Jeff Wallace

Jeff Wallace is the startup world's Yoda-meets-matchmaker - casually turning an offhand comment about phones into a global accelerator that's helped 2,500+ founders. Claims he's "just helping startups get the fundamentals right" while simultaneously running 10+ advisory roles and teaching at Berkeley. Classic Silicon Valley power move: making empire-building sound like a casual hobby. The man built a whole business on democratizing Silicon Valley's secret sauce, yet still rocks that old-school Bay Area gravitas. Loves mentioning he's been in the game since the '90s, but what's really impressive is how he's turned "Silicon Valley in Your Pocket" into a verb for founders worldwide.