From Symbols to Reality: Entrepreneurship and Startups

A panel discussion featuring Symbolic Systems Alumni:

Reid Hoffman

Ryan McIntyre

Srinija Srinivasan

Mark Torrance

Please join us for the launching of a new series of special events: "From

Symbols to Reality" (FS2R). FS2R will explore how a degree in symbolic

systems can be used by SSP majors after graduation, featuring appearances

by SSP alumni and others talking about the successes, choices, and

challenges they have faced.

In our first event, Entrepreneurship and Startups, we'll be exploring the

different experiences of four of our most successful alumni who have been

entrepreneurs and/or very early employees in startup firms. Each member

of the panel will give a brief introduction regarding their experiences,

and then they will take questions from the audience.

About the panelists:

Reid Hoffman has held a wide variety of positions in the technology

industry, including EVP of PayPal. He is the current CEO of LinkedIn.

Before becoming co-founder of Excite, Ryan McIntyre worked with

Hewlett-Packard and Canon, developing information retrieval and

management systems. Since leaving Excited, he has been with Mobius

Venture Capital (formerly SOFTBANK).

Srinija Srinivasan was Yahoo!'s fifth employee and is currently a vice

president and Editor-in-Chief for the company.

While Mark Torrrance was working in the artificial intelligence lab at

MIT, he developed StockMaster, an investment management tool which he

later sold to Red Herring. He currently works with Vinq, LLC.