Event Details
What does it take to grow a startup into a company worth $1B?
Who are the next SoCal unicorns?
Why You Should Attend
- Gain invaluable insights from some of the best in the game –- see how they did it and how you can too
- Meet startup founders and CEOs with ambitious vision and battle tested experience
- Cocktail reception in a very cool architectural space with amazing views of DTLA (had you at cocktails, right?)
Agenda + Speaker Lineup
4:00 p Attendee Check-in + Refreshments
4:30 p Welcome
- Lew Horne, CBRE Divisional President, Southern California, Arizona and Hawaii
4:40 p Panel Discussion: “Thinking Big: What it Takes to Become a Unicorn”
- Adam Miller – Founder + CEO, Cornerstone OnDemand
- Hemi Zucker – Managing Principal, OCV Partners and Co-Founder & CEO (former), j2 Global
- Chang Xu – Principal, Upfront Ventures
- Jamie Montgomery - Managing Director, March Capital
- Eva Ho - General Partner, Fika Ventures
- Jonathan Shieber, Editor, TechCrunch (moderator)
- [Additional Panelists Will Be Announced Soon]
5:30 p Emerging Unicorn Showcase + Q&A
Who will be SoCal’s next Unicorn? Presenting…
- Inspire – Patrick Maloney, Founder + CEO
- GumGum – Ophir Tanz, Founder + CEO
- Openpath – Alex Kazerani, Founder + CEO
- Seismic – Douglas Winter, Founder + CEO
- Brad Schwartz - Founder and Managing Partner of Strategic Law Partners, LLP and of SLP Ventures (emcee)
6:30 p Hosted Cocktail Reception
- Thursday — November 15, 2018
4:00PM - 8:00PM - CBRE Global Headquarters
400 S Hope St
25th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
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The Organizer
Alliance for Southern California Innovation
The Alliance for Southern California Innovation is a ground-breaking non-profit organization that brings together business leaders from NorCal and SoCal with the region’s leading universities and research institutions including Caltech, UCLA, UCSD, USC, UCSB, UCI, UCR, Sanford Consortium, University of San Diego and Harvey Mudd College.