The Art of the Start Conference
November 8, 2006
Mountain View, California

Chris Gill
President and CEO, SVASE
Chris has founded 8 companies over the past 30 years, taking 6 to successful liquidity events, and has broad experience as a business executive in Europe, North America and Asia, with Fortune 500 companies as well as privately funded and venture backed startups. Chris is an active Angel, and Board member and Advisor to established and startup companies, and has been featured in and written articles on business and technology issues for the Financial Times, Business Week, and other publications. His new book, “Learning from Legends” is due to be published later his year. Chris was awarded a BSc in Computer Science from Manchester University (UK).

Mohanjit Jolly
Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
Mohanjit Jolly has been with Garage Technology Ventures since 1999. While at Garage, Jolly has worked with over 20 companies, including LeftHand Networks, PureSight, WhiteHat, Xora, PhoneBites, Kaboodle and Vigilistics. Prior to joining Garage Technology Ventures, Jolly helped launch the Mattel/Intel joint venture, Intel Play. He also spent three years in both engineering and business development roles with Itek Optical Systems, a manufacturer of high-resolution reconnaissance systems for both military and commercial use. While earning his M.B.A from the Anderson School at UCLA, Jolly helped found ViaSpace, a technology incubator in Southern California in conjunction with Caltech and Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Jolly earned a B.S. and M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT, with a specialization in electric propulsion systems.

Bill Joos
Venture Partner, Garage Technology Ventures
Founder & managing director, Go To Market Consulting
Bill Joos is the founder and managing director of Go To Market Consulting, a consulting firm dedicated to accelerating sales and market development. Bill served as Vice President of Entrepreneur Development at Garage Technology Ventures since its founding in 1997. He has held sales and marketing positions with a variety of companies, including IBM and Apple Computer. Bill is perhaps best known as a "Pitch Doctor" and has assisted hundreds of entrepreneurs with refining and focusing their positioning and presentations. Bill earned a B.S. from Jamestown College and pursued graduate studies at Pepperdine University.

Guy Kawasaki
Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
Guy Kawasaki is a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures and a columnist for Forbes.com. Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. where he was one of the individuals responsible for the success of the Macintosh computer. Guy is the author of eight books including The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. He has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.

Bill Reichert
Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
Bill Reichert has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and an operating executive. Since joining Garage in 1998, Bill has focused on early-stage information technology and materials science companies. He sits on the Boards of CaseStack, WhiteHat, ClearFuels, and cFares. Prior to Garage, Bill was a co-founder or senior executive in several venture-backed technology startups, including Trademark Software, The Learning Company and Academic Systems. Earlier in his career, he worked at McKinsey & Company, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., and the World Bank. Bill earned a B.A. at Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.