Who's shameless enough to go to The Lobby this year?
Silicon Valley venture capitalist David Hornik's invite-only dealmaking conference, The Lobby, takes place again next week at a plush resort in Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii. Camp Cyprus was nothing compared to this funeral pyre of cash. Who cares that twentysomethings spent their own money to vacation with friends, and filmed an over-the-top video of their frolics? Hornik's hoedown is the ultimate marker of what-me-worry excess in an age of recession. And Valleywag has the complete list of who's going.Here's what should enrage you as you read it: Unlike the Cyprus trip, this one is ostensibly a work event, paid for by investors and shareholders. (I suppose a handful of entrepreneurs may have bought their own tickets, but in the hopes of paying themselves back by scoring an investment.) What's the agenda for this passel of languorous corporate dealmakers, ebullient entrepreneurs, and phlegmatic venture capitalists? They party. You pay. Later on, they consummate some deals with their pals that they would have struck anyway, crediting the boondoggle junket for "making the connection." Last year's event was an epic caper, marked by drink-throwing, late-night excursions, and salacious rumors of barside canoodling. Here's whose exploits we're looking forward to reporting, thanks to the moles we've placed throughout Hornik's guest list:
Frank Addante | Founder and CEO, the Rubicon Project |
Jay Adelson | CEO, Digg & Revision3 |
Christopher Alden | Chairman & CEO, Six Apart |
Christina Allen | Principal & Founder, Tangibility |
Andrew Anker | Executive Vice President, Six Apart |
Geoffrey Arone | CEO, DanceJam |
Michael Arrington | Founder, TechCrunch |
Adam Bain | President, Audience Network, Fox Interactive Media |
Frank Barbieri | CEO, Transpera |
Ted Barnett | CEO, SuperSecret |
Michael Baum | Co-founder & CEO, Splunk |
Ethan Beard | Director of Business Development, Facebook |
Lane Becker | President, Get Satisfaction |
Joe Belfiore | VP, Zune, Microsoft |
Jim Benedetto | SVP of Tech, MySpace.com |
Jeff Bonforte | CEO, Xobni |
Steve Boom | SVP, Connected Life, Yahoo |
Clifford Boro | Chairman & CEO, Kidzui Inc. |
Mike Brown | Partner, Foundation Capital |
Mike Buckley | Managing Director, Intel Capital |
Brett Bullington | Director, Kids, Oodle, and Digg |
Tim Cadogan | CEO, OpenX |
Jon Callaghan | Managing Partner, True Ventures |
Garrett Camp | Founder, StumbleUpon |
Mike Cassidy | CEO, LocalPoke |
Alexander Castro | CEO, Delve Networks |
Eric Chin | General Partner, Bay Partners |
Stan Chudnovsky | Chief Engineer, GoodTree |
Jeff Clavier | Managing Partner, SoftTech VC |
June Cohen | Executive Producer, TED |
Tom Conrad | CTO, Pandora |
Tony Conrad | CEO/Founder, Sphere |
Jennifer Cooper | CEO, Mixercast |
Dick Costolo | Product Management - Ads, Google |
Matthew Cowan | Founding Partner, Bridgescale Partners |
James Currier | Founder, GoodTree |
Ethan Diamond | CEO, Bandcamp |
Craig Donato | CEO, Oodle |
Scott Duffy | Founder & CEO, Virgin Charter |
Josh Felser | President, Crackle |
Steve Fletcher | Managing Director, GCA Savvian Advisors |
Peter Foster | SVP, Sales and Revenue, Photobucket |
Janice Fraser | Founder & CEO, Emmet Labs |
Amy Friedlander | SVP, Programming |
Brad Garlinghouse | |
Kevin Gilbert | CEO, Blue Pixel |
John Girard | CEO, Clickability |
Lesley Gold | Partner, SutherlandGold Group |
Rob Goldman | CEO, Uptake Communications |
Jim Greer | CEO, Kongregate |
Konstantin Guericke | CEO, jaxtr |
Saar Gur | Partner, Charles River Ventures |
Patricia Halfen | Principal, Elevation Partners |
MC Hammer | CSO, Dancejam |
Brad Handler | Co-Founder, Exclusive Resorts |
Heather Harde | CEO, TechCrunch |
Howard Hartenbaum | Partner, August Capital |
Rob Hayes | Partner, First Round Capital |
Cindy Hess | Partner, Fenwick & West |
Jay Higginbotham | VP, Turner Broadcasting |
Michael Hirshland | General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners |
Auren Hoffman | CEO, Rapleaf |
David Hornik | Partner, August Capital |
Bradley Horowitz | VP Product, Google |
Tony Hsieh | CEO, Zappos.com |
Daniel James | CEO, Three Rings |
James Joaquin | CEO, Foxmarks |
Michael Jones | CEO, Userplane |
Michael Jung | Principal, Panorama Capital |
Daniel Kafie | CEO, Vostu |
Travis Kalanick | Founder & CEO, Red Swoosh (Akamai) |
Rajil Kapoor | Managing Director, Mayfield Fund |
Amit Kapur | COO, MySpace |
Kourosh Karimkhany | Vice President, CondeNet |
Terence Kawaja | Managing Director, GCA Savvian Advisors |
Josh Kopelman | Managing Partner, First Round Capital |
Joe Kraus | Director, Product Management |
Sarah Lacy | Jounalist, Yahoo/BusinessWeek |
