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O P E N I N G Monday 20th D A Y 0 1 Tuesday 21st D A Y 0 2 Wednesday 22nd
Agenda // Main Stage
9:00 AM
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Welcome
Intelligent Growth: Finding & Testing Your MarketingChannels
Derek Andersen,Founder + CEOStartup Grind
Hiten Shah, Co-founder, KISSmetrics
Launching Zoom: How to Breakinto a Monopoly
Eric Yuan, Founder + CEO, Zoom
Jim Scheinman, Founding ManagingPartner, Maven Ventures
Work Sucks(but it shouldn’t)
Chris O'Neill, CEO,Evernote
State of the Art of ArtificialIntelligence: What is Real Today,Will be Tomorrow and Should bein the Future
Fei-Fei Li, Chief Scientist of AI/ML,Google Cloud
Mike Abbott, General Partner, KPCB
Built for Speed: Evolving fromStartup to Blitzscaling
Jack Groetzinger, Founder, SeatGreek
John Locke, Partner, Accel
Startup Pitches
Scale and Profit: Can Startups"Have It All"?
Ryan Holmes, CEO, Hootsuite
Hannah Kuchler, San FranciscoCorrespondent, Financial Times
Speed Pitching & Feedback
Bing Gordon, General Partner, ChiefProduct O�cer, KPCB; formerly EA
The Content Trap: Why Well-Meaning Strategies Fail in A Digital World
Bharat Anand, Professor, HarvardBusiness School
Morning Break Morning Break
Invent the FutureYou Want
Vinod Khosla,Founder, KhoslaVentures
T.D. Lowe,Startup Grind
Unconventional Success:Bootstrapping a Unicorn Outsideof Silicon Valley
Learning: The Most ImportantSkill For Any Entrepreneur
Daphne Koller,Co-founder, Coursera
Marian Gazdik,Director, StartupGrind Europe
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
Nir Eyal, Author, Hooked: How toBuild Habit-Forming Products
E�ective ImpactBusiness
Leila Janah, Founder+ CEO, Sama
Format References: Keynote Fireside ChatQuickfire Pitches Break
Startup Pitches
Startup Pitches
Ryan Smith, Founder + CEO, Qualtrics; Todd Pedersen, CEO, Vivint Smart HomeRyan Sweeney, Partner, Accel
D A Y 0 1 Tuesday 21st D A Y 0 2 Wednesday 22nd
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Disrupting Sports Consumption
Jason Robins, Co-Founder + CEO, DraftKings
Kurt Wagner, Senior Editor, Recode
Starting (Up) With Heart
Hamdi Ulukaya,Founder + CEO,Chobani
Steve Clemons,Editor-at-Large,The Atlantic
Lunch Lunch
Playing the Odds to Rock the Silicon Valley Game
Phil Libin,ManagingDirector,General Catalyst;Co-founder,Evernote
Beyond $1 Billion: How A StartupCan Create Lasting Value
Kenneth Lin, Founder + CEO, CreditKarma
John Rampton, Senior Contributor,Entrepreneur
World at Play: How to Build aGlobal Gaming Giant
Holly Liu, Founder,Kabam
Michael Gasiorek,Editor in Chief,Startup Grind
Garrett Lord, Co-founder + CEO,Handshake
Megan Quinn, General Partner,Spark Capital
The Next Workforce: Recruiting &Engaging Millennials withTechnology
Mission Driven: Put PurposeFirst at Your Startup
Justin RosensteinCo-founder, Asana
Building for Builders: Codingthe World's New BusinessInfrastructure
Patrick Collison,Co-founder +CEO, Stripe
Derek Andersen, Founder + CEO,Startup Grind
Fintech Is Here To Stay
Vladimir Tenev, Co-Founder + Co-CEO, Robinhood
Laura Shin, Contributor, Forbes
Startup Pitches
Startup Pitches
Agenda // Main Stage
Format References: Keynote Fireside ChatQuickfire Pitches Break
Less is More: The Future isShort Form Entertainment
Alex Chung, Co-founder + CEO, Giphy
M.G. Siegler, General Partner, GoogleVentures
O P E N I N G Monday 20th
Registration Open
(1:00 PM - 6:00 PM)
Speed Pitching & Feedback
Bing Gordon, General Partner, ChiefProduct O�cer, KPCB; formerly EA
D A Y 0 1 Tuesday 21st D A Y 0 2 Wednesday 22nd
