November Venture Breakfast: A Conversation with Serial Entrepreneur & Visionary T.A. McCann November 14, 2008

Speaker: T.A. McCann, Founder and CEO, Gist

What You Will Learn: T.A. McCann, founder & CEO of Gist (a Vulcan-backed start-up based in Seattle) and serial entrepreneur extraordinaire, is coming to share his thoughts on several topics: Starting a modern “web 2.0” company in today’s climate, leveraging trends in the cloud computing market, experiences of being a part of Vulcan’s incubation process, and how to start a company that aligns well with a major corporate partner like Microsoft. He will share the things he uses as his compass when deciding whether to start a new business, and many lessons he’s learned along the way. Most valuably, T.A. wants the opportunity to have a dialogue with the audience, and half of the breakfast keynote will be devoted to open Q&A-style discussion.

This is an incredible chance to ask a serial entrepreneur the questions you have been pondering. November’s Venture Breakfast is not one to be missed!
About T.A. McCann, Founder & CEO, Gist
T.A. McCann serves as founder and CEO of Gist. His past experience includes Vulcan Capital, Polaris Venture Partners, where he was an entrepreneur-in-residence. Prior to Polaris, he held senior positions at Microsoft, leading future strategy and product planning for the Exchange Server Group and developing the burgeoning Service Delivery Platforms group, focused on mobile applications development. In addition, he is a founder of Jump2Go - providing innovative solutions for the radio industry, HelpShare - a web Q&A company and Soft Labour, a web design and development consultancy. He currently serves on the board of Art with Heart and is an advisor to Wishpot, Asset Archives and Notary One. In addition to his deep technology background, T.A. has won sailing's America's Cup and sailed around the world. He has a wife and daughter and a yellow lab named Daisy.

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