Francine Hardaway, Ph.D is a serial entrepreneur who now runs Stealthmode Partners, a program for startups in Phoenix Arizona. A lifelong advocate for growing the entrepreneurial ecosystem, she failed with her first company, sold her second to Intel, and became an early adopter of technology and the internet. Through Stealthmode she has counseled and advised over 1000 startups. She blogs regularly about the intersection of technology and humanity as well as startup culture at Medium, The Business Journals, and the Huffington Post. She currently serves on the advisory boards of several startups, and on the Board of Directors of SySTEM School, a STEM middle school for high needs kids.