Photo by Josette Chen
The entrepreneurial energy buzzing around the education marketplace is generating a lot of excitement at SXSWedu. In the spirt of discovering what is next and new in the world of education, innovative startup education companies were invited to apply to compete in LAUNCHedu, occurring at SXSWedu, March 4-7, 2013 in Austin, Texas.
The LAUNCHedu Application process has closed but we look forward to announcing the 2013 LAUNCHedu Finalists soon!
The members of the LAUNCHedu Advisory Board share the desire to discover the future of education. A special thanks goes out to these individuals whose hard work, diligence and support plays a crucial role in the LAUNCHedu selection process.
Advisory Board Members
| Deborah Quazzo
LAUNCHedu Advisory Board Co-Chair |
Founder + Managing Partner
GSV Advisors |
| Michael Moe
LAUNCHedu Advisory Board Co-Chair |
Advisor
GSV Advisors |
| Adam Dell | Venture Partner
Austin Ventures |
| Clyde Boyer | Partner
Trinity Education Group |
| Deepak Sindwani | Principal
Bain Capital Ventures |
| Drew Scheberle | Senior Vice President, Education and Talent Development
Austin Chamber of Commerce |
| Gary June | Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer
Pearson Education |
| George Tang | Chief Operating Officer
Educate Texas |
| Greg Ratliff | Senior Program Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Jack Chorowsky | Chief Operating Officer
KIPP New York |
| Jeff Shelstad | Chief Executive Officer
Flatworld Knowledge |
| Jennifer Carolan | Director, Seed Fund
New Schools Venture Fund |
| John Katzman | Executive Director
PK-20 Noodle |
| John Mullen | Vice President & General Manager, Education, State & Local Government
Dell, Inc. |
| Julia Meehan | Vice President Marketing
McGraw Hill Education |
| Laurie Racine | Co-Founder & Managing Director
Startl |
| Margery Mayer | President
Scholastic Education |
| Mary Cullinane | Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Social Responsibility
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Michael Crosno | Chief Executive Officer
MyEdu |
| Michael Horn | Education Executive Director
Innosight Institute |
| Robert J. Hutter | Managing Partner
Learn Capital |
| Scott Sage | Principal
DFJ Esprit |
| Sergio Monsalve | Principal
Norvest Venture Partners |
| Susan Badger | Principal
Badger Consulting Group |
| Tom Gilligan | Dean of the McCombs School of Business
The University of Texas at Austin |
| William Clark | Managing Director
Aigner Clark |