The Top 5 Featured Speakers at Crowd Invest Summit
Crowd Invest Summit, the first ever crowdfunding conference where startups and issuers meet accredited and non-accredited investors, is quickly shaping up to be the biggest crowdfunding event ever to take place in the United States. World class speakers and successful investors will headline this sought after event at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The Crowd Invest Summit was developed with the vision that every American, through the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (also known as the JOBS Act), can now be a venture capitalist — or “shark.”
Robert Herjavec
Robert Herjavec is a dynamic entrepreneur and a leading Shark on ABC’s Shark Tank. Born in Eastern Europe, he arrived to North America on a boat with his parents after escaping Communism in the former Yugoslavia. From delivering newspapers, and waiting tables, to launching a computer company from his basement, his drive to achieve has led him to the fulfillment of a better life for himself and his family. Robert has built and sold several IT companies to major players such as AT&T. In 2003 Robert founded Herjavec Group, and it quickly became one of North America’s fastest growing technology companies. Today, Herjavec Group is recognized as a global leader in information security specializing in managed security services, compliance, incident response and remediation efforts for enterprise level organizations.
Robert released his third book, You Don’t Have to Be a Shark: Creating Your Own Success published by St. Martin’s Press on May 17, 2016. Robert’s motivational business advice has received millions of impressions through TV, print, radio and digital media. He shares his expertise with other entrepreneurs each week as a leading Shark on ABC’s Emmy Award-winning hit Shark Tank.
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Tim Draper
Tim Draper founded Draper Associates in July, 1985. He has been listed as #46 of the most outstanding Harvard alumni, #7 on the Forbes Midas List, #1 Most Networked Venture Capitalist by Always On, and #98 on the 2014 Worth Magazine 100 Most Powerful People in Finance.
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Ron Suber
As President of Prosper Marketplace, Ron is responsible for developing and executing the business development strategy to attract borrowers to the site, as well as ensure a balance between institutional and retail investors on the Prosper platform. He brings more than 20 years experience in sales, marketing and business development across the hedge fund, broker dealer and registered investment advisor industries.
Before joining Prosper, Ron was Managing Director at Wells Fargo Securities. Prior to Wells Fargo, Ron served as the Head of Global Sales and Marketing and Senior Partner for Merlin Securities. Ron also served as President of Spectrum Global Fund Administration, and spent 14 years at Bear Stearns where he served as Senior Managing Director and Manager of Global Clearing Sales.
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Phil Nadel
Philip Nadel is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Barbara Corcoran Venture Partners, one of the largest and most active AngelList syndicates.
He is a well respected angel investor and serial entrepreneur with several successful exits including American Media Group ($130M in revenue) and Cambridge Capital Management Group.
He founded asset-based lender, Florida Asset Financing Corp., online direct-response marketing company, Gulfstream Internet and digital publisher, Library of Classics. He has invested in more than 60 early-stage companies. He is also a member of the Funders Club Angel Panel.
Mr. Nadel graduated from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1988.
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Devin Thorpe
Devin Thorpe is a champion of social good. As an author, speaker and journalist he focuses on helping those doing good in the world. As a Forbes Contributor he covers social entrepreneurship and impact investing. His books on personal finance and crowdfunding draw on his entrepreneurial finance experience as an investment banker, CFO, treasurer, and mortgage broker helping people use financial resources to do good. Previously he worked on the U.S. Senate Banking committee staff and earned an MBA at Cornell.
