Angel Knowledge Series
Keynote SpeakerScott Case
CEO, Startup America Partnership
"Ideas to Drive Rapid Growth in Young Companies."
• Moderator: Michael Price, CEO Ventures
Bio.
Timothy "Scott" Case (not related to Steve Case) is a technologist, entrepreneur and inventor and was founding CTO of Priceline, the "Name Your Own Price" company that was one of only a handful of startups in U.S. history to reach a billion dollars in annual sales in less than 24 months. As CTO he was responsible for building the technology that enabled Priceline’s hyper-growth. Scott was named CEO and board member of the Startup America Partnership, where he invests his energy to drive American entrepreneurship to create jobs and sustain our nation's global leadership. Startup America was launched at the White House in January 2011 and supports a National Network of Startup Communities dedicated to advancing the success of American startups and now has over 10,000 startups registered.
Topics.
- Impact Startup America will help most in its next stage?
- Biggest challenge in trying to accomplish Startup America’s goals?
- Large disparity of capital available by metro, any ideas to help?
- Built to grow vs built to buy issues in job creation?
- Best resources startups should use from Startup America.
- How do you see the network communities building out over time?
- Thoughts on the next few years of disruptors?
- Thoughts on crowd-funding and what do you think of it?
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