RocketSpace and Yammer Present | Growth in Enterprise

Join us to learn how Yammer, Dropbox, Github and other large companies (names to be announced) grew from early adopters to millions of passionate users. Hiten Shah, CEO of KISSmetrics, will moderate and discuss growth, engagement, and how freemium is driving the consumerization of It. Some topics that will be addressed are:
The core talk will be around how enterprise apps can grow at a high rate, increase user engagement, deploy and iterate, effectively provide business value, deal with It departments,… Show more etc.
Viral enterprise adoption- Freeium model, what are the apps that I (or my team)use on a daily basis, It doesn't have to directly endorse
Consumer app that people use at work with either a team element of sharing element.
Agenda
6:00pm- 7:00pm- Registration, Networking, Light Appetizers and Beverages
7:00pm- 8:00pm- Panel Discussion
8:00pm- 8:15pm- Q & A
8:15pm- 9:00pm- More networking
Moderator:
Hitan Shah
President and Co-founders of KISSmetrics
Hiten Shah is a serial entrepreneur who loves to help other entrepreneurs avoid the mistakes he has made in the past like wasting $1 million on a failed web hosting business. He started 3 successful Internet companies starting with a marketing consultancy, Acs. Then he went on to start Crazy Egg, a tool to help people visualize the user experience on their websites and most recently he is the President and Co-founder of KISSmetrics.
Panelists:
Drew Dillion
Director of Product Management at Yammer
Drew Dillon is Director of Product Management at Yammer. Yammer uses traditionally consumer metrics and rapid product iterations to build enterprise software, ensuring voluntary adoption by millions of users. In addition to leading feature development, Drew leads the team that is responsible for helping Yammer partners succeed in growing and engaging their own users. Drew has worked in development, military collaboration, encryption (he's forgotten everything), construction, and at a vet clinic. He landed at Yammer in 2010, and since then has occupied no less than 15 different desks.
Geoff McQueen
CEO at AffinityLive
Geoff McQueen is the CEO of AffinityLive, a SF based startup that solves the probelm of managing work for service-based compnaies. Geoff is a serial entrepreneur with an engineering background, he also has extensive experience in marketing, strategy, sales and leading a strong team. Prior to AffinityLive, Geoff co-founded Omnidrive, while TechCruch called "online storage perfection". While the business wasn't successful, Geoff learned a lot of lessons which he now puts to good use both as an entrepreneur and an investor.
Tony Huie
Head Business Operations at DropBox
Tony leads the business operations and B2B growth teams at Dropbox. He previously worked on venture capital and conulting before finally getting a real job. Tony earned his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Standford University.
Alex Malinovich
Vice President of Enterprise Sales at GitHub
Bio to come!
Hosted by:
Startup. Blast off. RocketSpace is an accelerator for high- growth, seed funded tech startups. We provide the fuel that every startup needs to accelerate: access to top talent, tier 1 venture capital, and blue-chip brands representing millions of potential customers. Located in the heart of tech & new media in San Francisco, RocketSpace currently hosts over 130 of the hottest startups in mobile, gaming, and the web 2.0 as well as an alumni network including Uber, Zaarly, PocketGems, Zaapos, and Podio. For more information Click HERE.
Sponsored By:
Yammer brings the power of social networking to your company. Yammer is as easy to use as great consumer software like Facebook and Twitter, but is designed for company collaboration, file sharing, knowledge exchange and team efficiency. For more information Click Here .

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