Daniel Patricio Onboarding Product Manager @ Shopify

Vitaly M. Golomb is one of the most dynamic and in-demand speakers and trainers in the world of startups, venture capital, and corporate innovation. His highly relevant, hands-on experience both as a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, gives him unique, nuanced insights few possess. His ability to break down complex concepts and inspire, educate, and delight audiences across industries and cultures, is second to none. He advises early stage startups on fundraising, marketing, sales, business development, and joint venturing. In 2017, he has completed raises as large as €30M and helped structure major, multi-national joint ventures. A serial entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley trenches since his teenage years – he was recognized as a Global Corporate Venturing 2017 Rising Star. Mr. Golomb is Partner and Global Startup Evangelist at HP Tech Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Silicon Valley’s original startup. He is the author of Accelerated Startup, universally praised by legendary VCs and entrepreneurs alike and used as a textbook by accelerator programs and business schools around the world. He is a contributing writer to TechCrunch and Boss Magazine and a consistently top-ranked mentor at a number of startup accelerator programs in the US, Europe, and Asia. Mr. Golomb lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and travels to over 20 countries each year to consult and speak for major conference, corporations, associations and universities on entrepreneurship, innovation and design.

I have a passion for technology & working on projects that add value to our world. Self-employed most of my career which enabled me to work with many CEO's & tech teams helping to find product market fit & grow a company from scratch both in the U.S. and internationally. Started in tech in 2005 working on local search & marketing. Worked on numerous local projects & founded a print publication (Webirectory) to promote local websites. Eventually, I moved to Silicon Valley working for Zvents (acquired by StubHub) as the Director of Local Sales & Advertising. Companies I’ve worked with have been venture backed by: Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital, Shasta Ventures, SoftTech VC, AT&T, NAVTEQ, Nokia Growth Partners, Red Rock Ventures, VantagePoint Venture Partners, The Entrepreneurs’ Fund III, Innogest Capital, TLcom... Three years ago I shifted my focus to mobile technology working with: Appbackr (Winner PayPal X) we created the worlds' first wholesale marketplace for mobile developers & Xchange for Android distribution. Worked w/ thousands of publishers helping to crowdfund millions of dollars & w/ Paramount Pictures to get mobile IP for: Naked Gun, Old School & The Untouchables. Most recently worked with Beintoo (Winner LeWeb 11') creating a true loyalty program for app users. Helped team scale to over 150 million reachable users and raised $7 million in series A capital. I'm Co-Host at SF New Tech - San Francisco's Largest, Longest Running and Most Loved Tech Event. Featured in NYT, WSJ, Forbes.... 10,000+ members and some of the best networking on the planet. 400+ companies have demo'd and still growing strong.

Co-Founder at OrangeSprocket a Digital Agency. Digital Marketer, Online Strategist, Technology Geek, Lover of all things Creative. Brand, Mobile, GUI & UX, and web evangelist. Serial Entrepreneur and Investor. Startup Monkey