A travel-obsessed serial entrepreneur, Sam previously founded and was CEO of DealBase.com, a travel deals search engine, and was CEO of TravelPost.com, a hotel reviews site. SideStep acquired TravelPost.com and Sam stayed on as VP of business development until its fortunate acquisition by Kayak. Sam also worked in comparison shopping at Excite, CNET and NexTag. Not at all surprisingly, he was an assistant to Wes Craven on the film Scream. He HotelTonights at the Ace New York.

The office's music police chief, Jared oversees supplier relations and operations. He previously was VP of corporate development at online-video production and distribution pioneer TurnHere. He also helped launch the hotel business at Orbitz.com and served as general manager of the company’s Lodging.com brand. Before he realized life was supposed to be enjoyable, he worked in corporate finance and investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston and Budget Group, Inc. He HotelTonights at the Hollywood Roosevelt.

A master in the art of proper espresso preparation, Chris manages all aspects of HotelTonight technology. He previously was CTO of DealBase.com and earlier was an architect and senior computer scientist at Adobe Systems. He has led many an engineering team, been involved with myriad startups and done a variety of consulting. He HotelTonights at the Nines in Portland.

Brad is the founder and CEO of Altimeter Capital Management. Previously, he served as a vice president at PAR Capital Management, Inc. Prior to joining PAR Capital, Brad co-founded Openlist.com and was co-CEO and co-president of National Leisure Group.

Brian is a partner at Battery Ventures, where he originated or led the investments in Bazaarvoice, Coupa, Fashionstake, H.BLOOM, Insitu (acquired by Boeing), J. Hilburn, Joor and Loosecubes, among others. Prior to Battery, Brian spent several years at Bowstreet, Inc. as director of West Coast technical sales and the business development team's technical evangelist.

Theresia is a partner at Accel Partners, where she focuses primarily on internet and software investments. Theresia was responsible for several of Accel's investments which have had successful acquisition or IPO exits including AdECN (MSFT), CRS Retail Systems (EPIC), Interlace Systems (ORCL), Kosmix (WMT), PeopleSupport (PSPT), Xoopit (YHOO) and Zimbra (YHOO); and was part of the Walmart.com (WMT) investment team.

Howard is a life-long entrepreneur who has been starting and running companies for almost 30 years. Among them: Inmark Development (RogueWave), MarketHome (CLAC), GetawayZone (EXPE), PageWise (Demand Media), FlexJobs.com and LoveToKnow.

Dave is Co-Founder and CEO of Path. Previously, Dave was a co-inventor of Facebook Connect. Prior to Facebook, Dave held positions at Apple in product and marketing. Dave grew up under the big sky of Montana where he was ranked as one of the top downhill ski racers in the United States.

Dave Pell is a web entrepreneur and angel investor based out of San Francisco. He has invested in Open Table, GrubHub, Marin Software, DealBase and Liftopia. His syndicated blog, Tweetage Wasteland - Confessions of an Internet Superhero, examines the impact of the realtime, social web.

Since 1983, Battery has been investing in technology and innovation worldwide. The firm partners with entrepreneurs and management teams across technology sectors, geographies and stages of a company’s life, from startup and expansion financing to growth equity and buyouts. Battery’s Internet & Digital Media portfolio currently includes Angie’s List, Bazaarvoice, BlueKai, BlueStem Brands, Digby, Exact Target, Groupon, H.Bloom, j. Hilburn and Skullcandy. From offices in Boston, Silicon Valley and Israel, Battery manages $4B in committed capital, including its current fund of $750M.

Founded in 1983, Accel Partners is a leading venture capital and growth equity investment firm, working with entrepreneurs to build world-class businesses. Accel manages over $6B globally using dedicated teams and market-specific strategies for local geographies, with offices in Palo Alto, London, New Delhi, Bangalore and China, through a partnership with IDG-Accel. Accel has helped entrepreneurs build over 300 successful companies, many of which have defined their categories, including Facebook, Groupon, Comscore, AdMob, Diapers.com (Quidsi), Glam Media, Etsy, Kayak, Angry Birds (Rovio), Macromedia, MetroPCS, Playfish, QlikTech, Rapt, Real Networks, Redback Networks, Riverbed, SunRun, UUNet, Veritas and Walmart.com, among others.

First Round Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm dedicated to helping talented entrepreneurs build great companies. First Round Capital’s portfolio is a community of web-enabled businesses led by entrepreneurs, guided by an active partnership and connected through a technology platform designed to support companies throughout their growth. The firm's current portfolio includes StumbleUpon, OneKingsLane, Bazaarvoice, Modcloth, RockMelt, Uber and Square. First Round Capital invests nationally with offices in San Francisco, New York and Philadelphia.

Co-founder and executive chairman of Zillow, Rich also served as CEO from 2005, when the company was founded, until September 2010. Before co-founding Zillow, Rich founded Expedia.com. Started within Microsoft in 1994 and spun out in 1999 as a public company, Rich served as president, CEO and board director until 2003. Rich also co-founded and serves as non-executive chairman of Glassdoor.com and is chairman of Trover LLC. Rich is also a venture partner at Benchmark Capital and is on the boards of directors of Netflix, Avvo, RealSelf.com and CommonSenseMedia.Org.

Currently an entrepreneur in residence at General Catalyst Partners, Hugh was president and CEO of Farecast, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2008. Hugh joined the Microsoft search team as general manager/principal engineering manager, focused on the development and launch of Bing Travel. Before Farecast, Hugh was senior vice president of business development at National Leisure Group (NLG), vice president of product and corporate development at Priceline and vice president of strategic analysis for Citigroup’s Advanced Development/e-Citi division.

Currently Venture Partner at Technology Crossover Ventures, Chairman at Butterfield Robinson, Inc. and executive chairman at TerraPass, Inc., Erik was formerly the chief executive at TerraPass, Inc., Expedia, Inc. and IAC/InterActiveCorp's travel division, IAC Travel. Erik currently serves as a board director at Butterfield & Robinson, TerraPass, Zillow and Glassdoor.com.