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ACCELERATORS & INCUBATORS: FROM SEED TO SCALE 11:30 – 12:30 California Room As a partner at startup incubator Y Combinator and co-founder at education accelerator Imagine K-12, Geoff Ralston is now working to get education companies—and other startups from tech-enabled industries—the runway they need to scale. Endeavor Entrepreneurs leading early-stage companies or your own accelerators, this one's for you! GEOFF RALSTON is a Founder of Imagine K-12 and a partner at Y Combinator. He has been an investor in, board member of, and advisor to a variety of start-up companies, mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area. From 2002 to 2009 Geoff was the Chief Executive Officer of Lala Media, Inc., a music start-up that was purchased by Apple in December of 2009. Geoff worked at Yahoo! from 1997 to 2005 as Senior Vice President and general manager of the Communications Business Unit and as the company's Chief Product Officer. AN ENTREPRENEUR'S PLAYBOOK TO GETTING THE MOST OUT OF ATTORNEYS 11:30 – 12:30 Crystal Room Former General Counsel for LinkedIn Doug Mandell covers what every founder must know in managing the relationship with their lawyer and getting the most from their legal process—in the US and abroad. Topics include: insights a CEO should know when working with an attorney; hiring and selecting the right lawyer; managing your attorney; establishing the best legal process for contract negotiations at your company; and understanding the key legal terms that are present in every contract. DOUG MANDELL regularly serves as general counsel to technology companies and personal general counsel to entrepreneurs, CEOs and wealthy families. Doug has served as General Counsel to several companies, including LinkedIn, where he was the company's lawyer when it was founded and served as GC in 2007 and 2008 and was a member of the Company's Executive Team. Doug is the founder of the Mandell Law Group, PC and was previously an attorney with the international law firm Orrick, Herrick & Sutcliffe. 20