San Diego
WELCOME TO THE SAN DIEGO CHAPTER
Founded in 2010 with 18 Fellows in the inaugural class, the San Diego Chapter has since grown in size and impact in San Diego’s startup tech scene. Fellows from the San Diego Chapter are founders of high-potential tech startups including Simigence, Syte Shirt and Intezyne, as well as companies that have garnered national and international recognition, including Tomnod, Tap Hunter, and Dharma Express.
To see a complete list of all San Diego Fellows, click here.
APPLY TO BECOME A FELLOW
If you want to become part of a an incredibly accomplished, lifelong global network of peers and mentors who will answer your questions, connect you to investors, and help you in every way possible as you continue in your own entrepreneurial journey, apply this Summer to the Class of 2013! The sixty hours you invest here will be transformational. Session begins on September 1 and lasts for six months.
The Application Form will be available on June 1st, 2012.
The Application Deadline is July 31st, 2012.
In addition to submitting your online application, we encourage you to to attend one of the following San Diego Recruitment events – we would love to meet you in person!
UPCOMING SAN DIEGO RECRUITMENT EVENTS
June 7, 2012, 6-8pm, at Mintz Levin (Joint event with EDC and Equinox – to Register ($10), go to: http://greentothecore.eventbrite.com)
June 12, 2012, 6-9pm, Evo Nexus (Downtown) – FREE
July 10th, 2012, 6-9pm, CedrosWorks – FREE
July 25th, 2012, 6-9pm, Ansir Innovation Center – FREE
THE SAN DIEGO CHAPTER PROGRAM LEADERSHIP TEAM 2012-2013
Program Leaders: Melani Gordon, Shay Har-Noy, Colin Slade, Shivani Singh
Advisors: Mike Krupp (CONNECT EIR) and David Karlman (Otologic Pharmaceutics)
Sponsors: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati (Martin Waters) and the Ansir Innovation Center (Wesley Quatch)
Contact Us: Melani Gordon – melani@taphunter.com
SPEAKERS AND MENTORS OF THE SAN DIEGO CHAPTER COMMUNITY:
Mike Krupp, Ph.D. CONNECT EIR and Biomedical Business Development Consultant
David Karlman, CEO of Otologic Pharmaceutics
Barbara Bry, Blackbird Ventures
Tim Rueth, Private Investor, Start-up Advisor & Coach
Terry Moore, M.B.A. Founder and Managing Partner of Moore Venture Partners
Larry Cox, Ph.D. Kauffman Fellow, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Pepperdine University
Chris Fugelsang, J.D., Ph.D. Vice President, Tavistock Life Sciences
Phil Baker, Inventor, Author of From Concept to Consumer, and Entrepreneur
Brant Cooper, Author of The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development and Founder & Principal of Market By Numbers
Michael Lurie, M.B.A. Founder and CEO of Blue Mine Group
Scott Evans, Director of Inside Sales, Service-now.com
Michael Wood, M.B.A. is Senior Manager of Business Development & Marketing at Orexigen Therapeutics
David Turner, CEO and Co-founder, Parallel6
Jack DeFranco, M.B.A., President and CEO of Targeson Inc.
John Rodenrys, M.S., Senior Managing Director of Leading Ventures
Ricardo dos Santos, M.Eng. M.B.A. Sr. Director of Business Development at QUALCOMM’s Corporate New Business Development group
Val Popescu, CEO of VirtualMetrix
Dana McGowan, CPA, CFO of Ocera Therapeutics
Elizabeth Kane, J.D. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati
Nick Tait, Barney & Barney
Matt Garrett, Founder of TGG Accounting
Ted Jacobs & Darren Morgan, Cushman Wakefield
Polly Murphy, D.V.M., Ph.D., M.B.A. VP Worldwide Business Development of Pfizer
Greg Horowitt, Founder of Global CONNECT, Co-founder and Managing Partner of T2 Venture Capital
Robin Toft, President of Sanford Rose Associates – San Diego
Michelle Youngers, CEO of Science Media
Lee Wills Irvine, Sr. Manager Human Resources, Qualcomm
Rick Cooper, Tech Coast Angels
Mike Yuen, Co-founder, President, and CEO of Zeebo Inc.
Neil Senturia, CEO of Blackbird Ventures
Tom Halle, VP, Strategic Alliances and Channels of Hitachi ID Systems
Steve Blank, 8-time Serial Entrepreneur, Author of Four Steps to the Epiphany, and Lecturer at UC Berkeley, Stanford University, and Columbia University
