This is a very last minute surprise, but renowned Venture Capitalist (and Lockport, NY native) Chris Sacca will be interviewed at 4:00pm tomorrow (Friday, Sept 7, 2012) at Z80 Labs in downtown Buffalo.
Free admission and beverages provided. Q&A to follow after the hour-long interview by Kevin Purdy. (Have questions you think Kevin could ask for Chris Sacca? They won't necessarily be...
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This is a very last minute surprise, but renowned Venture Capitalist (and Lockport, NY native) Chris Sacca will be interviewed at 4:00pm tomorrow (Friday, Sept 7, 2012) at Z80 Labs in downtown Buffalo.
Free admission and beverages provided. Q&A to follow after the hour-long interview by Kevin Purdy. (Have questions you think Kevin could ask for Chris Sacca? They won't necessarily be used, but feed any questions to @kevinpurdy on twitter. Q&A will follow if you'd like to ask Chris directly)
Informal happy hour to follow at Pearl Street Brewery, 2nd floor patio (or inside if rainy). Roughly 6pm.
Z80 Labs is located in the first floor of The Buffalo News building at 1 News Plaza, Suite 20, Buffalo, New York 14203. Paid parking is available in the area lots near First Niagara Center.
Please RSVP on Eventbrite:
http://z80sacca.eventbrite.com/
Please RSVP here on Facebook.
Please, *please* spread the word of this event on Facebook and Twitter (and email).
Please RT this tweet:
https://twitter.com/barcampbuffalo/status/243791471747153920
About Chris Sacca
Chris Sacca an incredibly accomplished Silicon Valley entrepreneur, investor and advisor. Former Head of Special Initiatives at Google Inc., he turned to investing in startups including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Turntable.fm and many more:
http://lowercasecapital.com/posse/
Kevin Rose sat down for a conversation with the incredibly accomplished entrepreneur, company advisor, venture investor, and private equity principal Chris Sacca. Not only is Sacca a smart businessman and a true visionary, but his wit, charm, and humor make this an informative and fun interview that you can't miss:
http://revision3.com/foundation/sacca
Chris' official bio:
http://lowercasecapital.com/proprietor/
Chris on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/sacca
About Kevin Purdy
Kevin is currently a freelance writer for Fast Company, Author of The Complete Android Guide, Author of Google+ The Missing Manual (O'Reilly), organizer of TEDxBuffalo, co-owner of CoWork Buffalo, and former co-editor of Lifehacker.
Kevin on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/kevinpurdy
About Z80 Labs
Z80 Labs, launched in summer 2012, is Buffalo's first Internet-focused technology incubator, providing entrepreneurs the ability to build new and innovative tech companies in Buffalo, New York. Startups invited to locate in Z80 Labs are given a wide array of services including office space, tech support, collaboration tools, weekly education programs, specifically-assigned mentorship teams, access to the Z80 Speaker Series, amenities and infrastructure from local companies, as well as expert advice from renowned industry advisors. Z80 Labs is funded by Softbank Capital, with additional funding from SCP Incubator via a grant from New York State and ESD. Corporate support is being provided by The Buffalo News, Campus Labs, PC Business Solutions, and Synacor. Z80 Labs is located in The Buffalo News headquarters in downtown Buffalo.
http://www.z80labs.com/