Startup Story of “America’s Greatest Maker”: Winner of $1M Prize & Reality Show

Join us for our Speaker Series & Networking Event with our speaker this month being Ethan Schur, COO at Grush and winner of $1,000,000 on reality TV show “America’s Greatest Makers” produced by  Emmy-Award winning producer Mark Burnett (The Voice, Celebrity Apprentice, Survivor, People’s Choice Awards, Shark Tank, etc.)

Ethan will tell us about his journey from garage to winning $1MM and being crowned “America’s Greatest Makers” for his Grush smart toothbrush.

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

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:

Thursday, 07/14/2016

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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

Andrew will give invaluable advice about how to best raise capital from CVCs, build partnerships between startups and large corporations and how to avoid potential mistakes and other dangers related to corporate venture capital.

Also, Andrew will share findings from his research and experience on why and how corporates should establish CVCs.

Other topics included:

– How to raise funding from corporate VCs

– How to partner with corporate VCs and big companies

– Landmines to avoid that can be disastrous for startups and other VCs involved

– How to position your startup to be acquired by a large corporation

– How corporations can use venture capital to access startup innovation, a steady pipeline of partnerships, investments and ultimately M&A opportunities

– And much more…

Speaker

ETHAN SCHUR

CTO

Viaplay Corporation

Ethan and his team at Grush was recently awarded $1,000,000 after being declared the winner out of 23 other teams of makers on reality TV show: “America’s Greatest Makers” produced by Emmy-Award winning producer Mark Burnett and judged by Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, former NBA Players Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal, and Arduino Co-Founder Massimo Banzi.

In addition to his win on “America’s Greatest Makers” Ethan has also won several other awards, including: the US-China Startup Competition, Pepsi $25k Startup Challenge, and IBM SmartCamp in Silicon Valley.

Ethan is also the CTO at Viaplay Corporation, where he focused on the massive adoption of Android and iOs smart peripherals for entertainment, work, and today’s mobile-centric lifestyle. He is also the CMO of Immersion-VRelia / TDVision Systems.

Prior to his involvement with Grush, Ethan was heavily involved in the gaming industry. He has over 10 years of management experience in the gaming industry and he spearheaded the development efforts for popular gaming franchises such as “The Sims”, “The Lord of the Rings”, and “Medal of Honor” for Electronic Arts.

Ethan is recognized as an expert in Stereoscopic 3D and Virtual Reality Technology and has authored several published patents.

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

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