Success and Challenge in Scientific Tech Careers

This is an open-access discussion about engineering/tech success and career opportunities.  Note that our guests are 3 very successful "serial" entrepreneurs; they are here to learn about what Caltech faculty and also graduate and undergraduate students are thinking and doing, and to share their experiences with us.  Anyone w/ entrepreneurial aspirations should find this discussion useful. (There is an opportunity to ask questions from the floor as well.)

This event will feature three very successful entrepreneurial scientists and engineers. They will talk about what they have done and now do, what they have learned, and how they see the future.

Panel discussion, moderated Q&A and audience Q&A.

Invited Speakers:

Joe Lonsdale
Founder, Palantir; Executive Chairman, Addepar; angel investor and VC.

John Hering
Founder and Executive Chairman, Lookout; investor

Diego Berdakin
Founder, BeachMint (acquired by CondeNast 2014); adjunct professor, USC School of Cinematic Arts