We?re proud of the fact that some of the tech scene?s most innovative thinkers and problem solvers are going to be speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC?this year and are happy to be making our first speaker announcement today.
We?re also psyched to host NYC Startup Battlefield?for the fourth year in a row. So hurry up and?submit?here?if you?re working on something great and would like to launch onstage or join our hackathon. Seriously, you could be the next GroupMe?or Yammer or even Open Garden.
And speaking of Open Garden fans, well-known and respected partner at Union Square Ventures, Fred Wilson, will be onstage at Disrupt, and whenever Wilson has something to say, people listen. Wilson has sharp insight into a myriad of industry issues, which you can read about on his blog ?AVC.??He currently sits on the board of directors for Etsy and DonorsChoose and has invested in startups such as Twitter, Tumblr, Zynga, Foursquare, Meetup, FeedBurner, del.icio.us and Disqus.
Here?s a sampling from one of his latest musings on awards shows:
And what exactly is the point of selecting the best of any of these things? The best movie? Was it really the best? The best social media company? Was it really the best? The best book? Was it really the best?
Why can?t we celebrate the diversity of the work, the many efforts that were made, and all the amazing things that got created in the past year. But instead we focus on the one single very best one. As if there were just one.
Speaking separately will be Ken Lerer, a Managing Director at Lerer Partners and Co-Founder and former Chairman of The Huffington Post. Lerer Ventures? companies include: MakerBot Industries, Simple, SideCar, gdgt, Chartbeat and Backplane. Want exits? He has them. How about GroupMe, DailyBooth and Cabana?
Onstage with him will be his son,?Ben Lerer, also of Lerer Ventures. Ben serves as a Managing Director at Lerer Ventures and is the Co-Founder and CEO of the digital media company Thrillist Media Group.
His company was included in Inc. Magazine?s 500 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. Additionally, he leads the board of directors for a New York-based non-profit called the East River Development Alliance.
This is a powerhouse lineup in any city, but even more so on home turf.
As we get closer to the event, we?ll share more, but now?s the time to get your tickets and prepare to hear all about what these luminaries peg as the next big thing.
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Fred Wilson began his career in venture capital in 1987. In 1996, Fred co-founded Flatiron Partners. While at Flatiron, Fred was responsible for 14 investments including, ITXC, Patagon, Starmedia, TheStreet.com and Yoyodyne. Fred currently serves on the boards of Alacra, Comscore, iBiquity, Return Path, Instant Information and Tacoda Systems. (Source : Union Square Ventures)
? Learn moreBen Lerer is the co-founder and CEO of Thrillist Media Group, a digital media company converging leading men?s lifestyle brand Thrillist.com; members-only shopping club JackThreads.com; and local experiences platform Thrillist Rewards. The three brands collectively reach over 4 million daily subscriptions, targeting a young, urban male demographic locally and nationally, online and offline, through content and commerce. Since its launch in 2005, Lerer has overseen the growth of Thrillist?s marketing, sales and business development efforts, as well as its expansion...
? Learn more?Union Square Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm based in New York City. We invest in young companies that use information technology in innovative ways to create high growth business opportunities in the Media, Marketing, Financial Services, Telecommunications, and Healthcare industries. Our venture capital firm was conceived as a place where a small number of very experienced investment professionals, working collaboratively from a single office, could build a portfolio of promising startup companies and then put our experience...
? Learn moreLerer Ventures is a New York-based, seed stage venture capital fund run by Ken and Ben Lerer. LV invests in founders in the earliest stages of a startup?s life, seeking out those entrepreneurs with product vision, consumer insight, focused execution, and unwavering ambition. Its portfolio includes betaworks, chartbeat, Canvas Networks, Simple (formerly BankSimple), gdgt, GroupMe, Greplin, and Venmo.
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