BASES 150k Challenge
$150K Kickoff
January 25, 2012
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Time: 5:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Paul Brest Hall, Munger
Speakers:
Justin Yoshimura:
Justin Yoshimura is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who founded and sold his first two companies before he was even legally allowed to drink. He is currently the founder and CEO of YCombinator backed social loyalty platform 500friends. Prior to 500friends, he founded several e-commerce companies with terrible names, including CellsWholesale.com, which was acquired in 2009 after reaching $8M in annual revenues. He is an investor in Zencoder, GazeHawk, ifeelgoods, Hipmunk, PathJoy, OwnLocal, and Torbit. Besides entrepreneurship, Justin is passionate about traveling and animals, especially dogs, Persian cats, dolphins, capybaras, and platypuses. He was recently named to Forbes’ prestigious "30 Under 30" list.
Kate Endress (Ditto, E-Challenge):
Stanford MBA, Class of 2011. Formely worked for Wind Point Partners as a PE Associate and before that was an M&A Investment Banking Analyst for Citi. She founded HooplaRecruiting.com whilst studying Entrepreneurship at Ball State University where she was a D1 All-American basketball player, a 3-time captain and was drafted by the Conneticut Suns (WNBA)
Ben Knelman (Juntos Finanzas, Social-E):
Ben is the founder and CEO of Juntos Finanzas, a startup that makes personal finance tools for the first generation Latino community in the U.S. Juntos is like an offline mint.com for cash-based households: everything is through text messaging and doesn't require bank accounts or computers.Ben grew up in Minnesota and (as a result) enjoys ice hockey and eating butter. At Stanford Benstudied Economics, Russian literature and User-Centric Product Development. He was recently named one of the World Economic Forum's "Global Shapers" under 30.
Robert Kabera:
Robert Kabera is a native of Rwanda and 2011 Stanford University graduate in Energy Resources Engineering. He currently works in the marketing group of Siemens Energy Inc & is passionate about using clean-tech to empower people while fighting environmental degradation.
A mixer with refreshments will be held after the event if you are interested in learning more about the challenge.
