Speaker: Guillaume Gauthereau founder Totsy/Sequoia Lab/Startup 101

Topic: Success, Happiness & Life Purpose: how to become a true leader

Schedule:

6:45 (sharp!) - 7:15: Speed Networking
7:15 - 8:15: Welcome/Startups present
8:15 - 9:!5: Feature Speaker
9:15+: Closing remarks/head to Little Town (local bar) with food/drink specials

Startups:

TBD

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Quick Summary About Guillaume:

E&Y 2012 Finalist Entrepreneur of the Year

NYC Venture Fellow Winner 2012
AlwaysOn 2012 Top 100 Start-up
Forbes 2012 Most Promising Company Winner
Member of the Young Entrepreneurship Council
Member of the World Entrepreneurship Forum
Member of Clinton Global Initiative (www.cgi.org)
Advisory Board of GRAMEEN BANK America
Foreign Trade Advisor for the french government
Member of e2 (www.e2.org)
Member of NRDC NY Council
Mentor for Women Innovative Mobile (http://womeninnovatemobile.com/)

About Guillaume:Guillaume Gauthereau is a business leader, serial entrepreneur, and asocially conscious activist.Guillaume was the co-founder and CEO of Totsy until April 2013, wherehe successfully raised $45M for the companys first & second rounds offinancing and built a team of over 100 people. In 36 months, he led thecompany to become the second largest US private sale website dedicatedto moms and kids, attracting over 3 millions members on the site, andearning a ranking in Forbes as one of the top 100 private most promisingUS companies. His passion for social responsibility & sustainability isreflected in the Totsy brand, with its unique position as the only carbonneutral and socially responsible flash sale company in the US.Guillaumes experience spans 15 years working in executive roles with numerous companies in the retail & luxuryindustry. He was most recently CEO of Lalique North America (and Lalique UK), where he held the distinguishedhonor of being the youngest CEO for an international luxury retail company. During his six year tenure, Guillaumesuccessfully increased retail and wholesale distribution in the US and Canada, closing the largest transaction in theCompanys history and positioning Lalique as the first brand in its category (and increasing sales by 20%). Prior tothat Guillaume was General Manager of Louis Vuittons flagship Champs-lyses store in Paris, where he manageda $150 million P&L and team of 25 people. Under his leadership, sales increased by 72% and management retentionremained at record low rates. He began his career with Nestle Ralston Purina and Colgate Palmolive Hills PetNutrition in the health and pet Industry where he found the opportunity and inspiration for his firststartup, Alidoo.com. Alidoo was Europes first online retail company dedicated to pets, where he raised capital at a$20M first round valuation.Guillaumes advisory experience, as founder and Chairman of Sequoia Lab, focused on implementing growth andbrand strategies for companies with a sustainable and socially responsible interest, brands with a purpose, as he callsthem. His broad range of clients goes from large multinational companies to successful entrepreneurs and artists.This includes Alicia Keys, George Esquivel, LOreal, Lactalis, Organic Avenue, ArtWeLove, Brick House Security,CraftAtlantic, GustOrganics, Atlason, KeyLogic, TheGreenShows, Portofino, Mintbox, YellowBrck, Keywifi,Newlio, The Barbers Daughters and Scott Lazerson. During this time, he also co-founded Wave ManagementGroup, a chain of eco-luxury boutique hotels that fully integrate socially responsible, carbon-zero and sustainablepractices in partnership with local communities in Cartagena, Colombia.His current board appointments include TOTSY Inc.; Grameen Bank America, the microfinance organizationfounded by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus; BrickHouse Security, a company dedicated to providingsecurity and safety solutions to individuals and government, GustOrganics, the first USDA certified 100% organicrestaurant in the United States; Ayoka Productions, a non-profit group promoting international grassroots initiativesusing short films, and the business organization of Alicia Keys.Guillaume has received global media recognition for his achievements. He has been featured on FOX News, CNN,CBS, CNBC, BFM, Huffington Post, The Independent, Forbes and Portfolio. He has been an invited speaker at eliteacademic institutions including Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, INSEAD Alumni and ParsonsSchool of Design. Guillaume was named Foreign Trade Advisor by the French government in 2008.Guillaume has a PhD from the Ecole Nationale Veterinaire de Maisons-Alfort, Paris. In 2012, he was nominated byErnst & Young as a finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In 2011, Mayor Bloomberg named him a NYCVenture Fellow, an honor given to exceptional entrepreneurs who create jobs in New York City. He is a member ofthe prestigious YPO-WPO organization, the World Entrepreneurship Forum, the Clinton Global Initiative ande2.org / NRDC.org. Guillaume is also a mentor for the Women Innovate Mobile (WIM) Accelerator, as well as afunding member of SlowFood. These days he maintains a bee hive as a trained beekeeper, preserves endangered fruittrees in his orchard in the Catskills, enjoys growing his own organic veggies and practices daily meditation.Guillaume lives in New York City. He can be reached at gg@ggauthereau.com