Fireside Chat with Bret Taylor
Join host Alex Handy, Senior Editor at BZ Media, in a fireside chat with Bret Taylor. Bret is currently the CEO and cofounder of Quip, a productivity platform for teams which was acquired by Salesforce in August 2016. Prior to founding Quip, Bret served as the first CTO of Facebook and saw the company through its successful IPO in 2012. Credited with the invention of the original "Like" button, Bret joined Facebook in 2009 after it acquired his social networking company, FriendFeed, for $50 million. Bret's product acumen extends to his time at Google, where he co-created Google Maps, Google Local, Google Maps API and Google’s first developer conference, Google I/O. About GitHub Universe: GitHub Universe is a two-day conference dedicated to the creativity and curiosity of the largest software community in the world. Sessions cover topics from team culture to open source software across industries and technologies. For more information on GitHub Universe, check the website: https://githubuniverse.com