Dec 01 2008
Cambridge, MA
Harvard Business School
I'll be present as HBS begins teaching their case study on Threadless and its business model.


Apr 01 2009
San Francisco, CA
Web 2.0 Expo
Jake and I are giving a keynote speech at Web 2.0 Expo in April 2009. More details to come!


Oct 02 2008
Denver, CO
CSIA DemoGala '08
Deconstruction – Reconstruction Panel: How disruptive technologies are being used by startups and incumbents to take advantage of a changing world. Speaking on the panel with me is Alfred Lin, Chairman, CFO, COO and investor of Zappos.com Info here


Jun 06 2008
Chicago, IL
SEED Conference
Jake and I are presenting at the SEED Conference in Chicago, "a one-day conference on design, entrepreneurship and inspiration." www.seedconference.com


May 19 2008
Chicago, IL
AIGA "The Business of Design"
From the AIGA site... "The Business of Design series brings together Chicago’s business thought leaders in design, marketing, communications, strategy and research. We’ll tap the genius and the lessons learned from inspiring business leaders who understand the value of design and integrate design throughout their organization."


Nov 07 2007
New York, NY
Future of Web Design
Guest speaker at The Future of Web Design. Not sure what I'm speaking about yet... but I'll have more info soon!


Nov 02 2007
Chicago, IL
IIT Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization Conference
Moderated panel discussion with Mike Evans of grubgub.com about "integrating Web 2.0 into your entrepreneurial venture" at McCormick Place.


Aug 14 2007
Chicago, IL
Double-Click/Performics Client Summit
Panelist on "The Age of Ingenuity" keynote panel for the 2007 Double-Click/Performics Client Summit


Jun 27 2007
Chicago, IL
Red Bull 'Art of the Can'
Guest judge for the Chicago Red Bull "Art of the Can" competition.


Mar 26 2007
San Diego, CA
O'Reilly Radar Executive Briefing
I was honored to be invited by Tim O'Reilly to speak with him onstage at the O'Reilly Radar Executive Briefing at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (eTech).


Feb 21 2007
The Internets!
Fireside Chat at Signal Vs. Noise
Jacob and I along with Jakob Lodwick and Zack Klein from Connected Ventures get interviewed by SVN.


Feb 10 2007
Palo Alto, CA
Community Next @ Stanford University
Jake and I are speaking at the Community Next Conference. Our speech is entitled "The Patent-Pending skinnyCorp Method for Creating Online Awesomeness and Other Stuff"


Jan 23 2007
Radio!
Mancow
Guest on Mancow to promote our side-project I Park Like An Idiot.


Nov 14 2006
Television!
Chicago Tonight
Jake and I are guests on the TV news program Chicago Tonight on WTTW channel 11, doing a piece on Threadless. Watch the segment here


Nov 04 2006
Chicago, IL
Cut & Paste Competition
Judge for the Cut & Paste competition which pits designers against eachother in a 15 minute design-off!


Sep 06 2006
Television!
Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN
The Jakes and I are featured on Anderson Cooper 360 in his "On The Rise" segment. Watch the segment here


Apr 21 2006
Copenhagen, DK
CustomerMade Student Session
Speaker at student session at IT University @ University of Copenhagen.


Apr 20 2006
Copenhagen, DK
CustomerMade Convention
Speaker at student session at IT University @ University of Copenhagen. Other speakers included people from BBC, Lego, OhMyNews.com, and many others.


Mar 13 2006
Austin, TX
SXSW Interactive Festival
Panelist for "Design for Community with Zero-Advertising Brands" Check out the video here!


Mar 01 2006
Television!
Attack of the Show
Guest on "Attack of the Show" on G4 representing Threadless & ExtraTasty. Watch the segment!


Feb 28 2006
Los Angeles, CA
UCLA
Speaker at "The Minds Behind Threadless"


Feb 22 2006
Chicago, IL
DePaul University
Speaker at "How The Heck Did They Do That?"


Nov 11 2005
NYC
Parsons School of Design
Panelist for "Apparel and Identity in the City" at Tishman Auditorium


Nov 07 2005
Cambridge, MA
MIT
Speaker at "Community and User Innovation" at MIT Innovation Lab


Sep 09 2005
New York, NY
Semi-Permanent
Speaker at the first U.S. Semi-Permanent Conference at the Lincoln Center.


Apr 29 2004
Chicago, IL
Speak Up's seriouSeries #3
Panelist at the third installment of "seriouSeries" at Coudal Partners.


Nov 08 2003
Chicago, IL
Columbia College Chicago
Speaker at "Academic Computing Lecture Series".


Oct 21 2003
Chicago, IL
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Guest lecture for "The Computer as a Motion Graphics Tool"


Oct 30 2002
Chicago, IL
Columbia College Chicago
Guest teacher for "Elements of Multimedia" class.


Apr 18 2002
Chicago, IL
Version>02 Digital Convergence Festival
Panelist at "Version>02" at the Museum of Contemporary Art.