaters around the country, including the American Conservatory Theater, Chicago Court, Marin Theater Company, and Aurora. Cassandra has a B.A in Human Development from the University of Chicago. You can find Cassandra on her blog & on Twitter @webwallflower 

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