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Emily Wilson, Immigration Specialist

Emily WilsonMs. Wilson graduated from UC Davis School of Law, and is a member of the California State Bar. She also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Development and a minor in Spanish Language & Literature from the University of California, Berkeley.

Ms. Wilson has experience with both employment-based and family-based immigration petitions. Her employment-based immigration practice includes EB-1 immigrant visa petitions, EB-2 National Interest Wavier cases, PERM labor certifications, and non-immigrant visa petitions.

The 5 Biggest Mistakes New Startup Founders Make

Brian Stumbaugh

Brian Stumbaugh

The lists of startup mistakes are mighty, ubiquitous, and frustratingly long. Across the internet you’ll find gurus barking at you about the 30 Deadly Mistakes here or 18 Things You Should Never Do! there, to the degree you might be scared away from launching, growing, or taking risks.

By no means am I here to halt your horses or thwart invention. Get out there and fight the good fight, that’s what you’re here for. Yet there are some egregious mistakes you should especially avoid if you want this stellar idea of yours to get off the ground. Read More...

Tom Dayton, CXO of Presto Innovation

Tom DaytonTom Dayton is Co-Founder and Chief Experience Officer (CXO) of Presto Innovation, LLC, a consulting services company based in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley area.

Before deciding to found Presto Innovation, Tom worked at NASA Ames Research Center for 11 years, where he collaborated with, trained, and guided teams not only for the research center but also at Johnson Space Center (JSC) and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

Tom helped project teams in all phases of their production lifecycles – customer engagement, cost estimation, concept development, requirements definition and analysis, interaction design, interface design, usability engineering, systems engineering, project management, verification and validation, and quality assurance – while customizing and applying User Experience and Agile methods suited for those teams. Read More...

Madelyn Quinol, CEO of Presto Innovation

Madelyn QuinolMadelyn Quinol is Co-Founder and CEO of Presto Innovation, LLC, a consulting services company based in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley area.

Before deciding to found Presto Innovation, Madelyn worked at NASA Ames Research Center for 6 years, where she collaborated with, trained, and guided teams not only for the research center but also at Johnson Space Center (JSC) and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

Madelyn helped project teams in all phases of their production lifecycles–customer engagement, cost estimation, concept development, requirements definition and analysis, interaction design, interface design, usability engineering, systems engineering, project management, verification and validation, and quality assurance–while customizing and applying User Experience and Agile methodologies suited for those teams. Read More...

Ronjini Joshua, Public Relations Professional

Ronjini2Ronjini Joshua is a Founders Space mentor. She is the owner of The Silver Telegram, a PR agency specializing in startups, lean organizations and crowdfunding campaigns.

With more than 15 years of experience in technology PR experience, Ronjini focuses in elevating brand awareness for startups and bringing new products to market focusing mostly in consumer technology and lifestyle.

Ronjini is an experienced speaker, speaking on topics including Diversity in PR, Startup PR and crowdfunding. Speaking at several conferences including: PR Summit, Crowdfunding East, Digital Hollywood, Kickercon, Startup Week Santa Monica, CES and others. Read More...

Camiel Becker, Specialist in Immigration & Nationality Law

Camiel BeckerCamiel Becker is a managing partner at Becker & Lee LLP in San Francisco, California. He is certified as a specialist in immigration and nationality law by the State Bar of California’s Board of Legal Specialization.

Mr. Becker represents a number of companies and individuals in the employment-based immigration context, including mid- and small-sized businesses, researchers and scientists, and IT professionals.

Jerry Wroblewski, Global Manufacturing Guru

Gerald WroblewskiGerald (Jerry) Wroblewski is an operations leader with general management and operational expertise in global manufacturing, supply chain product development, finance and administration.

He successfully develops and implements new products/processes and strategies, accelerating revenue and profit growth in consumer products, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Skilled at creating world-class organizations in both large and small companies and developing working environments based on teamwork where employees share in company’s success by meeting aggressive milestones. Ability to generate 5% to 10% annual operational budget savings to invest in business growth.

Specialties: World Class Manufacturing,
Product and Process Development,
Supply Chain Optimization,
Acquisition Integration, Mentoring
Start-Ups, Medical Devices, Drug Development CMC

Christina Michelle Bailey, Digital Media Expert

Christina Michelle BaileyChristina Michelle is a digital media executive with expertise in strategy, business development and operations.

Currently an independent consultant, she was previously with the NBC News Group where she focused on building strategic partnerships for NBC News, Today, CNBC and MSNBC. Prior to joining the News Group, she worked within NBC Universal’s Integrated Media division, where she developed and implemented strategies to drive growth for brands such as iVillage, Daily Candy, Astrology.com and the NBC Health Video Network.

Prior to joining NBC Universal, she was with Cox Media where she focused on marketing, operations and partner relations. Christina Michelle is the publisher of DistributedBytes, a weekly newsletter which explores digital media distribution strategies. She is based in San Francisco, CA and holds a B.S. in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco.

Jerome Nadel, CMO at Rambus

Jerome NadelJerome Nadel is the CMO at Rambus. He joined in 2012 to help transform the company’s business model from IP licensing to products and services. Jerome is a pioneer in user experience and service design, which he applies to product and corporate marketing.

Jerome has had a variety of chief marketing officer and chief user experience officer roles at companies including Human Factors International, SLP InfoWare, Gemplus, and Sagem.

John Chisholm, Venture Investor & Author

John ChisholmJohn Chisholm has three decades of experience as entrepreneur, CEO, and investor. In 1997 he founded and for a decade served as CEO/Chairman of CustomerSat (now part of Confirmit), a leading provider of enterprise feedback management systems.

A pioneer in online marketing research, in 1992 John founded and for five years served as CEO/Chairman of Decisive Technology (now part of Google), publisher of the first desktop and client-server software for online surveys. Earlier he worked for or consulted to GE, HP, Xerox, GRiD Systems, Pyramid Technologies, Ventura Software, and Network Appliance.

He is president and chairman of the worldwide MIT Alumni Association and a trustee of MIT and of the Santa Fe Institute. He is a member of the Global Partners Council of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) and serves on the advisory board of the Gruter Institute for Law & Behavioral Research. He advises entrepreneurs through the MIT Venture Mentoring Service, the Thiel Foundation 20under20 Fellowship, and the Plug and Play Tech Center. Read More...

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