Monday, May 5, 2014
9:00am – 9:10am
Opening Remarks by TechCrunch
9:10am – 9:30am
Fireside Chat with Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures)
9:30am – 9:50am
In Conversation with Yancey Strickler (Kickstarter)
9:50am – 10:15am
Magical Internet Currency: Navigating Bitcoin: Dr. Susan Athey (Stanford University) and Peter Smith (Blockchain)
10:15am – 10:35am
Founder Stories with Birchbox: Katia Beauchamp and Hayley Barna
10:35am – 10:55am
Fireside Chat with Sam Altman (Y Combinator)
10:55am – 11:05am
Special Product Announcement
11:05am – 11:15am
BREAK
11:15am – 11:35am
In Conversation with Hosain Rahman (Jawbone)
11:35am – 12:00pm
Fireside Chat with Shane Smith (Vice)
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Do Great Things: Justin Rosenstein (Asana)
12:30pm – 2:00pm
LUNCH
2:00pm – 2:25pm
Fireside Chat with Brendan Iribe (Oculus VR)
Startup Battlefield with Jason Kincaid
2:25pm – 2:30pm
How the Startup Battlefield Works
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Startup Battlefield Session One – Hey, Are You Ready For This?
Judges: Michael Lazerow (Salesforce.com), Heidi Messer (collective[i]), Rich Miner (Google Ventures), Ryan Sarver (Redpoint Ventures)
3:30pm – 3:45pm
BREAK
3:45pm – 4:45pm
Startup Battlefield Session Two – You Say Black, I Say White
Judges: Ayah Bdeir (littleBits), Rachel Haot (New York State), Jacob Mullins (Exitround), Henrik Werdelin (Barkbox)
4:45pm – 5:00pm
BREAK
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Startup Battlefield Session Three – On Every Street, On Every Screen
Judges: Mike Brown (Bowery Capital), John Frankel (ff Venture Capital), Melody McCloskey (StyleSeat), David Tisch (Box Group)
9:00pm – midnight
After Party hosted by New Relic at 404,
404 10th Avenue (between 33rd St & 34th St), NY
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
9:00am – 9:10am
Opening Remarks by TechCrunch
9:10am – 9:40am
In Conversation with Lerer Ventures: Jordan Cooper, Eric Hippeau, Ben Lerer and Ken Lerer
9:40am – 10:00am
Founder Stories with Renaud Laplanche (Lending Club)
10:00am – 10:30am
Fireside Chat with Astro Teller (Google[X])
10:30am – 10:55am
In Conversation with SV Angel: David Lee and Brian Pokorny
10:55am – 11:05am
Special Product Announcement
11:05am – 11:15am
BREAK
11:15am – 11:25am
Special Product Announcement
11:25am – 11:50am
Fireside Chat with Neil Smit (Comcast)
11:50am – 12:20pm
Startup2Startup: Rise Of The Developer Tools: John Collison (Stripe), Ben Uretsky (DigitalOcean), Chris Wanstrath (Github)
12:20pm – 12:45pm
In Conversation with Secret: Chrys Bader-Wechseler and David Byttow
12:45pm – 2:00pm
LUNCH
2:00pm – 2:25pm
HBO’s Silicon Valley: Alec Berg, Mike Judge, Thomas Middleditch and T.J. Miller
Startup Battlefield with Jason Kincaid
2:25pm – 2:30pm
How the Startup Battlefield Works
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Startup Battlefield Session Four – I’m Trav’ling At The Speed Of Light
Judges: Adam Cahan (Yahoo), Florian Meissner (EyeEm), David Samuel (Freestyle), Daniella Yacobovsky (BaubleBar)
3:30pm – 3:45pm
BREAK
3:45pm – 4:45pm
Startup Battlefield Session Five – You Make Me Live
Judges: Roee Adler (WeWork), Shana Fisher (Highline Venture Partners), Patrick Gallagher(CrunchFund), Benjamin Joffe (Haxlr8r)
4:45pm – 5:00pm
BREAK
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Startup Battlefield Session Six – What This World Is About
Judges: Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Erik Lammerding (N3TWORK), Kathryn Minshew (The Muse), David Pakman (Venrock)
9:00pm – midnight
After Party at (Le) Poisson Rouge,
158 Bleecker Street (between Thompson St. & Sullivan St.), NY
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
9:30am – 9:35am
Opening Remarks by TechCrunch
9:35am – 9:55am
In Conversation with Peter Weijmarshausen (Shapeways)
9:55am – 10:20am
Is Winter Coming? Investing While Valuations Soar: Shana Fisher (Highline Venture Partners), John Lilly (Greylock Partners), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital) and Bijan Sabet(Spark Capital)
10:20am – 10:45am
Hacking the Classroom: Joel Klein (Amplify) and Max Ventilla (AltSchool)
10:45am – 11:05am
Fireside Chat with Niklas Zennström (Atomico)
11:05am – 11:15am
BREAK
11:15am – 11:25am
Hackathon Highlights
11:25am – 11:45am
In Conversation with Matt Kaufman (Crunchbase)
11:45am – 12:10pm
Fireside Chat with Roelof Botha (Sequoia Capital) and Michael Heyward (Whisper)
12:10pm – 12:30pm
Founder Stories with Sophia Amoruso (Nasty Gal)
12:30pm – 2:00pm
LUNCH
2:00pm – 2:25pm
Fireside Chat with Marissa Mayer (Yahoo)
2:25pm – 2:40pm
Startup Battlefield Alumni
2:40pm – 2:45pm
Passing the Disrupt Cup
2:45pm – 2:55pm
BREAK
Startup Battlefield with Jason Kincaid
2:55pm – 3:00pm
How the Startup Battlefield Works
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Startup Battlefield Finals
Judges: John Borthwick (Betaworks), Roelof Botha (Sequoia Capital), Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), Marissa Mayer (Yahoo), Brian Pokorny (SV Angel) and Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures)
5:00pm – 5:30pm
Cocktail Reception
5:30pm – 6:00pm
Closing Awards Ceremony