Jun 25, 2014
Jessica Scorpio is a Founder and Director of Marketing at Getaround, which was created to leverage the 1B+ cars on the planet to create a cleaner, smarter and more efficient transportation system through a marketplace for peer-to-peer car sharing. In August 2011, The Huffington Post picked Scorpio to be on the list of female technology founders to watch. In October 2011, Fortune Magazine recognized Scorpio as being amongst the top eight female entrepreneurs under the age of 25 and in February 2012, Business Insider, Inc. highlighted Scorpio as one of the 14 Incredible Women To Watch In Silicon Valley and listed her in the "Silicon Valley 100". In this talk, Jessica discusses how to pick your launch pad, the future of the sharing economy, overcoming get to market hurdles, and picking the right investors.