With the emergence of incubators, accelerators, and crowd-funding, starting a company has become easier than ever. Come learn from the perspectives of leading Investors, Entrepreneurs, and Tech Leaders in the start-up ecosystem who live and breathe 'The changing relationship between entrepreneurs and investors'. Is the Venture Capital disruption here to stay or is it a passing fad? Should Entrepreneurs seeking to build disruptive and lasting companies consider these alternative sources of funding?

Participants and speakers include:

• Michael Baum, the founder and CEO of Splunk (recent IPO)
• Andy Rachleff, CEO of Wealthfront and Penn Trustee (previously co-founder of Benchmark Capital)
• Rob Krolik, Chief Financial Officer of Yelp
• Mike Maples, founder and Managing Partner, Floodgate
• Aaref Hilaly, Partner, Sequoia Capital (previously founder and CEO of Clearwell Systems)
• Jeff Clavier, founder and Managing Partner of SoftTech VC
• Diaz Nesamoney, founder and CEO of Jivox (previously co-founder and President of Informatica)
• Rick Thompson, General Partner, Signia Venture Partners (previous co-founder of Playdom)
• Ashu Garg, General Partner, Foundation Capital
• Jon Soberg, Partner, Blumberg Capital

Complete list of speakers and speaker bio at http://wec-sf.com/speakers.html

Conference website: http://wec-sf.com/

Date: Thursday, February 7th, 2013

Time: 8:00AM to 6:00PM 

Location: Wharton San Francisco, 2 Harrison St., 6th floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 777-1000

THE EVENT IS SOLD OUT. No registrations will be accepted at the door. Ticket includes conference attendance, breakfast, lunch, snacks, and evening cocktail networking session. New memberships available at http://www.whartonclub.com/memsub.html.

Please Note: All Sales are final. Ticket sales for "Current Wharton Students" and "WCNC Members" ticket type will be validated before the conference. Ticket purchased in incorrect category will be invalidated and no refund will be issued - please verify eligibility before any purchase.