podesta-emails
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Hi John-
HRC tech roundtable briefing from Steph's team attached and below in plain
text. Bio pictures didn't come through below but they are in the
attachment.
Steph copied here in case you have any questions.
Thanks!
Milia
_________________________________________________________________
*MEMORANDUM FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON*
Date: Thursday, August 6, 2015
Time: 11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Location: Munchery, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
From: Stephanie Hannon, Chief Technology Officer
RE: Technology Roundtable
*I. PURPOSE *
YOU are participating in a technology roundtable at Munchery, Inc., an
on-demand meal delivery service. John Podesta and Steph Hannon will
moderate the discussion with 9 technology executives.
*II. PARTICIPANTS*
· YOU
· Tri Tran [Tree Tran], Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Munchery
(Greeter, Roundtable Participant, Event Host)
· Conrad Chu, Co-Founder, Munchery (Greeter)
· Nate Faggioli, Vice President of Finance, Munchery (Greeter)
· Brian Chesky, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Airbnb
(Roundtable Participant)
· Stacy Brown-Philpot, Chief Operating Officer, Taskrabbit (Roundtable
Participant)
· Rachel Whetstone, Senior Vice-President of Policy & Communications,
Uber (Roundtable Participant)
· Aaron Levie, Chief Executive Office & Co-Founder, Box (Roundtable
Participant)
· Logan Green, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Lyft (Roundtable
Participant)
· Kevin Gibbon, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Shyp (Roundtable
Participant)
· Scott Stanford, Co-Founder, Sherpa Ventures (Roundtable Participant)
· Apoorva Mehta, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Instacart
(Roundtable Participant)
*III. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS*
11:30am YOU arrive at Munchery, Inc., and are greeted by Tri Tran,
Conrad Chu, Nate Fagioli
11:32am YOU proceed on a tour of the office space, guided by Tri Tran
11:42am YOU proceed to the lunch room
11:45am YOU are introduced to the roundtable participants, facilitated
by Tri Tran
11:47am YOU participate in a discussion moderated by John Podesta and
Steph Hannon
12:45pm YOU depart
*IV. PRESS PLAN*
This event is CLOSED PRESS. HFA Tech will be onsite.
*V. BACKGROUND*
*Attire*: Business
This event was scheduled as a follow-up to YOUR remarks at the New School
on July 13 about the on demand economy. Many in the technology community
embraced YOUR comments and acknowledged that the rise of new technologies
raises important questions about workplace protections, but some in the
community interpreted them as challenging the promise of the on-demand
economy. This roundtable, with a small but influential set of tech
executives, was organized to foster deeper relationships with leaders in
the community and reinforce that YOU are the candidate of the future –
supportive of the opportunities the on-demand economy offers and, more
broadly, focused on embracing and accelerating, rather than impeding, the
kinds of innovation that will drive the economy of the future. Accordingly,
the attendees have been selected with an eye toward fostering a positive
atmosphere. Not everyone in the room will be a partisan Democrat, and some
may wish to make their case for why on-demand economy companies do not
compromise workers’ rights, but all intend to participate constructively
and should be open to your message.
*Munchery, Inc*.
Munchery, Inc., was founded in 2011 by Tri Tran. A former software engineer
and father of two, he came up for the idea of Munchery after he
consistently found it difficult to find time to cook healthy meals for his
family during the work week. Munchery is an end-to-end restaurant-quality
meal provider that specializes in delivery. Using Munchery’s app or
website, customers can order from a daily changing menu and have meals
delivered to their home at a specified time. Munchery classifies its chefs
and delivery drivers as employees, not contractors. As part of its
corporate strategy, Munchery buys food locally, offsets its carbon
footprint, uses only biodegradable supplies, and donates portions of its
proceeds to food banks. Munchery launched in San Francisco and now operates
in San Francisco, Seattle, New York and Los Angeles.
Attachments:
1 – Invite to Roundtable Participants 2 – Biographies
3 – Steph Hannon’s Medium post
*INVITE*
"On Thursday, August 6th, Secretary Clinton will meet with a group of
technology entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals in San Francisco, to
discuss technological innovation and how it is contributing to economic
growth and shaping the future of work in America. Secretary Clinton looks
forward to meeting with innovators and leaders from established software
and IT firms, to new social media companies, to several “on demand” or
“sharing economy” companies. She is excited to discuss with you—through a
roundtable discussion—everything from your business models to your policy
priorities."
