Lindsey Tropf & Mitch Glaeser | Startup Talks
PRESENTED BY:
Starter Space & Gainesville Tech
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Startup Talks is designed to inspire, guide and connect the tech startup community in Gainesville. It is an opportunity to hear from and engage with a group of founders who will share their journey, successes and also their failures, tying together the lessons learned.
Tickets
Schedule
July 18th, 2017
Code Institute invites you to join our Summer Demo Day. After an intense 12 weeks, Code Institute students are on the path to becoming web developers!
Join us to see their final projects and the skills they've gained in just three months!
After the Fireside Chat is your opportunity to mix and mingle with other Startup Founders.
Additional Information
Get to know Lindsey:
Lindsey Tropf is Co-founder & CEO of Immersed Games, creating Tyto Online, an online video game for empowering students to deeply learn and engage in STEM. She was previously a doctoral candidate in School Psychology at the University of Florida (all-but-dissertation) with expertise in program evaluation and data-based decision making, which she now uses to lead strategy and product vision at Immersed Games.
Your Moderator Mitch Glaeser:
Mitch Glaeser has founded 11 start-ups. Known throughout the world as a serial entrepreneur, community leader, philanthropist and mentor, he was recently named CEO of The Emory Group Companies. Mitch now runs a family owned group of companies including information technology, publishing, hospitality, apparel, and real estate development among others.
He received his real estate license at 18 and became a real estate broker soon after. He worked for the New York Times Company for eight years, attaining the highest level of sales volume by anyone in a given year and continues to hold that record today. Glaeser is also a motivational speaker, traveling the world for several years teaching others how to build strong business relationships.
He is a past president of Crime Stoppers, Guardian Ad Litem, The Exchange Club and Junior Achievement. He has previously served on the American Red Cross board, is a member of the Leadership Gainesville Alumni Association, co-founded Alachua County Emerging Leaders and has been chair of the Gainesville Community Foundation. He is also a past board member of Keep Alachua County Beautiful and the Realtors Board of Directors. He is past chair of the Counsel for Economic Outreach and two-time chair for the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce. Mitch currently serves on the Gainesville Airport Authority. Recently, appointed by the Mayor, he chaired the City of Gainesville’s Blue Ribbon Committee on Community Competitiveness.
While receiving numerous awards over the years, he has recently been awarded the LGAA Leader of the Year Award, the James M. Parrish Community Leader of the Year Award and is the only citizen to receive two Keys to the City presented to him by two different Mayors.
About Startup Talks:
Startup Talks is a monthly event in Gainesville that brings together the tech and startup communities. To learn more about upcoming and future events, please contact us at hello@gainesvilletech.org.
Our Sponsors
Food and drinks provided by Infinite Energy.