We are big fans of Founders Space alumni CookStream, the company behind the TalkToChef platform.
TalkToChef is the world’s first “culinary 911” instant advice platform. Its aim is to provide emergency support to all home cooks and any one who need cooking related advice with technique based professional culinary coaching from real Chefs.
Check it out on Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/prizm/prizm-turn-your-speakers-into-a-learning-music-pla
John Boitnott is a writer for Venture Beat, the Atlantic Wire, Beyond Search and Media Post. He’s also a digital media consultant. He worked as the Social Media Manager for Village Voice Media, and now consults with a wide range of startups.
John has also held dozens of positions at various TV newsrooms in the state of California. He worked in TV news from 1994 to 2009. He was a web editor for two years at KNTV, the NBC station serving the San Francisco Bay Area. He also held freelance writing positions at KGO, KRON and KPIX. In addition, he was a radio anchor, assignment desk manager, reporter, editor and producer at KEYT.
Scott Gray
Scott has a Ph.D. in Mathematical Physics. In 1997, He founded Useractive Media while in graduate school. Useractive utilized a Tool Integrated Learning Environment (TILE), which combined custom built Learning Management with web-based Programming Development Environments.
Bridge Bank is hands-down the most service oriented startup bank. And they’re offering a special package to our startups. It’s the “Bridge to Growth” banking account:
Sheridan Tatsuno
Entrepreneur
Writer-Director-Marketer, Mr. Tatsuno is a seasoned businessman with over 30 years of experience in the high-tech and urban planning industries.
Peter Seidel
Peter Seidel is President & General Counsel of WavePlay, a San Francisco Bay/Silicon Valley promotional agency. Peter focuses on strategic direction and relationships, investments, market research, event development, photography and videography.
He is a member of the American Bar Association and the Minnesota Bar Association, and he is active with the California Society of CPAs and the California Bar Association. Prior to joining WavePlay, Peter worked in management, tax and business consulting in the corporate environment and in Big 4 and regional accounting firms.
Ethan Stone
Advisor
Cassie Phillipps
Entrepreneur & Event Producer
Cassandra Phillipps has been a startup event producer for over two years, working on and producing numerous conferences, including Inside Social Apps, Girls in Tech: Catalyst Conference, Finance4Founders, SF MusicTech Summit, SF Beta, SNAP Summit, and many more. She is the creator and producer of FailCon, the first conference ever to openly discuss entrepreneurial failures and what we can learn from them, hailed by NBC, NPR, KQED, and Wired Magazine as an incredible success!
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