Join us for inspiration from expert marketers in the startup trenches, sharing their knowledge of what it really takes to get traction with a new product or service. Whether you’re at a startup or working at an established company, you’ll learn new techniques and get real-world examples from our expert panel. Grab your ticket today and join us on August 19^th!

Cash Bar / Light Appetizers

WHERE:

Betts Recruiting

234 Front Street, 2^nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

http://bettsrecruiting.com/

WHEN: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 6:00 to 9:00pm

COST: $25 members, $35 non-members

EVENT SPONSOR: Betts Recru

MODERATOR:

Mary Trigiani

CMO, M31USA

http://www.m31usa.com/

@MaryTrigiani

@M31USA

 Mary Trigiani has worked with tech startups in Silicon Valley and professional services firms around the world on digital presence, messages and user engagement.  She began her career with Andersen Worldwide, part of which now lives on in Accenture, and she then went on to manage a long-time consulting practice.  Today, Mary serves as the CMO of M31USA.  The company accelerates European startups and SMEs from a US base in Silicon Valley; its European headquarters are in Padua, Italy.

 PANELISTS:

 Nathalie Criou

CEO, RidePal

http://ridepal.com

@NathalieCriou

@RidePal

 Co-founder, Chairperson. Nathalie Criou is a 10+ year veteran of several high-growth technology industries. Prior to founding RidePal, Nat worked in marketing and product management in online services and analytics at Google, AdMob, and Meebo. She graduated from the National Institute of Applied Science and Leeds University with degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Computer Science. She holds an MBA from INSEAD.

 Brian Hertzog

Director of Marketing & Communications, Runway

http://runway.is/

@bhertzog

@Runway_is

Brian Hertzog is an entrepreneur, philosopher, and raconteur. Brian is employee #1 at Runway Incubator where he currently directs Marketing and Communications. Brian is a ’12 graduate of Wittenberg University, author of http://brianhertzog.com and guest-contributor to several other business blogs. He’s currently working on his first book.

Michael Findling

Director of Integrated Campaigns, Salesforce

http://www.salesforce.com/

@mfindling

@salesforce

Michael Findling is a former Wall Street veteran who came to Silicon Valley to explore his start-up roots. With 10+ years of experience in B2B Marketing Michael has enjoyed the rush of the start-up world.  Over the last six years Michael has learned there is unique rush that comes with wearing many hats as Global Online Marketing Manager for Embarcadero Technologies and Crowd Factory.  Michael later became the Director of Demand Generation at Get Satisfaction after Crowd Factory was acquired by Marketo.  Michael recently joined Salesforce and quickly saw that in a larger organization there are separate teams for each of the functions you need to know how to do on your own when thriving as a Marketing professional in a startup.

Tod Pedler

CEO, Zero Agency

http://zeroagency.com/

@tpedler

@zeroagency

Tod has built and developed creative technology businesses since 1997. Specializing in the commercialization of digital applications, Tod has successfully taken web & mobile solutions from concept through to full commercial product on several occasions. An avid entrepreneur, Tod is an active angel investor and has assisted startups including 2moro Mobile, a mobile development company he helped establish in 2010 that was later acquired by an ASX listed company. Tod was also involved with establishing the MobileNation business in the US. Tod is currently the CEO of Australian and US based Zero Agency – a digital business focused on transforming the way we communicate by offering Products + Services to clients around the world. Other products Tod has helped develop and commercialize through Zero include: CentricMinds – an enterprise level Web Based Content Management System, MobileNation – a drag-and-drop cross-platform environment for developing iPhone, iPad and Android apps, and Stream – a social collaboration environment within Dropbox for small and large teams to manage and document projects.

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