Speakers & Mentors

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  Ryan Jacoby
  CollabFund, IDEO
  Ryan is EIR at Collaborative Fund. Formerly, he was head of IDEO NY. Ryan is a frequent speaker on innovation strategy, venture design and business design. He is often referred to as the first “graduate” from Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design.
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  Lucas Nelson
  DFJ Gotham
  Lucas is an Associate at DFJ Gotham. He's also a veteran of 2 startups -- both acquired, one by DoubleClick for 20M and another by Symantec for 40M
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  Heather Gilchrist
  Socratic Labs
  Founding partner of Socratic Labs, NYC's first accelerator for education startups.
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  Will Peng
  Raptor Ventures
  Investor at Raptor Ventures, previously Hot Potato and drop.io, both acquired by Facebook
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  Jodi Leo
  CapTap, SVA IXD
  VP of Design at CapTap, Professor at SVA IXD, Mentor at TechStars, formerly UX at Bolt Peters and The Barbarian Group
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  Charlie O' Donnell
  Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
  Founder of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, formerly at Union Square Ventures and First Round Capital.
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  Will Evans
  TLC Labs
  Director of UX at TLC Labs. Previously, Director of UX at The Ladders.
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  Alberto Escarlate
  CollabFund
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  Grace Ng
  Lean Startup Machine
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  Nathalie Molina Niño
  Barnard
  Business Strategy Advisor at Athena Center for Leadership Studies
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  Jabe Bloom
  TLC Labs
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  Simon Marcus
  TLC Labs
  COO of TLC Labs. Integrating Lean Startup in the enterprise.
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  Jim England
  PublikDemand
  Product co-founder at PublikDemand. Design, UX, etc. Past: Keepstream, Infochimps.
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  Jay Decker
  Sproutlet
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  Thor Ernstsson
  Casual Corp.
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  Shaun Springer
  Lot18