Nir Eyal (HOOKED)
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Nir Eyal (HOOKED)
Nir Eyal is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. The book was also recently named one of Inc. Magazine’s “Top 10 Marketing Books of 2014” and “one of the best business books of the year” by Goodreads. Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business.
Nir is also an advisor to several Bay Area startups, venture capitalists, and incubators. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir is a contributing writer for Forbes, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University.
Agenda
6:00 pm Networking
7:00 pm Fireside Chat
8:15 pm Final Networking & Close
Hosted By Karlie Krieger, San Francisco Director
Karlie is the Director of Global Events + Partnerships at Startup Grind. She focuses on the planning and production of Startup Grind's Global Conference, bringing thousands of entrepreneurs to the Silicon Valley every February (more at startupgrind.com/conference). In addition to the event, she also runs strategic partnerships and sponsorships for the company as a whole. Previously, she ran all major conferences at Inc. Magazine while living in New York City. She now lives in San Francisco.
Twitter: @KarlieKrieger (http://twitter.com/KarlieKrieger) Hosted By Derek Andersen, San Francisco Co-Director
Derek Andersen is the founder and CEO of Startup Grind, a community of over 200 Chapters in 80 countries designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. Startup Grind's values of giving, helping others, and making friends have spread across the world.
Since 2012 Startup Grind has hosted 3,000 events for more than 150,000 entrepreneurs. In 2009 Derek founded Vaporware Labs, incubating many products including Startup Grind and professional social network Commonred, which was acquired by Income.com in 2012.
His entrepreneurial career consists of mostly spectacular failures with occasional successes. Previously, he worked at Electronic Arts on games like Burnout Paradise, Mirror's Edge, Sims 3, and The Godfather. He lives in Palo Alto with his wife and three children.
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Nir Eyal (HOOKED)