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How to Build a Company ThatMatters
Shernaz Daver, CMO, Udacity;Executive Advisor, GV
The Startup Enterprise: New Eraof Innovation
Safra Catz, CEO,Oracle
Reggie Bradford,Senior VicePresident ofProductDevelopment,Oracle
Charting a Global Coursethrough User Driven Growth
Noam Bardin,Founder + CEO,Waze
Derek Andersen,Founder + CEO, Startup Grind
WhatsApp: Our Road to 1B Users
Jan Koum,Co-Founder +CEO, WhatsApp
Alex Fishman,Founder + CEO,Bugsee
1-1 with Dave McClure Dave McClure, Founder, 500 Startups
Welcome RemarksDerek Andersen, Founder + CEO,Startup Grind
Derek Andersen, Founder + CEO,Startup Grind
1-1 with Michael SeibelMichael Seibel, CEO, Y Combinator
1-1 with Mark Pincus Mark Pincus, Founder + ExecutiveChairman of the Board of Directors,Zynga
Derek Andersen, Event Closeout
Afternoon Break
Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
Conference Ends
Culture andRevolution
Ben Horowitz,Co-Founding Partner,Andreessen Horowitz
Agenda // Main Stage
Format References: Keynote Fireside ChatQuickfire Pitches Break
Startup Pitches
Evening Events
(6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Redwood City Pub Crawl
O P E N I N G Monday 20th
Opening Night Kicko�
+ Networking Drinks
The Business ofDating
Sean Rad, Founder,Tinder
1:00 PM
Q+A with Hiten Shah
Hiten Shah, Co-founder, KISSmetrics
No Investor, No Problem:Bootstrapping in a $16 BillionIndustry
JT Marino + Daehee Park,Co-founders, Tuft & Needle
How to Succeed at Fundraisingfrom Seed to Scale
Je� Richards, Managing Partner,GGV Ventures
Q+A with Y Combinator
Justin Kan, Partner, Y Combinator
How To Make +$100,000 Froma Facebook Group - With NoBudget
Vincent Dignan, Founder, Magnific
How to Build an Early AdopterCommunity
David Spinks, Founder + CEO, CMX
Atoms, Meet Bits: HowTechnology is Changing RealWorld Interactions
Alexei Agratchev, Co-founder + CEO,RetailNext;
Quinn Li, Vice President & GlobalHead, Qualcomm Ventures
Tomorrow Today: How to ThinkExponentially
Pascal Finette, Vice PresidentStartup Solutions & EntrepreneurshipChair, Singularity University
Automated Devops and Deliveryfor the Product Win: How toStructure Your Team's Work Toward Product, not Plumbing
Ike DeLorenzo, Director ofProduct Management, Heroku
From Startup to 10: What I WishI knew from Day One
Adam Singolda, Founder + CEO,Taboola
Murray Newlands, Contributor,Entrepreneur
What Makes a Great VC Pitch
Rebecca Kaden, Partner, Maveron
Diversity in Tech: OurGeneration’s Civil RightsMovement
Laura Weidman Powers, Co-founder+ CEO, Code2040;
Megan Rose Dickey, Reporter,TechCrunch
How to Hire & Managea World-Class Remote Team
Mark Bosma, VP of Sales, Toptal
Ted Blosser, Co-Founder, Workramp
High Speed Exit: 0 to $1B inless than 3 years
Jim Scheinman, Founding ManagingPartner, Maven Ventures
Tech is the New Black
Mike Brown, Founder + CEO, Win-Win;
Kemar Newell, Founder + CEO, FLIP
The Inflection Point inConsumer Genomics
Robin Thurston, CEO, Helix;
Noah Knauf, General Partner, KPCB
The Do’s and Dont's ofInvestor-CEO Dynamics
Doron Reuveni, Co-Founder + CEO,Applause;
Olga Lozovskaya, TechnologyInvestor, Goldman Sachs
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Startup Court
(12:30 AM - 1:30 PM)
Watch this year's StartupProgram batch pitch for thechance to earn a spot in 500Startups
Agenda // Breakout Stages
FOUNDERS STAGE VC / Q+A STAGE WORKSHOP STAGE
D A Y 0 1 | T U E S D A Y 2 1 S T
San Mateo County History Museum Fox Forum Movie Theater
Limited seating available,
sessions will begin
promptly at 10:30 AM.
Limited seating available,
sessions will begin
promptly at 10:30 AM.
