How to build a Startup in Silicon Valley with Dea Wilson, CEO of Lifograph
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Want to know how to build a tech startup in Silicon Valley? Then join us for us for a Global Fireside Chat with Dea Wilson, CEO of Lifograph
Dea Wilson is a great example of a woman living the American Dream as a result of ambition, hard work and perseverance. In this Global Fireside Chat, host James Shoemark, CoFounder and CEO at The Startup Race will be interviewing Dea and drawing our her story of how she traveled to America from Romania, settled in Silicon Valley and is now building Lifograph - The Wiki of People, into a massive success.
GET YOUR TICKET HERE! http://bit.ly/LofE-Dea
Watch our Teaser Interview here https://youtu.be/e2rl8chgnpA
LATEST UPDATE - The Lifograph team added 3.5 million profiles to the platform in just one month!
NOTE: Now you can take part in Lifograph's Crowdfunding campaign here https://wefunder.com/lifograph?
AGENDA
18:30 Check-In and Networking at Amazon Development Centre with free beer and pizza :-)
19:00 Global Fireside chat and discussion with Dea Wilson (Amazon Chime link required)
20:00 Networking in Edinburgh
20:30 End of event
ABOUT OUR GUEST SPEAKER
Dea is the Founder of Lifograph - The Wiki of People - an online networking platform that connects businesses and professionals based on their needs, skills, interests and real-life relationships.
She is a serial entrepreneur, member of the Wharton Alumni Angels, Tech Angels and Founder of Silicon Valley Incubator. Her investment interest is in consumer, mobile and SaaS startups. Dubbed Ms. Silicon Valley, Dea is what people call a super-connector, her expansive network including the Who's Who in startups, venture capital, technology, entertainment, etc.
Dea has been featured and interviewed in many media publications including Entrepreneur Media, Silicon Valley Business Journal, Yahoo Finance, Investor Business Daily, TheNextWeb, ProTV, National TV, etc.
As an Executive Director at The VC Network and LifographTV, Dea interviews many prominent VCs, angels, executives and founders in Silicon Valley and tech.
WHO IS THIS EVENT FOR?
Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurial students
Founders who want to find a CoFounder
Entrepreneurs who want to raise investment
ABOUT THE VENUE
The local event in Edinburgh will be held in Amazon's Development Centre. Please ensure you get the right ticket to ensure you are on the guest list and arrive at 6:30pm to have enough time to get through security. Every attendee will need to sign Amazon's Non Disclosure Agreement.
PARTICIPATING ONLINE?
Want to take part in this Global Fireside wherever you may be in the world?
Be sure to get the Online ticket and you will receive the Amazon Chime link via email.
The Online event will run 7:00 - 8:00pm UK time/11:00 - 12 Noon Pacific Coast Time
About the organisers of The League of Entrepreneurs Edinburgh
The League of Entrepreneurs Edinburgh was Founded in April 2015 by James Shoemark and Michael Clouser who are CoFounders and Directors at The Startup Race
James Shoemark is a Serial Entrepreneur, and also runs the Angel Investor Meetup in Scotland.
Michael Clouser is a CoFounder and CSO at The Startup Race and Serial Entrepreneur as well. A former venture capitalist in the US, Mike was also with the Edinburgh-Stanford Link and co-founded the Edinburgh Entrepreneurship Club (E-Club). He also organized and coordinated the Scotland-Silicon Valley Link.
Check out our guide, resources and global community of Entrepreneurs and Investors here: https://thestartuprace.com/the-league-of-entrepreneurs/
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This month we are going to focus on our technical development track.
The Amazon team will give us an overview on Machine Learning and how they apply it to business problems at Amazon Development Centre Scotland (ADCS) with a focus on dynamic advertising.
After the talk, we'll get to learn more about Ardis and Lauren's role in the team.
Ardis Eliasdottir - A Machine Learning Scientist at ADCS with a background in mathematics and astrophysics on the Dynamic Advertising team.
Lauren Gemmell – A Software Development Manager at ADCS, who started as a graduate engineer but has also previously run software and Machine Learning teams.
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