Meet Your Hosts
Chenoa Farnsworth has more than 20 years experience in business strategy and private equity investing. Chenoa is the Managing Partner at Blue Startups and was formally the Managing Director of the Hawaii Angels, Hawaii’s only angel capital investment network. Interested in strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Hawaii, she has a particular passion for scalable start-ups with an environmental or social mission.
Maya Rogers is President and CEO of The Tetris Company, where she has lead the worldwide business initiatives of the Tetris® brand since 2007. Maya’s expertise encompasses game development, global licensing, brand management, merchandising, and IP enforcement. Prior to heading Tetris, she steered cross-culturalization and development efforts for Tetris Online China, Sony Computer Entertainment America and American Honda. Maya co-founded Blue Startups in 2012, and serves as Partner.
David is the Program Director at Blue Startups. He previously worked as the Sales Manager for Activiter, a travel platform startup in Honolulu, where he led vendor relations, account management, onboarding, contracting, and sales strategy.
Meet our co-host for this event. Bill Reichert is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, mentor, author, and speaker with extensive experience in the tech industry. He is currently associated with Pegasus Tech Ventures and has a strong educational background from Harvard University.