Fireside Chat with VC @ Polaris Partners ($4B) and former CEO @ Upwork (oDesk)

Join us for our Fireside Chat & Networking Event for a discussion with VC Gary Swart, General Partner at Polaris Partners ($4B under management), who was previously CEO at oDesk (Upwork).

In this Fireside Chat, Gary will discuss the most current and interesting topics related to startups and early stage investing. Gain new insight from Gary’s perspective of being both a VC and startup entrepreneur. Have your questions ready as Gary will be taking questions from the audience as well.

If you are a startup or entrepreneur, this is a talk you do not want to miss!

The event starts with a networking reception where food and drinks will be provided.

Agenda

6:00pm – 6:45pm – Dinner and networking, demo/sponsor tables
6:45pm – 7:00pm – Intros, demo/sponsor tables mentions
7:00pm – 8:30pm – Speakers program and Q&A
8:30pm – 9:00pm – Meet the speaker, networking

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Date:

Wednesday, 12/14/2016

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6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Location:

Founders Floor

2 North 1st St., 5th Floor

San Jose, CA 95113

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Discussion Topics

Polaris Partners focus is on SaaS Applications, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Sciences, Marketplaces and Healthcare Technology. Some of the many current companies Polaris has invested in is Automattic (WordPress), Art.com, Growth Hackers, JibJab, Kiss Metrics, Localytics, Quantcast, with notable IPO’s or acquisitions such as LegalZoom, Akamai, LogMeIn just to name a few..

Speaker

Gary Swart

Investor

Polaris Partners

Gary is a Venture Capitalist and General Partner at Polaris Partners ($4B) and was the CEO of oDesk, the world’s largest online workplace with more than 5 million registered contractors, and over $1B in work delivered through the platform. oDesk merged with Elance and it is currently known as Upwork.

Gary has spoken at the Inc. Magazine Leadership Conference, The Economist’s Ideas Economy Panel, South by Southwest, TechCrunch 50, TiECon, GigaOM, at Harvard Business School (which teaches a case study on oDesk), and at many other events.

Gary has been featured in a variety of publications including Forbes, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, The Washington Post and The Next Web.

He has also appeared on TV and radio shows including the BBC, National Public Radio, CNBC, Bloomberg TV and Startups Uncensored.

Previously, Gary led SMB Sales at IBM’s Rational Software Product Group, and also served as VP of Worldwide Sales and Operations at Intellibank.

Gary holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Maryland.

Free street parking

Abundant street parking is available for free after 6:00 p.m. in downtown San Jose. Streets closest to Founders Floor with free street parking are Santa Clara St., North Market St. and St. John St.

Free parking garage

Founders Floor will provide a 2 hour free parking voucher to the Market & San Pedro Square Parking Garage. This garage is only one block away from Founders Floor. It’s located at 45 N. Market St., between W. Santa Clara St. and W. St. John St. Upon check-in at the Founders Floor event, make sure you ask for the 2 hour free parking voucher.

Public transportation

VTA Light Rail is right outside our building, and runs every 20 minutes making public transportation fast and easy. 　Both the Mountain View-Winchester and the Alum Rock-Santa Teresa VTA light rail stop at the Santa Clara Station(s) which is located just a block away.

Refund Policy

You may request a refund up to 48 hours before the event. Unfortunately, any refunds requested less than 48 hours before the event cannot be honored. Thank you for your understanding.

Disclaimer

By participating in this Founders Floor Event, you agree to this liability disclaimer: www.foundersfloor.com/disclaimer