Vlad Starov, Ph.D., is the Managing Partner of Out of D Box. He’s also an expert on MVPs and funding strategies, as well as a veteran serial entrepreneur and startup enthusiast.

Vladimir helps emerging technology ventures to get off the ground using creative, non-conventional strategies. He has co-founded 3 successful technology startups and raised over $10 M in funding. Vladimir is now sharing his experience of over 20 years in funding and launching new products and new ventures. After receiving his Ph.D. in chemical physics from Brandeis University, he began his career at AT&T Bell Labs in semiconductor technology area. He has co-authored eight patents and over 30 publications on semiconductor processing, laser chemistry and, more recently, healthcare.

Out of D Box provides help and advice on Business and Marketing Strategy & Execution, Product & Technology Development/Management, Target Market Tuning & Analyses. We have expertise in both software and hardware based products, web based solutions and mobile apps. Read More...

Marek Adamo is a business lawyer at Paradigm Counsel, representing emerging companies, investors and public and private corporations.

Marek’s areas of expertise include entity formation, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial transactions. He regularly represents clients in the enterprise software, internet commerce, wearable technology, professional services and cleantech spaces.

Prior to joining Paradigm Counsel, Marek practiced corporate and securities law at Jones Day and Squire Patton Boggs (formerly Squire Sanders) in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. Marek earned his B.A. in Economics from UC Berkeley and a JD/MBA from the University of San Diego.

Andreas has written 12 books about SEO and digital marketing. His books have been published in USA by McGraw-Hill and in China by Tsinghua University.

He has been an SEO consultant for Stanford MBA school, manages Google Adwords for MIT and Harvard, and worked at organisations like Cisco, SUN, SGI, and Acxiom in Silicon Valley.

Andreas has co-founded two digital marketing agencies. The first was acquired and the second got investor funding and grew to 175 employees. Besides all this, Andreas is on the advisory board of nine Silicon Valley startups.

Jean Lombard joined Founders Space as a mentor. Jean is an award-winning technology PR professional with more than 25 years of high tech PR experience earned in global PR agencies operating in New York, London and San Francisco.

After working within global PR agencies for 10 years, Jean established The Jean Effect, a PR, social media and marketing communications consultancy which she has operated for more than 10 years.

Through The Jean Effect Jean works as a nimble independent PR practitioner, and often partners with larger PR and digital marketing firms to move clients’ business objectives forward in the critical areas of brand perception, brand awareness and competitor displacement, by creating and delivering targeted, timely, and impactful media messages, media coverage and influencer mindshare. Read More...

Scott A. Wilkinson is an attorney with sixteen years of experience in U.S. immigration law on behalf of clients in the employment-based sector – from small start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.

Scott’s areas of U.S. immigration specialization include employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant benefits, DOL certification program technicalities, DOS requirements, Form I-9 compliance, deferred inspection issues and naturalization. He is licensed in Massachusetts and practices exclusively in the area of U.S. immigration and nationality law.