Let's be honest - we never really learn at lectures. It was all about office hours. In this spirit, we're hosting a new monthly series: Stanford Startups Office Hours.
We will have "TAs" available to answer questions - we’re here to talk about new ideas, frame priorities and opportunities, think through tough strategic questions, test new products and provide objective feedback for the issues keeping you up at night.
Come with real challenges you're facing and connect with other alumni.
This month’s TAs will be:
Andrew Bein has spent over 30 years as an entrepreneur developing unique products into profitable services. Now running Bev Intros, he actively advises and invests in startups. He has significant experience using direct-marketing practices to inexpensively define and test new initiatives. Exits include sixdegrees ($125mm), InterActive Search Holdings ($343mm), answers.com ($127mm), fotolog.com ($90mm). SB from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and MBA from Stanford University. Enjoys trail running, triathlons, and music.
Zack Arnold is the co-founder of The Perfect Jean and RE2UCE. He is also president of Six Lincoln LLC., a wholesale apparel company that operates under licenses such as Kenneth Cole and Paper Denim & Cloth. He is an active e-commerce/logistic investor, including recent investments in Airhouse, Nadine West, Northbeam.io, and The Hedgehog Company. His primary areas of expertise are failing quickly, lean operations, not relying on VC money, digital ad spend, branding, the apparel supply chain, and licensing.
Darren Bartlette is an associate in the venture capital and emerging companies practice and is based in the firm’s New York office. Darren’s practice focuses on transactional work in connection with venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, and other general corporate matters. He is experienced working with startups, technology-based companies and venture capital firms, and in navigating the coordination and management involved in closing transactions.
Marco Lorenzon is a growth equity investor at Stripes based in NYC. Marco invests in consumer, healthcare, and fintech startups and sits on the boards of 3 portfolio companies. In addition to investing at the growth stage at Stripes, Marco personally invests in and advises a number of early-stage startups. In his free time, Marco enjoys taking his coffee habit too seriously and is a body- and consciousness-hacking enthusiast.
Elliot Furman is a patent prosecutor, IP expert, and founder of Patent Authority. He works with early-stage startups, advising on the use of patents, trademarks, and other forms of IP to grow and protect their businesses. Licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Elliot is also an engineer (MS, Stanford). No matter the business - complex software, service-based business, social entrepreneur, tangible products from the simplest to most complex – IP can be a decisive element of your company’s success.
Trisha Okubo is the founder and creative director of Maison Miru, the unisex system of jewelry designed to unlock your creativity. In her prior life, she worked in product management and business operations at media and ecommerce companies, where she launched the eBay Facebook app and led product strategy for the eBay global homepage. Areas of expertise include building direct to consumer retail brands, real world product management and operations, branding and creative direction, and bootstrapping high growth companies.
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 12 from 6-8pm.
Location: Six Lincoln, 10 W 33rd St, Penthouse 1, New York, NY 10001.
Price: Free