Name: Happy Startup Endings: Acquisitions – Partnerships
Start: 2015-03-13T17:00:00-0500
End: 2015-03-13T18:00:00-0500

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Happy Startup Endings: Acquisitions – Partnerships

Every startup dreams of a monster IPO or being acquired by a big company. However, those are not the only ways startups can have successful exits. This session brings together startups (or their corporate partners) that have been acquired, merged or partnered with big companies like Samsung and Under Armor, leading to their businesses scaling to new levels and resulting in “happy endings” all around.
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Speakers

Bill Besselman

VP Strategy & Consumer Insights, Under Armour

Bill Besselman has been the Vice President of Strategy and Consumer Insights at Under Armour since November 2012. Bill manages all aspects of Under Armour’s corporate strategy development (from the annual planning process to targeted projects). Within ACI, Bill’s role is to identify... Read More →

Alanna Cotton

VP Product Marketing, Tablets and Wearables, Samsung Electronics America Inc

As the Vice President of Marketing for the Mobile Computing business, she leads Product and Channel Marketing for the Tablets and Wearables portfolio. Over the years, she has gained a reputation as a change agent and an innovative business leader at Fortune 50 leaders Procter and... Read More →