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
Time:
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location:
Founders Floor
2 North 1st St., 5th Floor
San Jose, CA 95113
COWORKING ACCELERATOR
Interested in taking your startup to the next level?
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.
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Free parking garage
Public transportation
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