*BIOGRAPHIES*
*Tri Tran*
*Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder *
*Munchery*
Tri Tran is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Munchery. Prior
to founding Munchery, Tri led engineering teams at Convio and GetActive
Software. Tri received his Masters and Bachelors degrees in Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology after coming to United States from Vietnam when he was 11 years
old.
*Conrad Chu*
*Co-Founder*
*Munchery*
Conrad Chu co-founded Munchery. Prior to founding Munchery, he was a design
director at Ask.com and a creator of PunyPNG, an optimization tool used at
Wikipedia, Mashable, Ask.com, and Dictionary.com. A dad of two, Conrad has
a Masters of Fine Arts from the Academy of Art University and a Bachelors
of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from UC Berkley.
*Nate Fagioli*
*Vice President of Finance*
*Munchery*
Nate has been the Vice President of Finance of Munchery since 2014. Prior
to this role, he served as an Associate at Calera Capital and as an Analyst
at Goldman Sachs, Sitka, Inc., and Hall Capital Partners. He holds a
Bachelors of Science from George Washington University.
*Roundtable Participants*
*Brian Chesky*
*Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder*
*Airbnb*
Brian is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Airbnb, an online
marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations around
the world. Brian and his co-founder founded Airbnb in 2008 when, in order
to make extra money, they bought air mattresses and marketed extra space in
their apartment on a website called “Air Bed and Breakfast.” Airbnb now
operates in 34,000 cities and 190 countries and is an easy way for people
to monetize their extra lodging space. Brian grew up in Niskayuna, New
York, and graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of
Fine Arts in Industrial Design.
*Stacy Brown-Philpot*
*Chief Operating Officer*
*Taskrabbit*
Stacy Brown-Philpot has been the Chief Operating Officer of Taskrabbit
since 2013. TaskRabbit is a “service networking” site that allows users to
post odd jobs, chores, or repairs and hire fully-vetted “Taskers” who are
paid hourly. Before taking the operational helm at TaskRabbit, Stacy served
as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Google Ventures and spent nearly a decade
leading global operations for Google’s flagship products, including Search,
Chrome, and Google+. Stacy founded the Black Googler Network, a seminal
component of diversification initiatives at Google and the larger
technology industry. Originally from Detroit, Stacy lives in Palo Alto with
her husband and daughter. She holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton
School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the
Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
*Rachel Whetstone*
*Senior Vice-President of Policy & Communications*
*Uber*
Rachel is Senior Vice-President of Policy and Communications at Uber. Uber
develops, markets, and operates the Uber mobile app, which allows consumers
with smartphones to submit a trip request which is then routed to Uber
drivers who use their own cars to transport consumers. Uber is available in
58 countries and 300 cities. She replaced David Plouffe in this role at
Uber. Plouffe is now a chief advisor for the company. Prior to working at
Uber, she was Vice President of Communications and Public Policy for Google
in San Francisco and worked in the Conservative Central Office in the
United Kingdom, advising then-Home Secretary Michael Howard as Political
Secretary and working with future Prime Minister David Cameron. She is from
East Sussex, England, and she read history at Bristol University.
*Aaron Levie*
*Chief Executive Office, Co-Founder, and Chairman*
*Box*
Aaron is Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, and Chairman of Box, which he
launched in 2005. At the University of Southern California, Aaron came up
with the idea to create an online file storage business as a way for
individuals to pay to store their documents in a cloud. Box’s initial focus
on selling to individuals shifted to selling to businesses in 2007. As of
2014, forty percent of Fortune 500 companies use Box for file storage.
Aaron grew up on Mercer Island, Washington, and left USC during his junior
year to start Box.
Aaron is a significant supporter and has maxed out primary contributions.
*Logan Green*
*Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder*
*Lyft *
Logan is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Lyft. Lyft develops,
markets, and operates the Lyft mobile app, which allows consumers with
smartphones to submit a trip request which is then routed to Lyft drivers
who use their own cars to transport consumers. Lyft operates in more than
60 cities in the United States, with more than 10 million rides taken to
date. Logan is from Santa Monica, California, and graduated from the
University of California-Santa Barbara in 2006 with a Bachelors of Arts in
Business Economics.
*Kevin Gibbon*
*Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder*
*Shyp *
Kevin is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Shyp, a San
Francisco-based company that utilizes a mobile app to provide a courier
service that replaces the need for consumers to visit a post office. The
company picks up, packages, and ships items through the US Postal Service
and other major carriers. Founded in 2013, Shyp now operates in San
Francisco, New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.
