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Due to Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, this event will begin promptly at 4:00pm. Arrive by 3:45pm for lobby security clearance.
Join Stanford Football Head Coach David Shaw for an intimate discussion on coaching philosophy, building a culture of innovation, the impacts of technology, and beyond.
Chat Sports invites you to an evening of appetizers and cocktails with the luminary Minds Behind the Game community, and a one-on-one exploration with a true thought-leader in college football.
This event is presented by Rothenberg Ventures & River Studios,
and we are delighted to feature Founder & CEO Mike Rothenberg as our opening keynote speaker.
Through four seasons as the Cardinal head coach, David Shaw holds a remarkable 42-12 (.778) career record and is 28-8 (.778) in Pac-12 play. He notched 30 wins in his first 35 games, which was the third fastest among active coaches, and was one of only three coaches to lead his team to BCS bowls in his first three years as a head coach.
Shaw represents the Pac-12 on the AFCA Ethics Committee and is one of 18 individuals named to USA Football's newly created Football Advisory Committee. He was named AFCA Regional Coach of the Year in 2013 and 2011, and Pac-12 Conference Coach of the Year in 2012 and 2011.
Prior to his appointment as head coach, Shaw served as Stanford’s offensive coordinator for four seasons. Prior to Stanford, Shaw served as the wide receivers and passing game coordinator at the University of San Diego 2006, winning the Division I-AA Mid-Major national title and the Pioneer League championship. Shaw’s coaching resume also includes nine years of NFL experience with the Philadelphia Eagles, Oakland Raiders, and Baltimore Ravens.
A four-year letter winner at Stanford from 1991-94 as a receiver, Shaw was a member of Stanford’s 1991 Aloha Bowl team coached by Dennis Green and 1993 Blockbuster Bowl team under head coach Bill Walsh.
Mike founded Rothenberg Ventures in 2012 while still a student at Harvard Business School. Mike couch-surfed across the country to raise $4m from 50 founders & CEOs for the first fund. While still a student, Mike ran the fund and led all of the firm’s investments including Chat Sports, SpaceX, Matterport, Robinhood, Revel Systems, Patreon, and SOLS. Rothenberg Ventures is the top-ranked Frontier Technology early-stage Venture Capital firm.
Mike sets the strategy for Rothenberg Ventures and serves as CIO of the investment committee. Mike focuses Rothenberg Ventures on Frontier Technology startups, built on technology between the R&D stage and mass-market adoption, because we believe they are the fastest-growing and most valuable startups in the world. Mike graduated from HBS in 2013 and in 2014 founded the River Accelerator to help build early-stage Frontier Technology ecosystems and River Studios to help jumpstart the Virtual Reality ecosystem through content production.
Mike is a globally recognized thought-leader in Frontier Technology recognized for calling the Virtual Reality tipping point, and has keynoted major conferences on three continents this year.
Founded in 2012 by James Yoder, Chat Sports is the fastest growing sports media brand for mobile. Complemented by a staff of full-time writers and hundreds of nationwide contributors, Chat Sports utilizes cutting-edge curation technology to deliver comprehensive, personalized sports news from every source. It is the only personalized news and scores product on the market that allows fans to share content seamlessly with friends, and the only app with multi-game play-by-play on a single screen.
Chat Sports is an official content partner of Sports Illustrated, and founded the Minds Behind the Game sports-technology thought leadership series in 2014.
Prior to founding Chat Sports in October 2012, James worked for Verizon Wireless as a Product Manager. During his time at Verizon, James worked on the team that launched the first wide-scale consumer Android device in 2009. Prior to Verizon Wireless, James got his start in sports media working for college sports giant Rivals.com as a staff writer, covering NCAA football, basketball and recruiting.