Francine Hardaway

Francine Hardaway, Ph.D, a serial entrepreneur, now runs Stealthmode Partners, a coaching program for startups in Phoenix, Arizona. A lifelong advocate for growing the entrepreneurial ecosystem, she failed with her first company, sold her second to Intel, and became an early adopter of technology and the internet. Through Stealthmode she has counseled and advised over 1,000 startups. She blogs regularly about the intersection of technology and humanity as well as startup culture at Medium, The Phoenix Business Journal, and the Huffington Post. She currently serves on the advisory boards of several startups, including Eldersense and StatSocial, and on the Board of Directors of SySTEM School, a STEM middle school for high needs kids.