Los Angeles

• The Startup Conference, one of the largest entrepreneur conferences born in Silicon Valley, is coming to Los Angeles on November 15th, 2011.

  UPDATE: you can watch the presentations and slides here.

  Speakers

  Paige Craig
  Founder, BetterWorks

  Mark Suster
  GRP Partners

  Jason Nazar
  Co-Founder, DocStoc

  Rebecca Woodcock
  Co-Founder, CakeHealth, TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 Finalist

  Gabe Zichermann
  Gamification Summit, author “Game-Based Marketing”

  Zach James
  Co-Founder, MOVIECLIPS

  Gagan Biyani
  Co-Founder, Udemy, raised $1 million on AngelList

  Greg Duffy
  CEO, Dropcam, backed by Mitch Kapor and more

  Tony Gauda
  CEO, BitCasa, raised $1.3M from Andreessen Horowitz, First Round

  Program

  9:30am	Welcome
  10am	Opening Keynote by Mark Suster GRP Partners
  10:30am	Gamification for Startups: Supercharging Engagement, by Gabe Zichermann Gabe is chair of Gamification Summit and author of “Game-Based Marketing”
  11am	Don’t be a wimp – build something hard, by Greg Duffy Greg is the founder of Dropcam
  11:30am	Entrepreneur Stories Zach James, Co-Founder of MOVIECLIPS.com
  12pm	From Bootstrapped to TechCrunch Rebecca Woodcock, Co-Founder of CakeHealth
  	networking break
  1:30pm	How To Make the Right Business Decisions, by Jason Nazar, Co-Founder of Docstoc
  2pm- 3pm	Live 1-minute Elevator Pitch Competition, judged by Tony Gauda apply to pitch here
  3pm – 3:30pm	6 Months, 100 Pitches, and Bankrupt: The Hard Truth of Raising a $1M Angel Round, by Gagan Biyani Gagan is the co-founder of Udemy
  3:30 – 4:15pm	Get The Press to Cover Your Story, panel moderated by Amanda Coolong Brian Deagon, Investor’s Business Daily Jennifer Wang, Entrepreneur Magazine
  4:15pm	How to build a start-up in LA, by Paige Craig Paige is the founder of BetterWorks
  4:45pm – 5:30pm	Investor Panel (winners of live pitch session present to a panel of angels and VCs) Jim Andelman, Managing Partner, Rincon Venture Partners Nate Redmond, Managing Partner, Rustic Canyon Paige Craig, Founder, BetterWorks