LinkedIn: Mike Speiser

Current

Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures

Past

VP, Community at Yahoo!
Co-Founder & C.E.O. at Bix
Vice President at Symantec

Co-founder at Epinions.com
Associate at McKinsey & Company
Analyst at CS First Boston

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Education

Harvard Business School
University of Arizona

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

Mike Speiser’s Summary

Silicon Valley-based product guy (originally from the barren Arizona desert) who is on a mission to build products that change the world.

Mike Speiser’s Specialties:

Venture capital, online communities, voting systems, reputation systems, governance systems, information markets, social networking, product strategy, product management, product marketing, online advertising, search.

Mike Speiser’s Experience

Managing Director

Sutter Hill Ventures

(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

2008 — Present (less than a year)

Invest in firms across a wide array of industries from Seed round & Series A through Series C.
VP, Community

Yahoo!

(Public Company; Internet industry)

2007 — 2008 (1 year)

Joined Yahoo! through acquisition of Bix. Managed Product for Bix, Y! Groups, Y! Profiles. Also worked on a few experimental projects including: Mash, Me2U Ads, the Yahoo! American Idol prediction market.
Co-Founder & C.E.O.

Bix

(Internet industry)

2006 — 2008 (2 years)

Bix is a talent competition platform where anyone can discover talent or get discovered... Acquired by Yahoo!
Vice President

Symantec

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

2001 — 2006 (5 years)

Joined through Symantec's acquisition of Veritas.

+ Vice President, Technical Assistant to the Chairman and CEO (John W. Thompson)
+ Vice President, Product Management and Product Marketing
+ Director, Corporate Development
Co-founder

Epinions.com

(Internet industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years)
Associate

McKinsey & Company

(Management Consulting industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year)

Strategic consulting to technology firms; Silicon Valley office.
Analyst

CS First Boston

(Public Company; Investment Banking industry)

1993 — 1996 (3 years)

Technology investment banking and equity research.

Mike Speiser’s Education

Harvard Business School

MBA, 1997 — 1998

Activities and Societies:

Baker Scholar
University of Arizona

B.A., 1989 — 1993

Activities and Societies:

Apple Computer Student Representative, ASUA (Student Body) Executive Vice President, ASUA Senator, Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Bobcats Senior Honorary, Chain Gang Junior Honorary, Sophos Sophmore Honorary