Porter co-founded Ameritocracy, makers of Insight, out of a desire to help more people get concise, useful, credible information without having to spend a lot of time. Originally sparked by frustration with how misinformation impacts political elections, Insight evolved to allow smart readers like you to add relevant context and comments right in-line to online articles for others to see.

Porter founded, and sits on the board of, another cool Seattle-area startup, Nearlyweds!. Previously, his teeth were cut as other startups; as a Lead Developer at Handmark, directly serving Verizon Wireless, Zagat, and TV Guide; and was, as far as he knows, Travelocity's youngest "Employee of the Month" in 2004. (He quit two weeks later.)

Brian Finney spent most of his younger years tearing apart anything with a circuit and wondering what all those extra parts were for after putting them back together. As a self taught technologist he started exploring computers and the inner workings of the internet in the late 90's and hasn't stopped since.

Brian's been in the startup world for about 2 years, traveling to Seattle with Mixxer/3Guppies in 2006. As we say, "someone around here needs to think", and often, that's Brian.

Iris Chamberlain spent much of her younger years attempting to build encyclopedic websites for obsessions like Sailor Moon and constantly scribbling in one of her many sketchbooks. After school-hopping in New York and Hawaii, she finally swiped a BFA in Graphic Design (with minors in Sociology and Japanese) from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her interest in socially responsible design made her feel like the proverbial black sheep, particularly because the issue was seldom brought up in class. This experience was an epiphany, and helped her solidify her goal to use the designer's voice to create positive change, and ultimately, save the world. She is co-creator and Creative Director.

James started with computers when he built his first one from a kit over 30 years ago, and has been learning and growing ever since. Having mastered many the forgotten programming languages, he is enjoying observing all languages slowly evolving to 'innovate' features LISP had in 1960.

In his previous life, James jumped from airplanes and carried 200-lb infantrymen through triple canopy jungle as a medic in Central America in the late 1980s. His current areas of interest are Ruby on Rails, collective intelligence, and information assurance. When he isn't geeking, James enjoys tuning his body, mind, and spirit by doing damn near anything that involves moving his body in the great outdoors, especially if it involves adrenaline, peril, and glory.

Investor & and/or adviser to Flickr, del.icio.us, Meetup.com, Sunlight Foundation, National Endowment for Democracy, and the Eurasia Foundation. Recently appointed as chairperson of a new "Technology and Innovation Committee" to advise NASA senior management (huge congratulations!).

Former Vice President for New Media, Marketing and Digital Communication at BBDO Worldwide, Matt is currently the founder of MUNCmedia, a NASDAQ / GlobeNewswire strategic partner and the largest and smartest network for targeted communications to retail investors online.

PhD, JD, Yale adj. professor in cognitive psychology and statistics; President & CEO of Prometheus Research; he is a formal adviser and investor.

Managing partner at Atlas Accelerator, and former CTO at Mixxer.com (where Porter, Iris, and Brian worked together). Michael is a veteran of QPass and Microsoft, and is an active investor and board member in the Seattle startup community.

Co-Founder and CEO of Nearlyweds!, and former VP of Operations at 3GUpload.com, playing a crucial, early role in its growth to becoming the largest off-deck ringtone provider in the United States, and helping guide 3GUpload to acquisition by Vantage Point in 2005.

Celebrated thinker and author on the subject of group dynamics. Currently the first-ever Senior Fellow at the Center for Democracy and Technology, he has served as Chair of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and was the founding director of the Aspen Institute's Internet Policy Project.

A successful entrepreneur and CTO, Jan has architected businesses and technologies for many industries and companies such as Microsoft, Honeywell, Amazon, as well as his own successful startups.

A speaker and consultant, who most recently was VP of Syndicated Research at nGenera, the think tank that wrote Wikinomics. Mike brings key insights on community collaboration, valuable tech and media connections, and award-winning business mentoring.

Executive Producer of NPR's Radio Open Source, and before that, WBUR's The Connection. A long-time radio vet pioneering in the merging of traditional and online media.