Startup Grind Global Conference 2019 | Startup Grind | 12 February 2019 | Fox Theater​, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA

With 5,000 founders and investors, more than 40 keynote and fireside sessions, and over 50 exhibiting startups, this is Startup Grind's largest event ever. Bringing together great content and great people in an incredible setting, injecting some custom-built networking technology, and topping it all off with an unrivalled feeling of intimacy is how we guarantee amazing business and an awesome time.

2019 Speakers

Michael Seibel
CEO + Partner Y Combinator

Reid Hoffman
Co Founder, Partner LinkedIn, Greylock Partners

Arlan Hamilton
Founder + Partner Backstage Capital

Joe Gebbia
Co Founder + CPO Airbnb

Emily Chang
Executive Producer & Anchor Bloomberg

John Collison
Co Founder + President Stripe

Payal Kadakia
Founder + Executive Chairman ClassPass

Ryan Smith
CEO & Co Founder of Qualtrics

Aaron Levie
Co Founder + CEO Box

Tina Sharkey
Co Founder + CEO Brandless

Chris Dixon
General Partner Andreessen Horowitz

Jessica Verrilli
Genral Partner GV

Bryan Meehan
CEO Blue Bottle Coffee

Melanie Whelan
CEO SoulCycle

Megan Smith
CEO 3rd U.S. Chief Technology Officer shift7

Greg Brockman
Co Founder + CTO OpenAl

Ann Miura-Ko
Founding Partner Floodgate

Eric Wu
Co Founder + CEO Opendoor

Steve Blank
Author The Four Steps to the Epiphany

Morgan DeBaun
Founder + CEO Blavity

Alfred Lin
Partner Sequia

Mathilde Collin
CEO Front

Derek Andersen
Co Founder + CEO Bevy/Starup Grind

Garry Tan
Co Founder + Partner Initialized Capital

Howie Liu
Co Founder + CEO Airtable

Cathy Polinsky
Chief Technology Officer Stitch Fix

Rand Fishkin
Founder + CEO SparkToro

Adora Cheung
Partner Y Combination

Jyoti Bansal
Founder Unusual Ventures, AppDynamics

Eleanor Morgan
Chief Experince Officer Casper

Eoghan Mc Cabe
CEO Intercom

Steven Sinofsky
Board Partner Andreessen Horowitz

Emily Glassberg Sands
Head of Data Science Coursera

Sameer Dholakia
CEO SendGrid

Alex Chirss
General Manager Intuit Quickbooks

Kobie Fuller
General Partner Upfront Ventures

Nicole Sanchez
Founder + Managing Partner Vaya Consulting

Manish Chandra
CEO + Co Founder Poshmark

Edith Yeung
Partner 500 Mobile Collective, 500 Startups (China)

Charles Hudson
Managing Partner Precursor Ventures

Brad Bao
Co-founder + Executive Chairman

Ian Siegel
Co-founder + CEO - ZipRecruiter

Mandela Schumacher-Hodge Dixon
CEO - Founder Gym

Matt Rissell
Co-founder - TSheets

Jason McCann
Co-founder + CEO - Varidesk

Emily Melton
Partner - Threshold Ventures

Raj Sabhlok
President - Zoho

Amy Sorrells
Global Communications - Oracle Global Startup Ecosystem

Elad Gil
Angel/Advisor - Coinbase, Pinterest, Square

Cat Lee
Partner - Maveron

Marlon Nichols
Founding Managing Partner - Cross Culture Ventures

Sara Mauskopf
Co-founder + CEO - Winnie

David Mandelbrot
CEO - Indiegogo

Niko Bonatsos
Managing Director - General Catalyst

Mike Volpi
General Partner - Index Ventures

Iris Choi
Partner - Floodgate

Daniel Gross
Founder - Pioneer

Paul Martino
Founding Partner - Bullpen​ Capital​

Katherine Boyle
Principal - General Catalyst

Bryan Schreier
Partner - Sequoia Capital

Holly Liu
Co-founder - Kabam

Rachel Lim
Co-founder - Love, Bonito

Jake Brukhman
CEO + Managing Director - CoinFund

Rob Coneybeer
Co-founder + Managing Director - Shasta Ventures

Daniel Yanisse
CEO + Co-founder - Checkr

Nina Achadjian
Index Ventures - Index Ventures

David Pakman
Partner - Venrock

Cristina Scheau
Senior Engineering Manager - Facebook

Roy Mann
Co-founder + CEO - Monday.com

SC Moatti
Founding Partner - Mighty Capital

Jason Williamson
Vice President - Oracle Global Startup Ecosystem

Bridgette Beam
Head of Programs & Operations, Google for Startups - Google

Chris Yeh
Co-founder - Global Scaling Academy

Annie Kadavy
General Partner - Redpoint

Courtland Allen
Founder - Indie Hackers

Anne VanderMey
Venture Capital Editor - Bloomberg

Jake Kassan
President + Founder - MVMT

Alexandra Wilkis-Wilson
SVP of Consumer Strategy + Innovation - Allergan; Moonwalker

Erik Huberman
CEO + Founder - Hawke Media

Mark Bosma
VP of Sales - Toptal

Christina Sevilla
Deputy Assistant, Small Business - Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Frederico Lara
Managing Director of IT + Chief Technologist - FedEx Cross Border

