Behind the Curtain with Jess Lee of Polyvore and Emerging Product Showcase

Behind the Curtain continues this Spring with Jess Lee, CEO and Co-Founder of Polyvore, a shopping site where people can give and get styling advice from a global community of stylists. Polyvore aims to empower people to shop, discover and express their style.

Join us as we go 1-on-1 with a leader in the fashtech space. We'll talk leadership, community, design, trends, life, and more. Topics are guided by you - so send us your questions when registering for the event.

Get the inside scoop on:

• What it means to manage a global community
  
• Bridging tech and fashion
  
• And much more!
  
  

AND visit our Product Showcase with emerging innovative companies, featuring:

• Fyuse app - a spatial photography app for iOS and Android (3D awesomeness!)
  
• Ministry of Supply - technical stylish apparel for men (made from spacesuits, yes!)
  
• Sensilk - track and maximize workouts with connected clothing (the wearable future)
  
• Bitty Foods - delicious foods powered by cricket flour (food = life)
  
• Podo Labs - app-based camera that you can stick anywhere (the NEW selfie stick)
  

Appetizers and drinks provided.

AGENDA

5:45-6:30 Doors open, registration, and Product Showcase
6:30-7:30 Introductions and Jess Lee Q&A
7:30-9:00 Networking, refreshments, and Product Showcase

GUEST

Jess Lee is CEO and co-founder of Polyvore. Prior to co-founding Polyvore, Lee was a product manager at Google, where she worked on Google Maps and launched features including My Maps and draggable driving directions.

After four years at Google, Lee became addicted to making Polyvore sets and contacted founder Pasha Sadri with a set of product suggestions. After an informal meeting, Jess joined the company. The rest, as they say, is history. Jess has a degree in computer science from Stanford University.

INTERVIEWER

Mika Uehara is the co-founder of SF Fashtech and has over 8 years of experience in the intersection of fashion and technology, ranging from owning a small women's apparel company and launching a fashion mobile app to working in adtech, ecommerce, and retail technology.

Mika currently works in product marketing and channel development at Fiverun, a cloud-based retail software startup based in SF. Mika received her AB from University of Chicago and MSc from London School of Economics.

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A spatial photography app for iOS and Android

The most advanced mens clothing

Smart clothes for smart living

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ABOUT BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Behind the Curtain brings together thought leaders from the Bay Area fashion, design, and technology communities to share their experiences and opinions in an open, engaging way. Driven by audience questions collected before the event, Behind the Curtain “keeps it real” and offers insider access into the hearts and minds of community leaders.

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