Clint Nelsen
Email: Clint@startuplabs.org
Twitter: @Clintnelsen
Clint Nelsen is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Startup Labs. Clint is Co-Founder and remains as a director of Startup Weekend. Through the course of his work he has been featured in many publications around the world including the New York Times, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Entrepreneur Magazine, Glamour Magazine and has spoken at Stanford University and serves as a mentor to many startup accelerator programs. Currently, he and Kathleen Kennedy serve as the two board members building an organization called “The Common Good”. Based in Seattle; Clint is obsessed with startups. In his spare time Clint is a pilot, enjoys mountain biking, snowboarding, camping, and photography. Prior to Startup Weekend Clint was a finance analyst valuing privately held companies; he received his degree in Finance from the University of Wisconsin in 2006.
Arkady Moreynis
Email: Arkady@startuplabs.org
Twitter: @Amoreynis
Arkady Moreynis is the Co-Founder of Startup Labs. In 1997, business interests of Arkady Moreynis gravitated toward the internet with the launch of Price.ru — a price comparison engine — one of the first internet services in Russia which shortly became a commercial success. In 2005 part of Price.ru was been sold to Rambler — one of the biggest Russian internet portals. A few years after that, Arkady joined Rambler as a Chief Product Officer. In 2009 he sold Price.ru to Rambler completely and left Rambler to pursue new business opportunities. In 2010 Arkady launched Glavstart — one of the first Russian startup accelerators which shortly became very popular in Russia. To build a stream of new projects, Glavstart held Startup Weekends in major Russian cities. Glavstart invests in the early-stage Internet projects providing capital as well as a mentorship program to its teams.
Tugce Ergul
Email: Tugce@startuplabs.org
Twitter: @tugceergul
Tugce Ergul works as a Director at Startup Labs and was the Southern Europe Manager of Startup Weekend. Her investment focus is on new web technologies, mobile applications, and innovative application of technology to existing markets. Tugce is also the Chapter Lead of Girls in Tech Italy, an international organization focused on the empowerment, engagement and education of women in tech. She started her career as an investment banker and was working at Young Turk Ventures, a Turkish VC fund, before joining Startup Labs. Tugce received her undergraduate degree in Finance from Sorbonne University with honors, and holds a master’s degree in International Management from Bocconi. She actively works with startups and entrepreneurs in cities around the world and regularly speaks at events around Europe regarding entrepreneurship and startups. Tugce is an active member of the European VC network. She is fluent in English, French, Turkish, Azeri, Spanish, Italian and speaks some Portuguese.