Vator held its second ever Splash Oakland event on Thursday, and it couldn’t have gone better. Not only were the panelists, and all of our presenting companies great, but so were all of our audience members, who helped us to preserved the memory of the event on Twitter forever.
In fact, because of so many Breakout Sessions the first day and more learning the second, the audience got a good dosage of inspiration.
- Opening Remarks
Libby Schaaf (Mayor of the City of Oakland) and Bambi Francisco (Founder & CEO, Vator)
Oakland Mayor @LibbySchaaf at #vatorsplashoakland pic.twitter.com/KaR3Xb2bvU
— Steven Loeb (@Stegrelo) April 23, 2015
@libbyformayor and @bambi100 talk entrepreneurship and the importance diversity in techinnovation in Oakland #vatorsplashoakland
— Caroline Kawashima (@ckawa) April 23, 2015
@libbyformayor kicking off #vatorsplashoakland this morning. 427 tech companies in Oakland and growing.
— Anne ONeill (@anneloneill) April 23, 2015
- What’s it like to be a Unicorn?
Adam Goldenberg (Founder & CEO, JustFab) and Bambi Francisco (Founder & CEO, Vator)
@JustFabOnline CEO & Founder Adam Goldenberg on their $1 billion valuations. #vatorsplashoakland @vatortv pic.twitter.com/SUgWtUpGK9
— Polina Marchenko (@PolinaKptnCook) April 23, 2015
@JustFabOnline: we’re building fashion brands not ecommerce. We never looked at ouselves as a tech company #vatorsplashoakland
— Caroline Kawashima (@ckawa) April 23, 2015
Better to be a unicorn than a dinosaur @JustFabOnline #vatorsplashoakland
— Kim Arnone (@KimArnone) April 23, 2015
- Unicorns & Super-Sized A rounds, Do you need these to run and build a successful startup?
Do you need these to run successful #startup? #vatorsplashoakland #vatorsplash #vc pic.twitter.com/iVwRdRAf6M
— Alejandro Sanchez (@alejandronw) April 23, 2015
If you’re raising money but didn’t look around when @agoldfisher asked “Who here’s an investor?” you’re doing it wrong. #vatorsplashoakland
— Yev (@YevP) April 23, 2015
Who wants to compete with NASA? Re: Elon Musk -Emily Melton @DFJvc #startups #vatorsplashoakland
— Sergio Paluch (@sergiopaluch) April 23, 2015
- Meet the Active Angels – How do you get them to listen and can they be instrumental in landing your Series A?
Moderator: Semil Shah (General Partner, Haystack); Panelists: Jonathon Triest (Ludlow Ventures), Tikhon Bernstam (Angel investor), Renee DiResta (Vice President of Business Development, Haven)
Great seeing some @StartupHouse members at @vatortv #vatorsplashoakland @KptnCookApp @PolinaKptnCook @alejandronw pic.twitter.com/S3JFWFGuB3
— Karolis (@ideaburner) April 23, 2015
At #vatorsplashoakland @jtriest calls @semil the Yoda of investing. “If you invest in something, I want to invest as well”
— Alastair Goldfisher (@agoldfisher) April 23, 2015
“Be less piggish & 4 focus on getting right investor & relationship” @jtriest w/ @semil on getting right investor/angel. #vatorsplashoakland
— Kurt Kumar (@KurtKumar) April 23, 2015
- How Venture Capital is Being Turned on its Head
Cory Johnson ( Bloomberg TV) and Josh Elman (Greylock)
Chatting about cats…Meercats. At #vatorsplashoakland with @CoryTV @joshelman @vatortv pic.twitter.com/SJCTVmcwVa
— NewCoFestivals (@NewCoFest) April 23, 2015
At LinkedIn, we tried everyday to be laser focussed on how to make the product better — @joshelman #tech #startup #vatorsplashoakland
— Sergio Paluch (@sergiopaluch) April 23, 2015
“If u don’t believe a small(er) comp can take on a bigr competitor, b the underdogs, then u shuld not b a VC” @joshelman #vatorsplashoakland
— Kurt Kumar (@KurtKumar) April 23, 2015
- Accelerator Nation – How Accelerators are Evolving and Changing the Local Ecosystem
Moderator: Marisa Raya (Economic Development, City of Oakland); Panelists: Vinitha Watson (Executive Director, Zoo Labs), Rani Croager (Founder, Uptima Bootcamp), Emily Kirsch (CEO, Co-Founder, SfunCube), Jose Lopez (Co-founder, DevLabs)
@rlcroager really unique approach to incubate businesses as a coop! #vatorsplashoakland pic.twitter.com/PDldafog3m
— Karolis (@ideaburner) April 23, 2015
“Oakland has more solar companies than anywhere else on earth” @emilykirsch @sfuncube #VatorSplashOakland
— Oakland Chamber (@OaklandChamber) April 23, 2015
#vatorsplashoakland Oakland’s incredible accelerators. 4 groundbreaking biz models, music, solar, coop owned, more.
— Karen Wertman (@KarenWertman) April 23, 2015
- When will Tech Look Like America? – The US has a racially and ethnically diverse population and there are more women than men. Yet the tech world doesn’t mirror this. Hear and participate in a thoughtful discussion from leaders in the tech industry who are making inroads into achieving diversity – women, minorities – in tech startups, boardrooms, and venture firms
Amazing panel of women at #vatorsplashoakland @evien @therealfreada @6gems @libbyformayor @rrrlisarrr pic.twitter.com/5cpI0XdNCr
— dolly singh (@dollysingh) April 23, 2015
We don’t need any more photo sharing apps. We need startups that solve real problems in our communities @thereafreada #vatorsplashoakland
— Caroline Kawashima (@ckawa) April 23, 2015
I wish I lived in Oakland so I could vote for @libbyformayor. She just dropped an f-bomb on stage. I think I love her. #vatorsplashoakland
— Yev (@YevP) April 23, 2015
- Lessons Learned – Getting the Marketplace flywheel going
“Test your own truth, have the kid spirit and test everything” – @gogoSlava #vatorsplashoakland #startup pic.twitter.com/jHKcw2ZU1U
— Kurt Kumar (@KurtKumar) April 23, 2015
“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face” – mike Tyson @gogoSlava #vatorsplashoakland
— dolly singh (@dollysingh) April 23, 2015
.@gogoSlava on stage! Still chuckle at asking him “what do you do at @Indiegogo?” at an Indiegogo party in SXSW. #sigh #vatorsplashoakland
— Yev (@YevP) April 23, 2015
- Building the One-Stop Local Services Empir
.@mlz sharing incredible @thumbtack story at #vatorsplashoakland w/ @JedKatz @bambi100 #tech cc @vatortv @JavelinVP pic.twitter.com/ONc1pDB9db
— Juan Luis Leung Li (@juanleungli) April 23, 2015
- Announce Splash and People’s Choice Winner
Congrats on winning #vatorsplashoakland @dollysingh @thesiscouture 🙂 pic.twitter.com/7lMb8GYpOt
— Laurel J (@designlaurels) April 24, 2015
Big thx to @vatortv for choosing us as Startup Showcase Winner at today’s #vatorsplashoakland! We’re honored! pic.twitter.com/3Nuxnpu4Bd
— Countable (@countable) April 24, 2015
#vatorsplashoakland team thx for putting together such an inspiring event. Appreciate the effort put in to represent women and diversity.
— Caroline Kawashima (@ckawa) April 24, 2015