Build Smart for Mobile: UsingApp Data for Product Design
Nancy Hua, Co-founder + CEO,Apptimize
From SEO to Virality: ProvenStrategies for Growing yourBusiness on Mobile
Mada Seghete, Co-founder,Branch Metrics
DATA SCIENCE TRACK
DATA SCIENCE TRACK
DATA SCIENCE TRACK
DATA SCIENCE TRACK
Josh Wills, Head of Data Science,Slack
Why, When and How to Hire aData Scientist for Your Company
Katie Kent, Data Science Product Manager,Galvanize; Otis Anderson, Director of DataScience and Analytics, Clover Health;Alexy Khrabrov, Chief Scientist, ai.vision;Brian Spiering, Data Science Professor,GalvanizeU-New Haven
Leveling Up Data Science Skills& DS at Your Company
Eli Bressert, Manager of DataEngineering and Analytics, Netflix
Maximizing Your Product ValueWith the Right Kind of DataScience
Elena Grewal, Interim Leader ofData Science, Airbnb
Behind the Data at Airbnb
Successful Launch & GrowthHacking Shortcuts:The Developer Perspective
RJ Jain, Founder + CEO, Price.com;Dawoon Kang, Co-founder, Co�eeMeets Bagel, Inc.; Karolis Balciunas,VC & Startups BusinessDevelopment, Google Play
Q+A with Bing Gordon
Bing Gordon, General Partner,Chief Product O�cer, KPCB
Lessons from the Front Linesin Digital Health
Christine Lemke, President, EvidationHealth;
Bill Evans, Managing Director, RockHealth
Founder Mental Health: StayingCalm & Clear in the Startup World
Khalid Halim, Coach + FoundingPartner, Reboot; Ben Huh, Founder+ CEO, Cheezburger; YC Research, Y Combinator
Shark Bait: What Growth EquityInvestors are Looking for inEarly Stage Companies
Vincent Letteri, Director, PrivateEquity & TMT Growth, KKR
Q+A with Vladimir Tenev
Vladimir Tenev, Co-Founder +Co-CEO, Robinhood
Overcoming Red Tape
Nima Ghamsari, Co-Founder + CEO,Blend;
Alex Rampell, General Partner,Andreessen Horowitz
Mission-Driven Startup:Maximizing Positive SocialImpact as an Entrepreneur
Benjamin Todd, Co-Founder + CEO,80,000 Hours
The Benefits of Growing aStartup Outside of the Valley
Reggie Bradford, Senior VicePresident of Product Development,Oracle
Beyond the Ivy: HarvardBusiness School ReimaginesDigital Learning
Patrick Mullane, Executive Director,HBX
The Business of Foodand Beverage
Robyn Sue Fisher, Founder, Smitten;Marc Manara, Co-founder, FarmHill;Jacob Jaber, Co-founder + CEO,Philz Co�ee; Joel Riddell, Talk ShowHost + Executive Producer, DiningAround with Joel Riddell
Directing without Dictating:How to Build a Company forthe Long Term
Joshua Reeves, Founder + CEO,Gusto;Brian Park, Director, Startup GrindWashington D.C.
How to Bridge the Startup/Enterprise Divide
Toby Olshanetsky, Co-founder +CEO, prooV;
John Boitnott, Reporter,Entrepreneur.com
Tapping the Dev Communityto Turbocharge Your Growth
Brad Brooks, Chief of Marketing,Product and Engineering, DocuSign
100 Random Hacks to Scale aStartup in 6 Months (Tell All onHow to Get Global Press Mentions,Customer Traction and Top Prizes)
Christine Sou�rant, Founder,Vendedy; Forbes 30 under 30
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Agenda // Breakout Stages
FOUNDERS STAGE VC / Q+A STAGE WORKSHOP STAGE
D A Y 0 1 | T U E S D A Y 2 1 S T
San Mateo County History Museum Fox Forum Movie Theater
Q+A with Nir Eyal
Nir Eyal, Author, Hooked: How toBuild Habit-Forming Products
Immigration, Innovation, & You
Laura Gomez, Founder + CEO,Atipica
What’s a Digital Product Agency?
