Eric Wu is a partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) on the Go-To-Market Network team, focused on SEO and growth marketing. Before joining a16z, he was director of product at PayPal where he led the shopping experience team. Prior to PayPal’s acquisition of Honey, he served as the vice president of product growth for Honey. Over […]
Dana Stalder is a Silicon Valley based general partner at Matrix Partners, where he invests in early stage software and fintech companies. Dana’s experience cuts across multiple disciplines including sales, marketing, finance, technology and product management at companies such as eBay, Netscape, PayPal and Respond.com. He has managed nimble ventures as well as 2,500-person teams.
I've been involved with startups and growth companies my entire career focused on the GTM ("Go To Market") function, building teams and revenue models that result in exponential growth. My primary vertical is fintech with an expertise in fraud management and payments. I've had four exists over 25 years with the latest, Verifi, selling to
Michael McGuire is President of XR Pay, XR’s division dedicated to comprehensive payroll and financial solutions for the advertising and entertainment industries. Michael brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in enterprise hardware, software and services spanning the financial, technology and entertainment industries. He was most recently COO of FilmTrack, the industry leader in
Alexander Lloyd is the founder and managing partner of Accelerator Ventures, a venture fund focused on seed-stage investments. He has invested in the first round of over 100 startups: 6 of which went public, 12 of which were acquired for over $100M such as Zappos, Zynga, Nutanix, Braze and others. Prior to founding Accelerator Ventures,
Noah was the founder and CEO of Stitcher, the podcast platform (acquired by Sirius XM for $325M in 2020) and was on the founding executive team of StubHub, the ticketing company. He also ran the Early Stage Startup team at AWS, have been an EIR at a venture firm and invested in 20+ startups. Prior
Duane Forrester is a seasoned growth strategist with over 25 years of experience at the forefront of search, content, and AI-driven marketing. As a former executive at Microsoft, he helped build and launch Bing Webmaster Tools, setting industry standards still in use today. He later led enterprise SEO and content strategy at Yext, and served
