Speakers & Mentors

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  Eric Ries (virtual)
  The Lean Startup
  Eric Ries is the creator of the Lean Startup methodology and the author of the popular entrepreneurship blog Startup Lessons Learned. He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2010, he became an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School.
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  Bob Moul
  appRenaissance
  Philadelphia tech CEO / entrepreneur with 30 years of experience ranging from startups to Fortune 50 companies.
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  Dan Freeman
  University of Delaware
  Dan works with a wide variety of startups ranging from food carts and web applications to tunable orthotics and electroconductive polymers. He has spent more than a decade engaged in marketing-related teaching, research, and consulting activities.
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  Gloria Bell
  O3 World & Philly Startup Leaders
  After 25 years of corporate experience and several running her own consulting company, Gloria is currently the Operations Manager and Social Media Strategist for O3 World. She also serves on the Leadership team of Philly Startup Leaders and Social Media Club Philadelphia.
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  Brad Oyler
  W3Portals
  Lover of all things startup. Lean/Agile product and software developer.
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  Brian Sowards
  USEED.co
  Brian Sowards is the founder of USEED.co, a startup helping universities share the cool things their students want to do with alumni, who can connect with them online and donate to make them happen.
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  Chris Cera
  Arcweb
  Web entrepreneur and developer. Co-founder of Vuzit and Philly Startup Leaders.
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  Audrey Troutt
  Goodwin College at Drexel University
  Polyglot programmer, change agent and champion of getting things done, Audrey has five years of experience in agile software development, project management and business analysis. Ask me about setting up a professional development environment, managing software versions and releases, build software quality in (from day 1), hiring technical people, and agile/lean practices.
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  André Dhondt
  Rally Software
  For over a decade, André has led agile adoptions, providing guidance to teams and organizations seeking shorter development cycles, higher quality, and more effective discovery of customer value. Playing various roles, from developer, manager, product owner and scrum master, he's done everything from hiring and building teams in startup environments to coaching teams for an organization with over 100k employees. Some of his teams have seen 50% reduced cycle time, practically bug-free code with daily deployments, and improved employee morale.
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  Jake Stein
  RJMetrics
  Jake is the cofounder of RJMetrics, a business intelligence and data analytics software company. Prior to RJMetrics, Jake worked at Insight Venture Partners investing in software, ecommerce, and digital media businesses.
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  J. Anthony Miguez
  Mez Group
  J. Has been working in, on, and around start ups for over a decade. J. Was head of strategy for Zurich Scudders VC arm during dot com 1.0 and since has advised funds, angels and startups.
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  Yasmine Mustafa
  NetLine Corp
  Yasmine Mustafa just joined NetLine Corportation after they acquired her blog advertising company, 123LinkIt.com, in November of 2011. She is currently active within Philly Startup Leaders, runs a local Chapter of GirlDevelopIt which empowers women to learn how to code, and she sits on the board of TechGirlz.org, a non-profit dedicated to empowering middle-school girls to be future technology leaders.
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  Peter Flint
  Polaris Venture Partners
  Peter Flint is a general partner with Polaris Venture Partners. He joined Polaris in 2003 and brings over 25 years of experience as an operating executive in the consumer media industry combined with building senior management teams for early stage venture backed companies. Peter has enjoyed a successful 15-year sales and marketing career in the cable television industry, initially with Showtime Entertainment and MTV Networks.
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  Christopher Wink
  Technically Philly
  Christopher Wink is the co-founder of publishing strategy firm Technically Media and its local technology news site Technically Philly.
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  Ben Willman
  Rhythm Data LLC
  Ben has been involved with startups since the late 90's and is active in the DC lean startup community. He writes a blog at www.leanondc.com.
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  Amanda Steinberg
  DailyWorth.com
  Amanda Steinberg is a serial Web entrepreneur and former engineer. She's currently CEO of DailyWorth.com, a venture-backed finance media company geared to women. Investors include Dave McClure, Howard Lindzon and Eric Schmidt's TomorrowVentures.