Mr & Ms Silicon Valley Fundraises for the Bay Area's The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society



Want to see some cool up-and-coming tech and contribute to a great cause? Silicon Valley’s up-and-coming young professionals will pitch their startup live on stage tomorrow June 6 at Fairmont SF to an audience of thousands and a panel of respected venture capitalists with the goal of securing seed funding and fundraising for cancer research through HackCancer to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Get your tickets here!

It all comes down to this...

After 10 weeks of fun and amazing events to raise money for the Bay Area LLS - we’ve saved the best for last! The 2nd Annual Mr/Ms Silicon Valley competition and Finale Gala will feature some of the most innovative ideas in Silicon Valley. The "beauty" contest winner will get their shot some high profile PR to possibly get funding and maybe a shot at the TV show "Shark Tank"

Here are some of the benefits that last year’s winners (highlighted in the video above) achieved:

  • Breathometer (Charles Yim), which raised $2 million in seed funding from all investors on the national TV show ‘Shark Tank’ - led by Mark Cuban and venture firms including Structure Capital and Dillon Hill Capital.

  • Stylelend, whose founder -- former Vogue model Lona Alia Duncan - went on to be accepted into the 2014 Y Combinator class – one of the few women in the program.

So who will be the next Mr./Ms. Silicon Valley:
Abtin Rostamian

Abtin Rostamian

ABTIN ROSTAMIAN

Abtin has over 11 years building artificial intelligence underwriting and financial processing engines for global banks and has co-founded multiple startups.  He will be presenting his new startup which will change the landscape for local transportation and help you get around more affordably and comfortably.
Check out Abtin Rostamian's Idea for Mr/Ms Silicon Valley 2014
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Amy Li

Amy Li

AMY LI

Amy Li is Singularity University graduate, a Director of
Humanity+, a UX and branding expert for global brands
such as Yahoo, AT&T, VW, HTC, whose work was
awarded "App of the Week" in the NY Times, and featured
in Gizmodo.  She will be presenting how Dance4Healing, i
nspired by her own stage 4 cancer journey, can unleash
the healing power of music and dance, starting with
cancer patients.
Check out Amy Li's Idea for Mr/Ms Silicon Valley 2014
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Jeff Shaw
Jeff Shaw

JEFF SHAW


Jeff Shaw is quoted in the Arizona Jewish Life as "Jeff Shaw claims to have been entrepreneurial since birth.
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Kyle Ellicott

Kyle Ellicott

KYLE ELLICOTT

Kyle has over 10 years of technical and product experience with companies such as Live Nation,Ticketmaster, Eventup, and TechZulu.  He will be presenting how the Wearable World platform addresses the need for entrepreneurs to connect, learn, and engage the wider Wearable Technology global ecosystem.
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Liana Burtsava

Liana Burtsava

LIANA BURTSAVA

Liana is an international entrepreneur and super connector who regularly shares insights on event marketing at events and conferences and welcomes invitations to present.  Liana will be presenting a new service from Trendy Lime that will offer "events in the box" - an innovative online product that will make event planning for companies and individuals easy through a system of checklists, lists of vetted event suppliers, and decorations to create special event experience.
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Liat Zakay

Liat Zakay

LIAT ZAKAY

Liat is the CEO and co-founder of Donde Fashion.  She will be pitching how Donde helps women find the dress that they are looking for in less than 15 seconds leveraging their intuitive mobile search for fashion.
Check out more about Liat Zakay's Idea for Mr/Ms Silicon Valley 2014
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Michael Rooney
Michael Rooney

MICHAEL ROONEY

Michael practices finance litigation and works as a freelance entrepreneurial business consultant where he utilizes his JD/MBA assisting start ups in a range of industries that include food, beauty, health, law, and real estate.  He will be telling you about how superfood based natural products will change your lifestyle.
Michael Rooney for Mr/Ms Silicon Valley 2014
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Olya Ishchukova

Olya Ishchukova

OLYA ISHCHUKOVA

Olya is a social media impresario that has worked with a number of startups including Startup Monthly, Pinchit, Vuzix, ForeScout, BrandID, FlyBusinessCheap etc.  She will be presenting a new way to properly promote your products and services with Models in Tech.

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Robert Nathanson

Robert Nathanson

ROBERT NATHANSON

Robert is a visionary and marketing guru with a track recored in long term market strategies and building high-performance executive teams.  He will be presenting a new way to get your farm fresh organic fruits, vegetables, and pies delivered right to your doorstep in less than 24 hours.
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Sara Plummer

Sara Plummer

SARA PLUMMER

Sara is a SF-based Wellness & Relationship Coach whose background included doing stunts for Heidi Klum, event planning, professional dancing, sales, negotiations, yoga teaching, fitness instruction, VIP relations, and marketing; she currently runs the website GetHealthySexyHappy and is writing a book that highlights evolutionary biology's unfortunate truths getting in the way of our happy relationships.  She will be presenting an application that will help put the yoga instructor, meditation coach, heart rate monitor, supplement suggester, and positive mantra reminder in your pocket.
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Steve Mock

Steve Mock

STEVE MOCK

Steve has been founder or executive to numerous venture-backed startups (two were sold and one went public) where he drove distribution deals, acquisitions, corporate relationships, and venture backing.  He will be presenting how Metric Insights can help deliver the news in your data.
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About HackCancer

HackCancer is made up of a group of philanthropic, young professionals in San Francisco who create fun events that bring together great people to raise awareness and funds for good causes. They are currently supporting our nominee Anjou Ahlborn for her LLS Greater Bay Area Woman of the Year Campaign.

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