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Dan Shapiro, Founder & CEO

Dan's entrepreneurial journey includes creating the most successful board game in Kickstarter history, serving as CEO of Google Comparison Inc., selling his company Sparkbuy to Google, and founding Photobucket Inc. A prolific innovator with over 60 patents, Dan is also a Senior Research Fellow in Wharton's Generative AI Lab and author of "Hot Seat: The Startup CEO Guidebook.”

Mark Gosselin, Founder & CTO

Mark did the mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, firmware, and v1 software at the past two companies he founded. His most recent exit, Cequint, was for $112M. He built a combination plasma torch, 3D printer, laser, & milling machine in his garage. For fun.