SK Ventures

• MARC ANDREESSEN, ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ

"For Wealthfront, the most important question is not capital, but the quality of the investor that comes with that capital. We feel fortunate to have SK Ventures as a partner at Wealthfront."

• ADAM NASH, CEO, WEALTHFRONT

"One of the smartest investors and advisors I know."

• CHRIS ANDERSON, 3D ROBOTICS Eric Norlin began organizing technology conferences in 1999 In 2002, he became an owner and organizer of Digital ID World, which was acquired by IDG via a joint venture in 2005 He went on to found conferences like SaaScon (Software as a Services conference) in conjunction with IDG World Expo, as well as work on conferences like LinuxWord Since 2007, Eric has started and runs three successful technology conferences with his wife, Kim: Defrag and Glue

Eric’s foray into technology began when his father brought home a Commodore 64, evolved into work with the National Security Agency, and transitioned into roles running content for technology conferences, writing articles for technology publications and serving as a vice president of marketing at an identity technology startup (Ping Identity) Eric’s work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Inc Magazine, CNet and NetworkWorld

In May, 2011, Eric founded SK Ventures, a seed fund focused on early-stage investing around the themes he explores at Defrag and Glue

Eric has an undergraduate degree in South Asian Studies, and several certifications in areas that the government doesn’t want him to mention

Dr Kedrosky is an investor, writer, and entrepreneur He is a sought-after speaker; a contributing editor for Bloomberg; and the editor of Infectious Greed, one of the best known business blogs He is frequently quoted in major publications around the world Dr Kedrosky is also formerly a Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, where he is focused on entrepreneurship, innovation, and the future of risk capital

Earlier in his career, Dr 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 Dr Kedrosky was one of the first analysts to cover Internet companies, as well as making early and timely calls in networking and communications

Dr Kedrosky has a Ph D in the economics of technology (which he mostly uses when bluffing outside of poker), a master’s degree in finance (which he mostly uses when bluffing in poker), and an undergraduate degree in engineering (which a professor once said he would take away, if he had the means)

Ramez Naam is a computer scientist, author, and investor Ramez is the co-chair of the Energy and Environment program at Singularity University at NASA Ames He’s also the award-winning author of five books, including theNexus series of science fiction novels and the non-fiction The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet, which charts a course to innovate our way past challenges in energy, food, water, and climate Ramez’s books have won the H G Wells Award, the Prometheus Award, the Endeavour Awards, been listed as an NPR Best Book of the Year, and have been shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke and Philip K Dick awards

Ramez spent 15 years in software, including 13 years at Microsoft, where he led teams working on machine learning, information retrieval, and internet scale systems

Ramez speaks around the world on innovation, exponential technology, and solutions in climate and energy, and invests in innovative energy startups His work has appeared in or been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Atlantic, Slate, Business Week, Discover, Wired, and Scientific American He’s appeared on MSNBC, on Yahoo Finance, and has spoken to audiences on four continents, from Istanbul to Shenzhen; from Buenos Aires to Washington DC

Follow Ramez on twitter: @ramez or visit him at http://rameznaam com We’ve been considering adding a special advisor or two to the SK Ventures team for some time now For us, it’s always been about the right combination of a few things: As part of the ongoing series of sharing what we’re reading over here at SK Ventures, I wanted to post some links to things that caught our Paul and I live on Slack Across a variety of channels, we share thoughts, feedback, deals, status reports…and, links of things we’re reading Lately, I’ve been enjoying reading Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard of Draftkings and FanDuel Hell, with the ad budgets they’ve been throwing