PROGRAM
(subject to change)
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5:00pm
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Networking/Appetizers/Cocktails
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6:35pm
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Digital Family Survey - Discussion w/ Gerry Philpott, CEO of E-Poll Market Research in conversation with Karen North, Director, USC Annenberg Program On Online Communities
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7:00pm
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This Week In Startups (TWiST) Live Taping Hosted by Jason Calacanis interviewing: Peter Hirshberg, CEO, The Conversation Group; and Mike Jones, Chief Operating Officer, MySpace
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8:00pm
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Networking/Appetizers/Cocktails
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SPEAKERS
Jason Calacanis
Founder, Mahalo
Jason is the founder and CEO of Mahalo.com, a human-powered search engine. Prior to Mahalo.com's launch in May, 2007, he was an "Entrepreneur in Action" at Sequoia Capital, a position he held since December 2006.
In 2007, Jason partnered with Michael Arrington of TechCrunch to launch the TechCrunch40 conference, showcasing 40 of the world's most promising startups on stage before an audience of Silicon Valley's finest. In 2008, the event grew from 40 to 50 presenting companies and doubled in attendance from 1,000 to 2,000 seats.
Jason co-founded and was the CEO of Weblogs, Inc., a network of popular weblogs that was sold to AOL in November 2005. Upon joining AOL, he was appointed senior vice president. In addition, he was named general manager of AOLÕs Netscape.
Prior to forming Weblogs Inc., Jason was the founder of Rising Tide Studios, which sold its flagship publication to Dow Jones.
As a leading thinker in the startup space, Jason frequently delivers keynotes at the largest tech conferences (CeBIT, LeWeb, DLD), his newsletter is published by Newsweek, The Huffington Post, and Nikkei Japan, and he is regularly featured and quoted in major news outlets including Charlie Rose, CNN, 60 minutes, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and others.
Mike Jones
Chief Operating Officer, MySpace
Mike Jones serves as MySpace's Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Mike oversees global business operations for MySpace, MySpace Music and MySpace Mobile. He is also responsible for business development, strategic partnerships and support operations across these platforms.
Mike brings over 14 years of business development, marketing and management experience to MySpace. A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including web development firm PBJ Digital and application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL. Mike also serves as an advisor to private startups and currently sits on the boards of Docstoc, GumGum, MoVoxx, People Media, Tsavo Media and FreeConference. A recognized industry leader, Mike speaks about social media at various conferences globally.
Mike earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Business and Marketing from the University of Oregon. He currently resides in Manhattan Beach, California with his wife Jennifer, daughter Oceane and son Orion.
Peter Hirshberg
Co-Founder and Chairman, The Conversation Group
Peter Hirshberg is at the epicenter of the noisy, connected world of online conversation. He is changing our thinking about marketing, branding and customer relationships. A Silicon Valley executive with several high profile marketing and branding related ventures, Peter has led emerging media and technology companies at the center of disruptive change for more than 20 years.
He is Co-Founder and Chairman of The Conversation Group, a fast growing agency helping brands with strategy and marketing in a world of empowered and connected audiences and customers. Peter is also Chairman of the board of advisers of Technorati, the leading aggregator of user generated content in the world, tracking over 100 million Weblogs and 70,000 posts per hour.
Previously Hirshberg served as president and CEO of Gloss.com, the online prestige beauty business co-owned by Estee Lauder Companies, Chanel and Clarins; he was Chairman of Interpacket Networks, the global leader in Internet-by-satellite (sold to American Tower in 2000), and was founder and CEO of Elemental Software (sold to Macromedia in 1999).
During a nine-year tenure at Apple Computer, Hirshberg headed Enterprise Marketing, where he grew Apple's large business and government revenue to $1 billion annually and helped lead the company's entry into the online service arena. After leaving Apple, Hirshberg's new-media strategy firm served clients including America Online, Microsoft, NBC Television Network, Estee Lauder, Pacific Bell and Silicon Graphics.
Hirshberg is a founder of Goodmail Systems, a board member of ICTV, and serves on the advisory boards of start-ups Ideeli and Aniboom. He is a Trustee of The Computer History Museum and a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute. Peter earned his bachelor's degree at Dartmouth College and his MBA at Wharton.