*Scott Stanford*
*Co-Founder*
*Sherpa Ventures *
Scott Stanford is the co-founder of Sherpa Ventures, an investment firm
that has made a series of investments in new startups in the on demand
economy, including Shyp, Munchery, and Washio. Immediately prior to
founding Sherpa Ventures, Scott co-headed Goldman Sachs’ Global Internet
Investment Banking business as a Managing Director. Scott taught himself to
code at age 13 and has developed a robotics exhibit for the Indianapolis
Children’s Museum. He graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Social Studies
from Harvard College and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard
Business School.
*Apoorva Mehta*
*Chief Executive Officer & Founder*
*Instacart*
Apoorva is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Instacart, a same day
grocery delivery service that operates in 12 cities around the country.
Unlike other same day delivery services, Instacart has no warehouse with
inventory. Instead, extensively vetted personal shoppers are alerted via
smartphone of an order and can bring it to a consumer sometimes in under an
hour. Prior to founding Instacart, Apoorva worked to optimize fulfillment
at Amazon.com and deliver packages quickly and efficiently. Apoorva has a
Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of
Waterloo in Canada.
*What I heard from Hillary about the sharing economy*
Stephanie Hannon, Chief Technology Officer for Hillary for America
July 13, 2015
As a Silicon Valley technologist transplanted to the campaign world, I care
deeply about structures and support for innovation. I’ve seen first-hand
the way in which technology is bringing positive change into our
communities.
Technology has transformed the way we communicate, we travel, we exercise,
we date, we shop, we learn, we get jobs. Sharing economy firms are
disrupting traditional industries for the better across the globe. One of
the many reasons I upended my life to join Hillary’s team is that, as
Senator and Secretary of State, she had a proven record of using technology
as a means of harnessing change both in our country and around the world.
She gets it.
Hillary said in a speech at the New School today:
*“Meanwhile, many Americans are making extra money renting out a spare
room, designing websites, selling products they design themselves at home,
or even driving their own car. This ‘on demand’ or so-called ‘gig economy’
is creating exciting opportunities and unleashing innovation, but it’s also
raising hard questions about workplace protections and what a good job will
look like in the future.”*
I’ve been surprised to see these common-sense comments get misrepresented
as an attack on the sharing economy. As Hillary mentioned, the sharing
economy is creating exciting new opportunities that are helping Americans
work more flexible hours and earn a little bit of extra cash by renting out
a spare room, selling products they design themselves, or even driving
their own car. From veterans re-entering the workforce, to families trying
to supplement their household incomes, to ordinary people recovering from
losing their job or working around busy schedules, countless Americans are
benefiting from these innovations and helping drive the economy forward.
That’s something we can be proud of.
And as we navigate uncharted seas in this new economy, Hillary wants to
guarantee that all workers are being protected and rewarded for their hard
work. She’s not calling out specific sectors, or any one company, but is
addressing an economy-wide problem that has existed for years. We’ve seen
some employers take advantage of vulnerable workers in industries like
construction, janitorial services, agriculture, and even home healthcare.
Hillary’s remarks today challenge us all to think about the future of work
in America. She’s calling on all sectors to do better: to ensure that no
employees are exploited and to ensure that all workers are rewarded for
their work. The vast majority of my colleagues in the technology community
support these goals. It’s essential that we talk about how to do that right.
In her speech, Hillary challenged all of us to think about how we enforce
today’s laws that allow the middle class to access good jobs today, while
building new rules of the road for the future economy. It’s a matter of
approaching the future smartly, a future that does not fit neatly into our
existing laws built for a different workplace and a different economy.
As the campaign unfolds, the tech community will continue to see that
Hillary is fighting to defend the issues that matter most to them. From
calling for comprehensive immigration reform to addressing climate change
and defending marriage equality, Hillary is fighting to improve lives and
our economy, which is the core goal of the technology industry I love. The
Republicans who are attacking Hillary’s speech today have the opposite
agenda — very few technologists I know stand with them.
We are a community rooted in facts and diligence. She is pro-jobs and
pro-innovation. Please read the speech
<https://medium.com/@HillaryClinton/the-defining-economic-challenge-of-our-time-raising-incomes-for-hard-working-americans-89ac586f8147>
and make up your own mind.
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Milia Fisher
Special Assistant to the Chair
Hillary for America
[email protected]
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