S. Owais Ahmad, Co-Founder +President, West Agile Labs;
Corey Anand, Senior Product Manager,West Agile Labs
The Future of Voice andConversational AI
Keyvan Mohajer, Founder + CEO,Soundhound;
Jeniece Pettitt, Producer, CNBC
The 5 Keys to Hitting EscapeVelocity
Ann Miura-Ko, Co-founder, Floodgate
Don't Call It a Comeback -Call It Honesty
Jessica Mah, Co-founder + CEO,inDinero
Joe Famalette, Co-founder + CEO,LiveRaise
If You’re Going to Fail, Fail Smart
Howard Love, Author, The StartupJ Curve
Don't Fear the Scammer: Howto Overcome Startup Fraud
Penny Kim, VP of Marketing,ParkHub
Michael Coren, Technology +Business Reporter, Quartz
Value Added Leadership: Howto Make an Immediate andLasting Impact on your Teams
Mike Coscetta, Head of GlobalSales, Square
Q+A with Vinod Khosla
Vinod Khosla, Founder, KhoslaVentures
How to Turn Your CommunityInto a Business and Not Screwit Up
Joel Flory, Co-founder + CEO,VSCO; Cory Weinberg, Reporter,The Information
Q+A with Mike Abbott
Mike Abbott, General Partner, KPCB
Creating a Scalable MarketplaceThrough Social Commerce
Manish Chandra, Founder + CEO,Poshmark
Shilpi Sharma, Co-founder + CEO,Kvantum
Use Humor to Grow YourAudience
Sarah Cooper, Writer + Creator,The Cooper Review
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No One Reads Your CompanyBlog: How to Beat "Peak Content”& Get ROI
Susan Su, Head of Marketing,Reforge
How to Grow Your SocialFollowing
Everette Taylor, VP of Marketing,Skurt;
Justin Wu, Founder, Growth.ly;
John Rampton, Senior Contributor,Entrepreneur
Corporate Speak: When toConsider a Corporate Accelerator
Bipin Sahni, EVP + Head of R&D,Wells Fargo Innovation Group
John Boitnott, Reporter,Entrepreneur.com
Integrating Equality into YourGrowth
Elodie Dupuy, Principal, Iconiq
12:30 PM
COMEBACK TRACK
COMEBACK TRACK
COMEBACK TRACK
Work Sucks Less When YouThink Trunk to Tail
Chris O'Neill, CEO, Evernote
COMEBACK TRACK
Startup Court
(12:30 AM - 1:30 PM)
Watch this year's StartupProgram batch pitch for thechance to earn a spot in 500Startups
Agenda // Breakout Stages
FOUNDERS STAGE VC / Q+A STAGE WORKSHOP STAGE
D A Y 0 2 | W E D N E S D A Y 2 2 N D
San Mateo County History Museum Fox Forum Movie Theater
Building a Hardware Startup:From Zero to IPO
Cyril Ebersweiler, Founder, Hax
How AI Will Shape the Futureof Work
Dennis Mortensen, Founder + CEO,x.ai
Caroline O'Donovan, SeniorTechnology Reporter, BuzzFeedNews
DATA SCIENCE TRACK
DATA SCIENCE TRACK
DATA SCIENCE TRACK
Ian Kalin, Chief DS, US Deptartmentof Commerce
AI App Engineering: The Unicorn'sGuide to Transforming theEnterprise
The Business Case for DataScience in Government
Hulya Emir-Farinas, Head of DataScience Team in Americas, Pivotal
Benefits of Bringing DataThinking to Your Product Early
Kanishk Priyadarshi, AI InnovationExecutive, IBM Watson
How to Raise VC Like a Pro
Clate Mask, Co-Founder + CEO,Infusionsoft
Incubating Greatness: What's aStartup Studio, Anyway?
Peter Pham, Co-founder, Science
Q+A with Phil Libin
Phil Libin, Managing Director,General Catalyst; Co-founder,Evernote
Lessons Learned: Traits EverySuccessful Founder ShouldHave
Eurie Kim, Partner, ForerunnerVentures
Q+A with Asana
Justin Rosenstein, Co-founder,Asana
Inclusive Leadership: BuildingDiverse Organizations fromDay One
Nicole Sanchez, VP of Social Impact,GitHub;
Sonja Gittens-Ottley, Diversity +Inclusion Lead, Asana;
Michele Perras, Head of Strategyand Market Development, Pivotal
Three Things Every EntrepreneurShould Know (and Do) to Ensurea Successful M&A
Paul Levine, President, Trulia
Brett Wilson, Co-founder + CEO,TubeMogul
Trailblazing Into a New Industry
Marcelo Camberos, Co-founder +CEO, Ipsy
Paul Martino, General Partner,Bullpen Capital
Cheat Codes: How toStreamline Your Success
Brian Wong, Co-founder + CEO,Kiip
Steven Bertoni, Senior Editor,Forbes
How I Built a $2 BillionCompany by Thinking Small
Je� Rodman, Co-Founder + ChiefEvangelist, Polycom
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Agenda // Breakout Stages
FOUNDERS STAGE VC / Q+A STAGE WORKSHOP STAGE
San Mateo County History Museum Fox Forum Movie Theater
D A Y 0 2 | W E D N E S D A Y 2 2 N D