Building a sustainable startup with lasting impact is not an easy endeavor. If you are a startup founder with a compelling vision of the future, join us on Tuesday, September 23rd, to receive mentorship from John Lilly, Partner at Greylock Partners.  John, a renown Silicon Valley VC, is also a successful entrepreneur as former CEO of Mozilla, the organization behind Firefox, as well as the founding CEO and CTO of Reactivity (acquired by Cisco in 2007).

John focuses on the consumer internet market. He is Greylock’s investment lead in Dropbox and led their investments in Tumblr (acquired by Yahoo, 2013) and Instagram (acquired by Facebook, 2012).  John is on the Board of Directors of MessageMe, Clearslide, Citrus Lane, and Code for America. John previously served on the boards of directors of TripIt (acquired by Concur, 2011) and CenterRun (acquired by Sun Microsystems, 2003). Hear John address:

• Building your team
• Successfully scaling your business
• Distribution and network effects
• Choosing your investors

Join us at our next VLAB Founders Series event to connect with other startup founders and gain personalized feedback form John Lilly and Robert Scoble. Learn what it take to build your durable, scalable and impactful company.

Speaker

John Lilly, Partner, Greylock Partners

Building a sustainable startup with lasting impact is not an easy endeavor. If you are a startup founder with a compelling vision of the future, join us on Tuesday, September 23rd, to receive mentorship from John Lilly, Partner at Greylock Partners.  John, a renown Silicon Valley VC, is also a successful entrepreneur as former CEO of Mozilla, the organization behind Firefox, as well as the founding CEO and CTO of Reactivity (acquired by Cisco in 2007).

John focuses on the consumer internet market. He is Greylock’s investment lead in Dropbox and led their investments in Tumblr (acquired by Yahoo, 2013) and Instagram (acquired by Facebook, 2012).  John is on the Board of Directors of MessageMe, Clearslide, Citrus Lane, and Code for America. John previously served on the boards of directors of TripIt (acquired by Concur, 2011) and CenterRun (acquired by Sun Microsystems, 2003).

Moderator

Robert Scoble, Rackspace

As Startup Liaison for Rackspace, Robert Scoble travels the world for Rackspace’s startup program, tracking the bleeding edge of technology.  He’s a technology evangelist who has interviewed thousands of executives and innovators around the globe and has shared his insights and learnings with his millions of followers on YouTube, Twitter, Google+.  He has also authored several technology books, and his latest is The Age of Context.

About the VLAB Founders’ Series

Founders’ Series events provide a unique opportunity for startups and technologists to take part in an interactive session. Come prepared with your burning questions!

If you would like to have the rare opportunity to take the “Hot Seat” on stage to receive feedback from the speakers, please be sure to enter your question in the field below. Startup founders selected for the “Hot Seat” will be notified in advance.

For all other questions, please contact founders.series@vlab.org.

Note: Founder's Series tickets are for startup founders and are subject to approval. Please allow 24-48 hours for final ticket confirmation.