Max Levchin (Affirm, PayPal)
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Max Levchin is the founder and CEO of Affirm, a financial services technology company, co-founder and Chairman of Glow, a data-driven fertility company, and co-founder and general partner at SciFi VC, a private venture capital firm. All three companies were created and launched from his San Francisco based innovation lab, HVF (Hard, Valuable, Fun).
Max was one of the original co-founders of PayPal where he served as the CTO until its acquisition by eBay in 2002. In 2002, he was named to the Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world as well as Innovator of the Year.
In 2004, he founded Slide, a personal media-sharing service for social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, which he sold to Google in August 2010. Also in 2004, he helped start Yelp, where he was the first investor in and Chairman of the Board from 2004 until 2015.
He has served on several boards such as Yahoo!, Yelp, Evernote.
Max is a serial entrepreneur, computer scientist, philanthropist and active investor in more than 100 startups.
Agenda
6:30 pm: Check-in and grab some food & drink
7:00 pm: Fireside chat w/ Max Levchin
8:00 pm: Community drinks and networking
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Speaker
Max Levchin - Affirm, PayPal (Co-founder + CEO)
Max Levchin is the CEO and cofounder of Affirm, a financial services technology company, cofounder and Chairman of Glow, a women’s reproductive and sexual health company, and cofounder and general partner at SciFi VC, a private venture capital firm. All three companies were created and launched from his San Francisco based innovation lab, HVF (Hard, Valuable, Fun).
Host
Peter Crysdale - RECORP
Peter Crysdale helps corporations thrive in the new digital order. As a Partner and Cofounder of Recorp, Peter works on the bleeding edge of corporate transformation by integrating the knowledge and experience of the world’s best startup founders. Recorp’s network of successful high-growth business creators enables rapid ideation and deployment in short cycles.
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Global Partner
Google for Entrepreneurs (http://www.google.com/entrepreneurs/)
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Oracle Scaleup Ecosystem (http://www.oracle.com/startup/scaleup.html)
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Silicon Valley Bank (https://www.svb.com/)
For more than 30 years, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has helped innovative companies and their investors move bold ideas forward, fast. SVB provides targeted financial services and expertise through its offices in innovation centers around the world. With commercial, international and private banking services, SVB helps address the unique needs of innovators.
Brinc (https://www.brinc.io/contest)
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Partners
Recorp (http://www.recorp.co/)
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Verizon 5G Labs (https://www.verizon.com/about/our-company/5g-labs)
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Voyager HQ (https://www.voyagerhq.com/)
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THIS IS A PAID EVENT - PURCHASE YOUR TICKET IN THE LINK BELOW
https://www.startupgrind.com/events/details/startup-grind-new-york-city-presents-max-levchin-affirm-paypal
Max Levchin (Affirm, PayPal)