Speakers & Mentors

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  Patrick Vlaskovits
  The Lean Entrepreneur | Drumbi
  Entrepreneur + author + collaborator. Founded two startups. Both dead-pooled. Co-wrote The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development. Working on second book, The Lean Entrepreneur (Wiley, Fall 2012). CMO at Drumbi, and a co-organizer of Los Angeles Lean Startup Circle. Mentor at 500 Startups.
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  Lane Halley
  LUXr
  Lane is is a product designer infused with entrepreneurial energy. As an agile coach and design consultant, Lane helps cross-functional teams understand their project domain, develop empathy with users, and engage in creative collaboration. She is the Program Director at LUXr and a Lean Startup Machine alum.
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  Morgan Linton
  Linton Investments
  Domain Name Investor and founder of Linton Investments. We turn great domain names into amazing brands and help startups acquire the domains of their dreams!
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  Matt Munson
  Instacanvas, Inc.
  Matt is a co-founder and CEO of Instacanvas, a marketplace for buying and selling Instagram photography as canvas art (the Instacanvas team rigorously practices lean startup methodology and took 2nd at LSM Palo Alto in January). Matt has founded two successful startups and one failed startup. He loves helping wannabe founders become founders.
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  Todd Emaus
  Instacanvas, Inc.
  Todd is the product lead at Instacanvas, a marketplace for social photography and art. He's a firm believer in lean startup principles and is always happy to help other startups learn and grow faster.
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  Michael Harries
  Citrix Startup Accelerator
  Dr Michael Harries drives technology strategy for the Citrix Startup Accelerator. He selects, seed funds and coaches early stage startups creating the future of Mobile Workstyle and Cloud. He moved from Sydney just over a year ago and is in love with innovation across the board, ranging from serious IT through robotics, augmented reality, rocket cars and more.
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  Brant Cooper
  Market By Numbers
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  Chris Robinson
  The Library Corporation
  Chris is a Principle Client-side Engineer for The Library Corporation with almost 10 years of experience in the web industry. He's an advocate for Agile Development and a Lean Startup Machine alum.
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  Joe Zulli
  Savings.com
  Joe is the CTO of Savings.com, his second (and first successful) startup. He's also a founder and co-organizer, of LeanLA, one of the biggest, and certainly the baddest, Lean Startup based meetup groups this side of anywhere.
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  Pete Mauro
  Startup Partners
  Pete brings 12+ years of entrepreneurial product leadership experience to Startup Partners. [Currently helping Nokia create a portfolio of innovative
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  Eric F. Galen
  HEIMANN GALEN LLP / Music180.com
  Eric is an Entertainment and Technology lawyer and entrepreneur, with over 12 years of experience advising founders, growing startups and successful businesses. He is the founder of Music180.com, and actively works with Silicon Beach investors, incubators and development firms such as Originate, Science, io/LA, Citrusbyte, Lean LA, Neon Roots and many others.
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  Christine Lu
  Affinity China
  Christine is co-founder and CEO of Affinity China, a cross-border startup at the intersection of China, luxury and tech. Christine is also the co-organizer of the first and second GeeksOnAPlane Asia tours.
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  Amir Banifatemi
  K5 Launch
  Entrepreneur and innovation promoter, Amir Banifatemi has a passion for entrepreneurship, education, and active mentorship. Amir’s career spans more than 28 years in Europe and the United States in the development and growth of high technology ventures. He is an active angel investor, President of the Tech Coast Angels Orange County Network, and the founding member of K5Launch, one of the first startup accelerators in SoCal.
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  Andrew Skotzko
  Chill.com
  Andrew is a curious entrepreneur who is passionate about creating great products and peak experiences. He runs growth for Chill.com.
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  Sean Ellis
  CatchFree
  CEO and Founder of CatchFree, Sean Ellis is known for his expertise in bringing transformative growth to technology startups. He previously ran marketing at LogMeIn and Uproar from launch to NASDAQ IPO filings & helped bring Dropbox, Lookout, and Xobni to market.
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  Emily Scherberth
  Symphony PR & Marketing
  Having launched successful startups like Thismoment.com, and worked with emerging startups like YouTube, Emily will share from her 16+ years of experience and expertise in crafting compelling messages, strategic media relations campaigns and PR staffing for Lean Startup Machine attendees.
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  William Hsu
  MuckerLab
  Having been both a Fortune 100 executive and startup entrepreneur, William has a wealth of diverse experience to draw from. He has led product teams at eBay, Green Dot, and Spot Runner, and currently helps entrepreneurs build and launch exceptional businesses at MuckerLab, where he is a co-founder and partner.
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  Avesta Rasouli
  Coloft
  Avesta is the founder of Coloft and AppShows.com. A passionate entrepreneur and problem solver, he is also the organizer for Startup Weekend in Los Angeles.
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  Hila Strong
  Keystone Solutions
  Hila brings over 7 years of experience in digital measurement. She is responsible for defining the internal web analytics methodology and execution strategy for large brands like Nike, Staples, MTV, and CNN. Hila is a frequent speaker at industry events focused on innovations within the web analytics and optimization space. She is also an instructor at UC Irvine.