SF Bay Area Chapter Members,

 

Please join us for our chapter's 2023 Annual General Meeting, which will be happening on Thursday, September 14th, at 6:00pm PT, both in person at Golden Gate University, and online via Zoom.

 

AGENDA: We will hear updates on chapter strategy, programs and finances from our board of directors and operations leadership, followed by an exciting keynote address from Giovanni Martinez, innovation adviser at Mind the Bridge. Also, there will be networking, trivia, games and prizes!

 

 

Giovanni Martinez is the founder of MTB for Governments, a division within Mind the Bridge, the global corporate and government innovation advisor, that manages the innovation ecosystem development of dozens of countries worldwide and acceleration of +200 international startups per year. He also serves as a mentor for several international startups helping them in their internationalization and venture financing efforts.

Separately, he is a guest lecturer for MBA entrepreneurial courses at St. Mary’s College and Hult International Business School in Silicon Valley. His background is in Corporate and Entrepreneurial finance where he previously worked as a financial analyst at one of Canada’s largest banks and in several startups in Silicon Valley helping them raise +$5 million in Venture Capital funds.

He holds an MBA from the International Technological University, a specialization from Duke University on Entrepreneurial Finance, and the Hult Scholar Award recipient from Hult International Business School where he did his Bachelors in Business Administration and Finance.