Monday, October 24 2011

The day is split into main stage talks and workshops.

8:30am - 9:00am
Breakfast & Registration
 

9:15am - 9:45am
Cuil Case Study: Letting Things Go
  • Anna Patterson, Google (former co-founder of Cuil)

9:45am - 10:30am
Fireside Chat
  • HOST: Cathy Brooks, Other Than That
  • Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures
Mobile Design Approaches that Fail the Right Way
  • HOST: John Devanney, Moment
10:30am - 11:15am
Survive to 1000 (or Die Trying)
  • MODERATOR: Han Pham, Design Swinger
  • Gagan Biyani, Udemy
  • Roger Dickey, Product X (Mafia Wars Creator)
  • Brian Wong, Kiip
Accounting & Taxes: It Will Get You Eventually...
  • HOST: Perisho Tombor Ramirez Filler & Brown Accountants
11:15am - 11:25am
Fail Tales: Premature Idea Commitment
  • Adil Wali, Kemists

11:25am - 11:45am
Coffee & Tea Break

 
11:45am - 12:15pm
Airbnb Case Study: How We Survived the Trough of Sorrow
  • Joe Gebbia, Airbnb
12:15pm - 12:45pm
Qualitative vs. Quantitative Analysis
  • Christina Holsberry, Facebook
  • Hiten Shah, KISSmetrics
Show Your Customers You Care (or they'll GTFO)
  • HOST: Evan Hamilton, Uservoice
12:45am - 12:55pm
Fail Tales: Stop Building! Get Users
  • Elizabeth Yin, LaunchBit
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Lunch in Japantown

 
2:30pm - 3:15pm
The Failure of Business Models
  • HOST: Adriana Gardella, New York Times
  • Ethan Bloch, Flowtown
  • Peter Gardner, Wavepoint Ventures
  • David Weekly, PB Works
Risky Business: Hidden Dangers for Funded Startups
  • HOST: The Sprocket Group
3:15pm - 3:45pm
Uber Case Study
  • Travis Kalanick, Uber
Expand Your Brand (Without Fail)
  • HOST: Solana Crawford, Design About Town
3:45pm - 3:55pm
Fail Tales: Internal Company Culture
  • Stephany Wilkes, Catch
3:55pm - 4:15pm
Coffee & Tea Break
 
4:15pm - 5:00pm
Fireside Chat
  • HOST: Liz Gannes, All Things D
  • Chris DeWolfe, Mindjolt
Don't Fail at Negotiating Business Relationships
  • HOST: Katherine Barr, Mohr Davidow Ventures
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Demo Announcements
 

5:30pm - 5:40pm
Closing Remarks
 

6:30pm - 9:00pm
After Party