Derek Handley

About

Along with TC writer Sarah Perez and Senior Editor Leena Rao, our judging panel will also include Softbank General Partner Josh Guttman, ff Venture Capital General Partner David Teten, and the always exciting David Tisch, from Jello Labs, Box Ventures, and formerly of TechStars. Plus, we’ll be joined by Tumblr’s VP of Product Derek Gottfrid for a fireside chat about what it’s like to grow a consumer-facing internet platform into a billion dollar company. Gottfrid will delve into the three years he spent building Tumblr, from launching on mobile to incorporating advertising to an acquisition by Yahoo. [...] He formerly served on the board of Ionic Security and now serves on the board of Whisk. David led the first-ever study of best practices of venture capital and private equity funds in originating new deals and the first-ever study of VCs in creating portfolio company value. He is a published author and frequent keynote speaker. David Tisch — Jello Labs, Box Ventures David is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, a New York City based seed-stage angel capital firm. David is also the Co-Founder of TechStars NYC, where he previously served as Managing Director. BoxGroup is an investor in over 130 seed stage technology companies including Vine, Fab.com, GroupMe, Blue Apron, BarkBox, Warby Parker, Harry’s, DataMinr, Behance, Handybook and more. [...] Josh began his career as a technology investment banker at Robertson Stephens & Co. in San Francisco. Josh is a 12-year veteran of