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5 1/2 Questions for Mark Moeremans
Mark Moeremans serves as the Senior Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Venture Development at the Arizona Commerce Authority. An alum of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business Mark has brought his experience as a private equity operating executive to the public sector. An innovator and economic development leader, Mark oversees the largest state-sponsored business plan competition in the country –
5 1/2 Questions for David S. Rose
David S. Rose is an Inc. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur and investor who has founded or funded over 100 pioneering companies. He has been described by Forbes as “New York’s Archangel”, by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering entrepreneur”, by Crain’s New York Business as “the father of angel investing in New York”, and by Red Herring magazine as “patriarch of Silicon Alley”.
5 1/2 Questions for Jason Fried
Jason Fried is the cofounder and president of Basecamp (formerly 37signals — and currently 37Signals! ) — a privately held Chicago-based company committed to building the best web-based tools possible with the least number of features necessary. With David Heinemeier Hansson, Fried is the coauthor of Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application; Remote: Office Not Required; and the New York Times bestseller Rework.
5 1/2 Questions for Swati Chaturvedi
Swati Chaturvedi is the co-founder and CEO of Propel(x) — an investment platform that enables accredited investors worldwide to invest in startups and venture capital funds. Ms. Chaturvedi has a long history of working in the alternative investments space and is the founder of the MIT Alumni Angel Investors group. She founded and led the group 2013–2015, and continues to be on the screening committee.
5 1/2 Questions for Heidi Roizen
Heidi Roizen is a venture capitalist, corporate director and former technology CEO/entrepreneur. Today, Heidi is a partner at leading venture firm Threshold Ventures and serves as a board member for private companies Upside Foods, Lumity and Polarr, all in the Threshold portfolio. She is currently also an independent corporate director for DMGT, Invitation Homes (NYSE:INVH) and Planet (NYSE:PL).
5 1/2 Questions for Tim Kelley
Tim Kelley has over 25 years of experience as an Entrepreneur in Construction, Education, Finance, Real Estate and Software in Mexico, South America, the US and Africa (Angola). He has raised more than $100 million dollars, managed more than $200 million in projects and has built more than 10 companies with hundreds of employees. Tim is current Chair of Entrepreneurship at Grand Canyon University and Chair of Canyon Angels. He and his wife also own Spanish Immersion Preschools and Tim is a Minor Partner in a Multibillion Dollar Real Estate Fund.