Barry Graubart is Vice President, Product Strategy and Business Development for [Alacra](http://www.alacra.com), publisher of [Research Recap](http://www.researchrecap.com), which aggregates alternative and traditional financial and investment information. Alacra is also the host of the [Premium Content Ad Network](http://www.alacra.com/products/pcan.asp) an affiliate widget that enables financial and business bloggers to better monetize their sites. Graubart is also author of the [Content Matters blog](http://www.contentmatters.info) and can be found tweeting @graubart.

Prior to Alacra, Barry served as Chief Marketing Officer for Leadership Directories. He previously held several leadership roles with semantic technology provider ClearForest. Prior to that, he held various product, marketing and general management roles with divisions of Primedia, the Washington Post and McClatchy Newspapers.

Barry sits on the board of the content division of the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) and chairs its Social Media Action Committee.

As a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, Paul Kedrosky shares his experience as a technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and academic to explore new programming opportunities for the Foundation in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation, and capital markets. Previously, he was the executive director of the William J. von Liebig Center in San Diego, Calif. Using an innovative seed capital program, the Center catalyzes the commercialization of technologies from the internationally ranked University of California, San Diego. Kedrosky is a venture capitalist, media personality, and entrepreneur. He is a sought-after speaker; an analyst for CNBC television; a columnist for TheStreet/RealMoney; the editor of Infectious Greed, one of the best-known business blogs on the Internet; and he is frequently quoted in major publications around the world. He has published more than 300 articles in academic and non-academic publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Harvard Business Review. He also is the chair of the Money:Tech conference in New York. Kedrosky also is a venture partner with Ventures West, one of the longest standing institutional venture capital firms in North America. In that capacity his interests include consumer technologies, media, semiconductors, and life sciences. He is currently on the board of Marqui Corporation, a marketing automation software firm, as well as Dabble DB, a hosted data management company.Earlier in his career, Kedrosky founded the technology equity research practice at HSBC James Capel. As a highly ranked technology equity analyst, transactions with which he was involved created in excess of a billion dollars in public market value. He was one of the first analysts to cover Internet companies, as well as making early and timely calls in networking and communications. Kedrosky has also been a successful entrepreneur. In 1999 he financed and launched one of the first hosted blogging services, GrokSoup. The service grew to more than a thousand subscribers.Kedrosky obtained his undergraduate degree in engineering from Carleton University, his MBA from Queen's University, and his Ph.D from the University of Western Ontario.

James Ledbetter is Editor, the Big Money, a new financial website launched by Slate.com. Prior to joining Slate, Ledbetter served as deputy managing editor at CNNMoney.com.Previously, he was a senior editor at Time, working for the magazine's European edition. He is the author of Starving To Death on $200 Million: The Short, Absurd Life of The Industry Standard (Public Affairs, 2003), and Made Possible By...: The Death of Public Broadcasting in the United States (Verso, 1997). Ledbetter is also the editor of Dispatches for the New York Tribune: Selected Journalism of Karl Marx, published in 2007 by Penguin Classics. Ledbetter is the former editor-in-chief of The Industry Standard Europe, a former staff writer for The Village Voice, and has written about politics and media for Slate, GQ, The American Prospect, The Washington Post, The Nation, The New York Times, Vibe, Mother Jones, and many other publications.

Born in Toronto, live in Phoenix with a loyal wife (11 years, 12.5 in Canadian), two awesome kids and a dachshund. Schools - University of Western Ontario, Arizona State University, American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird). I currently manage a hedge fund and have done so since June of 1998. The fund has evolved into a long only fund with approximately 50 percent in equities and 50 percent in private investments. In the Summer of 2006, I created Wallstrip and with the help of Adam Elend, Jeff Marks, Lindsay Campbell and a hard working crew we have created over 300 shows. In May 2007, Wallstrip was purchased by CBS and I continue to work with CBS and Wallstrip today. I am a partner in two other funds called Knight's Bridge Capital Partners . The Howard Lindzon blog can be found at howardlindzon.com