This panel of top venture capitalists discusses how cloud computing has democratized the entrepreneurial ecosystem, transformed business models, and fundamentally changed the venture capital funding model. Join panelists Asheem Chandna (Greylock Partners), Mike Goguen (Sequoia Capital), Tim Guleri (Sierra Ventures), Matt McIlwain (Madrona Venture Group), and Michael Skok (North Bridge Venture Partners), who share insights into their investment evaluation process, what they consider to be the key ingredients of a fundable and high potential start-up, where opportunities lie for further innovation in the cloud, and what they see as exciting new emerging cloud applications over the next year.
2. Asheem Chandna
Greylock Partners
Matt McIlwain
Madrona Venture Group
Michael Skok
North Bridge Venture Partners
Mike Goguen
Sequoia Capital
Tim Guleri
Sierra Ventures
Brad Steele
Amazon Web Services
3. Ask the VCs a question…
Email your questions to vcpanel@amazon.com
We’ll select some questions from the audience to be
answered on the panel at the end of the session
4. AWS re:Invent Pub Crawl
Join the AWS Startup Team this evening at the AWS Pub Crawl
When: Wednesday November 13, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Where: Canaletto at The Venetian, 2nd Floor
Who Will Be There: Startups, The AWS Startup Team,
Startup Launch Companies and
AWS re:Invent Hackathon winners
5. Startup Spotlight Sessions with Dr. Werner Vogels
Thurs. Nov 14, Marcello Room 4406
SPOT 203 - Fireside Chats – Startup Founders, 1:30-2:30pm
– Eliot Horowitz, CTO of MongoDB
– Jeff Lawson, CEO of Twilio
– Valentino Volonghi, Chief Architect of AdRoll
SPOT 204 - Fireside Chats – Startup Influencers, 3:00-4:00pm
– Albert Wegner, Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures
– David Cohen, Founder and CEO of TechStars
SPOT 101 - Startup Launches, 4:15-5:15pm
– 5 companies powered by AWS launching at AWS re:Invent 2013
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