5:10 to 5:20 - Opening remarks: Bambi Francisco from Vator and Paul Martino from BullPen
5:20 to 5:50 - Panel: Are we in a seed bubble? Are accelerators/incubators here to stay? There’s a plethora of incubators/accelerators, but can they survive? How does the JOBS Act help/hurt?
Corey Reese (Ness), Rich Levandov (Avalon), Dave Samuel (Freestyle), Jessica Alter (Founder Dating), Marcus Ogawa (Quest VP) Moderator: Matt Ocko (Data Collective)
5:50 to 6:15 - Fireside chat keynote: Bambi Francisco interviews Kate Mitchell, Founder and Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners (On why the JOBS Act will be good for Silicon Valley and entrepreneurship)
6:15 to 6:45 - Panel: Venture capitalists are dying. Long live VCs! After a decade of abysmal returns, many VC funds have closed up, and then a bunch of new funds have emerged. Who are they? What’s their value to entrepreneurs? Who will be the winners in the long run?
Rick Marini (BranchOut), Trevor Kienzle (Correlation Ventures), Dave Whorton (Tugboat), Patrick Chung (NEA), Ethan Kurzweil (Bessemer Venture Partners), Moderator: Rich Melmon (Bullpen)
6:45 to 7:00 - Floating Point by John Tayman, Founder & CEO of Byliner
7:00 to 7:35 - Snacks, open bar, and networking and time to check out demo tables
7:35 to 7:50 - Floating Point by Lawrence Coburn, Founder & CEO of DoubleDutch
7:50 to 8:20 - Panel: The Series A crunch and other venture dead zones. There are a lot of funds going into early-stage deals and a lot going into later-stage deals. But there’s a dead zone in between. How much of a problem is this?
Jeff Clavier (Softech), Stewart Alsop (ALP), Chris Hulls (Life360), Renata Quintini (Felicis), Craig Sherman (Meritech) Moderator: Duncan Davidson (Bullpen)
8:20 to 8:55 - Debate about the JOBS Act Dave McClure (500 Startups), Michael Stocker (Labaton) Moderator: Roger Royse (Royse Law Firm)
8:55 to 9:25 - Panel: What’s the new venture hit/what’s the exit environment look like? $100M exit or $1 Billion IPO? With so many start-ups being funded with under $1M, are the new investors looking for M&A exits? What’s the best strategy: the “Moneyball” view of investing (hitting singles and doubles) or swinging for the fences?
Stacey Bishop (Scale Venture Partners), Michael Neril (WIN), Alexander Mouldovan (CF/Marketo), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Ann Miura-Ko (Floodgate), Noah Doyle (Javelin Venture Partners), Moderator: Ezra Roizen (Ackrell)
9:25 to 9:30 – Closing remarks
9:30 to 10:30 - More networking time and time to see demo tables
