10:45 AM Sunday Room: 5015
So you like to create the next Google. You have a great <b>idea</b> but want ideas about how to start a company, hire people (especially with no $$), maybe get funding, and become the next Google, preferably <b>without</b> having to sell your soul. <br></br>This session will feature a panel including: <ul><li><b>Gautam Gupta</b> focuses on consumer internet investing for General Catalyst Partners, an early stage VC firm</li><li><b>Philip Smith</b> has spent the last 12 years as CFO at a number of technology startups, raising over $80m in venture funding and taking two to filing their IPOs</li><li><b>Jonathan Siddharth</b> founded Infoaxe which has raised $4M in venture funding (some of it quite recently)</li><li><b>Ketan Shah</b> founded Sales-watch.com (sold) and Weblistic (sold), served as CTO at Yellowpages.com, and is now CEO of Gameyola </li><li><b>Fletcher Johnson</b> (The moderator) has an extensive history of software development and working with startups - including some of his own. He has been an active organizer of SVCC since the beginning.</li></ul>