Grace Francisco
Vice President, Development - Roblox

Vijay Balasubramaniyan
Co-Founder, CEO + CTO - Pindrop

Anjelika Temple
Chief Creative Officer + Founding Partner - Brit + Co

Adam Markel
Author - Pivot: The Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life

Xuezhao Lan
Founding Partner - Basis Set Ventures

Luke Voiles
Business Leader of QuickBooks Capital - Intuit

Emily Zahuta
Head of Recruiting - Segment

Tim Correia
Sr. Vice President + General Manager - Trulia

Ting Cui
Senior Product Manager - Uber Freight

Kyle Lui
Partner - DCM Ventures

Tara-Nicholle Nelson
Founder + CEO - SoulTour

JD Schramm
Lecturer - Stanford University

Lisa Wu
Partner - Norwest Venture Partners

Stuart Landesberg
CEO + Founder - Grove Collaborative

Dr. Jacqueline Copeland-Carson

Bob Quillin
Vice President of Developer Relations for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) - Oracle

Lais De Oliveria
Community Development Director - Startup Genome

Trae Stephens
Chairman, Co-founder + Partner - Anduril + Founders Fund

Alan Mc Glinchey
VP of Emerging Technologies - IDA Ireland

Megan Holston-Alexander
Investor - Unusual Ventures

Brad Abrams
Group Product Manager - Google

Anthony Waller
Partner - CMS

Steve McElfresh, PhD
Principal + Founder - HR Futures

Anastasia Sartan
Founder + CEO - Maison Me

Stewart Rogers
Analyst-at-large - VentureBeat

Allyson Letteri
Small Business Lead - Thumbtack

Rory O'Driscoll
Partner - Scale Venture Partners

Bear Douglas
Director of Developer Relations - Slack

Steve Rochlin
CEO - Impact ROI, LLC

Fielding Kidd
Director of Partnerships, LIFT Labs - Comcast NBC Universal

Rodolfo Gonzalez
Partner Foundation Capital

Sonal Chokshi
Partner - Andreessen Horowitz

Mariam Sharangia
Project Manager - Innovate Georgia

Jason Scott
Google Cloud for Startups - Global Program Manager - Google

Alda Leu Dennis
General Partner - Initialized Capital

Eli Dawson
Co-founder + CEO - StatMuse Inc.

Jillian Richardson
Founder - The Joy List

Matt Clifford
Co-founder + CEO - Entrepreneur First

Lisa Q. Fetterman
Founder + CEO - Nomiku

Jeff Abbott
Managing Partner - Global Scaling Academy

Becky Peterson
Tech Deals Reporter - Business Insider

Lida Tohidi
Managing Director - Pidari

Yuting Su
Founder + CEO - Thinker-Tinker

Dr. Kris Naudts
CEO + Founder - Culture Trip

Karlie Valine
CMO - Startup Grind

Benjamin Black
Co-founder + Managing Director - Akkadian Venture

Alexa von Tobel
Founder + Managing Partner - Inspired Capital

Jayni Shah
Principal - Accomplice

Ashlee Vance
Reporter - Bloomberg Businessweek

Higinio O. (HO) Maycotte
CEO - Pilosa

Gary Little
Co-founder + General Partner - Canvas Ventures

Nicole Froker
Partner Engagement Manager - Google for Startups

Sirish Raghuram
Co-founder + CEO - Platform9

Michael Ross
Founder + Managing Partner - Altitude 7 Group

Karyl Fowler
CEO - Transmute

David Scanlon
Venture Investment Leader - NDRC

Chris Stutzman
Partner - BCG Digital Ventures

Mollie Glick
Agent - Creative Artists Agency

Zach Bratun-Glennon
Partner - Gradient Ventures

Blessing Abeng
Founder - Einsteinette / The Afropreneur

Kian Mirhshahi
Founder + CEO - mayday.ai

Jon Swartz
Senior Writer - Barron's

Mada Seghete
Founder - Branch

Sue Kwon
Head of Marketing + Communications - Comcast Ventures

Ilya Fushman
Partner - Kleiner Perkins

Hayley Leibson
Co-founder + COO - Lunchclub

Priya Anand
Reporter - The Information

Michael Gasiorek
Founder, Co-Director - Truth Cartel, Startup Grind San Francisco

Austin Walker
CEO - Innovein

David Light
Co-founder + CEO - Valisure

John Boitnott
Contributer - Entrepreneur.com

Jonathan Chou
Co-founder + CEO - Beenest

Sce Pike
Founder + CEO - IOTAS

Dan Rasmuson
Co-founder + CTO - Labelbox

2019 Sponsors:

• Google
• quickbooks
• ORACLE
• COMCAST NBCUNIVERSAL
• INTERCOM
• EO
• ENTERPRISE GREECE
• ZOHO
• VARIDESK
• FedEx
• .com
• CMS
• toptal
• ORACLE Cloud
• WEST AGILE LABS
• DCMN
• MANAGED BY Q
• elaniin
• indeed prime
• LEAVEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
• ANITA B. ORG
• Redwood City
• EVERTHERE