Debbie Landa | CEO, Dealmaker Media |
Jim Lanzone | EIR, Redpoint Ventures |
David Lawee | VP Corporate Development, Google |
Loic Le Meur | CEO, Seesmic |
Doug Leeds | Chief Strategy Officer, Ask.Com |
Peter Levinsohn | President, FOX Interactive Media |
Ellen Levy | Managing Director, Silicon Valley Connect |
Alfred Lin | COO/CFO, Zappos.com |
Kent Lindstrom | CEO, Friendster |
Rob Long | co-founder, Yurth |
Ken Loveless | Managing Director, SVB Capital |
Eric Lunt | Software Engineer, Google |
Kostas Mallios | General Manager, Microsoft Corp. |
Sulu Mamdani | Direct Investment- Principal, SVB Capital |
Mike Maples | Managing Partner, Maples Investments |
Michael Marquez | SVP, Strategy & Corporate Development |
Jeff Marx | writer, Avenue Q |
Dave McClure | Master of..., 500 Hats |
Ryan McIntyre | Managing Director, Foundry Group |
Lucy McQuilken | Investment Manager, Intel Capital |
Madhav Mehra | VP, Products, Kodak Gallery |
Vivek Mehra | General Partner, August Capital |
Christopher Michel | Founder & CEO, Nautilus Ventures LLC |
Oren Michels | CEO, Mashery |
Charles Moldow | General Partner, Foundation Capital |
Chris Moore | Managing Director, Redpoint Ventures |
Matt Mullenweg | Founder, Automattic |
Thor Muller | CEO, Get Satisfaction |
Roman Nouzareth | CEO, Boonty |
Eghosa Omoigui | Director, Strategic Investments, Intel Capital |
Rajat Paharia | CEO, Bunchball |
DJ Patil | Chief Scientist, LinkedIn |
Peter Pham | CEO, Billshrink |
Mark Pincus | CEO, zynga game network |
Brian Pokorny | Partner, Baseline |
Ariel Poler | CEO, TextMarks |
Brian Pope | Chief Marketing Officer, Virgin Charter |
Jason Pressman | Managing Director, Shasta Ventures |
Steven Reading | Chief Business Officer, Dogster |
Rob Reid | CEO, RipCam Media |
Ted Rheingold | Top Dog, Dogster |
Keith Richman | CEO, Break Media |
David Richter | EVP, Corporate Development and Legal |
Tom Rielly | Partnership Director, TED Conferences |
Bryce Roberts | Managing Director, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures |
Narendra Rocherolle | Principal, 83 Degrees |
Henk Rogers | Managing Director, The Tetris Company |
Zack Rogers | VP Revenue Operations, CBS Interactive |
David S. Rose | Managing Principal, Rose Tech Ventures |
Clayton Rose | SVP, Digital Properties |
Philip Rosedale | Founder, Linden Lab |
Steven Rosenbaum | CEO, Magnify.net |
Jan-Joost Rueb | CEO, eBuddy |
Paul Ryan | CEO, Done Right! |
Sean Ryan | CEO, Meez |
Adam Rymer | SVP, Digital Platforms, Universal Pictures |
Christopher Sacca | Investor, Lowercase Capital |
Matthew Sanchez | CEO, VideoEgg |
Christopher Satchell | General Manager XNA, Microsoft Corporation |
Joshua Schachter | Director Engineering, Yahoo! Inc. |
Toni Schneider | CEO, Automattic |
Munjal Shah | CEO, Like.com |
Dmitry Shapiro | CIO and Founder, Veoh Netwroks |
Jody Sherman | CEO, February Won |
H.B. Siegel | CTO, IMDb.com |
David Sifry | Founder & CEO, Offbeat Guides |
Mike Sigal | CEO, Guidewire Group |
David Spingarn | Head of Strategic Investments & New Ventures, Universal Music Group |
Gregg Spiridellis | CEO, JibJab Media Inc. |
Rob Spiro | Co-founder, The Mechanical Zoo |
Seth Sternberg | Co-founder & CEO, Meebo |
Lisa Stone | CEO Co-founder, BlogHer |
Daniel Suratt | EVP Digital Media & Business Development, Lifetime Digital |
Scott Sutherland | Managing Partner, SutherlandGold Group |
Craig Syverson | Founder, gruntmedia |
David Sze | Partner, Greylock |
Jill Szuchmacher | New Business Development, Google |
William Tai | General Partner, Charles River Ventures |
Samuel Tarantino | CEO, Grooveshark.com |
Beatrice Tarka | CEO, Mobissimo |
David Tokheim | EVP & GM Media Services, Six Apart |
Lance Tokuda | CEO, RockYou |
Bill Trenchard | Chairman, LiveOps |
Glen Van Ligten | Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe |
Jeffrey Veen | Designer, none |
Max Ventilla | CEO, The Mechanical Zoo |
Stephen Venuto | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe |
Manoj Verma | VP Corporate Development, IAC Search & Media |
Dietrich von Behren | Vice President, Digital Media & Investments, ParentsClick/Lifetime Digital |
Hunter Walk | Head of Product Management, YouTube |
Ted Wang | Partner, Fenwick & West |
Kip Welch | VP- Business Development, Motion Picture Laboratories |
Pierre-R. Wolff | Chief Executive Officer, AdPassage Inc. |
Susan Wu | CEO, Ohai |
Sam Yagan | CEO, OkCupid.com |
Michael Yanover | Head of Business Development, Creative Artists Agency |
Paul Yanover | EVP & Managing Director, Disney Online |
Troy Young | Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), VideoEgg |
Harold Yu | Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe |