Fireside w/ Silicon Valley Mastermind, SCOTT KUPOR (VC @ ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ)

LIVE STREAMED FROM SILICON VALLEY.

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Access Silicon Valley (http://accesssiliconvalley.net/) invites you to join us on July 28, 2016, for an EXCLUSIVE one-night only discussion with the prodigious SCOTT KUPOR, COO, Managing Partner and mastermind at Andreessen Horowitz (http://www.a16z.com/), one of the hottest, most innovative and sought after venture capital firms in Silicon Valley. You may’ve heard of a few of their investments like Facebook, Nicira, Pinterest, GitHub, Skype, Lyft, Optimizely, Walker and Company Brands, Mesosphere, Usermind, Airbnb, Buzzfeed, Box, Instacart, Oculus, Udacity, Zenefits and Slack.

In this Fireside Chat--Unleashed event (we call it "unleashed" because it is interactive, audience driven), Scott will discuss topics of burning interest to startup entrepreneurs and investors. Join us for this unparalleled event of brilliantly combined insights from the perspective of a VC and startup entrepreneur!

Don't miss SCOTT KUPOR unleashed!!

AGENDA

2:45am - 4:30am: Discussion with Scott

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ABOUT SCOTT

Scott Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he is responsible for all aspects of running the firm.

He previously worked as vice president and general manager, Global Customer Support & Software-as-a-Service at Hewlett Packard. Scott joined HP in 2007 as part of the $1.6 billion acquisition of Opsware, where he was senior vice president of Customer Solutions. In this role, Scott had global responsibility for the company’s professional services, technical pre-sales and customer support organizations. Scott joined Opsware shortly after the company’s founding and held numerous executive management positions including vice president, financial planning and vice president, corporate development. In these roles, he led the company’s private financing activities as well as its initial public offering in 2001. Scott also started the company’s Asia Pacific operations via strategic partnerships with NEC, NTT and Samsung and led the execution of the company’s acquisitions of Tangram, Rendition, Creekpath and iConclude. Prior to Opsware, Scott represented software companies in both financing and mergers and acquisitions transactions at Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers.

Scott graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with a Bachelor's degree in public policy with honors and distinction. He also graduated Order of the Coif and with distinction from Stanford Law School and is a member of the California Bar Association.

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ABOUT ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ

Andreessen Horowitz backs bold entrepreneurs who move fast, think big, and are committed to building the next major franchises in technology. Founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, the firm provides entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights in innovation, executive and technical talent, market intelligence, policy and regulatory affairs, business development, and marketing and brand-building.

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