Board of directors « Startup Commons

28Dec/09N/A0

Startup Commons getting ready for 2010 with two new key members

by: Valto

Just as we are getting ready for 2010, I'm happy to announce two new key members, Stefano Bernardi and Arlinda Sipilä joining to Startup Commons Association.

Stefano Bernardi joins our Board Of Directors

An Italo-French student with a passion for internet startups and new business venturing. He currently blogs about the European startup scene at theStartup.eu, a weblog that covers the European startup scene, focused on technology companies, web applications, social media, growth entrepreneurship and venture capital. He also contributes to TechCrunch Europe, covering the italian startup scene.

In addition to BOD of Startup Commons, he's the Italian Ambassador for Startup School and collaborate with Mind The Bridge foundation.

Links: LinkedIn - twitter

Arlinda Sipilä is pointed as our Chief Operating Officer and she will also join our Board Of Directors

In addition to more established companies like Tellabs, Arlinda is familiar with growth startups by having worked in several of those in her career, including SSH Communications, SEVEN Networks Inc., and Xtract. In her Senior Marketing positions she''s been responsible for overall marketing strategies, planning, execution and managing the marketing team for product launches, branding, public relations and event management.

In her blog, she love's writing about the use of technology in marketing, startup business, branding, design, traveling and culture.

Links: LinkedIn - twitter

We are very happy to have both Stefano and Arlinda to join our BOD and specially happy to have Arlinda join us as the first acting COO. Expect to hear a lot more about Startup Commons in 2010.

About our BOD

Our Board of Directors is still an interim board. While we are working hard to see that the board will grow to have a community voice, we think one of the board's primary missions will be to act as a search committee to find a permanent board of directors that brings representation from global startup companies and investor communities such that all parties feel confident the board can fairly represent their views.

Get involved! - you can start by tweeting about us, joining our Facebook & LinkedIn Groups and/or sharing your comments below.

If you are interested in more "hands on" role, please contact us directly.

SSH Communications

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18Sep/09N/A0

We want you! – things you can do.

by: Valto

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While we continue to build up the association and it's activities and since there have been plenty of great feedback towards our efforts, I think it's a good time to share some ideas, how you can also help us move forward.

There are several levels and activities how you can partisipate:

join our group at linkedin
comment on our bylaws and plans
share info about start-up commons with your contacts and network
writite a post in your blog or tweeting about us
add a startup commons button with link to our site to your site/blog, to show your support
join as an actual member (request in comments, until we have some more formal way)
make a donation of any size ->
join our staff (sorry, no paid positions at the moment, but surely plenty to do and interesting people to meet)
join or recommend someone to these roles/positions listed below

Sponsors

Grow VC has been our founding sponsor in launching the Start-up Commons, but neither the association nor Grow VC see this as an exclusive relationship. The details of our sponsor program are still being established, but we see an opportunity for startup companies, incubator, Angel networks an such to be part of the program.

Advisors

We need expert opinion from many corners of the start-up and seed investing ecosystem. Towards that end, the association will be looking to have an Advisory Board. What perspectives need to be represented? Who should be an Adviser? Give us your ideas and suggestions.

Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors is an interim board. While we are working hard to see that the board will have a community voice, we think one of the board's primary missions will be to act as a search committee to find a permanent board of directors that brings representation from startup companies and investor communities such that all parties feel confident the board can fairly represent their views.

Who should you suggest, who should we contact? Let us know. Participate.