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SiliconBeach Young Professionals is the largest and fastest growing community of entrepreneurs, startups & tech professionals in the world. We provide startup and tech folks with all of the tools they need to be successful.
Our purpose is to unite every startup and tech community in the California & beyond through networking events, panel discussions, workshops, fireside chats & learning sessions. We bring Fortune 500/1000s together with startups and seasoned professionals (like you), creating unique meeting opportunities. We believe in supporting and uniting local communities, so you won't see too many things that aren't directly related to your geographic location (unless you want to). We're also launching something big... so stay tuned, we're only starting with events. We'll let you know when we launch.
“The richest people in the world look for & build networks, everyone else looks for work.”
Our purpose is to unite every startup and tech community in the California & beyond through networking events, panel discussions, workshops, fireside chats & learning sessions. We bring Fortune 500/1000s together with startups and seasoned professionals (like you), creating unique meeting opportunities. We believe in supporting and uniting local communities, so you won't see too many things that aren't directly related to your geographic location (unless you want to). We're also launching something big... so stay tuned, we're only starting with events. We'll let you know when we launch.
“The richest people in the world look for & build networks, everyone else looks for work.”
management team
Lucas Bean
President & Founder Lucas is an Online Marketing Executive with over 18 years of experience in developing and optimizing large-scale customer acquisition programs across all online marketing channels. Lucas also owns a social influence advertising network called statas leveraging social influence for fortune 1,000 companies. Lucas has also headed up marketing for Atari (Acting Global Head of Marketing) Sony Pictures Crackle.com and was part of the executive staff of 3 major startup acquisitions Lowermybills.com, Myspace, Traffic Marketplace for which all were acquire for $500 million or more. |
Stacey Bean
Co-founder & Managing Director Stacey is Co-founder and Managing Director of Silicon Beach Young Professionals and for DISRUPT LA Tech Summit the largest freemium tech summit in Los Angeles. Stacey brings over 14 years in Advertising Agency Experience to the group working for years with such clients as Lexus, Clorox, Mattel, Samsung Citibank to name a few. She is also an entrepreneur where she has started, managed and sold her own companies in the past.” |
Luan Tran
General Counsel & Board Member Luan is one of the country’s foremost experts in tech co-founder disputes. He represented the plaintiff in ownership disputes over Snapchat, Yik Yak, and other well-known technology companies. Forbes magazine recently called him “the go-to lawyer in tech for ousted alleged co-founders.” Luan has also litigated or arbitrated disputes involving complex technologies all over the U.S. and abroad. The Daily Journal selected him as one of the “Top 20 Under 40” lawyers in California. Luan is on the Executive Committee of the State Bar of California’s Litigation Section. Luan previously practiced at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP. |
Board of advisors
Mitchell Berman – Advisor
Mitch serves as Managing Partner of Berman Strategic Advisors – a strategy and investment firm that is dedicated to finding and developing entrepreneurial companies in digital entertainment, social enterprise, mobile/PC games, mobile commerce and education technology. Mitch’s initiatives spur the creation of innovative “digital” consumer and/or business to business products and services, based on the principles of “influence, sharing and reward.” |
Rachel Payne – Advisor
Rachel is CEO at FEM Inc. operates prizma, a video engagement platform that offers video discovery and smart syndication powered by a robust content recommendations engine. Prizma makes it possible for any website to create an engaging video experience for their audience, quickly and easily. Rachel got her MBA in Global Management & Public Management at Standford University. Rachel has held pivotal roles at companies in Silicon Valley such as: eBay, Razorfish, International Data Group, Hotwire and Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, Inc. Her international work experience includes micro-finance field work in Latin America, Asia and Africa. |
Dan Siegler – Advisor
Dan has worked at Google for 10 years and works with clients across the automotive & real estate sectors. Based in Los Angeles, he leads a team that helps clients develop and execute on digital marketing initiatives across Google and YouTube. Dan has been in the digital space for close to 20 years and has worked at several startups along the way. Originally from New York, Dan currently lives in Santa Monica with his wife and two children and is an avid snowboarder and chess player. He has worked at Google for 10 years. |
ASSOCIATE Board MEMBERS
Sooyong Oum – Advisor
Entrepreneur and CO-Founder of SIZ Inc. SIZ inc is Marketing, Brand Development and International Product Sourcing firm. His life mission is to "Help Others" by dedicate and create access to global networks of entrepreneurs and professionals. He also serves as Director for AT Solar and is expert in Renewable Energy industry. |
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