Podcast Panel and Brunch: "LA Tech Community Builders"
In celebration of LA Tech Week WeAreLATech will be hosting two panels which will both air on the WeAreLATech Podcast and brunch with BioscienceLA in their beautiful Culver City courtyard. Topic is “LA Tech Community Builders” Panelists are leading community builders in Los Angeles tech across all industries.
Industries include e-commerce to medtech to fin tech to creator tech to entertainment tech community tech and all other categories.
Say hello 👋
WeAreLATech Podcast: https://twitter.com/wearelatech
BioscienceLA Brunch Venue: https://twitter.com/BioscienceLA
LA Tech Week: https://twitter.com/la_techweek
SPEAKER PANELISTS
Co Host, David Whelan - BioscienceLA
Dave Whelan is the CEO of BioscienceLA, a not-for-profit organization designed to grow the life sciences innovation ecosystem in the LA region.
https://twitter.com/djwhelan
Co Host & Moderator, Espree Devora - WeAreLATech
WeAreLATech unifies the Los Angeles tech community through podcasts and experience based events.
https://twitter.com/espreedevora
Zack Honarvar - Creator Now
Zack Honarvar is an entrepreneur who has built numerous creator economy focused businesses including One Day Entertainment, a management company known for representing some of the most-respected creator brands such as Yes Theory, Airrack, and the Cheeky Boyos. His most recent venture, Creator Now, is an education start-up that is building film school, reimagined for the creator economy.
https://twitter.com/ZackHonarvar
Elisabeth Tuttass - Grid110
Elisabeth is the Head of Community at Grid110, where she focuses on building an engaged community for entrepreneurs in Los Angeles. She is passionate about supporting early-stage companies and getting more women and minorities into the startup and venture capital ecosystem. Outside of work, she is active in promoting gender equity and diversity in the workplace and advocates for a broader representation of women in Tech as the Managing Director of Girls in Tech LA and as a member of the All Raise Steering Committee.
https://twitter.com/mstuttass
Brett Goldstein - Launch House
Co Founder of Launch House. Launch House is a private community focused on connecting and supporting top entrepreneurs.
https://twitter.com/thatguybg
Jenny Weigle - Jenny.Community
Jenny Weigle has been creating, executing, and reviewing strategies for online communities for more than 10 years. She's worked with more than 100 brands on various aspects of their community strategy and implementations, including launch, migration, programming, and planning.Jenny has helped to create or guide the strategy for numerous communities:AirbnbGoogle (Cloud, Stadia)HPIntuit (QuickBooks, Turbo, Accountants)Pinterest, REI, Samsung, Sephora, Stubhub, Visa
https://twitter.com/jenny_community
Rob Ryan - Growth Hax
Rob is firstly a PROUD Dad. He is Relationship Capitalist & Founder of the consultancy @growthhax where they advise the key stakeholders across the entrepreneurial economies of the Americas. He’s a content storyteller, public speaker, professional mentor and podcast co-creator of the show MentorsToday. He is an Arizona State University SunDevil alum who was borne/raised in Chicago, has lived & worked across Asia, Latin America and calls Los Angeles home for 25 years.
https://twitter.com/IAmRobRyan
Tyler Denk - Beehiiv
Tyler joined Morning Brew as the second employee, leading product and engineering, and helped them scale up until the acquisition by Business Insider in 2020. He then had a stint at Google as a Product Lead on the YouTube Music team, before ultimately leaving to start beehiiv in 2021. beehiiv is an all-in-one product suite for newsletters, used by some of the worlds largest and most notable newsletters.
https://twitter.com/denk_tweets
Andy Wilson - So Cal Alliance
Andy is a leader in the Southern Californian innovation ecosystem and has started, led or invested in more than two dozen tech start-ups. In addition to leading the Alliance as its Executive Director, he serves on the City Council (currently as Vice Mayor) for the City of Pasadena and he is a founder of Innovate Pasadena (www.innovatepasadena.org), which is dedicated to advancing the Eastside of Los Angeles as a vibrant innovation center for deep tech.
https://twitter.com/andywilsonsocal
Christen Nino De Guzman - Clara for Creators
Christen is the Founder of the newly launched app Clara, a community that empowers creators through transparency, brand reviews, and discoverability. An industry vet, Christen has almost a decade of experience working with top content creators at social networking companies such as Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest.
https://twitter.com/christenstweets
Adonica Shaw - Wingwomen
Adonica Shaw is a doula, midwife’s apprentice, Integrative health coach, and patient advocate. As the founder and CEO of Wingwomen, she's a powerful voice for women who are navigating their reproductive health.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adonica-shaw-4665581a7/
Jonathan Chang - Brex
Working with startups & venture funds at Brex
https://twitter.com/thechangj
Aidan Wolf - AR House
Started AR House. Snapchat Games & Entertainment Award 2021, Snapchat OLC, Snap-backed. Creator of viral AR apps DoodleLens, Blue Sky Paint, and Word Vomit 3D. I have designed, developed, and delivered dozens of mobile applications and games for iOS, Android, Kindle, and Nook.
https://twitter.com/Aidan_Wolf
Alex Levitt - Snqp Yellow Accelerator