San Diego Startups are Better!

Join San Diego’s best tech talent and innovative startups looking to grow their teams. Meet representatives from ten of San Diego’s hottest startups, hear a fireside chat about the advantages of startup life from veteran entrepreneurs, and have a drink or bite or two along the way.

To check out startups involved and RSVP, see here.

Speakers:

Joe

Joe Kraus

Joe has been with Google Ventures since 2009, and his primary areas of focus are mobile, gaming, and local services.

Prior to Google Ventures, Joe was a two-time entrepreneur. In 1993, he co-founded Excite.com, an early Internet search engine, holding multiple positions in the company, including leadership roles in product, business development, and marketing. More recently, he co-founded JotSpot in 2004, a wiki company that was acquired by Google in 2006. While at Google, Joe had multiple product management roles including Blogger, Picasa, Sites, Friend Connect, and OpenSocial.

 

 

Michael

Michael Robertson

Michael Robertson is an accomplished technology entrepreneur with a consistent track record of identifying promising trends often in disruptive sectors, building pioneering companies, and leading them to profitability and acquisition. Over his career he has raised more than $100 million in private capital and orchestrated transactions with a combined value of nearly a billion dollars. His technical and operational expertise has spanned industries as diverse as digital music, VOIP and Linux with notable companies including MP3.com, Linspire and Gizmo5.