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
Dr. Irina Kukuyeva is a business operations-focused technology leader who helps companies understand and unlock customer behavior and feedback loops to build scalable, profitable companies with market fit. She has collaborated with over 100 companies and is a frequent speaker on the topic of building and scaling companies with product-led growth and AI, most recently
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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
Ari Engelberg serves as Head of Communications and Strategic Initiatives at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, a position he has held since 2015. In that role, he manages the school’s brand and its portfolio of print and electronic communications efforts. He also oversees a wide range of strategic projects, from new curriculum and programs to
Jennifer Loo most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer at Tala, overseeing the company’s capital markets efforts across both debt and equity and leading the development and expansion of Tala’s diverse portfolio of services. During her tenure there, she was instrumental in growing the business and supporting continuous product innovation, geographic expansion and regulatory
Eytan Elbaz is a co-founder of Scopely (acquired by Savvy Games) as well as a founding member of Applied Semantics (acquired by Google), where he conceived and product-designed AdSense. Eytan served as Google's Head of Domain Channel, and co-founded a leading influencer marketing platform Social Native. Eytan is ranked a Top 100 Seed investor in
Early-Stage Growth Executive | Strategic Advisor | GTM Specialist. Helping companies align their strategy, sales, growth and soul. – 15+ years across early-stage startups and midsize tech companies – Built and scaled private, venture, or institutionally backed SaaS, AI and digital media businesses from incubation to profitability and growth stage – Built four companies with
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
